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This book provides the first comprehensive assessment of ecosystem services (ES) for the territory of the Slovak Republic. Although the ES approach is widely used for the evaluation of the benefits of natural capital and biodiversity for people, this book has a unique character. It provides an assessment of 18 individual ES, which are divided into three main groups - provisioning, regulatory/supporting and cultural ES. For each of ES, a brief theoretical and methodological overview is given, followed by spatial assessment based on own original methodology and dataset of 40 map layers. Besides, an evaluation of main ES groups and overall ES assessment is realized. This book emphasizes the key role of nature protection areas, large areas of forest ecosystems and mountain and sub-mountain areas, for the preservation of the various functions of the healthy landscape and ecosystems. The complexity of the book guarantees its usefulness - not only as the knowledge base for the territory of Slovakia but also as the methodological tool for worldwide researchers.

Ecosystems. --- Geobiology. --- Environmental geography. --- Environmental policy. --- Landscape ecology. --- Biodiversity. --- Biogeosciences. --- Environmental Geography. --- Environmental Politics. --- Landscape Ecology. --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Ecology --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Geography --- Earth sciences --- Biosphere --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology --- Government policy --- Biogeography. --- Areography (Biology) --- Geographical distribution of animals and plants --- Species --- Species distribution --- Geographical distribution --- Política ambiental --- Eslovàquia --- Estat i medi ambient --- Medi ambient i Estat --- Ordenació ambiental --- Política del medi ambient --- Política ecològica --- Política mediambiental --- Política governamental --- Avaluació d'impacte ambiental --- Dret ambiental --- Ecotaxa --- Gestió ambiental --- Justícia ambiental --- Pagaments per serveis ambientals --- Planificació ambiental --- Política hidràulica --- Auditoria ambiental --- Llicències d'emissió transferibles --- Protecció ambiental --- República d'Eslovàquia --- República Eslovaca (1993- ) --- Slovakia --- Slovensko --- Slovenská Republika (1993- ) --- Slowakei --- Europa central --- Spis (Europa : Regió) --- Txecoslovàquia