Figure 1

Publications on ecosystems and environmental services over the past three decades with related major international processes. An illustration of the rise in ecosystem services publications since 1980. Rise and awareness and publications linked to international processes on the ecosystem services, environmental sustainability and climate change: the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1992, Kyoto Protocol (Kyoto Protocol) in 1997, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) 2001–2005 and the most recent 2010 synthesis report from TEEB Foundation (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity). Data for illustration generated from compiled searches on keywords “ecosystem services”, “environmental services” and “natural capital” bibliographic databases: ISI Web of Knowledge, Scopus and CAB Direct.