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Natural resources based business organisations can both affect and be affected by the ecosystem services (ES) provided by nature. Therefore, these business organisations are looking for new tools and methods to improve their socio-economic and environmental sustainability. This chapter provides a holistic framework based on ES approach that enables natural resources based businesses to deal with ecosystems and their services for environmental and social sustainability. It also describes tools which can be used by these business organisations to identify and mitigate risks arising from ecosystems. It elaborates the role of business by presenting a case study of a diversified business organisation that integrates ecosystem approach for long term sustainability of its operations and ecosystems.
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Sandhu, S. (2017). Sustainable Ecosystems and the Role of Business. In: Sandhu, H. (eds) Ecosystem Functions and Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53967-6_10
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