STRATI Journal of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

The Journal aims to:

• Provide a platform for innovative research on biodiversity conservation and sustainable ecosystem service management.
• Promote cross-disciplinary dialogue between ecologists, economists, social scientists, and policymakers.
• Encourage the development and application of methodologies for ecosystem service valuation and natural capital accounting.
• Support policy integration for biodiversity and ecosystem services within development planning, climate change strategies, and sustainability goals.
• Highlight case studies and lessons learned from diverse ecosystems and socio-cultural contexts.

The journal’s scope spans terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems, with special attention to biodiversity hotspots, indigenous and community-conserved areas, and regions facing acute ecological pressures.

Detailed Themes

Submissions may address, but are not limited to, the following thematic areas:

1. Biodiversity assessment and monitoring – species inventories, genetic diversity, population dynamics, and habitat quality.
2. Ecosystem service classification and valuation – provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting services.
3. Natural capital accounting – integrating ecosystem services into national economic accounts.
4. Ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation – degraded land restoration, reforestation, rewilding, and habitat connectivity.
5. Protected areas and conservation planning – national parks, marine protected areas, and community-based conservation.
6. Biodiversity and climate change – vulnerability, adaptation, and mitigation strategies.
7. Pollination services and food security – role of biodiversity in agriculture and nutrition.
8. Water-related ecosystem services – watershed protection, water purification, flood regulation.
9. Coastal and marine ecosystem services – coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses, fisheries sustainability.
10. Biodiversity and human health – nature-based solutions for physical and mental well-being.
11. Cultural ecosystem services – spiritual, recreational, and heritage values of biodiversity.
12. Economic valuation of ecosystem services – market and non-market valuation techniques.
13. Biodiversity governance – legal, institutional, and policy frameworks.
14. Trade-offs and synergies between biodiversity conservation and development.
15. Ecosystem services in urban and peri-urban areas – green infrastructure, urban forests, and nature-based solutions.
16. Biodiversity finance – conservation trust funds, biodiversity offsets, and payment for ecosystem services (PES) schemes.
17. Community-based natural resource management – indigenous and local governance models.
18. Biodiversity mainstreaming in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and infrastructure.
19. Invasive alien species – prevention, control, and eradication strategies.
20. Biodiversity indicators and targets – monitoring progress toward SDG 14 (Life Below Water) and SDG 15 (Life on Land).
21. Linkages between biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human rights.
22. Biodiversity and disaster risk reduction – ecosystem-based disaster management approaches.
23. Marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions – governance and conservation challenges.
24. Biodiversity and genetic resources – benefit-sharing under the Nagoya Protocol.
25. Payment for ecosystem services (PES) – design, implementation, and evaluation.
26. Biodiversity offsets and mitigation hierarchies in infrastructure and extractive industries.
27. Biodiversity loss drivers – land use change, overexploitation, pollution, climate change, and invasive species.
28. Synergies between biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration – nature-based climate solutions.
29. Biodiversity data and technology – remote sensing, GIS, AI applications in monitoring.
30. Transboundary ecosystem management – cooperation across borders for conservation and restoration.

Send your paper to Email: strat.institute@gmail.com