Have we neglected the societal importance of sand dunes? An ecosystem services perspective.

The article presents a study which assesses whether potential contributions to ecosystem services of sand dunes systems are overlooked. It says that the assessment makes use of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ecosystem services classification augmented with habitat and locally-appropriate additions. Results show that even with the noted importance of coastal sand dune systems, many of the ecosystem contributions are being neglected and still are often underappreciated and overlooked.