National mapping and assessment of ecosystem services projects in Europe Participants' experiences, state of the art and lessons learned
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652079%3A_____%2F24%3A00582788" target="_blank" >RIV/86652079:_____/24:00582788 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11690/24:10486605
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041623000852?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041623000852?via%3Dihub</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2023.101592" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ecoser.2023.101592</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
National mapping and assessment of ecosystem services projects in Europe Participants' experiences, state of the art and lessons learned
Original language description
Backed by the Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and 2030, numerous 'Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystem Services' (MAES) projects have been completed in recent years in the member states of the European Union, with substantial results and insights accumulated. The experience from the different approaches is a valuable source of information for developing assessment processes further, especially with regard to their uptake into policy and more recently, into ecosystem accounting. Systematic approaches towards best practices and lessons learned from national MAES projects are yet lacking. This study presents the results of a survey conducted with participants of national MAES projects overviewing 13 European MAES processes. Focus hereby is put on the types of methods used, the assessed ecosystem services, and the perceived challenges and advancements. All MAES projects assessed ecosystem services at several levels of the ecosystem service cascade (69% at least three levels), using a diverse set of data sources and methods (with 4.7 types of methods on average). More accessible data was used more frequently (e.g., statistical and literature data being the most popular). Challenges regarding policy uptake, synthesizing results, and data gaps or reliability were perceived as the most severe. Insufficient evaluation of uncertainty was seen as a major critical point, and emphasized as crucial for uptake and implementation. Moving towards accounting for ES in the frame of environmentaleconomic accounts, considering uncertainties of ES assessments should be even more important.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Ecosystem Services
ISSN
2212-0416
e-ISSN
2212-0416
Volume of the periodical
65
Issue of the periodical within the volume
FEB
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
101592
UT code for WoS article
001156404400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85183429456