Mapping and assessing ecosystem services in the EU - Lessons learned from the ESMERALDA approach of integration

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Benjamin Burkhard, Joachim Maes, Marion B. Potschin-Young, Fernando Santos-Martín, Davide Geneletti, Pavel Stoev, Leena Kopperoinen, Cristian Mihai Adamescu, Blal Adem Esmail, Ildikó Arany, Andy Arnell, Mario Balzan, David N. Barton, Pieter Van Beukering, Sabine Bicking, Paulo Alexandre Vieira Borges, Bilyana Borisova, Leon Braat, Luke M. Brander, Svetla Bratanova-Doncheva, Steven Broekx, Claire Brown, Constantin Cazacu, Neville Crossman, Bálint Czúcz, Jan Danĕk, Rudolf de Groot, Daniel Depellegrin, Panayotis Dimopoulos, Nora Elvinger, Markus Erhard, Nora Fagerholm, Jana Frélichová, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey, Margarita Grudova, Roy Haines-Young, Ola Inghe, Tamas Kristof Kallay, Tamara Kirin, Hermann Klug, Ioannis P. Kokkoris, Iskra Konovska, Marion Kruse, Iliyana Kuzmova, Manfred Lange, Inge Liekens, Alon Lotan, Damian Lowicki, Sandra Luque, Cristina Marta-Pedroso, Andrzej Mizgajski, Laura Mononen, Sara Mulder, Felix Müller, Stoyan Nedkov, Mariana Nikolova, Hannah Östergård, Lyubomir Penev, Paulo Pereira, Kati Pitkänen, Tobias Plieninger, Sven Erik Rabe, Steffen Reichel, Philip K. Roche, Graciela Rusch, Anda Ruskule, Anna Sapundzhieva, Kalev Sepp, Ina Maren Sieber, Mateja Šmid Hribar, Simona Stašová, Bastian Steinhoff-Knopp, Małgorzata Stępniewska, Anne Teller, David Vackar, Martine Van Weelden, Kristina Veidemane, Henrik Vejre, Petteri Vihervaara, Arto Viinikka, Miguel Villoslada, Bettina Weibel, Grazia Zulian

Abstract

The European Union (EU) Horizon 2020 Coordination and Support Action ESMERALDA aimed at developing guidance and a flexible methodology for Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services (MAES) to support the EU member states in the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy’s Target 2 Action 5. ESMERALDA’s key tasks included network creation, stakeholder engagement, enhancing ecosystem services mapping and assessment methods across various spatial scales and value domains, work in case studies and support of EU member states in MAES implementation. Thus ESMERALDA aimed at integrating various project outcomes around four major strands: i) Networking, ii) Policy, iii) Research and iv) Application. The objective was to provide guidance for integrated ecosystem service mapping and assessment that can be used for sustainable decision-making in policy, business, society, practice and science at EU, national and regional levels. This article presents the overall ESMERALDA approach of integrating the above-mentioned project components and outcomes and provides an overview of how the enhanced methods were applied and how they can be used to support MAES implementation in the EU member states. Experiences with implementing such a large pan-European Coordination and Support Action in the context of EU policy are discussed and recommendations for future actions are given.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Physische Geographie und Landschaftsökologie
AG Physische Geographie

Externe Organisation(en)

Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V.
Fabis Consulting Ltd.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)
Università degli Studi di Trento
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Universitatea din București
MTA Centre for Ecological Research
UNEP-WCMC
Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU)
University of the Azores
University of Sofia
Wageningen University and Research
The University of Hong Kong
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Akademie Věd České Republiky (AV ČR)
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
Mykolas Romeris University
University of Patras
Ministry for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure
European Environment Agency, Denmark
ETH Zürich
Pensoft
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
Croatian Agency for the Environment and Nature
Universität Salzburg
Foundation for Sustainable Development
The Cyprus Institute
Tel Aviv University
Adam-Mickiewicz-Universität Posen
Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)
Universidade de Lisboa
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
UR RECOVER
University of Latvia
Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic
National Museum of Natural History
Pensoft Publishers
Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek N.V. (VITO)
Europäische Kommission (EK)
Københavns Universitet
Gemeinsame Forschungsstelle (GFS)
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)
Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Baltic Environmental Forum-Latvia BEF-LV
Estonian University of Life Sciences

Typ

Artikel

Journal

One Ecosystem

Band

3

Publikationsdatum

05.09.2018

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Ökologie, Natur- und Landschaftsschutz, Erdkunde und Planetologie (sonstige)

Elektronische Version(en)

http://real.mtak.hu/85885/1/BurkhardB_etal_CzuczB_OA.pdf (Zugang: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.3.e29153 (Zugang: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.15488/4275 (Zugang: Offen)