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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | e29153 |
| Journal | One Ecosystem |
| Volume | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 5 Sept 2018 |
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.
Keywords
- Assessment, Ecosystem services, EU biodiversity strategy to 2020, Mapping, Project
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science(all)
- Ecology
- Environmental Science(all)
- Nature and Landscape Conservation
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
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In: One Ecosystem, Vol. 3, e29153, 05.09.2018.
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T1 - Mapping and assessing ecosystem services in the EU - Lessons learned from the ESMERALDA approach of integration
AU - Burkhard, Benjamin
AU - Maes, Joachim
AU - Potschin-Young, Marion B.
AU - Santos-Martín, Fernando
AU - Geneletti, Davide
AU - Stoev, Pavel
AU - Kopperoinen, Leena
AU - Adamescu, Cristian Mihai
AU - Adem Esmail, Blal
AU - Arany, Ildikó
AU - Arnell, Andy
AU - Balzan, Mario
AU - Barton, David N.
AU - Van Beukering, Pieter
AU - Bicking, Sabine
AU - Borges, Paulo Alexandre Vieira
AU - Borisova, Bilyana
AU - Braat, Leon
AU - Brander, Luke M.
AU - Bratanova-Doncheva, Svetla
AU - Broekx, Steven
AU - Brown, Claire
AU - Cazacu, Constantin
AU - Crossman, Neville
AU - Czúcz, Bálint
AU - Danĕk, Jan
AU - de Groot, Rudolf
AU - Depellegrin, Daniel
AU - Dimopoulos, Panayotis
AU - Elvinger, Nora
AU - Erhard, Markus
AU - Fagerholm, Nora
AU - Frélichová, Jana
AU - Grêt-Regamey, Adrienne
AU - Grudova, Margarita
AU - Haines-Young, Roy
AU - Inghe, Ola
AU - Kallay, Tamas Kristof
AU - Kirin, Tamara
AU - Klug, Hermann
AU - Kokkoris, Ioannis P.
AU - Konovska, Iskra
AU - Kruse, Marion
AU - Kuzmova, Iliyana
AU - Lange, Manfred
AU - Liekens, Inge
AU - Lotan, Alon
AU - Lowicki, Damian
AU - Luque, Sandra
AU - Marta-Pedroso, Cristina
AU - Mizgajski, Andrzej
AU - Mononen, Laura
AU - Mulder, Sara
AU - Müller, Felix
AU - Nedkov, Stoyan
AU - Nikolova, Mariana
AU - Östergård, Hannah
AU - Penev, Lyubomir
AU - Pereira, Paulo
AU - Pitkänen, Kati
AU - Plieninger, Tobias
AU - Rabe, Sven Erik
AU - Reichel, Steffen
AU - Roche, Philip K.
AU - Rusch, Graciela
AU - Ruskule, Anda
AU - Sapundzhieva, Anna
AU - Sepp, Kalev
AU - Sieber, Ina Maren
AU - Šmid Hribar, Mateja
AU - Stašová, Simona
AU - Steinhoff-Knopp, Bastian
AU - Stępniewska, Małgorzata
AU - Teller, Anne
AU - Vackar, David
AU - Van Weelden, Martine
AU - Veidemane, Kristina
AU - Vejre, Henrik
AU - Vihervaara, Petteri
AU - Viinikka, Arto
AU - Villoslada, Miguel
AU - Weibel, Bettina
AU - Zulian, Grazia
N1 - Funding information: The ESMERALDA project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. We want to thank all ESMERALDA consortium and cooperation partners, stakeholders and other active people contributing so ambitiously to the success of ESMERALDA and the great progress that has already been made in the implementation of Action 5 in all 28 EU member states, Switzerland, Norway and Israel. May ESMERALDA live long and prosper! The ESMERALDA project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. ESMERALDA: “Enhancing ecoSysteM sERvices mApping for poLicy and Decision mAking”, grant agreement No 642007.
PY - 2018/9/5
Y1 - 2018/9/5
N2 - 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.
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KW - EU biodiversity strategy to 2020
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