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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 38-48 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Ecological indicators |
| Volume | 61 |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2016 |
Abstract
Target 2, Action 5 of the EU Biodiversity Strategy requests member states "to map and assess ecosystems and their services" (Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services - MAES initiative). The objective of this paper is to present and discuss the preliminary outcomes of the approach taken to define indicators for implementing MAES in Germany. The paper introduces the requirements for using indicators from a perspective of nature conservation policy, in particular the need to discern the demand and supply of ecosystem services, including their potentials, actual and future use, as well as the natural contributions and human inputs to the generation of ecosystem services. An adapted, differentiated, ecosystem services terminology is presented and a first set of indicators is introduced and explained. The paper closes with an estimate of potential benefits of information produced by implementation of a national MAES for various fields of policy (e.g. local and regional landscape planning) and proposes some recommendations for further research and practical exploration.
Keywords
- Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Indicators, Landscape planning, Policy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Decision Sciences(all)
- General Decision Sciences
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Environmental Science(all)
- Ecology
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In: Ecological indicators, Vol. 61, 02.2016, p. 38-48.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a national set of ecosystem service indicators
T2 - Insights from Germany
AU - Albert, Christian
AU - Bonn, Aletta
AU - Burkhard, Benjamin
AU - Daube, Sabrina
AU - Dietrich, Katharina
AU - Engels, Barbara
AU - Frommer, Jakob
AU - Götzl, Martin
AU - Grêt-Regamey, Adrienne
AU - Job-Hoben, Beate
AU - Koellner, Thomas
AU - Marzelli, Stefan
AU - Moning, Christoph
AU - Müller, Felix
AU - Rabe, Sven Erik
AU - Ring, Irene
AU - Schwaiger, Elisabeth
AU - Schweppe-Kraft, Burkhard
AU - Wüstemann, Henry
N1 - Funding Information: The research underlying this manuscript has been conducted in several research projects focussing on the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy Action 5 in Germany and funded by the Environmental Research Programme (UFOPLAN) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit, BMUB). We thank the two reviewers for their very helpful and detailed comments and suggestions. Finally, we would like to thank Louise von Falkenhayn for polishing the language. Publisher Copyright: © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/2
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N2 - Target 2, Action 5 of the EU Biodiversity Strategy requests member states "to map and assess ecosystems and their services" (Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services - MAES initiative). The objective of this paper is to present and discuss the preliminary outcomes of the approach taken to define indicators for implementing MAES in Germany. The paper introduces the requirements for using indicators from a perspective of nature conservation policy, in particular the need to discern the demand and supply of ecosystem services, including their potentials, actual and future use, as well as the natural contributions and human inputs to the generation of ecosystem services. An adapted, differentiated, ecosystem services terminology is presented and a first set of indicators is introduced and explained. The paper closes with an estimate of potential benefits of information produced by implementation of a national MAES for various fields of policy (e.g. local and regional landscape planning) and proposes some recommendations for further research and practical exploration.
AB - Target 2, Action 5 of the EU Biodiversity Strategy requests member states "to map and assess ecosystems and their services" (Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services - MAES initiative). The objective of this paper is to present and discuss the preliminary outcomes of the approach taken to define indicators for implementing MAES in Germany. The paper introduces the requirements for using indicators from a perspective of nature conservation policy, in particular the need to discern the demand and supply of ecosystem services, including their potentials, actual and future use, as well as the natural contributions and human inputs to the generation of ecosystem services. An adapted, differentiated, ecosystem services terminology is presented and a first set of indicators is introduced and explained. The paper closes with an estimate of potential benefits of information produced by implementation of a national MAES for various fields of policy (e.g. local and regional landscape planning) and proposes some recommendations for further research and practical exploration.
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KW - Indicators
KW - Landscape planning
KW - Policy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.08.050
DO - 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.08.050
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