Practical solutions for bottlenecks in ecosystem services mapping

verfasst von

Ignacio Palomo, Louise Willemen, Evangelia Drakou, Benjamin Burkhard, Neville Crossman, Chloe Bellamy, Kremena Burkhard, C. Sylvie Campagne, Anuja Dangol, Jonas Franke, Sylwia Kulczyk, Solen Le Clec’h, Dania Abdul Malak, Lorena Muñoz, Vytautas Narusevicius, Sam Ottoy, Jennifer Roelens, Louise Sing, Amy Thomas, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Peter Verweij

Abstract

Background Ecosystem services (ES) mapping is becoming mainstream in many sustainability assessments, but its impact on real world decision-making is still limited. Robustness, enduser relevance and transparency have been identified as key attributes needed for effective ES mapping. However, these requirements are not always met due to multiple challenges, referred to here as bottlenecks, that scientists, practitioners, policy makers and users from other public and private sectors encounter along the mapping process. New information A selection of commonly encountered ES mapping bottlenecks that relate to seven themes: i) map-maker map-user interaction; ii) nomenclature and ontologies; iii) skills and background; iv) data and maps availability; v) methods-selection; vi) technical difficulties; and vii) over-simplification of mapping process/output. The authors synthesise the variety of solutions already applied by map-makers and map-users to mitigate or cope with these bottlenecks and discuss the emerging trade-offs amongst different solutions. Tackling the bottlenecks described here is a crucial first step towards more effective ES mapping, which can in turn ensure the adequate impact of ES mapping in decision-making.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Physische Geographie und Landschaftsökologie
Institut für Umweltplanung
Arbeitsgruppe Physische Geographie

Externe Organisation(en)

Basque Centre for Climate Change
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)
Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V.
University of Adelaide
Forestry Commission
Remote Sensing Solutions GmbH (RSS)
Uniwersytet Warszawski
ETH Zürich
Universite Rennes 2 Haute Bretagne
Universidad de Malaga
University of Tromso
Vilnius University
PXL University of Applied Sciences and Arts
KU Leuven
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Aarhus University
Wageningen University and Research
Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)
University of Twente

Typ

Artikel

Journal

One Ecosystem

Band

3

Publikationsdatum

03.01.2018

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

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

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.3.e20713 (Zugang: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.15488/4148 (Zugang: Offen)