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EnviCom WG 195

An Introduction to Applying Ecosystem Services for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure Projects.

authored by: Al Confrancesco, Elmar Fuchs, Sabine E. Apitz, Annelies Boerema, Arjen Boon, Gosse de Boer, Jochen Hack, Dave Hopper, Martin Krebs, Ine Moulaert , Katherine Chambers
Abstract: We manage the environment to obtain water, land, and food. Ecosystem services (ES) are defined as the benefits people obtain from ecosystems. The ES concept provides a framework for evaluating the costs and benefits of natural resource management. It can be used to evaluate, justify, or optimise decisions on how land- and waterscapes are managed, for a range of sectors, including the waterborne transport infrastructure (WTI) sector. However, although some promising project examples exist, PIANC (2016) concluded that there were a number of aspects of the ES concept which needed to be tailored to the WTI sector, and that practical guidance was required. To this end, EnviCom Working Group 195 – An Introduction to Applying Ecosystem Services for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure Projects was formed.

This report is a basic introduction into the understanding and the application of the ES concept in WTI projects, illustrating how the application of ES concepts may benefit the day-to-day work of WTI designers, planners, operators, and managers. The report is not a practical guidance on the application of ES in the WTI sector.
External Organisation(s): US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG)
SEA Environmental Decisions, Ltd.
University of Antwerp (UAntwerpen)
Avans University of Applied Sciences
Royal Haskoning DHV Nederland B.V.
Technische Universität Darmstadt
New South Wales Government - Trade and Investment
Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Ems-Nordsee (WSA Ems-Nordsee)
Jan de Nul Group
Type: Other report
Publication date: 12.04.2021
Publication status: Published
Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 15 - Life on Land

BibTeX

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title = "EnviCom WG 195: An Introduction to Applying Ecosystem Services for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure Projects.",
abstract = "We manage the environment to obtain water, land, and food. Ecosystem services (ES) are defined as the benefits people obtain from ecosystems. The ES concept provides a framework for evaluating the costs and benefits of natural resource management. It can be used to evaluate, justify, or optimise decisions on how land- and waterscapes are managed, for a range of sectors, including the waterborne transport infrastructure (WTI) sector. However, although some promising project examples exist, PIANC (2016) concluded that there were a number of aspects of the ES concept which needed to be tailored to the WTI sector, and that practical guidance was required. To this end, EnviCom Working Group 195 – An Introduction to Applying Ecosystem Services for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure Projects was formed.This report is a basic introduction into the understanding and the application of the ES concept in WTI projects, illustrating how the application of ES concepts may benefit the day-to-day work of WTI designers, planners, operators, and managers. The report is not a practical guidance on the application of ES in the WTI sector.",
author = "Al Confrancesco and Elmar Fuchs and Apitz, {Sabine E.} and Annelies Boerema and Arjen Boon and {de Boer}, Gosse and Jochen Hack and Dave Hopper and Martin Krebs and Ine Moulaert and Katherine Chambers",
year = "2021",
month = apr,
day = "12",
language = "English",
series = "EnviCom WG Report",
publisher = "World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC)",
}