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

authored by: 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.
Organisation(s): Institute of Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology
Physical Geography Group
External Organisation(s): Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
Fabis Consulting Ltd.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
University of Trento
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
University of Bucharest
MTA Centre for Ecological Research
UNEP-WCMC
Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
Vrije Universiteit
Kiel University
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
Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS)
National Research Council Italy (CNR)
Mykolas Romeris University
University of Patras
Ministry for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure
European Environment Agency, Denmark
ETH Zurich
Pensoft
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
Croatian Agency for the Environment and Nature
University of Salzburg
Foundation for Sustainable Development
The Cyprus Institute
Tel Aviv University
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)
Universidade de Lisboa
University of 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)
European Commission (EK)
University of Copenhagen
European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)
Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Baltic Environmental Forum-Latvia BEF-LV
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Type: Article
Journal: One Ecosystem
Volume: 3
Publication date: 05.09.2018
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
Electronic version(s): http://real.mtak.hu/85885/1/BurkhardB_etal_CzuczB_OA.pdf (Access: Open)
https://doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.3.e29153 (Access: Open)
https://doi.org/10.15488/4275 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{c1996af2133c4da280d663a0c496e0b1,
title = "Mapping and assessing ecosystem services in the EU - Lessons learned from the ESMERALDA approach of integration",
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{\textquoteright}s Target 2 Action 5. ESMERALDA{\textquoteright}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",
author = "Benjamin Burkhard and Joachim Maes and Potschin-Young, {Marion B.} and Fernando Santos-Mart{\'i}n and Davide Geneletti and Pavel Stoev and Leena Kopperoinen and Adamescu, {Cristian Mihai} and {Adem Esmail}, Blal and Ildik{\'o} Arany and Andy Arnell and Mario Balzan and Barton, {David N.} and {Van Beukering}, Pieter and Sabine Bicking and Borges, {Paulo Alexandre Vieira} and Bilyana Borisova and Leon Braat and Brander, {Luke M.} and Svetla Bratanova-Doncheva and Steven Broekx and Claire Brown and Constantin Cazacu and Neville Crossman and B{\'a}lint Cz{\'u}cz and Jan Danĕk and {de Groot}, Rudolf and Daniel Depellegrin and Panayotis Dimopoulos and Nora Elvinger and Markus Erhard and Nora Fagerholm and Jana Fr{\'e}lichov{\'a} and Adrienne Gr{\^e}t-Regamey and Margarita Grudova and Roy Haines-Young and Ola Inghe and Kallay, {Tamas Kristof} and Tamara Kirin and Hermann Klug and Kokkoris, {Ioannis P.} and Iskra Konovska and Marion Kruse and Iliyana Kuzmova and Manfred Lange and Inge Liekens and Alon Lotan and Damian Lowicki and Sandra Luque and Cristina Marta-Pedroso and Andrzej Mizgajski and Laura Mononen and Sara Mulder and Felix M{\"u}ller and Stoyan Nedkov and Mariana Nikolova and Hannah {\"O}sterg{\aa}rd and Lyubomir Penev and Paulo Pereira and Kati Pitk{\"a}nen and Tobias Plieninger and Rabe, {Sven Erik} and Steffen Reichel and Roche, {Philip K.} and Graciela Rusch and Anda Ruskule and Anna Sapundzhieva and Kalev Sepp and Sieber, {Ina Maren} and {{\v S}mid Hribar}, Mateja and Simona Sta{\v s}ov{\'a} and Bastian Steinhoff-Knopp and Ma{\l}gorzata St{\c e}pniewska and Anne Teller and David Vackar and {Van Weelden}, Martine and Kristina Veidemane and Henrik Vejre and Petteri Vihervaara and Arto Viinikka and Miguel Villoslada and Bettina Weibel and Grazia Zulian",
note = "Funding information: The ESMERALDA project received funding from the European Union{\textquoteright}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{\textquoteright}s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. ESMERALDA: “Enhancing ecoSysteM sERvices mApping for poLicy and Decision mAking”, grant agreement No 642007.",
year = "2018",
month = sep,
day = "5",
doi = "10.3897/oneeco.3.e29153",
language = "English",
volume = "3",
journal = "One Ecosystem",
issn = "2367-8194",
publisher = "Pensoft Publishers",
}