Mapping and assessing ecosystem services in the EU - Lessons learned from the ESMERALDA approach of integration
2018
Burkhard, Benjamin | Maes, Joachim | Potschin-Young, Marion B. | Santos-Martín, Fernando | Geneletti, Davide | Stoev, Pavel | Kopperoinen, Leena | Adamescu, Cristian Mihai | Adem Esmail, Blal | Arany, Ildikó | Arnell, A. P. (Andy P.) | Balzan, Mario | Barton, David N. | Beukering, Pieter van | Bicking, Sabine | Borges, Paulo Alexandre Vieira | Borisova, Bili︠a︡na Bogomilova | Braat, Leon | M Brander, Luke | Bratanova-Doncheva, Svetla | Broekx, Steven | Brown, Claire | Cazacu, Constantin | Crossman, Neville | Czúcz, Bálint | Daněk, Jan | Groot, Rudolf de | Depellegrin, Daniel | Dimopoulos, Panayotis | Elvinger, Nora | Erhard, Markus | Fagerholm, Nora | Frélichová, Jana | Grêt-Regamey, Adrienne | Grudova, Margarita | Haines-Young, Roy | Inghe, Ola | Kallay, Tamas Kristof | Kirin, Tamara | Klug, Hermann | Kokkoris, Ioannis P | Konovska, Iskra | Kruse, Marion | Kuzmova, Iliyana | Lange, Manfred | Liekens, Inge | Lotan, Alon | Łowicki, Damian | Luque, Sandra | Marta-Pedroso, Cristina | Mizgajski, Andrzej | Mononen, Laura | Mulder, Sara | Müller, Felix | Nedkov, Stoyan | Nikolova, Mariana | Östergård, Hannah | Penev, Lyubomir | Pereira, Paulo | Pitkänen, Kati | Plieninger, Tobias | Rabe, Sven-Erik | Reichel, Steffen | Roche, Philip K. | Rusch, Graciela | Ruskule, Anda | Sapundzhieva, Anna | Sepp, Kalev | Sieber, Ina Maren | Šmid Hribar, Mateja | Stašová, Simona | Steinhoff-Knopp, Bastian | Stępniewska, Małgorzata | Teller, Anne | Vačkář, David | van Weelden, Martine | Veidemane, Kristina | Vejre, Henrik | Vihervaara, Petteri | Viinikka, Arto | Villoslada, Miguel | Weibel, Bettina | Zulian, Grazia
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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