scholarly journals Ecosystem services are inclusive and deliver multiple values. A comment on the concept of nature's contributions to people

One Ecosystem ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. e24720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Maes ◽  
Benjamin Burkhard ◽  
Davide Geneletti
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Forum ◽  
Recent Policy

A recent policy forum article in Science by Díaz et al. (2018) introduces nature's contributions to people (NCP) as an innovative approach to inform policy and decision-making. According to the authors, the NCP concept extends beyond the notion of ecosystem services by incorporating a more inclusive and interdisciplinary approach. Here this claim is challenged. Based on our experiences in Europe, we argue that the science, policy and practice of ecosystem services have progressed much beyond a mere economic and ecological rationale.

scholarly journals An Eco-GAME Meta-Evaluation of Existing Methods for the Appreciation of Ecosystem Services

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7805
Author(s):  
Maurizio Sajeva ◽  
Marjo Maidell ◽  
Jonne Kotta ◽  
Anneliis Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Dimensional System ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The One

The isolation of science disciplines and the weak integration between science, policy and society represent main challenges for sustainable human development. If, on the one hand, the specialization of science has produced higher levels of knowledge, on the other hand, the whole picture of the complex interactions between systems has suffered. Economic and natural sciences are, on matters of sustainable development, strongly divergent, and the interface informing decision-making is weak. This downplays uncertainty and creates room for entrenched political positions, compromising evidence-based decision-making and putting the urgent need to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of Agenda 2030 at risk. This article presents the heterodox Eco-GAME framework for interconnecting science through trans-disciplinary social-learning and meta-evaluation of scientific knowledge in pursuit of SDGs. The framework is tested and refined in the BONUS MARES project by systematic literature analysis, participatory workshops, and semi-structured interviews, in relation to the specific habitats of Baltic Sea mussel reefs, seagrass beds and macroalgae ecosystem services produced and methods applied. The results, acknowledging the urgency of interfacing science, policy and society, validate the Eco-GAME as a framework for this purpose and present a multi-dimensional system of indicators as a further development.

scholarly journals Assumptions in ecosystem service assessments: Increasing transparency for conservation

AMBIO ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-300
Author(s):  
Matthias Schröter ◽  
Emilie Crouzat ◽  
Lisanne Hölting ◽  
Julian Massenberg ◽  
Julian Rode ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Economic Valuation ◽  
Service Science ◽  
Conservation Science ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Service Concept ◽  
Assessment Results

AbstractConservation efforts are increasingly supported by ecosystem service assessments. These assessments depend on complex multi-disciplinary methods, and rely on a number of assumptions which reduce complexity. If assumptions are ambiguous or inadequate, misconceptions and misinterpretations may arise when interpreting results of assessments. An interdisciplinary understanding of assumptions in ecosystem service science is needed to provide consistent conservation recommendations. Here, we synthesise and elaborate on 12 prevalent types of assumptions in ecosystem service assessments. These comprise conceptual and ethical foundations of the ecosystem service concept, assumptions on data collection, indication, mapping, and modelling, on socio-economic valuation and value aggregation, as well as about using assessment results for decision-making. We recommend future assessments to increase transparency about assumptions, and to test and validate them and their potential consequences on assessment reliability. This will support the taking up of assessment results in conservation science, policy and practice.

Quantifying ecosystem services and indicators for science, policy and practice

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 161-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Alkemade ◽  
Benjamin Burkhard ◽  
Neville D. Crossman ◽  
Stoyan Nedkov ◽  
Katalin Petz
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice

Maximising the value of research on ecosystem services: Knowledge integration and guidance tools mediating the science, policy and practice interfaces

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 599-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Pérez-Soba ◽  
Peter Verweij ◽  
Heli Saarikoski ◽  
Paula A. Harrison ◽  
David N. Barton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Policy And Practice

scholarly journals Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation: Linking Science, Policy, and Practice Communities for Evidence-Based Decision-Making

BioScience ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 455-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niki Frantzeskaki ◽  
Timon McPhearson ◽  
Marcus J Collier ◽  
Dave Kendal ◽  
Harriet Bulkeley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Evidence Based Decision Making

scholarly journals Developing multi-scale and integrative nature-people scenarios using the Nature Futures Framework

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura M. Pereira ◽  
Katharine Davies ◽  
Eefje den Belder ◽  
Simon Ferrier ◽  
Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuysen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Boundary Object ◽  
Participatory Process ◽  
Expert Group ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Inform Decision Making

Scientists have repeatedly argued that transformative, multiscale global scenarios are needed as tools in the quest to halt the decline of biodiversity and achieve sustainability goals. As a first step towards achieving this, the experts who participated in the scenarios and models expert group of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) entered into an iterative, participatory process that led to the development of the Nature Futures Framework (NFF). The NFF is a heuristic tool that captures diverse, positive relationships of humans with nature in the form of a triangle. It can be used both as a boundary object for continuously opening up more plural perspectives in the creation of desirable nature scenarios and as an actionable framework for developing consistent nature scenarios across multiple scales. Here, we describe the methods employed to develop the NFF and how this fits into a longer-term process to create transformative, multiscale scenarios for nature. We argue that the contribution of the NFF is two-fold: a) its ability to hold a plurality of perspectives on what is desirable, which enables the development of joint goals and visions and recognises the possible convergence and synergies of measures to achieve these and b), its multi-scale functionality for elaborating scenarios and models that can inform decision-making at relevant levels, making it applicable across specific places and perspectives on nature. If humanity is to achieve its goal of a more sustainable and prosperous future rooted in a flourishing nature, it is critical to open up a space for more plural perspectives of human-nature relationships. As the global community sets out to develop new goals for biodiversity, the NFF can be used as a navigation tool helping to make diverse, desirable futures are possible.

Mapping and modelling ecosystem services for science, policy and practice

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Burkhard ◽  
Neville Crossman ◽  
Stoyan Nedkov ◽  
Katalin Petz ◽  
Rob Alkemade
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice

The implications of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 for advance care planning and decision making

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Chapman ◽  
Ben Lobo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Advance Care Planning ◽  
Care Planning ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Advance Care ◽  
Current Context ◽  
Mental Capacity Act ◽  
End Of Life Decision

This chapter provides an overview of the MCA’s impact on end-of-life care. It situates the MCA in the current context of policy and practice. It describes how the MCA can be used to improve care, enable people to express and protect choices, and empower and enable the professional and/or the proxy decision maker. It also presents an introduction and explanation of the role of the IMCA and how it might apply to advance care planning (ACP) and end of life decision making, and an explanation of the legal and ethical process involved in reaching best interest decisions, especially for potentially vulnerable people in care homes and other settings.

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