Integrating methods for ecosystem service assessment: experiences from real world situations

R.. Dunford (1) , P. Harrison (2) , A. Smith (1) , J. Dick (2) , D.N. Barton (3) , B. Martín López (4) , E. Kelemen (5) , Sem Jacobs (6) , H. Saarikoski (7) , F. Turkelboom (6) , W. Verheyden (6) , J. Hauck (8) , P. Antunes (9) , R. Aszalós (10) , O. Badea (11) , F. Baró (12) , P. Berry (1) , L. Carvalho (13) , G. Conte (14) , B. Czucz (10) , G. García Blanco (15) , Dawn Howard (16) , R. Giuca (17) , Erik Gomez Baggethun (3) , B. Grizzetti (18) , Z. Izakovicova (19) , L. Kopperoinen (7) , J. Langemeyer (12) , Sandra Luque (20) , D.M. Lapola (21) , G. Martinez Pastur (22) , R. Mukhopadhyay (23) , S.B. Roy (23) , J. Niemelä (24) , L. Norton (16) , J. Ochieng (25) , D. Odee (25) , I. Palomo (26) , P. Pinho (27) , J. Priess (8) , G. Rusch (3) , S.R. Saarela (7) , Raphael Santos (9) , J.T. van Der Wal (28) , A. Vadineanu (17) , Harry Woods (2) , V. Yli Pelkonen (24)

1 ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE INSTITUTE OXFORD GBR
2 CEH - Centre for Ecology and Hydrology [Bangor]
3 NINA - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
4 Leuphana University of Lüneburg
5 ESSRG BUDAPEST HUN
6 INBO - Research Institute for Nature and Forest
7 SYKE FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE HELSINKI FIN
8 UFZ HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LEIPZIG DEU
9 FCT NOVA - Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia = School of Science & Technology
10 CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH VACRATOT HUN
11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN FORESTRY VOLUNTARI ROM
12 UAB - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona = Autonomous University of Barcelona = Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
13 CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY PENICUIK GBR
14 IRIDRA FLORENCE ITA
15 FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION BIZKAIA ESP
16 ENVIRONMENT CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY LANCASTER GBR
17 UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST ROM
18 JRC - European Commission - Joint Research Centre [Ispra]
19 Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
20 UMR TETIS - Territoires, Environnement, Télédétection et Information Spatiale
21 UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho = São Paulo State University
22 CADIC CONICET USHUAIA ARG
23 IBRAD KOLKATA IND
24 Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki
25 KEFRI NAIROBI KEN
26 B3C BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BILBAO ESP
27 USP UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO BRA
28 WUR - Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]

The Ecosystem Services (ES) concept highlights the varied contributions the environment provides to humans and there are a wide range of methods/tools available to assess ES. However, in real-world decision contexts a single tool is rarely sufficient and methods must be combined to meet practitioner needs. Here, results from the OpenNESS project are presented to illustrate the methods selected to meet the needs of 24 real-world case studies and better understand why and how methods are combined to meet practical needs. Results showed that within the cases methods were combined to: i) address a range of ES; ii) assess both supply and demand of ES; iii) assess a range of value types; iv) reach different stakeholder groups v) cover weaknesses in other methods used and vi) to meet specific decision context needs. Methods were linked in a variety of ways: i) as input-output chains of methods; ii) through learning; iii) through method development and iv) through comparison/triangulation of results. The paper synthesises these case study-based experiences to provide insight to others working in practical contexts as to where, and in what contexts, different methods can be combined and how this can add value to case study analyses. Part of Special Issue: Synthetizing OpenNESS.

Mots clés: OPENNESS

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement

R.. Dunford, P. Harrison, A. Smith, J. Dick, D.N. Barton, et al.. Integrating methods for ecosystem service assessment: experiences from real world situations. Ecosystem Services, 2018, 29 (part C), pp.499-514. ⟨10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.10.014⟩. ⟨hal-02607102⟩