scholarly journals Connecting ecosystem services science and policy in the field

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
JB Ruhl ◽  
James Salzman ◽  
Craig Anthony Arnold ◽  
Robin Craig ◽  
Keith Hirokawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Science And Policy ◽  
Services Science

scholarly journals Researchers must be aware of their roles at the interface of ecosystem services science and policy

AMBIO ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilie Crouzat ◽  
Isabelle Arpin ◽  
Lucas Brunet ◽  
Matthew J. Colloff ◽  
Francis Turkelboom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Science And Policy ◽  
Services Science

scholarly journals New perspectives in ecosystem services science as instruments to understand environmental securities

2014 ◽  
Vol 369 (1639) ◽  
pp. 20120286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferdinando Villa ◽  
Brian Voigt ◽  
Jon D. Erickson
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Minimum Level ◽  
Natural Ecosystems ◽  
Methodological Innovation ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Dynamic Expression ◽  
Services Science

As societal demand for food, water and other life-sustaining resources grows, the science of ecosystem services (ES) is seen as a promising tool to improve our understanding, and ultimately the management, of increasingly uncertain supplies of critical goods provided or supported by natural ecosystems. This promise, however, is tempered by a relatively primitive understanding of the complex systems supporting ES, which as a result are often quantified as static resources rather than as the dynamic expression of human–natural systems. This article attempts to pinpoint the minimum level of detail that ES science needs to achieve in order to usefully inform the debate on environmental securities, and discusses both the state of the art and recent methodological developments in ES in this light. We briefly review the field of ES accounting methods and list some desiderata that we deem necessary, reachable and relevant to address environmental securities through an improved science of ES. We then discuss a methodological innovation that, while only addressing these needs partially, can improve our understanding of ES dynamics in data-scarce situations. The methodology is illustrated and discussed through an application related to water security in the semi-arid landscape of the Great Ruaha river of Tanzania.

scholarly journals Brazilian assessment on biodiversity and ecosystem services: summary for policy makers

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos A. Joly ◽  
Fabio R. Scarano ◽  
Mercedes Bustamante ◽  
Tatiana Maria Cecy Gadda ◽  
Jean Paul Walter Metzger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Science And Policy ◽  
Natural Medicine ◽  
Negative Impacts

Abstract: Biodiversity and ecosystems are important elements for addressing national and global socioeconomic and environmental crises, since they provide new development opportunities, for example, as source of job and income creation, and reduction in poverty and socioeconomic inequity. Brazilian biological diversity is also expressed in its immense cultural diversity, with a great variety of knowledge holders. These peoples possess vast knowledge on agrobiodiversity, fishing, fire management, natural medicine, among others of commercial, cultural and spiritual value. The main conclusions of this Summary for Police Makers is that land use changes and climate changes have been - and will continue to be throughout this century - the main drivers that result in the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the country. Political interventions at different levels (from local to national, from public to private) and the enforcement of existing laws (regulatory mechanisms and incentives) are required to cope with the mitigation of the negative impacts of biodiversity and ecosystem services loss. Brazil has already a wide variety of policy instruments and socioenvironmental governance options, as well as global commitments (ODS, Aich Targets, Paris Agreement) related to the objective of a sustainable future. However, inefficient management control or lack of incentive to comply with the rules pose risks to consolidating the path to this future. The country has strong and capable institutions, but infrastructural problems, slow processes, inefficient measurements and judicial, social and ecological conflicts obstruct a proficient performance. There is a lack of communication between science and society which needs to be improved by establishing an effective flow that makes communication inclusive and representative, reaching public and private decision makers. Permanent efforts to integrate Science and policy knowledges are desirable to build confidence between policy makers and researchers.

The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Science-Policy Interface

Science ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 331 (6021) ◽  
pp. 1139-1140 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Perrings ◽  
A. Duraiappah ◽  
A. Larigauderie ◽  
H. Mooney
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Science Policy Interface ◽  
Services Science

Ecosystem services science, practice, and policy: Perspectives from ACES, A Community on Ecosystem Services

2015 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Shapiro ◽  
Greg Arthaud ◽  
Frank Casey ◽  
Dianna Hogan
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Science Practice ◽  
Services Science

scholarly journals EnviroAtlas: A new geospatial tool to foster ecosystem services science and resource management

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 45-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian R. Pickard ◽  
Jessica Daniel ◽  
Megan Mehaffey ◽  
Laura E. Jackson ◽  
Anne Neale
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Services Science

The economics of biodiversity: the evolving agenda

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 721-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHARLES PERRINGS
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Science And Policy ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Biodiversity Science ◽  
Biodiversity Change ◽  
Change Climate ◽  
Harmful Species ◽  
Global Drivers ◽  
Biodiversity Decline

ABSTRACTThis paper assesses how the economics of biodiversity, as a field, has evolved in response to developments in biodiversity science and policy over the life of the journal,Environment and Development Economics. Several main trends in the economics of biodiversity are identified. First, biodiversity change has come to be analyzed largely through its impact on ecosystem services (in the sense of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment). Second, there has been a growing focus on factors that optimally lead to biodiversity decline, i.e., the benefits to be had from reducing the abundance of pests, predators, pathogens, and competitors. Third, increasing attention is being paid to two global drivers of biodiversity change, climate and global economic integration, and the effect they have on the distribution and abundance of both beneficial and harmful species. Fourth, there has been growing interest in the development of instruments to deal with the transboundary public good aspect of biodiversity, and in particular in the development of payments for ecosystem services. The paper identifies the influence of these trends on attempts to model the role of biodiversity in the production of goods and services.

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