TY - JOUR

T1 - Essential ecosystem service variables for monitoring progress towards sustainability

AU - Balvanera, Patricia

AU - Brauman, Kate A

AU - Cord, Anna F

AU - Drakou, Evangelia G

AU - Geijzendorffer, Ilse R

AU - Karp, Daniel S

AU - Martín-López, Berta

AU - Mwampamba, Tuyeni H

AU - Schröter, Matthias

N1 - Part of special issue: SI: Open Issue 2022. Edited by Opha Pauline Dube, Victor Galaz, William Solecki Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Elsevier B.V. Funding Information: The authors would like to thank the continued support from GEO BON to the GEO BON-ES team, through online work as well as hands-on meetings. Consultations have also been held in the context of the meetings of the Programme for Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS). The contribution of IRG was partly covered by the ECOPOTENTIAL project (Contract No. 641762) funded under the Horizon 2020 Programme by the European Commission . Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Elsevier B.V.

PY - 2022/2/1

Y1 - 2022/2/1

N2 - Global frameworks to guide consistent monitoring of changes in human–nature interactions across space and time are needed to better understand how healthy ecosystems support societies and to inform policy design. Monitoring Essential Ecosystem Service Variables (EESVs) can provide a comprehensive picture of how links between nature and people are changing. A first proposed set of EESV classes comprises: ecological supply, anthropogenic contribution, demand, use, instrumental values, and relational values. Development of specific indicators of these classes for three exemplary ecosystem services (food from fisheries, crop pollination and wildlife viewing) confirms their readiness for global operationalization. The EESV classes will advance our ability to monitor progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

AB - Global frameworks to guide consistent monitoring of changes in human–nature interactions across space and time are needed to better understand how healthy ecosystems support societies and to inform policy design. Monitoring Essential Ecosystem Service Variables (EESVs) can provide a comprehensive picture of how links between nature and people are changing. A first proposed set of EESV classes comprises: ecological supply, anthropogenic contribution, demand, use, instrumental values, and relational values. Development of specific indicators of these classes for three exemplary ecosystem services (food from fisheries, crop pollination and wildlife viewing) confirms their readiness for global operationalization. The EESV classes will advance our ability to monitor progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

KW - Ecosystems Research

KW - Environmental planning

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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/627102e9-b7e0-3086-b7f9-35adf6f3c402/

U2 - 10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101152

DO - 10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101152

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 54

JO - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

JF - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

SN - 1877-3435

M1 - 101152

ER -