Essential ecosystem service variables for monitoring progress towards sustainability

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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.
Original languageEnglish
Article number101152
JournalCurrent Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Volume54
Number of pages9
ISSN1877-3435
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Publication statusPublished - 01.02.2022

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Part of special issue: SI: Open Issue 2022. Edited by Opha Pauline Dube, Victor Galaz, William Solecki

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© 2022 Elsevier B.V.

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