The ecosystem services agenda:bridging the worlds of natural science and economics, conservation and development, and public and private policy

By L. Braat, R.W.J. de Groot. 2012

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The Ecosystem Services Journal starts in 2012 with a formidable basis in the reports and books from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and TEEB projects. Following a half-century history of growing awareness and associated scientific based policy development a bridging concept with natural and social science notions was developed and coined “ecosystem services”. The agenda for the journal Ecosystem Services, presented in this introductory paper to the Journal Ecosystem Services is aimed at scientists and policy analysts who consider contributing to better knowledge and better use of that knowledge about ecosystem services. This should include knowledge of the ecological systems that provide the services, the economic systems that benefit from them, and the institutions that need to develop effective codes for a sustainable use. The agenda is derived from the experience of the authors in science and policy analysis and extended with some of the recommendations from the TEEB book for national and international policy making emphasising the science—policy—practice linkage, which is the philosophy of the Journal.

Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Changes in the global value of ecosystem services (2014, neutral): “Interest in ecosystem services in both the research and policy communities has grown rapidly (Braat and de Groot, 2012; Costanza and Kubiszewski, 2012).”
Ecosystem services approach for community-based ecotourism: towards an equitable and sustainable blue economy (2020, background): “…in particular, has shaped the understanding that benefits derived from healthy ecosystems support human wellbeing and the rest of nature and, therefore, should be incorporated into decision making so that they are properly valued and protected (Braat & De Groot, 2012; Robert Costanza et al., 2017).”
Fairly efficient, efficiently fair: Lessons from designing and testing payment schemes for ecosystem services in Asia (2015, background): “As the debate continues, we envisage the model of ecosystem services from the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) diagram as a conceptual improvement of the Millennium Assessment (MA) diagram (Braat and de Groot, 2012).”
Soil as a Basis to Create Enabling Conditions for Transitions towards Sustainable Land Management as a Key to Achieve the SDGs by 2030 (2019, background): “This is essential as business as usual, or even innovations as usual, are insufficient to resolve the wicked problems mankind is facing [8].”
Quantifying Economic Value of Coastal Ecosystem Services : A Review (2018, background): “Interest in ecosystem services in both research and policy-making communities has grown rapidly [8].”
The Relationship between Social Cohesion and Urban Green Space: An Avenue for Health Promotion (2019, background): “One example of this integration is the ecosystem services framework which describes nature’s benefits to human health and well-being [32].”
The future value of ecosystem services: global scenarios and national implications (2017, background): “Interest in ecosystem services in both the research and policy communities is growing rapidly (Balvanera et al., 2012; Braat and de Groot, 2012; Costanza and Kubiszewski, 2012; Egoh et al., 2012; Maes et al., 2012; Molnar and Kubiszewski, 2012; Pittock et al., 2012).”
Global use of ecosystem service models (2016, background): “Since many current policy and economic decisions do not account for the values of ecosystem services (ES), planners and decision-makers are increasingly focused on the management of ES as a viable way to understand and manage human interactions with ecosystems (Braat and Groot, 2012; Holzman, 2012).”
When, Where, and How Nature Matters for Ecosystem Services: Challenges for the Next Generation of Ecosystem Service Models (2017, background): “…recent studies high-light the considerations needed to better measure ES contributions to human well-being, such as through psychological benefits (Bratman et al. 2012), cultural services (Daniel still typically focus on biophysical supply of services (e.g., water purification by wetlands) more…”