How ecosystem services are changing: an accounting application at the EU level.
Drivers of changes
Monetary value
Official statistics
Spatial models
Supply table
Use table
Journal
Ecosystem services
ISSN: 2212-0416
Titre abrégé: Ecosyst Serv
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101701813
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2019
Dec 2019
Historique:
received:
13
06
2019
revised:
10
10
2019
accepted:
19
10
2019
entrez:
20
12
2019
pubmed:
20
12
2019
medline:
20
12
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Ecosystem services accounts are a useful tool that provides relevant information on the role of ecosystems in delivering services, and the society benefiting from them. This paper presents the accounting workflow for ecosystem services at the European Union level adopted by the Knowledge Innovation Project on an Integrated system for Natural Capital and ecosystem services Accounting (KIP INCA) - a European Commission initiative. The workflow includes: 1) biophysical assessment of ecosystem services; 2) monetary valuation; and 3) compilation of accounting tables. Supply and use tables are presented for six ecosystem services assessed so far. The supply table shows woodland and forest, followed by wetlands, as the ecosystem types with the highest monetary value per unit area. Analyses of changes between 2000 and 2012 show an overall increase of the monetary value of ecosystem services, mainly due to an increase in demand for them. We also discuss advantages and disadvantages of adopting a fast-track approach, based on official statistics, in comparison to an accounting strategy based on spatial models. We propose a novel workflow for ecosystem services accounts, focused on assessment of the actual flow of ecosystem services, making a significant contribution to further development of the technical recommendations for ecosystem services accounts.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31853438
doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.101044
pii: S2212-0416(19)30281-5
pii: 101044
pmc: PMC6894356
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
101044Informations de copyright
© 2019 The Authors.
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