Ecosystem services

Component is implemented in:

GLOBIO model (version GLOBIO 3.0) Components: Aquatic biodiversity Ecosystem services Land degradation Terrestrial biodiversity

Related IMAGE components

Agriculture and land use Drivers Flood risks Land degradation Nutrients Terrestrial biodiversity Water

Projects/Applications

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment - MA (2005) project

Key publications

Schulp et al., 2012

References

Bagstad et al., 2013 Burkhard et al., 2012 De Groot et al., 2012 EC, 2012 Egoh et al., 2012 Foley et al., 2011 Garcia-Nieto et al., 2013 Haines-Young and Potschin, 2013 MA, 2005 TEEB, 2010a TEEB, 2010b Van Jaarsveld et al., 2005

Flowchart Ecosystem services. See also the Input/Output Table on the introduction page.

Key policy issues

• How would ecosystem services and the benefits from the natural environment develop in the absence of specific policies?
• How could policy interventions contribute to improving future ecosystem services?
• How could policy interventions influence the interaction between ecosystem services and other goals and ambitions, such as the millennium development goals?

Introduction