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|Application=Millennium Ecosystem Assessment - MA (2005) project
|Application=Millennium Ecosystem Assessment - MA (2005) project
|IMAGEComponent=Drivers;
|IMAGEComponent=Drivers;
|KeyReference=Schulp et al., 2012; Van Kolck et al., in preparation;  
|KeyReference=Schulp et al., 2012; Van Kolck et al., in preparation;
|Reference=Burkhard et al., 2012; MA, 2005; TEEB, 2010a; De Groot et al., 2012; Haines-Young and Potschin, 2013; TEEB, 2010b; Van Jaarsveld et al., 2005; Egoh et al., 2012; Bagstad et al., 2013; Garcia-Nieto et al., 2013; Foley et al., 2011; EC, 2012;  
|Reference=Burkhard et al., 2012; MA, 2005; TEEB, 2010a; De Groot et al., 2012; Haines-Young and Potschin, 2013; TEEB, 2010b; Van Jaarsveld et al., 2005; Egoh et al., 2012; Bagstad et al., 2013; Garcia-Nieto et al., 2013; Foley et al., 2011; EC, 2012;
|InputVar=Temperature - grid; Precipitation - grid; Crop production; Livestock production; Erosion risk - grid; Protected area - grid;  Ocean carbon uptake; NEP (net ecosystem production) - grid; Statistics on inundation depth - grid; River discharge - grid; Land use and land-use intensity - grid; GDP per capita - grid; Number of wet days - grid; Cloudiness - grid;
|InputVar=Temperature - grid; Precipitation - grid; Crop production; Livestock production; Erosion risk - grid; Protected area - grid;  Ocean carbon uptake; NEP (net ecosystem production) - grid; Statistics on inundation depth - grid; River discharge - grid; Land use and land-use intensity - grid; GDP per capita - grid; Number of wet days - grid; Cloudiness - grid;
|Parameter=Topography - grid; Distance to water - grid; Fish landing - grid; Accessibility - grid; No-go areas - grid;  Ecosystem services effect values - grid
|Parameter=Topography - grid; Distance to water - grid; Fish landing - grid; Accessibility - grid; No-go areas - grid;  Ecosystem services effect values - grid
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Growing concern about the unsustainable use has led to ecosystem services being incorporated in international and national policies. For example, the CBD Aichi targets endorsed by the EU biodiversity strategy address ecosystem services and the sustainable use of ecosystems ([[EC, 2012]]).
Growing concern about the unsustainable use has led to ecosystem services being incorporated in international and national policies. For example, the CBD Aichi targets endorsed by the EU biodiversity strategy address ecosystem services and the sustainable use of ecosystems ([[EC, 2012]]).


Ecosystem services are closely linked to the core focus of the IMAGE 3.0 framework to analyse interactions between human and natural systems (see [[Framework introduction]]). The ecosystems services module quantifies the supply of services, defined as functioning of ecosystems to produce services in a given time period. To quantify ecosystem services, a range of indicators is used from other IMAGE components , together with additional relationships developed to establish supply of services ([[Schulp et al., 2012]]). To identify deficiencies and surpluses in ecosystem services, the calculated supply is compared with the potential requirement for these services at an appropriate spatial scale.  
Ecosystem services are closely linked to the core focus of the IMAGE 3.0 framework to analyse interactions between human and natural systems (see [[IMAGE Framework introduction]]). The ecosystems services module quantifies the supply of services, defined as functioning of ecosystems to produce services in a given time period. To quantify ecosystem services, a range of indicators is used from other IMAGE components , together with additional relationships developed to establish supply of services ([[Schulp et al., 2012]]). To identify deficiencies and surpluses in ecosystem services, the calculated supply is compared with the potential requirement for these services at an appropriate spatial scale.
 
 
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|AggregatedComponent=Impacts
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|FrameworkElementType=impact component
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Revision as of 06:48, 20 May 2014

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