Assessing ecosystem services for informing land-use decisions a problem-oriented approach

• Published in: Ecology and society Vol. 20; no. 3; p. 31
• Main Authors: Förster, Johannes, Barkmann, Jan, Fricke, Roman, Hotes, Stefan, Kleyer, Michael, Kobbe, Susanne, Kübler, Daniel, Rumbaur, Christian, Siegmund-Schultze, Marianna, Seppelt, Ralf, Settele, Josef, Spangenberg, Joachim H., Tekken, Vera, Václavík, Tomáš, Wittmer, Heidi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Resilience Alliance 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biodiversity conservation; decision support; Ecological sustainability; Ecosystem services; ecosystem services assessment; Ecosystems; Environmental assessment; Human ecology; Land use; problem-oriented; Rice; Sustainable agriculture; Synthesis; ISW, Indian Ocean, Madagascar; ISEW, Vietnam; ASW, Brazil; China, People's Rep

Assessments of ecosystem services (ES), that aim at informing decisions on land management, are increasing in number around the globe. Despite selected success stories, evidence for ES information being used in decision making is weak, partly because ES assessments are found to fall short in targeti...