Ecosystem service provision: An operational way for marine biodiversity conservation and management

Multi-objective spatial tools to inform maritime spatial planning in the Adriatic Sea

“…In this context, the presented model can inform planners on the ecological functioning of coastal areas and provide baseline information for the development of ecosystem-based management strategies, required by the MSFD. For marine conservation planning, the presented MES model requires further methodological and dataset integrations related to field measurements on benthic communities distribution coupled with predictive model to assess benthic community distribution (Puls et al, 2012), assessment of ecological multi-functionality through geostatistical techniques (Lefcheck et al, 2015;Schröter and Remme, 2016), development of habitat fragmentation models to better understand ecological resilience (Cognetti and Maltagliati, 2010), identification of socio-economic proxy indicators that link ecological functioning and services to human well-being and 5) extension of sensitivity analysis implemented in the presented CI model, by defining the 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 sensitivity of a benthic habitat from anthropogenic pressures based on key stone species specific sensitivities and their ecological function (Depellegrin and Pereira 2016;Hooper et al, 2017). The presented MES model is a first step towards a wider MES analysis in the Adriatic Sea.…”

Marine Ecosystem Services

“…UNEP also addresses Ecosystem Services with a focus on Economic Valuation and Natural Wealth, Equity in Ecosystem Management and Disaster Risk Management. Cognetti et al (2010) have developed a marine ecosystem services concept for ES provision, focusing on the providers of these services. This approach allows for linking data on marine biotopes, pressures or disturbance types to the provision of marine ecosystem services and the final goods/benefits.…”

“…Cognetti et al (2010) takes a marine ecologist's perspective, and propose a classification of ES that relies on the biological characteristics and ecosystem functions of the marine ecosystems where they are provided. This is done to create better links between the classification and the ecological analysis and data, linked to the provision of the final goods and benefits -i.e.…”

“…To facilitate this classification of marine ecosystem services they identify three main classes of ES provision: in natural, disturbed and human-controlled environments. Table 4 illustrates how the relations between natural biotopes or ecosystems, the service provider and activity, and the final benefits, can be described and used for classification in natural environments: Source: Cognetti et al, 2010Cognetti et al, , page 1918 In Table 5 examples are provided on the service provision when the marine environment is disturbed, i.e. is not longer a natural ecosystem.…”

A proposed ecosystem-based management system for marine waters: linking the theory of environmental policy to the practice of environmental management

“…Our aim is to define a standardized process for applying ecosystem approach principles by ensuring the inclusion of essential components such as participation, planning, and decision making, and by promoting accountability and quality assurance to achieve management objectives that follow sustainable development principles and are based on ecosystem services (Government of the Netherlands and Government of Malawi 1998, Balvanera et al 2001, Cognetti andMaltagliati 2010). Standards, guidelines, and quality-assurance systems are widely used in industry and many fields of management to ensure quality and accountability.…”