Identification of a Practicable Set of Ecosystem Indicators for Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Services

Atkins, Jonathan P.; Burdon, Daryl; Elliott, Michael

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-17214-9_5

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“…4, left hand side). The amount and fluxes of physical, chemical and biological materials may be regarded, in economic terms, as marine ecosystem stocks and flows which can be measured and which can have management targets and management measures to achieve those targets (Pinto et al 2014;Atkins et al 2015). In essence, the natural system can produce the ecosystem services but it then requires society to input 'human complementary assets' or 'human capital' (such as time, money, energy and skills) to extract societal goods and benefits ('the sea can produce fish but we need to learn how to catch and cook them'!)…”

Section: State or State Changes (S)mentioning

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From DPSIR the DAPSI(W)R(M) Emerges… a Butterfly – ‘protecting the natural stuff and delivering the human stuff’

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O’Higgins

2020

Ecosystem-Based Management, Ecosystem Services and Aquatic Biodiversity

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The complexity of interactions and feedbacks between human activities and ecosystems can make the analysis of such social-ecological systems intractable. In order to provide a common means to understand and analyse the links between social and ecological process within these systems, a range of analytical frameworks have been developed and adopted. Following decades of practical experience in implementation, the Driver Pressure State Impact Response (DPSIR) conceptual framework has been adapted and redeveloped to become the D(A)PSI(W)R(M). This paper describes in detail the D(A)PSI(W)R(M) and its development from the original DPSIR conceptual frame. Despite its diverse application and demonstrated utility, a number of inherent shortcomings are identified. In particular the DPSIR model family tend to be best suited to individual environmental pressures and human activities and their resulting environmental problems, having a limited focus on the supply and demand of benefits from nature. We present a derived framework, the "Butterfly", a more holistic approach designed to expand the concept. The "Butterfly" model, moves away from the centralised accounting framework approach while more-fully incorporating the complexity of social and ecological systems, and the supply and demand of ecosystem services, which are central to human-environment interactions.

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From DPSIR the DAPSI(W)R(M) Emerges… a Butterfly – ‘protecting the natural stuff and delivering the human stuff’

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O’Higgins

2020

Ecosystem-Based Management, Ecosystem Services and Aquatic Biodiversity

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“…In the context of the regulatory framework, Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) productivity, for example, is used as a state indicator as well as a target to monitor progress towards achieving Good Environmental Status under the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/56/EC). As well as being valuable ecological indicators of the health of the marine environment, seabirds have also been identified as key indicators of ecosystem service provision [21,22]. For example, the number and breeding success of Black-legged kittiwake at Skomer Marine Nature Reserve, Wales, has been proposed as appropriate indicators to identify the scale and trajectory of change in ecosystem service provision over time [21].…”

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“…As well as being valuable ecological indicators of the health of the marine environment, seabirds have also been identified as key indicators of ecosystem service provision [21,22]. For example, the number and breeding success of Black-legged kittiwake at Skomer Marine Nature Reserve, Wales, has been proposed as appropriate indicators to identify the scale and trajectory of change in ecosystem service provision over time [21].…”

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The matrix revisited: A bird's-eye view of marine ecosystem service provision

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The marine environment provides a range of ecosystem services and benefits for society. A previous study in Marine Policy [1] advocated a matrix approach to demonstrate the relative degree of ecosystem service provision from habitats and species within UK Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), but excluded seabird species in its assessment. Despite the number of existing UK MPAs designated specifically for individual seabird species and/or seabird assemblages, and the fact that seabird species have long been used as policy-relevant indicators for the monitoring and management of the marine environment, as yet little research has focussed on the direct role of seabird species in the provision of ecosystem services and how these are captured for marine spatial planning purposes in the context of MPAs. Building on the matrix approach, this paper develops and populates a matrix to illustrate the relationship between key UK breeding seabird species and their relative contribution to the delivery of intermediate ecosystem services and goods/benefits. The original matrix approach has been strengthen to include the development and testing of a set of rules for combining multiple matrices. Confidence scores relating to the underlying evidence base are built into the matrix to provide an illustration of the current understanding and to identify current gaps in evidence. Following a sense check by external seabird experts the matrix is applied in the context of four existing UK MPA case study sites. Further developments and applications of the seabird matrix are discussed within the context of wider marine management. Research Highlights: A seabird matrix was developed and populated for relative ecosystem service provision  Rules were established and tested for combining scores from multiple matrices  Confidence scores were applied to the evidence base underlying the assessment  Application to case study sites demonstrates the value of applying a matrix approach

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“…In practice, indicators have to be developed to capture the extent of ecosystem service delivery in a quantitative way and these ecosystem service indicators need to be linked to a set of ecosystem benefit indicators that describe the resulting benefits for society (Atkins et al, 2015;Hattam et al, 2015).…”

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Assessing Costs and Benefits of Measures to Achieve Good Environmental Status in European Regional Seas: Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons Learnt

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The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires Member States to assess the costs and benefits of Programmes of Measures (PoMs) put in place to ensure that European marine waters achieve Good Environmental Status by 2020. An interdisciplinary approach is needed to carry out such an assessment whereby economic analysis is used to evaluate the outputs from ecological analysis that determines the expected effects of such management measures. This paper applies and tests an existing six-step approach to assess costs and benefits of management measures with potential to support the overall goal of the MSFD and discusses a range of ecological and economic analytical tools applicable to this task. Environmental cost-benefit analyses are considered for selected PoMs in three European case studies: Baltic Sea (Finland), East Coast Marine Plan area (UK), and the Bay of Biscay (Spain). These contrasting case studies are used to investigate the application of environmental cost-benefit analysis (CBA) including the challenges, opportunities and lessons learnt from using this approach. This paper demonstrates that there are opportunities in applying the six-step environmental CBA framework presented to assess the impact of PoMs. However, given demonstrated limitations of knowledge and data availability, application of other economic techniques should also be considered (although not applied here) to complement the more formal environmental CBA approach.

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Identification of a Practicable Set of Ecosystem Indicators for Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Services

Cited by 24 publications

References 33 publications

From DPSIR the DAPSI(W)R(M) Emerges… a Butterfly – ‘protecting the natural stuff and delivering the human stuff’

From DPSIR the DAPSI(W)R(M) Emerges… a Butterfly – ‘protecting the natural stuff and delivering the human stuff’

The matrix revisited: A bird's-eye view of marine ecosystem service provision

Assessing Costs and Benefits of Measures to Achieve Good Environmental Status in European Regional Seas: Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons Learnt

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