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HELCOM HOLAS II ESA WS, Helsinki 30.9.2015
EU Horizon 2020 Coordination and support action
Ville Karvinen / SYKE
Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and decision making
Project participants
25 in total 20 Countries
19 EU MS + 2 via BEF Also Switzerland
90% of EU territory
Academic institutions (60%) State or other superior organisations (28%) SMEs (12%)
Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and decision making
Objectives (some of them)
(total of 23)
Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and decision making
6 Work Packages
WP1 Coordination & Integration
WP2 Stakeholder network & Implementation
WP3 Mapping methods
WP4 Assessment methods
WP5 Methods testing
WP6 Dissemination & Knowledge exchange
Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and decision making
The 4 Strands in ESMERALDA that integrate the different Work Packages will evolve through 4 key phases
Networking and stakeholder involvement
Developing flexible tools for mapping and assessment
Testing of the tools at multiple scales for multiple users
Producing guidance and methodologies to provide tailored solutions for policy implementation
Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and decision making
ESMERALDA WPs & Strands
Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and decision making
I) Networking and stakeholder involvement
Identifying stakeholders and stock taking their requirements
Creating spaces of dialogue and sharing about MAES
Collecting and linking existing approaches for ES mapping, assessment, modelling and indicators & creating links to existing project and databases
Evaluating existing approaches and identifying weaknesses to be overcome in this project
Focusing not only on mapping of natural capital and biophysical supply of ES but also extend to the often neglected societal demands for goods and services
Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and decision making
II) Developing a flexible methodology for mapping, assessing and accounting of ecosystems and their services
Consider existing data, needs and expectations of the relevant stakeholders and develop a multi-tiered mapping and assessment methodology
A range of different approaches will be considered Methods will take into account different levels of detail and complexity
Innovative tools to be developed (for data management, visualisation etc) and tested
Marine areas specifically noted to be included in consideration for methods and tools
Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and decision making
III) Testing the methodology for multiple users at multiple scales
The use and practical application of ES maps and assessments will be considered through selected case studies
Methods and tools developed in Phase 2 to be tested in the case studies Stakeholders will be involved throughout the process
Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and decision making
IV) Key outputs of ESMERALDA
Tailored, practical solutions for ES mapping and assessment, ready for implementation in policy, planning and management contexts.
ESMERALDA will help EU member states to deliver under Action 5 of the EU BD strategy, and will support the needs of assessments in relation to the requirements for planning, agriculture, climate, water and nature policy.
Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and decision making
IV) Key outputs of ESMERALDA
an overview of the state of ES mapping and assessment in EU member states, including the outermost regions
a flexible methodology and tiered approach for mapping, valuation, accounting and assessment of ecosystems and their services as well as for the integration of different value dimensions
methods of developing high quality and consistent information on the condition of ecosystems and their services in EU member states
exemplar applications in selected representative case studies (agriculture, forestry, marine areas, others)
an online data sharing system for maps
Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and decision making
IV) Key outputs of ESMERALDA
a set of practical policy recommendations, including information on prioritization for restoration of degraded ecosystems and investment in Green Infrastructure (with a focus on Natura 2000 areas)
a set of recommendations for the future development and implementation of related policies such as regional policy, agriculture, fisheries and climate change
practical guidance, data and tools for using BD and ecosystem-related data in other policies.
Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and decision making
ESMERALDA timetable
WS1 - Gap analysis and identification of solutions 10/2015
WS2 - Flexible methods for ES mapping and assessing04/2016
WS3 - Testing the methods across Europe07/2016
WS4 - Testing the methods across themes01/2017
WS5 - Testing the methods for specific biomes and regions04/2017
… methods finalized, more testing
Project Final Conference05/2018
Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and decision making
ESMERALDA & HELCOM HOLAS II ESA ?
WP3: Mapping methods Task 3.2: Social Mapping Methods Task 3.3: Economic Mapping Methods Task 3.5: Development of a multi-tiered flexible methodology for mapping
ecosystems services integrating the three value domains (social, economic and biophysical) at different spatial and temporal scales
WP4: Assessment methods Task 4.2: Economic assessment methods Task 4.3: Social assessment methods
WP5: Methods testing
Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and decision making
HELCOM HOLAS II ESA WS, Helsinki 30.9.2015
EU Horizon 2020 Coordination and support action
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Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and decision making
