The chapter reviews the UK-NEA study which provides a useful, national-level model for the assessment of changes to ecosystem services. As such it has generated substantial policy impact both in terms of general natural capital decision-making and for specific issues such as those relating to the water environment. Addressing water policy through ecosystem services based assessment may help reveal the importance of water and ecosystems to human wellbeing. Many of the water-related services provided by ecosystems are not traded in markets, yet they are of significant value to society. The full assessment of water-related ecosystem services will require more knowledge development to better understand how ecosystems contribute to human wellbeing.

Marije, S., Ferrini, S., Amii R., H., Ian J., B. (2015). The first United Kingdom’s National Ecosystem Assessment and beyond. In R.C.F. J. Martin-Ortega (a cura di), Water Ecosystem Services: A Global Perspective (pp. 73-81). Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

The first United Kingdom’s National Ecosystem Assessment and beyond

Silvia, Ferrini;
2015-01-01

Abstract

The chapter reviews the UK-NEA study which provides a useful, national-level model for the assessment of changes to ecosystem services. As such it has generated substantial policy impact both in terms of general natural capital decision-making and for specific issues such as those relating to the water environment. Addressing water policy through ecosystem services based assessment may help reveal the importance of water and ecosystems to human wellbeing. Many of the water-related services provided by ecosystems are not traded in markets, yet they are of significant value to society. The full assessment of water-related ecosystem services will require more knowledge development to better understand how ecosystems contribute to human wellbeing.
2015
978-131617890-4
978-92-3-100068-3
Marije, S., Ferrini, S., Amii R., H., Ian J., B. (2015). The first United Kingdom’s National Ecosystem Assessment and beyond. In R.C.F. J. Martin-Ortega (a cura di), Water Ecosystem Services: A Global Perspective (pp. 73-81). Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
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