How to make ecosystem services assessments informative and feasible

BUNDLES OF BENEFITS: In 2015, 由几个中心的研究人员进行的一项研究提出了一种如何识别生态系统服务束的方法, or sets of ecosystem services appearing together, in a way that would provide numerous benefits for managers and policy makers.

他们认为，这种方法可以用来动员人们，支持更可持续的景观管理. 从那以后，使用这种方法的“提议”很少被付诸实践.

Until now.

Landscape diversity in southern Sweden

In 2020, centre PhD student Katja Malmborg picked up the challenge in an article published in the same journal as the first, Ambio.

Malmborg’s study, written together with centre colleagues Cibele Queiroz, Albert Norström, Lisen Schultz and former colleague Elin Enfors-Kautsky, 描述了他们如何与瑞典南部Helge å流域的不同利益相关者合作, 绘制和识别各种可用的生态系统服务，以及如何将它们组合在一起.

Helge å地区容纳了从北部的针叶林生产到南部的密集农业的一切，但在过去50年里，由于人口增长，它发生了巨大的变化, farming and forestry.

他们和当地的参与者一起，确定了三种不同的生态系统服务. The bundles analysis included a diverse set of services:

• 森林生产、牛奶生产和肉类生产等供应服务
• 调节服务，如景观多样性，运行水质和磷保持
• Cultural services such as outdoor recreation, biodiversity heritage and hunting

First-hand knowledge and application

In order to bridge the gap between research and decision-making, producing usable knowledge requires legitimate processes of co-production. Furthermore, for the generated knowledge to actually have an impact, it needs to fit with existing political and cultural contexts.

Malmborg的研究描述了如何让利益相关者参与进来，以使基于科学的评估有用. 她召集了不仅对评估领域有第一手知识，而且还将从分析结果中受益的利益相关者.

Malmborg说:“我们已经证明了这样的评估是如何既提供信息又可行的。.

More legitimate picture

一些与会者认为捆绑方法是向其他决策者传达多功能环境重要性的有效方法. 其他代表团赞赏这一合作进程如何促进跨部门的相互作用. For instance, actors from the agricultural and forestry sectors, often framed as the “bad guys” in discussions about environmental management, 对这次合作为更广泛地讨论利弊权衡和协同增效开辟了道路表示满意.

“我们的参与分析为Helge å集水区的多功能景观提供了更加突出和合理的画面,” says Katja Malmborg.

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Video: Katja Malmborg explains why the central insights from this study