Monitoring ecosystem services for sustainability

Why do we need to monitor ecosystem services and how can it be done in a consistent manner? What would an ideal set of ES indicators look like that could be operationalized (downscaled, or interpreted within different settings) for monitoring? Currently, different sets of ES indicators are available for different purposes are available (e.g., SEEA for supply and use of ES, or the EU Ecosystem Assessment for demand and use. However, there is no one consistent set of ES indicators that works across multiple ES, for several levels, and is open to operationalization (i.e. able to be fit specific use cases, with specific data options). This project aims to begin developing such a set of indicators.

Project lead: Agnes Vari

Collaborators: Elena Bennett, Andrew Gonzalez