Database for EcoServe project, Lithuania

In this database we combined multidisciplinary expertise to predict the future ecosystem services  of the coastal Lithuania. This involves not only mapping and modelling ecosystem services per se  in the area, which in turn is a challenging task itself (Crossman et al., 2013, Duarte et al. 2016), but rather predict using both environmental (biophysical) modeling tools and socio-economic scenario development the future ecosystem services in the view of global change.

Combination of these two (biophysical and socio-economic modelling) approaches is still a challenge not only in Lithuania (where were no such attempts at the date), but also at the global scale (c.f. Zessner et al., 2017; Di Minin et al., 2017; Lotze-Campen et al., 2017). We propose an iterative approach of the assessment and modelling of biophysical parameters, socio-economic scenarios and associated ecosystem services.

The database includes the results of the research project "EcoServe". The geographic data is stored in the file geodatabase, including modeling results and ecosystem potential maps for the coastal area of the Curonian Lagoon, other datasets (socioeconomic, statistics, landuse, according CORINE dataset, and etc.) are stored in Excel files.

The project has been funded by the European Social Fund (project No 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-01-0178) under grant agreement with the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT)