Innovation in mapping ecosystem services and understanding the ecosystems approach to the protected site

Report contains data that can be used under Open Government Licence. Main report mostly narrative. 3 technical reports contain data.

This project is collaboration with Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS) Programme to tap into the expertise and data already collected by BESS to answer several evidence needs for policy:
1. Improving our ability to map ecosystem services at different geographical scales. This work will build on work initiated by the BESS projects to record, build on and share good practice between groups developing spatially explicit maps of ecosystem services. It will also identify possible short and longer term options to address data, modelling and presentation issues to allow this approach to be robustly applied in new circumstances and new areas. This will be closely linked to customer needs with a view to informing prioritisation of action and resource targeting at the local and national level.
2. Provide evidence to assist the Natural Capital Committee, Defra and the Agencies, by exploring the contribution that Natura 2000 sites make to ecological resilience and the provision of ecosystem services, with a view to exploring the options for applying the ecosystem approach to mitigation of development impacts to reduce regulatory costs and increase ecological benefits. .

本报告所含数据可在开放政府许可下使用。主要报告以叙述性为主。包含三份技术报告，其中包含数据。

本项研究系与生物多样性及生态系统服务可持续性（BESS）计划合作，旨在充分利用BESS已收集的专业知识和数据，以满足政策制定的多个实证需求：
1. 提升我们在不同地理尺度上绘制生态系统服务图的能力。此项工作将建立在BESS项目启动的工作基础之上，记录、拓展并共享开发空间显式生态系统服务图的团队间的良好实践。同时，将识别可能的短期和长期选项，以解决数据、建模和展示问题，确保该方法能在新的环境和区域中得到稳健的应用。此部分将与客户需求紧密相连，旨在为地方和国家层面的行动优先级和资源定位提供信息。
2. 通过探讨Natura 2000地区对生态弹性和生态系统服务提供的贡献，为自然资本委员会、环境、食品和农村事务部（Defra）及各机构提供证据支持，以探索将生态系统方法应用于减轻开发影响，降低监管成本并增加生态效益的选项。