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Towards a comprehensive sustainability methodology to assess anthropogenic impacts on ecosystems : review of the integration of Life Cycle Assessment, Environmental Risk Assessment and Ecosystem Services Assessment Ghent University University of Antwerp Flanders Marine Institute
Nowadays, a variety of methodologies are available to assess local, regional and global impacts of human activities on ecosystems, which include Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) and Ecosystem Services Assessment (ESA). However, none can individually assess both the positive and negative impacts of human activities at different geographical scales in a comprehensive manner. In order to overcome the shortcomings of ...
Ecosystem Services of Freshwater Ecosystems "ECOFRESH" Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Novel urban ecosystems and ecosystem services Ghent University
Payment for ecosystem services in the Congo basin : filling the gap between law and sustainability for an optimal preservation of ecosystem services Ghent University
Social assessment of ecosystem services – Linking images of nature and ecosystem services assessment Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This paper describes a qualitative social
assessment of ecosystem services (ESS), as part of an integrated ESS assessment in a peri-urban study area in central Belgium. We interviewed 39 decisionmakers and other people actively using and managing nature in the study area and asked them firstly what nature means to them, and secondly to assess the importance of 31 ecosystem services at the local scale. By applying a grounded theory-inspired ...
assessment of ecosystem services (ESS), as part of an integrated ESS assessment in a peri-urban study area in central Belgium. We interviewed 39 decisionmakers and other people actively using and managing nature in the study area and asked them firstly what nature means to them, and secondly to assess the importance of 31 ecosystem services at the local scale. By applying a grounded theory-inspired ...
Social mapping of perceived ecosystem services supply – The role of social landscape metrics and social hotspots for integrated ecosystem services assessment, landscape planning and management Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This paper contributes to the discussion on integrating societal considerations, stakeholders' perceptions and laymen knowledge into ecosystem services (ES) assessments. The paper illustrates how social mapping of perceived ES supply (or alternatively demand) can contribute to integrated ES assessment. Based on sketched locations of the, according to 38 respondents, most important ES at the local scale, we describe the perceived ES distribution ...
Ecosystem services in cities : towards the international legal protection of ecosystem services in urban environments Ghent University
Integrating Ecosystem Services values for sustainability? Evidence from the Belgium Ecosystem Services community of practice Research Institute for Nature and Forest University of Antwerp KU Leuven
Abstract Through a reflexive study, we performed a reality check of how Ecosystem Services valuation is performed compared to what could be referred to as a “theoretical ideal” of the BElgium Ecosystem Services (BEES) community of practice, reflecting the salient recent international literature on integrated valuation. By surveying the most recent case studies doing valuation, our results highlight that stakeholders are always included, a ...