How do you take into account trade-offs between ecosystem services in land management decision making?

Landscapes have to fulfil many demands e.g. for food, conservation, flood protection, recreation etc. Land use decisions affect which and how much goods and services are (co-) produced by ecosystems. Management to favour certain goods and services often triggers trade-offs for others. Understanding the strength of such trade-offs, and identifying land use options that are able to minimize them is a key question.

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How do you take into account trade-offs between ecosystem services in land management decision making?

Links and resources

• CIFOR Example in OPERAs: Ecosystem services and climate strategies: Analysis of tradeoffs in Peru with pantropical comparisons

Case studies:

• Tradeoffs between adaptation and mitigation in climate policies
• Tradeoffs between ecosystem services in Borneo, Indonesia
• Tradeoffs between ecosystem services in Costa Rica
• Tradeoffs between ecosystem services in the Mariño watershed, Apurímac, Perú
• French Alps

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Webinar: Natural capital and ecosystem services in research, policy and practice

The fourth in the six-part series of OPERAs' webinars, took place on Monday 2 October 2017. You can watch the recording of the webinar below or on the Oppla YouTube channel.