Image: OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Indicators for ecosystem services An indicator is a quantitative measure which represents a complex system or phenomenon. Indicators are key elements in policies for goal formulatio...
Image: Transition Towards Sustainable and Liveable Urban Futures – JPI Urban Europe Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda Strategic Research and Innovation agenda (SRIA)Launched in 2015, the SRIA describes the long-term strategy and programme for JPI Urban Europes from...
Image: Wood production maps for European forests The European Forest Institute, in cooperation with Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin and VU University Amsterdam, developed a set of high-resolution w...
Image: OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Human well-being Human well-being (HWB) is a central component of the ecosystem services (ES) framework and in fact its major endpoint in terms of what the ES conce...
Image: OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Nature-based solutions The idea of 'nature-based solutions' (NbS) is now being used to reframe policy debates on biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation and ...
Image: Multiple stresses and freshwater ecosystem service provision: the MARS ‘cookbook’ methodology The MARS ‘cookbook’ methodology provides an invaluable tool to support the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Europe.
Image: OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Ecosystem services and human health Synthesis paper on ecosystem services and human health. There may be scope for OpenNESS to demonstrate a benefit of the ecosystem services and nat...
Image: Integrated backcasting modeling system BackES Advancing optimal management practices and designing relevant policy interventions for maintaining ecosystem services (ES) that satisfy local deman...
Image: OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Effectiveness The ultimate goal for managing ecosystem services is contributing to human well-being. To analyse how this goal can effectively be achieved is a ma...
Image: OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Good governance Governance of ecosystem services (ES) and natural capital (NC) is one of the four major challenges addressed by OpenNESS. The term governance indic...
Image: OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Competitiveness Understanding how the sustainable management of ecosystem services and natural capital relates to EU competitiveness at local, national and global ...
Image: OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) is a general framework for supporting complex decision-making situations with multiple and often conflictin...
