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Laura Maebe
Teaching assistant and PhD student at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liège University (Belgium)
Laura.Maebe@uliege.be
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Resource description:
Wal-ES is the walloon (Southern part of Belgium) platform on ecosystem services which aims to develop decision support tools based on this concept. During its one year of funding, Wal-ES set up the foundations for the development of these tools. A conceptual and an assessment frameworks have been created along with a database that contains all the information needed to assess ecosystem services in Wallonia. More information can be founded on the website (unfortunately just in French): http://webserver.wal-es.be/fr/wal-es.html?IDC=5732
Advantages:
- Common foundations to use ecosystem services in decision support tools
- Guidelines to assess ecosystem services with an integrative approach
Constraints:
- Website in French
- These foundations need to be put into practice (but Wal-ES is currently no longer funded)
Uses of this resource:
Wal-ES can be used to:
- Understand the concept of ecosystem services and its uses
- Find the ecosystem services that are provided in Wallonia
- Assess ecosystem services in an integrative way
- Find the information needed to assess ecosystem services in Wallonia
Partners:
Marc Dufrêne
Professor at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liège University (Belgium)
Marc.Dufrene@ULiege.be
Licence:
- Free, no licence
Development stage:
- Concept only
Quality assurance:
- Professional references
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