Resource description:
Europe is full of natural treasures that provide endless inspiration, excitement, and enjoyment as well as supporting much of our economy. These benefits we get from nature sometimes referred to as ecosystem services, that are provided by Europe's natural capital.
This map provides a rich picture of many of these ecosystem services and is accompanied by a legend that explains different categories of benefits.
The map - and the illustrated ecosystem services within the map - can be used for illustration purposes and as an informative educational resource.
Author/Contact:
Marc Metzger
The University of Edinburgh
marc.metzger@ed.ac.uk
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Advantages:
- The map - and the illustrated ecosystem services within the map - can be used for illustration purposes and as an informative educational resource.
Constraints:
- The map of Europe’s natural treasures adopted a pragmatic approach by illustrating the diversity across the most commonly recognised ecosystem services categories – but some benefits are inevitably missing. It is not straightforward to group or classi
Uses of this resource:
The map can be used and adapted for communication and illustration purposes and as an informative educational resource.
DOI reference:
http://dx.doi.org/10.7488/ds/2320
Licence:
- Public/open source
Development stage:
- Full, working product
Quality assurance:
- Own QA and testing