Knowledge needs for the operationalisation of the concept of ecosystem services

Carmen, Esther; Watt, Allan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9534-728X; Carvalho, Laurence; Dick, Jan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4180-9338; Fazey, Ioan; Garcia-Blanco, Gemma; Grizzetti, Bruna; Hauck, Jennifer; Izakovicova, Zita; Kopperoinen, Leena; Liquete, Camino; Odee, David; Steingröver, Eveliene; Young, Juliette. 2018 Knowledge needs for the operationalisation of the concept of ecosystem services [in special issue: SI: Synthesizing OpenNESS] Ecosystem Services, 29 (C). 441-451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.10.012

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.10.012

Abstract/Summary

As environmental challenges and their management are increasingly recognised as complex and uncertain, the concept of ecosystem services has emerged from within scientific communities and is gaining influence within policy communities. To better understand how this concept can be turned into practice we examine knowledge needs from the perspective of the different stakeholders directly engaged with the operationalisation of ecosystem systems concept within ten socio-ecologically different case studies from different countries, levels of governance and ecosystems. We identify four different but interrelated areas of knowledge needs, namely; (i) needs related to develop a common understanding, (ii) needs related to the role of formal and informal institutions in shaping action on the ground, (iii) needs related to linking knowledge and action, and (iv) and needs related to accessible and easy to use methods and tools. These findings highlight the need to view knowledge as a process which is orientated towards action. We discuss the potential to develop transdisciplinary research approaches and the development of tools and methods explicitly as boundary objects in the ecosystem service science community to develop more collaborative practices with other stakeholders and facilitate the operationalisation of the concept of ecosystem services across contexts.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.10.012
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Biodiversity (Science Area 2017-) Water Resources (Science Area 2017-) Unaffiliated
ISSN:	2212-0416
Additional Keywords:	ecosystem services, operationalisation, knowledge needs, transdisciplinary research
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	11 Jan 2018 12:06 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518930

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.10.012

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Biodiversity (Science Area 2017-)
Water Resources (Science Area 2017-)
Unaffiliated

ISSN:

2212-0416

Additional Keywords:

ecosystem services, operationalisation, knowledge needs, transdisciplinary research

NORA Subject Terms:

Ecology and Environment