Integrating ecosystem services in spatial planning and strategic environmental assessment: The role of the cascade model |
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| Institution: | 1. Laboratorio de Planificación Territorial, Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Rudecindo Ortega, 02950 Temuco, Chile;2. Center for Development Research, Dept. Ecology and Natural Resources Management, University of Bonn, Genscherallee 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany;3. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Dept. Natural Sciences III, Institute for Geosciences and Geography. Von Seckendorff-Platz 4, 06120 Halle-Saale, Germany;4. University of Trento, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Via Mesiano, 77, Trento 38123, Italy;1. Center for Development Research, Dept. Ecology and Natural Resources Management, University of Bonn, Walter Flex Str. 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany;2. Laboratorio de Planificación Territorial, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Rudecindo ortega, 02950 Temuco, Chile;3. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Dept. Natural Sciences III, Institute for Geosciences and Geography, Von Seckendorff-Platz 4, 06120 Halle-Saale, Germany;4. University of Trento, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, via Mesiano, 77, Trento 38123, Italy;1. UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environment Research, Dept. Community Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120 Halle/Saale, Germany;2. Sustainable Europe Research Institute SERI Germany, Vorsterstr. 95-97, 51103 Cologne, Germany;3. Institut für Umweltplanung, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany;4. iDiv, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany;1. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Department of Conservation Biology, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany;2. Municipal District of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Office for Environment and Nature Conservation, Rudolf-Mosse-Straße 9, D-14197 Berlin, Germany;3. Technische Universität München, Chair of Restoration Ecology, Emil-Ramann-Str. 6, 85354 Freising, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Over the last decade, the ecosystem service (ES) approach has gained increasing attention because it offers important advantages for enhancing decision-making. However, a key and remaining challenge is how to implement this approach in real-world decision problems. This challenge is particularly relevant for governance and policy instruments, such as spatial planning and strategic environmental assessment (SEA), where including the ES approach is recognized as a great opportunity for achieving sustainable development goals. Consequently, this opinion paper proposes the use of the ES cascade model, as the basis to develop a framework that makes explicit the links among development objectives, sustainability goals, and the overall dependency on the ES supply. The main reflections address the need for a collaborative work between policy and science as a cross-cutting aspect for an interactive, participative and transparent research process that allows 1) the development of spatial indicators of ecosystem structures, 2) valuation and spatial modeling of ES, 3) identification of benefits and networks of actors, 4) the definition of values and, 5) generation of scenarios for a trade-off assessment of development alternatives. Finally, in addition to the information and knowledge generation regarding multi-scale relationships of the different components of the ES cascade, real-world evidence is urgently needed. |
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