Abstract Though the Ecosystem Service (ESS) approach is considered promising for
integrated ecosystem management, its operationalisation is hampered by the lack of agreed …

The ecosystem services (ESS) approach seeks to identify and characterize links between
ecosystems and human welfare. The DESSIN ESS evaluation framework is a novel …

Analytic–deliberative techniques have been suggested as a promising approach to
ecosystem service (ES) valuation but are still at an experimental stage. This paper …

This paper briefly reviews challenges and shortcomings in implementation of the ecosystem
service (ES) approach in water management and indicates possibilities to overcome these …

The success of river restoration was estimated using the ecosystem services approach. In
eight pairs of restored–unrestored reaches and floodplains across Europe, we quantified …

The emergence of the ecosystem services concept suggests that economic valuation studies
are already fulfilling a role in raising awareness by demonstrating the loss of nature's goods …

Through a reflexive study, we performed a reality check of how Ecosystem Services
valuation is performed compared to what could be referred to as a “theoretical ideal” of the …

The benefits people obtain from ecosystems vary from direct benefits that are easily
monetized (eg, timber) to indirect benefits that are not easily monetized (eg, maintenance of …

The purpose of the present research was to analyze the available data on river restoration
projects in Europe. As the framework of our study, we conducted a structured international …

A mixed-method approach was used to assess and value the ecosystem services derived
from the Dogger Bank, an extensive shallow sandbank in the southern North Sea. Three …