MESEU

Biodiversity, the richness of nature, is fundamental for human living in many different ways: Production of food, drugs and other resources, provision of drinking water and pure air to name just a few. In order to preserve intact ecosystems and the services they provide, the loss of biodiversity has to be halted.

The EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 requires member states to map ecosystem services under Target 2, Action 5: "Member States, with the assistance of the Commission, will map and assess the state of ecosystems and their services in their national territory by 2014[…]."

The implementation of Action 5 is supported by the MESEU working group, where Adrienne Grêt-Regamey is a member of the consortium. PLUS contributes by sharing its expertise and knowledge about mapping of ecosystem services, presenting different methodological approaches and integrating the ecosystem services concept into planning and decision making.

Project Data

Duration

31.10.2013 – 31.10.2015

Funding

European Commission: DG Environment

Partner

• Alterra, Wageningen UR, the Netherlands (project coordinator)
• Expertise centre for biodiversity and sustainable development (ECNC), the Netherlands
• Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), United Kingdom
• Environment Agency Austria (EAA), Austria
• Instituut voor Bos en NatuurOnderzoek (INBO), Belgium
• Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain
  

Team

Prof. Dr. Adrienne Grêt-Regamey
Bettina Weibel
Sven-Erik Rabe

Further information

external page www.biodiversity.europa.eu

Publication

Maes, J., Teller, A., Erhard, M., Murphy, P., Paracchini, M.L., Barredo, J.I., Grizzeti, B., Cardoso, A., Somma, F., Petersen, J.-E., Meiner, A., Gelabert, E.R., Zal, N., Kristensen, P., Bastrup-Birk, A., Biala, K., Romao, C., Piroddi, Ch., Egoh, B., Fiorina, C., Santos, F., Narusevicius, V., Verboven, J., Pereira, H., Bengtsson, J., Kremena, G., Marta-Pedroso, C., Snäll, T., Estreguil, C., San Miguel, J., Braat, L., Grêt-Regamey, A., Perez-Soba, M., Degeorges, P., Beaufarron, G., Lillebo, A., Abdul Malak, D., Liquete, C., Condé, S., Moen, J., Östergard, H., Czucz, B., Drakou, E.G., Zulian, G., Lavalle, C. (2013): Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services. Indicators for ecosystem assessment under Action 5 of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020. Publications office of the European Union, Luxembourg

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