SELINA

SELINA will provide guidance for evidence-based decision-making that supports the protection, restoration, and sustainable use of our environment. Through a collaboration of experts from 50 partner organisations from all 27 EU member states, Norway, Switzerland, Israel, and the United Kingdom, SELINA will set new standards for international cooperation to promote Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity conservation and enhance Ecosystem Conditions.

Providing robust practical information and recommendations to stakeholders from both the public and private sectors, SELINA will pave the way towards the transformative societal change required to achieve the ambitious goals of the European Biodiversity Strategy 2030 and the Green Deal.

PLUS is particularly involved in developing and testing methods for mapping and assessing the condition of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in support of EU implementation of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) and better integration of ecosystem condition into public and private decision-making.

PLUS will test the findings in practice through a demonstration project. The focus of the demonstration project is the provision of renewable energy and related infrastructure in mountain areas. We aim at showing how knowledge about biodiversity, ecosystems, and ecosystem services can be used to support evidence-based public decision-making when identifying suitable sites for renewable energies.