Nature conservation and ecosystem service delivery 2013

Abstract

This project assesses how nature conservation management affects ecosystem service (ES) delivery. The UK National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA) published in June 2011 was the first independent assessment of the state and trends in the UK’s ecosystems and the benefits they provide to society and the economy. The NEA provides a substantial evidence base of the services that nature provides (ecosystem services), how these have changed over the past decades, prospects for the future and the benefits of these to society.

A key finding from the NEA was that the links between biodiversity and ecosystem services were not well understood. In addition to this it is unclear how the management of areas for nature conservation affects the delivery of ecosystem services. Nature conservation takes place both within designated areas and in the wider environment. The aim of this project is to understand the ecosystem service delivery trade-offs that occur from different management choices and how management / designation affects the value of the services delivered.

The project considers both designated sites and the wider environment (i.e. areas outside designated sites), and draws on existing projects and analyses to provide a range of case studies that illustrate how ecosystem service delivery is affected by nature conservation management. Ecosystem service delivery matrices for the case studies are provided in appendices 1–9.

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JNCC Report No. 492: Nature conservation and ecosystem service delivery PDF
563.5 KB JNCC-Report-492-FINAL-WEB.pdf
JNCC Report No. 492: Appendix 1 – Machair case study XLSX
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JNCC Report No. 492: Appendix 2 – Blanket Bog case study XLSX
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JNCC Report No. 492: Appendix 3 – Raised Bog case study XLSX
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JNCC Report No. 492: Appendix 4 – Beinn Eighe case study XLSX
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JNCC Report No. 492: Appendix 5 – Abernethy Forest case study XLSX
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JNCC Report No. 492: Appendix 6 – Parsonage Down case study XLSX
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JNCC Report No. 492: Appendix 7 – Drumochter Hills case study XLSX
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JNCC Report No. 492: Appendix 8 – Loweswater case study XLSX
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JNCC Report No. 492: Appendix 9 – River Dee case study XLSX
44.8 KB 492-appendix-9-river-dee-case-study.xlsx

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Resource type Publication

Topic category Environment

Reference date 2013·09·01

Citation
Eastwood, A., Nijnik, M., Brooker, R., Pakeman, R., Artz, R., Norton, L., Ross, L., Bullock, J.M., Vellinga, N., Albon, S., Fielding, D., Irvine, R.J., Ramsay, S. & Cooksley, S. 2013. Nature conservation and ecosystem service delivery. JNCC Report No. 492, JNCC, Peterborough, ISSN 0963-8091.

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This project assesses how nature conservation management affects ecosystem service delivery.

Responsible organisation
Communications, JNCC publisher
comms@jncc.gov.uk

Limitations on public access No limitations

Use constraints Available under the Open Government Licence 3.0

Metadata date 2020·07·21

Metadata point of contact
Communications, JNCC
comms@jncc.gov.uk