Integrating Ecosystem Services into Impact Assessments: A Process-Based Approach Applied to the Belgian Coastal Zone
Policy makers increasingly acknowledge the importance of considering ecosystem services (ESs) and biodiversity in impact assessment (IA) to reduce ecosystem degradation and halt ongoing losses of biodiversity. Recent research demonstrates how ESs can add value to IA, i.e., by shifting the focus from avoiding negative impacts to creating opportunities, by linking effects on ecological functioning to benefits for society, and by providing a multi-disciplinary framework that allows to consider cross-sectoral effects. However, challenges exist to its implementation in practice. The most commonly u... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Sustainability, Vol 15, Iss 21, p 15506 (2023) |
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MDPI AG
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Schlagwörter: | impact assessment / ecosystem services / marine ecosystem / coastal ecosystem / biodiversity / cumulative effects / Environmental effects of industries and plants / TD194-195 / Renewable energy sources / TJ807-830 / Environmental sciences / GE1-350 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26500825 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115506 |