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TWG 3 – ES Indicators

1. Introduction & Objectives

Indicators play a key role in any ecosystem service assessment, as well as in the communication of their results. Indicators are, or should be, a crucial part of our methods and can serve many different purposes, be it mapping and modelling, valuing, biophysical quantification, scenario development or (inter)national ecosystem assessments. Regardless of the purpose, one returning question is “What are we really measuring with the indicators we use – is what we measure what we get?” Key questions that we focus on in this Thematic Working Group include :

  • What is an appropriate indicator, what is the difference between optimal indicators and the ones we use?
  • How to measure different components of the ecosystem service process or ‘cascade’:
    • Ecological / biophysical aspects: measuring and monitoring
    • Service provision and use: modelling, combining suits of indicators and inputs
    • Socio-economic aspects: surveys, statistics, participatory methods
  • What are appropriate criteria for indicator selection, depending on the assessment purpose?
  • Which indicators are likely to be used by the intended end-user, and what determines this uptake?

For a more elaborate overview of TWG 3’s objectives, please visit this page. We envision active collaboration, both during and outside of ESP conferences, for instance through organising workshops, conducting reviews and meta-analyses, writing viewpoint papers together, and sharing news through a list server. Please see Activities and Outputs for more information.

We are keen to hear your thoughts on this working group, our aims and focus and how you think you could contribute. Please contact us at [email protected] and [email protected].

2. Lead Team & Members

  • Alexander van Oudenhoven (co-Chair), Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, The Netherlands
  • Matthias Schröter (co-Chair), UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Lead team, please contact the current lead team members. Please find a list of the current group members here.

If you are interested in becoming a member of this Working group, please click here. Please note that only membership requests accompanied by an introduction and explanation of your work (and its link to ES indicators) will be considered.

3. More Information

For more information about this working group, you can click on one of the following links:

  • Activities & Outputs
  • Introduction & Objectives

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