OpenNess - Operationalisierung von Natu...

OpenNESS translates the concepts of ecosystem services (ES) and natural capital (NC) into operational frameworks that provide tested, practical and tailored solutions for integrating ES into land, water and urban management and decision-making. It examines how the concepts link to, and support, wider EU economic, social and environmental policy initiatives and scrutinizes the potential and limitations of these concepts. Central to the project is a multi-scale case study approach, designed to ground concepts and theories on real world observations and analysis. The case studies cover a range of socio-ecological systems and are clustered according to the policy and management focus for ecosystem service operationalization: Sustainable urban management, Management of forests/woodlands, Management of mixed rural landscapes, Integrated river basin management, Coastal area management, and Commodity export dominated areas in developing countries. Amongst others, an interactive online application (OPPLA) is developed to be used in real-life situations, by providing practical tools, approaches and best practices that are fit-for-purpose and sensitive to policy the plurality of decision-making contexts.