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Participatory approaches in aquatic ecosystem services valuation: insights from a systematic literature review and future research perspectives 水生生态系统服务价值评估中的参与式方法：来自系统文献综述和未来研究展望的见解

IF 6.6 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecosystem Services

Pub Date : 2026-01-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101808

Tigran Keryan , Verena Radinger-Peer , Brenda Maria Zoderer , Rafaela Schinegger , Vardan Asatryan

Aquatic ecosystems provide a wide range of essential services, from biodiversity conservation to climate regulation, and are vital to human well-being. However, they face significant threats from intensive human activity and climate change. This paper aims to explore the role of participatory approaches in enhancing the valuation of aquatic ecosystem services (ES) through a systematic literature review. We examine how the engagement of various stakeholders in the knowledge co-production process contributes to more comprehensive and context-specific valuations of aquatic ecosystem services. Findings show that there is no universally accepted effective participatory method, as the success of these approaches largely depends on social, cultural, and geographic contexts. Additionally, the research highlights the need for clear communication, trust-building, and a shared understanding of ES values among stakeholders to address challenges in ecosystem management. While participatory processes foster greater inclusion of local stakeholders, particularly in developing countries, cross-border aquatic ecosystems require systematic valuation frameworks to ensure sustainable management. This study contributes to the ongoing discourse on ecosystem services valuation by encouraging participatory approaches to foster aquatic ecosystem conservation and sustainable management. It further outlines the diversity of participatory approaches identified in the literature, detailing the methods of stakeholder engagement and varying levels of participation that influence the quality and inclusiveness of ecosystem service valuation processes.

水生生态系统提供广泛的基本服务，从生物多样性保护到气候调节，对人类福祉至关重要。然而，它们面临着来自密集的人类活动和气候变化的重大威胁。本文旨在通过系统的文献综述，探讨参与式方法在提高水生生态系统服务价值评价中的作用。我们研究了不同利益相关者在知识共同生产过程中的参与如何有助于更全面和具体的水生生态系统服务评估。研究结果表明，没有普遍接受的有效参与式方法，因为这些方法的成功在很大程度上取决于社会、文化和地理背景。此外，该研究还强调了利益相关者之间需要明确的沟通、建立信任和对生态系统价值的共同理解，以应对生态系统管理中的挑战。虽然参与性进程促进了当地利益攸关方（特别是在发展中国家）的更大包容，但跨界水生生态系统需要系统的评估框架，以确保可持续管理。本研究通过鼓励参与性方法促进水生生态系统保护和可持续管理，为正在进行的生态系统服务评估的讨论做出了贡献。它进一步概述了文献中确定的参与性方法的多样性，详细说明了影响生态系统服务评估过程质量和包容性的利益相关者参与方法和不同程度的参与。

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Valuing hunting as an ecosystem service: a national-level assessment using cost-based and benefit transfer methods in the Czech Republic 重视狩猎作为一种生态系统服务：捷克共和国使用基于成本和利益转移方法的国家级评估

IF 6.6 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecosystem Services

Pub Date : 2025-12-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101806

Eva Horváthová

Hunting provides both provisioning and cultural ecosystem services, yet its economic value remains underrepresented in natural capital accounting. This study presents the first comprehensive, national-level assessment of hunting-related ecosystem services in the Czech Republic. Using a combination of market price valuation, cost-based methods, adjusted benefit transfer, and spatial allocation, the analysis estimates the 2022 value of wild game meat and recreational hunting. Results show that recreational hunting generates CZK 9.33 billion (USD 677 million), while the value of game meat provision totals CZK 548 million (USD 39.7 million). The comparison of primary valuation and benefit transfer methods reveals substantial discrepancies, with transferred values overestimating provisioning services and underestimating recreational values. Values are spatially allocated to ecosystem types using CORINE land cover, making them compatible with the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting – Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA). The study presents an indicative methodological framework for valuing hunting-related ecosystem services and highlights the importance of context-specific data for informing natural capital accounting, and sustainable wildlife management.

狩猎提供了供给和文化生态系统服务，但其经济价值在自然资本核算中仍未得到充分体现。这项研究提出了捷克共和国与狩猎有关的生态系统服务的第一个全面的、国家级的评估。采用市场价格评估、成本法、调整后的利益转移和空间分配相结合的方法，分析了2022年野生动物肉类和休闲狩猎的价值。结果显示，休闲狩猎产生了93.3亿捷克克朗（6.77亿美元），而野味供应的价值总计为5.48亿捷克克朗（3970万美元）。对主要估价方法和利益转移方法的比较显示出实质性的差异，转移的价值高估了供应服务而低估了娱乐价值。利用CORINE土地覆盖将价值在空间上分配给生态系统类型，使其与环境经济会计系统-生态系统会计（SEEA-EA）兼容。该研究提出了一个评估与狩猎有关的生态系统服务的指示性方法框架，并强调了具体情况下的数据对于为自然资本核算和可持续野生动物管理提供信息的重要性。

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Quantifying and integrating ecosystem services in forest management planning 量化和整合森林管理规划中的生态系统服务

IF 6.6 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecosystem Services

Pub Date : 2025-12-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101809

Emin Zeki Baskent , Ünal Sathi Yilmaz

Sustainable management of forest ecosystems increasingly depends on robust methodological frameworks that integrate the quantification, valuation, and spatial assessment of ecosystem services (ES). This study develops and applies a systematic approach to assess the biophysical potential, economic value, and spatial distribution of key ES of wood and non-wood production, carbon sequestration, habitat for biodiversity, water production, erosion prevention, climate regulation and forest therapy in the Konyaaltı State Forest, Türkiye. Biophysical assessments were conducted using stand-level inventory data, expert knowledge, yield models, and species-specific habitat suitability analysis. The economic values were estimated through market price and value transfer methods and the spatial distribution of ES was mapped using GIS-based spatial analysis. The results indicate that average wood production (101.73 m³/ha) exceeds the national average (72 m³/ha), while mean carbon storage (122 tC/ha) reflects a medium capacity for climate regulation. Biodiversity habitat potential, evaluated for 17 target species, ranges from low to medium, and 37 % of the landscape contributes to air quality regulation by reducing dust resuspension. Multifunctionality analysis reveals that 58 % of the area has low ES capacity, 31 % moderate, 1 % high, and 11 % negligible. The total economic value of the assessed services is estimated at approximately US$828 million (US$8,617/ha). These results underscore the importance of ecosystem service assessments and demonstrate a foundational approach for strengthening ecosystem-based, multi-objective forest planning through the explicit integration of biophysical models, economic valuation, and spatial analysis.

森林生态系统的可持续管理越来越依赖于整合生态系统服务的量化、评估和空间评估的强有力的方法框架。本研究开发并应用了一种系统的方法来评估 rkiye konyaalttai国家森林的木材和非木材生产、碳汇、生物多样性栖息地、水生产、侵蚀预防、气候调节和森林治疗等关键ES的生物物理潜力、经济价值和空间分布。利用林分清查数据、专家知识、产量模型和物种特有生境适宜性分析进行生物物理评估。通过市场价格法和价值转移法估算经济价值，并利用基于gis的空间分析绘制ES的空间分布。结果表明，平均木材产量（101.73 m3/ha）超过全国平均水平（72 m3/ha），而平均碳储量（122 tC/ha）反映了中等的气候调节能力。对17个目标物种的生物多样性栖息地潜力进行了评估，范围从低到中等，37%的景观通过减少粉尘再悬浮来调节空气质量。多功能分析显示，58%的区域具有低ES容量，31%中等，1%高，11%可忽略。评估服务的总经济价值估计约为8.28亿美元（每公顷8,617美元）。这些结果强调了生态系统服务评估的重要性，并展示了通过明确整合生物物理模型、经济评估和空间分析来加强基于生态系统的多目标森林规划的基本方法。

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Advancing the global statistical standard for urban ecosystem accounts 推进城市生态系统核算的全球统计标准

IF 6.6 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecosystem Services

Pub Date : 2025-12-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101804

Javier Babí Almenar , Chiara Cortinovis , Sara Vallecillo , Davide Geneletti , Bálint Czúcz , Federica Marando , Grazia Zulian , Anna M. Addamo , Alessandra La Notte , Renato Casagrandi

The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting-Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA), adopted by the United Nations, provides a standardised global framework for measuring and monitoring the extent, condition, and services of ecosystems. However, its application to urban ecosystems faces conceptual and operational challenges. With the aim of advancing the SEEA-EA framework for thematic urban ecosystem accounting, we identify key challenges and frame potential solutions based on existing lessons and approaches. Through a review of scientific and grey literature, we identify 24 challenges, with lessons and approaches suggested for 17 of them. Many challenges are highly interconnected and shared with accounts for other ecosystem types. Still, urban ecosystems present specific challenges, such as the lack of a global classification scheme, ambiguity in defining urban ecosystems and determining which assets belong to them, and persistent gaps in fully capturing urban ecosystem degradation. To address the identified challenges, we propose solutions, such as the development of a complementary ‘sister’ condition table to account for socio-technological variables, the integration of scenario modelling into monetary ecosystem asset accounts to reflect future projections and uncertainties, and the definition of internationally agreed policy uses to ensure consistent implementation. We also highlight the need for a careful prioritisation of the next steps based on the interdependencies among challenges. By mapping challenges, synthesizing lessons and approaches, and framing solutions, this study contributes to moving towards a globally standardised thematic urban ecosystem accounting framework. Such standardisation will enhance the relevance of SEEA-EA thematic urban ecosystem accounts in informing urban sustainability policies.

联合国采用的环境-经济会计-生态系统会计系统（SEEA-EA）为衡量和监测生态系统的范围、状况和服务提供了一个标准化的全球框架。然而，将其应用于城市生态系统面临着概念和操作上的挑战。为了推进城市生态系统专题核算的SEEA-EA框架，我们确定了主要挑战，并根据现有的经验教训和方法制定了可能的解决方案。通过对科学文献和灰色文献的回顾，我们确定了24项挑战，并针对其中的17项提出了经验教训和方法。许多挑战是高度相互关联的，并与其他生态系统类型的账户共享。尽管如此，城市生态系统仍然面临着具体的挑战，例如缺乏全球分类方案，对城市生态系统的定义和确定哪些资产属于城市生态系统的定义含糊不清，以及在充分捕捉城市生态系统退化方面存在持续差距。为了应对已确定的挑战，我们提出了解决方案，例如开发一个互补的“姐妹”条件表来考虑社会技术变量，将情景建模纳入货币生态系统资产账户以反映未来的预测和不确定性，以及定义国际商定的政策用途以确保一致的实施。我们还强调需要根据挑战之间的相互依存关系，仔细确定下一步行动的优先次序。通过绘制挑战图、综合经验教训和方法以及制定解决方案，本研究有助于建立一个全球标准化的专题城市生态系统核算框架。这种标准化将加强环评-环境署城市生态系统专题核算在为城市可持续性政策提供信息方面的相关性。

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Opportunities of ecosystem service assessments to inform the different phases of disaster risk management 生态系统服务评估为灾害风险管理不同阶段提供信息的机会

IF 6.6 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecosystem Services

Pub Date : 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101797

Andrea Ortiz Vargas , Sally Janzen , Liliana Narvaez , Yvonne Walz , Zita Sebesvari

Ecosystem service assessments (ESA) have proven to be powerful tools for integrating ecological knowledge and values of nature into relevant decision-making processes. Ecosystems and their services play an important role in disaster risk management (DRM), and ecosystem-based approaches are widely used as strategies for disaster risk reduction. As disaster risk becomes an increasing global concern, enhancing DRM efforts must become more comprehensive by integrating environmental considerations. While the knowledge generated by ESA offers significant potential for advancing DRM, it is not well understood how this information can be systematically integrated into DRM processes. Consequently, ESA are not consistently considered as instruments for DRM. This study addresses this gap by identifying how the current literature connects ESA results to the various phases of DRM: preparedness, response & relief, recovery & reconstruction, risk assessment & planning, mitigation & ongoing risk reduction, and prevention. A typology of opportunities for ESA to inform DRM phases is then developed based on evidence from the reviewed literature. This typology serves as the starting point of a new path towards more integration of ESA information in DRM, as the findings reveal that ESA results can significantly inform practical aspects of DRM, providing specific insights for different DRM phases. This study demonstrates that the benefits of ecosystems to society extend beyond delivering ecosystem services (ES), as knowledge about these ES can influence planning and decision-making processes in DRM. Therefore, this research calls for increased collaboration between the ESA and DRM fields to leverage the full potential of ESA to enhance DRM, fostering innovative solutions and comprehensive strategies to better protect communities and create resilient societies.

生态系统服务评估（ESA）已被证明是将生态知识和自然价值纳入相关决策过程的有力工具。生态系统及其服务在灾害风险管理中发挥着重要作用，基于生态系统的方法被广泛用作减少灾害风险的战略。随着灾害风险日益成为全球关注的问题，必须通过综合考虑环境因素，更加全面地加强灾害管理工作。虽然ESA产生的知识为推进DRM提供了巨大的潜力，但如何将这些信息系统地集成到DRM过程中还没有得到很好的理解。因此，欧空局并不一贯被视为数字版权管理的工具。本研究通过确定当前文献如何将欧空局的结果与灾害风险管理的各个阶段（准备、响应和救济、恢复和重建、风险评估和规划、缓解和持续降低风险以及预防）联系起来，解决了这一差距。欧空局通知DRM阶段的机会类型，然后根据审查文献的证据开发。这种类型是将ESA信息更多地集成到DRM中的新路径的起点，因为研究结果表明，ESA结果可以显著地为DRM的实际方面提供信息，为不同的DRM阶段提供具体的见解。这项研究表明，生态系统对社会的好处不仅仅是提供生态系统服务（ES），因为关于这些ES的知识可以影响DRM的规划和决策过程。因此，本研究呼吁加强欧空局和DRM领域之间的合作，充分利用欧空局的潜力，加强DRM，培育创新的解决方案和全面的战略，以更好地保护社区和创建有弹性的社会。

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Impacts of glacier retreat on ecosystem services and mountain communities: A case study in eastern Himalayas 冰川退缩对生态系统服务和山地群落的影响——以喜马拉雅东部地区为例

IF 6.6 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecosystem Services

Pub Date : 2025-12-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101790

Pei Xia , Erik Gómez-Baggethun

Glaciers provide essential ecosystem services, including water storage, temperature regulation, recreational opportunities, and spiritual values. However, global warming is disrupting the provision of these services in many glaciered environments, presenting significant adaptation challenges for local communities. Using Diqing in northwestern Yunnan Province (China) as a case study, this paper aims to enhance our understanding of the ecosystem services provided by glaciers in the eastern Himalayas, their trends in the context of accelerated climate change, and their perceived impacts on mountain communities. The research incorporates biophysical modelling (InVEST model and SCS-CN model), sociodemographic data, statistical analysis, and a survey (N = 98) conducted among residents and tourists. Results from our modeling indicate that freshwater provision decrease from 375.01 mm to 268.04 mm, and habitat quality show a significant downward trend from 0.051 to 0.046. Although the trend in flood control was not significant, it remained at a low level during the latter part of the study period. Survey data moreover indicate a widespread perception among respondents of severe impacts of glacier retreat across ecosystem service categories (scoring more than 4.01 on average), while the perception of impacts on different types of human well-being is not as strong. We discuss the short- and long-term social impacts of glacier retreat in the context rapid environmental change an economic development in China and stress the importance of designing policy measures specifically tailored to the protection of glaciers and their services.

冰川提供了基本的生态系统服务，包括蓄水、温度调节、娱乐机会和精神价值。然而，全球变暖正在破坏许多冰川环境中这些服务的提供，给当地社区带来了重大的适应挑战。本文以滇西北迪庆地区为例，探讨了东喜马拉雅地区冰川的生态系统服务功能及其在气候变化加速背景下的变化趋势，以及冰川对山地生态系统的影响。本研究结合了生物物理模型（InVEST模型和SCS-CN模型）、社会人口统计数据、统计分析以及对居民和游客的调查（N = 98）。结果表明：淡水供给量从375.01 mm减少到268.04 mm，生境质量从0.051 mm下降到0.046 mm。虽然防洪趋势不明显，但在研究后期仍处于较低水平。调查数据还表明，受访者普遍认为冰川退缩对生态系统服务类别的严重影响（平均得分超过4.01），而对不同类型人类福祉的影响的认识并不强烈。我们讨论了在中国快速的环境变化和经济发展背景下冰川退缩的短期和长期社会影响，并强调了制定专门针对冰川及其服务保护的政策措施的重要性。

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Advancing a restorative blue Economy: A DPSIR–Ecosystem services framework for sustainable seaweed aquaculture 推进恢复性蓝色经济：可持续海藻养殖的dpsir -生态系统服务框架

IF 6.6 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecosystem Services

Pub Date : 2025-12-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101800

Marianne Thomsen , Annette Bruhn , Jonne Kotta , Bela H. Buck , Jack R. Hall , Georg Martin , Antonio Agüera , Marie Maar , Manali Chakraborty , Maxime Ekoule , Ian Overton , Mausam Budhathoki

Seaweed aquaculture is rapidly expanding in Europe and the Americas providing engineered ecosystem services (EES) such as nutrient removal, pH buffering, and carbon uptake. Used as a nature-based emission capture-and-utilisation technology, seaweed transforms emissions into revenue streams while delivering non-profit value, making seaweed aquaculture a promising eco-industrial system that fits well to the global agenda of green economic transitions and ecosystem health restoration. However, aquaculture activities may, in some cases, cause unwanted engineered ecosystem disservices (EED) which should be avoided.

We argue that an adaptive and cross-sectoral policy framework is imperative to guide the sustainable development of a blue circular bioeconomy, or phyconomy, from primary production to final products, involving actors across multiple governance levels and sectors. We identify likely EES/EED and their potential impacts on natural ecosystem services using the Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (CICES), and we map stakeholder linkages and policy instruments through a snowball approach.

Finally, we adapt the Drivers-Pressures-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework to seaweed aquaculture, redefining Pressure as Progress to recognise restorative outcomes. The resulting model connects EES/EED with relevant policies, supporting integrated and regenerative development of the seaweed sector.

海藻养殖在欧洲和美洲迅速发展，提供工程生态系统服务（EES），如养分去除、pH缓冲和碳吸收。作为一种基于自然的排放捕获和利用技术，海藻将排放转化为收入流，同时提供非营利性价值，使海藻养殖成为一个有前途的生态工业系统，非常适合绿色经济转型和生态系统健康恢复的全球议程。然而，在某些情况下，水产养殖活动可能造成不必要的工程生态系统损害（EED），这是应该避免的。我们认为，一个适应性和跨部门的政策框架是必要的，以指导蓝色循环生物经济或经济的可持续发展，从初级生产到最终产品，涉及多个治理层面和部门的行动者。我们使用国际生态系统服务通用分类（CICES）来确定可能的EES/EED及其对自然生态系统服务的潜在影响，并通过滚雪球的方法绘制利益相关者的联系和政策工具。最后，我们将驱动因素-压力-状态-影响-响应（DPSIR）框架应用于海藻养殖，将压力重新定义为进步，以识别恢复性结果。由此产生的模型将EES/EED与相关政策联系起来，支持海藻行业的综合再生发展。

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Optimizing local regulating ecosystem services through nature-based urban retrofitting scenarios 通过基于自然的城市改造方案优化当地调节生态系统服务

IF 6.6 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecosystem Services

Pub Date : 2025-12-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101805

MariaElena Menconi, Marco Vizzari, David Grohmann

Urban areas are facing increasing environmental pressures, particularly in densely built-up neighborhoods with limited opportunities for incorporating greenery. This study proposes a spatially explicit methodology to optimize Local Regulating Ecosystem Services (LRES), particularly air pollution removal, through nature-based retrofitting scenarios. First, we evaluate the baseline, integrating municipal tree inventory data with high-resolution LiDAR and orthophotography to estimate the complete urban forest, including trees on private lands, in a Mediterranean city context. Then, we develop a Simulated Optimal Tree (SOT) model from high-performing real trees. We use it to assess the potential of five scenarios: densification of trees in public parks (SC1) and private gardens (SC2), implementation of green roofs on flat-roofed buildings (SC3), conversion of marginal agricultural land into urban forests (SC4), and densification of tree-lined streets (SC5). Results show that reforesting agricultural land (SC4) delivers the highest ecosystem service gains, with a 237.4% rise in PM2.5 removal compared to the baseline. However, spatial constraints and closeness to pollution sources suggest that interventions like street trees (SC5), despite lower overall gains, remain essential to ensure alignment between demand and service delivery. The approach demonstrates how integrating field-based and remote-sensing data can guide urban greening investments and support decision-making for sustainable and resilient cities. The method is replicable, cost-effective, and adaptable for public administrations aiming to enhance LRES provision while considering spatial and structural constraints typical of high-density urban environments.

城市地区面临着越来越大的环境压力，特别是在建筑密集的社区，融入绿化的机会有限。本研究提出了一种空间明确的方法来优化当地调节生态系统服务（LRES），特别是通过基于自然的改造方案来消除空气污染。首先，我们评估了基线，将市政树木库存数据与高分辨率激光雷达和正射影摄影相结合，以估计地中海城市背景下的完整城市森林，包括私人土地上的树木。然后，我们从高性能的真实树中开发了模拟最优树（SOT）模型。我们用它来评估五种情景的潜力：公共公园（SC1）和私人花园（SC2）树木密度化，平顶建筑绿化屋顶（SC3），边缘农业用地转化为城市森林（SC4），绿树成荫的街道密度化（SC5）。结果表明，重新造林农业用地（SC4）提供了最高的生态系统服务收益，与基线相比，PM2.5的去除量增加了237.4%。然而，空间限制和靠近污染源表明，像行道树（SC5）这样的干预措施，尽管总体收益较低，但对于确保需求和服务提供之间的一致性仍然至关重要。该方法展示了实地数据和遥感数据的整合如何指导城市绿化投资，并支持可持续和有弹性城市的决策。该方法具有可复制性、成本效益和适应性，适用于旨在加强LRES提供的公共管理部门，同时考虑到高密度城市环境的典型空间和结构限制。

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An integrated method to account for river flood mitigation service in the SEEA-EA framework 在SEEA-EA框架中考虑河流洪水缓解服务的综合方法

IF 6.6 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecosystem Services

Pub Date : 2025-12-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101803

Lijuan Wang , Hua Zheng , Yongzhe Chen , Xiaofei Hu , Zhiyun Ouyang

The United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA) aims to quantify the contributions of ecosystems to economies and incorporate the contribution of nature into economic decision-making. However, a key challenge for the SEEA-EA ecosystem service (ES) accounts is distinguishing the actual use from potential supply, especially for regulating services like river flood mitigation service, and connecting it to different beneficiaries in a consistent unit. To address this challenge, integrated models method for river flood mitigation service accounts within the SEEA-EA framework was proposed to incorporating beneficiaries. The method comprises four steps: 1) determining serviceshed, service providing areas and service benefiting areas, 2) assessing potential ecosystem flood mitigation service, 3) simulating spatial flow, connecting it with beneficiaries, and valuation, and 4) compiling Supply and Use table of actual use in alignment with SEEA-EA framework. We applied this framework to the flood-prone Wanquanhe Basin on Hainan Island, China, to assess flood mitigation service provided by forest ecosystems (e.g., natural forests, rubber, and gardens) and the Niululing Reservoir. The SWAT and Random Forest models estimated potential ES, land use maps identified beneficiaries, and the HEC-RAS model simulated the spatial flow of floodwater. Data from these models were then integrated to quantify the ES actual use, which were subsequently incorporated into the SEEA-EA accounts. The case study revealed that in 2020, the upstream forest ecosystems and the reservoir provided 15.52 and 2.9 billion Yuan worth of actual flood mitigation service, respectively, to downstream beneficiaries. This study demonstrates how our integrated models method for river flood mitigation service effectively distinguishes between potential and actual ES use, connects services to beneficiaries, and constructs comprehensive SEEA-EA accounts. This method can be replicated in other regions to compile SEEA-EA accounts for river flood mitigation service, which can inform nature-based decision-making for flood risk management.

联合国环境经济会计系统生态系统会计（SEEA-EA）旨在量化生态系统对经济的贡献，并将自然的贡献纳入经济决策。然而，SEEA-EA生态系统服务（ES）帐户面临的一个关键挑战是区分实际使用和潜在供应，特别是在调节河流洪水缓解服务等服务时，并将其连接到一个一致的单位中不同的受益者。为了应对这一挑战，提出了SEEA-EA框架内河流洪水缓解服务账户的综合模型方法，以纳入受益人。该方法包括四个步骤：1)确定服务区域、服务提供区域和服务受益区域；2)评估潜在生态系统防洪服务；3)模拟空间流动、连接受益者和评估；4)编制符合SEEA-EA框架的实际使用供应和使用表。我们将这一框架应用于中国海南岛万泉河流域的洪水易发地区，以评估森林生态系统（如天然林、橡胶和花园）和牛鹿岭水库提供的防洪服务。SWAT和Random Forest模型估计了潜在的ES，土地利用图确定了受益者，HEC-RAS模型模拟了洪水的空间流动。然后将来自这些模型的数据集成以量化ES的实际使用，这些数据随后被纳入SEEA-EA帐户。研究表明，2020年，上游森林生态系统和水库分别为下游受益人提供了155.2亿元和29亿元的实际防洪服务。本研究展示了我们的河流洪水缓解服务的综合模型方法如何有效区分潜在和实际的ES使用，将服务与受益人联系起来，并构建全面的SEEA-EA帐户。这一方法可以在其他地区复制，以编制河流洪水减灾服务的SEEA-EA账户，为基于自然的洪水风险管理决策提供信息。

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Operationalising the concept of critical natural capital to understand and manage nature dependency risk 运用关键自然资本的概念，以了解和管理自然依赖风险

IF 6.6 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecosystem Services

Pub Date : 2025-12-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101799

Crystal Bradley , Sarah Clement , Michael Vardon , Ben Milligan , Kazuki Kagohashi

Human dependency and use of ecosystem services have led to the depletion and degradation of natural capital, putting human wellbeing and economic prosperity at risk. The concept of critical natural capital offers a pathway to better understand and manage dependencies and inform government policy by supplementing existing management of environmental impacts. This paper reviews the existing definitions and frameworks for determining critical natural capital and proposes a new approach, informed by global accounting standards, that can be operationalised in Australia and other country contexts. We propose that the primary concern for identifying critical natural capital is determining what is most important, for whom and for what purpose, at a given point in time. A hierarchical importance framework is suggested to identify critical natural capital and ecosystem services that are essential to human wellbeing. Historically, key vulnerability factors such as substitutability, scarcity and threats were also proposed to identify critical natural capital. We argue that these factors should be omitted from the identification process and instead be included in subsequent risk assessments and associated policy processes. This means that the initial identification of critical natural capital should not automatically lead to conservation or protection. Rather, practical operationalisation necessitates that a range of policy options be considered. The proposed framework enables explicit and proactive management of nature-related dependency risks of interest to governments, complementing evolving efforts in the private sector.

人类对生态系统服务的依赖和利用导致了自然资本的枯竭和退化，使人类福祉和经济繁荣面临风险。关键自然资本的概念提供了一条途径，可以更好地理解和管理依赖关系，并通过补充现有的环境影响管理，为政府政策提供信息。本文回顾了确定关键自然资本的现有定义和框架，并根据全球会计准则提出了一种可以在澳大利亚和其他国家实施的新方法。我们建议，识别关键自然资本的主要关注点是确定在给定的时间点上，对谁和为了什么目的，什么是最重要的。建议建立一个等级重要性框架，以确定对人类福祉至关重要的关键自然资本和生态系统服务。历史上，人们还提出了可替代性、稀缺性和威胁等关键脆弱性因素来确定关键自然资本。我们认为这些因素应该从识别过程中省略，而应包括在随后的风险评估和相关的政策过程中。这意味着对关键自然资本的初步确定不应自动导致养护或保护。相反，实际操作需要考虑一系列政策选择。拟议的框架能够明确和主动地管理政府感兴趣的与自然有关的依赖风险，补充私营部门不断发展的努力。

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