1st MAES-ORs&OCTs Workshop
Ponta Delgada, Azores, 28.02. – 03.03.2017
Workshop
Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystem and their Services (MAES) in EU’s
Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries & Territories (MAES-ORs&OCTs)
Background:
The aim of this Workshop is to take stock of the progress made in the EU’s outermost
regions and overseas countries and territories (ORs&OCTs) on assessing ecosystem
conditions and biodiversity. Much information has been gathered in regional
“ecosystem profiles1” that have been developed in a participatory way by regional
hubs established in each region within the BEST2 initiative. Available ecosystem
profiles can be harnessed, for example as data and information basis for Mapping and
Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services (MAES3). Further focus should be laid on
mapping and assessing marine areas and their ES. The ESMERALDA4 project has
experience from implementing, supporting and coordinating MAES-related activities
in all EU member states, EU enlargement and associated countries. This coordination
and technical experience will be used to successfully implement and carry out MAES
also in the ORs&OCTs’ and in marine areas.
Structure:
The Workshop will contain different blocks, including:
 General introduction of MAES and ESMERALDA’s implementation strategy;
 Introduction of ORs&OCTs’, ecosystem profiles and peculiarities;
 Technical sessions on mapping ecosystem and their services, methods, available
data, practical training and an excursion
 Discussions and plans on MAES implementation in ORs&OCTs
Workshop idea: To share knowledge and experience, to initiate MAES activities and to establish a
respective supporting and coordination scheme in the ORs&OCTs’ and marine areas.
Location:
The meeting will take place at Department of Biology, University of the Azores, Rua
Madre de Deus, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.
Dates:
February 28th (arrival day) – March 03rd, 2017
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http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/biodiversity/best/regions/index_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/biodiversity/best/index_en.htm
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http://biodiversity.europa.eu/maes
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http://www.esmeralda-project.eu/
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Detailed meeting agenda
Tuesday, 28.02.2017
Arrival day
Evening:
Welcome reception
Wednesday, 01.03.2017, North Amphiteater, Aula Magna Complex
08:30 – 09:00 Workshop registration
Block I: Introduction
(Chair: Paulo Borges)
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome & house rules (Paulo Borges and team)
09:15 – 09:25 Introduction of Workshop idea and aims (Benjamin Burkhard)
09:25 – 09:35 Introduction EU MAES (Grazia Zulian)
09:35 – 09:45 Introduction ESMERALDA (Benjamin Burkhard)
09:45 – 10:00 Introduction EU BEST, Pilot Projects (Karin Zaunberger)
10:00 – 10:15 Introduction EU ORs&OCTs (Carole Martinez)
10:15 – 10:40 Introduction marine areas and ecosystems (Helena Calado)
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break
Block II: Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories
(Chair: Karin Zaunberger)
11:00 – 11:15 Case study Azores and case study on insect pollination and arthropods biodiversity
pools-related ES on Terceira Island (Paulo Borges & Artur Gil)
11:15 – 11:30 Macaronesia: Challenges to mapping species distributions (José Azevedo and Luisa
Madruga)
11:30 – 11:45 French Guyana, Amazonia Ecosystem Profile and the KBAES (Laurent Kelle)
11:45 – 12:00 Caribbean region overseas territories case studies (Boris van Zanten)
12:00 – 12:15 Canary Islands: Mapping and Ecosystem Services provided by Seagrass meadows and
Maërl beds (Ricardo Haroun)
12:15 – 12:30 Further ecosystem profiles: Pacific region, Indian Ocean region, Greenland,
Antarctic, South Atlantic region (Carole Martinez)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break
Block III: ESMERALDA’s methodology for ES mapping and assessment
(Chair: Leena Kopperoinen)
14:00 – 14:15 ESMERALDA approach for MAES in EU member states (Benjamin Burkhard)
14:15 – 14:30 ES Mapping methods on different tiers and domains (Fernando Santos)
14:30 – 14:45 ESTIMAP models applied at different scales and for different ES (Grazia Zulian)
14:45 – 15:00 Short examples to demonstrate applicability of methods in case studies (Blal Esmail)
15:00 – 15:15 Mapping marine ES (Evangelia Drakou)
15:15 – 15:30 Integration of marine ecosystem and community health status into ES assessments
(Jean-Philippe Maréchal & Pierre Failler)
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15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 16:30 Discussion on transferability of methods to ORs&OCTs’ conditions
16:30 – 17:00 Introduction into practical ES mapping exercises on Day 2 and forming of 2 groups
Evening
Social dinner
Thursday, 02.03.2017, Human Sciences Complex
Block IV: Practical ES mapping and assessment by application of selected methods
(description of each session in the abstracts below)
Work in 2 parallel groups (see following session abstracts for details):
09:00 - 10:45
Room MCEE 1, Faculty of Economy
and Management
Room MCEE 2, Faculty of Economy and
Management
Session 1: Application of ESTIMAP
on recreation ES and pollination ES;
Instructor: Grazia Zulian, Support:
Session 2: Application of RIOS in
watershed management for ES
Instructor: Blal Ismail, Support: Ina Sieber
Benjamin Burkhard, Jurgena
Kamberaj
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 13:00 Session 3: Participatory GIS to map
selected ES; Instructor: Leena
Kopperoinen, Support: Fernando
Santos, Jana Englmeier
Session 4: Mapping marine areas ES
Instructor: Evangelia Drakou, Support:
Meike Wege
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break
Afternoon
Bus excursion to Sete Cidades Volcano area including ES field assessment and
mapping using MapNat
Evening
Dinner
Friday 03.03.2017, Human Sciences Complex, Room MBA IV, Faculty of Economics and Management
Block V: Knowledge exchange and discussion (Chair: Fernando Santos)
09:00 – 09:30 Feedback and impressions from field assessments (by participants)
09:30 - 10:30
Feedback, presentations and questions from practical ES exercises (by session
participants and session organisers)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
10:00 – 10:30 Potential applications for specific questions from policy, society, business (Karin
Zaunberger)
10:30 – 12:30 Next steps, e.g. establishment of a MAES-ORs&OCTs expert working group, potential
implementation of a MAES pilot project in ORs&OCTs, support by ESMERALDA,
further ideas (José Azevedo & Benjamin Burkhard)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break
Afternoon
Departure resp. further field activities
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Practical ES mapping session abstracts
Session 1: Application of ESTIMAP on recreation ES and pollination ES
Grazia Zulian (JRC Ispra)
ESTIMAP (Ecosystem Services MAPping tool) is a consistent collection of models for a spatially explicit
assessment of ecosystem services. Developed in order to fit the continental scale to support European
policies, ESTIMAP is based on the ecosystem services cascade framework and follows the Common
International Classification of Ecosystem Services (http://cices.eu/) (Zulian et al. 2013b). It includes
four complete models, crop pollination (Zulian et al. 2013a), outdoor recreation (Paracchini et al.
2014) air quality regulation and coastal protection (Liquete et al. 2013). Its main goal is to provide an
integrated assessment of the capacity of ecosystems to deliver services and answer to demands of
services.
A case study in the Azorres (S. Miguel Island) will be used to illustrate the adaptation at a local scale
of recreation and pollination.
References
Liquete C, Zulian G, Delgado I, Stips A, Maes J (2013) Assessment of coastal protection as an
ecosystem service in Europe. Ecol Indic 30: 205–217. doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.02.013
Paracchini ML, Zulian G, Kopperoinen L, Maes J, Schägner JP, Termansen M, Zandersen M, PerezSoba M, Scholefield PA, Bidoglio G (2014) Mapping cultural ecosystem services: A framework to
assess the potential for outdoor recreation across the EU. Ecol Indic 45: 371–385. doi:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.04.018
Zulian G, Maes J, Paracchini M (2013a) Linking Land Cover Data and Crop Yields for Mapping and
Assessment of Pollination Services in Europe. Land 2(3): 472–492. doi: 10.3390/land2030472
Zulian G, Paracchini M-L, Maes J, Liquete Garcia MDC (2013b) ESTIMAP: Ecosystem services mapping
at European scale. European Commision
Session 2: An application of RIOS in watershed management for ES
Blal Adem Esmail & Davide Geneletti (University of Trento, Italy)
RIOS stands for “Resource Investment Optimization System”; it allows targeting interventions in the
watershed, based on stakeholders' ES objectives, their preferences about where intervention
activities may occur, and the amount of money that is available for implementing such activities (Vogl
et al., 2015). RIOS applies a relative-ranking approach, considering important biophysical factors that
drive the ecosystem service (Vogl et al., 2015); and is used for designing watershed intervention
portfolios, where the most cost-effective locations for activities are provided, and generating future
land use scenarios. RIOS is applied in combination with InVEST, which is a suite of spatially explicit
ecosystem service modeling tools that quantify service provision (Sharp et al., 2015). In the proposed
approach, InVEST is used to model the impacts on purposely selected ecosystem services, based on
the results of RIOS. A case study in a data scarce context will be used to illustrate the application of
RIOS (Adem Esmail and Geneletti, 2017).
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References
Adem Esmail, B., Geneletti, D., 2017. Design and impact assessment of watershed investments: An approach
based on ecosystem services and boundary work. Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. 62, 1–13.
doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2016.08.001
Sharp, R., Tallis, H.T., Ricketts, T., Guerry, A.D.,Wood, S.A., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Nelson, E., Ennaanay, D., Wolny,
S., Olwero, N., Vigerstol, K., Pennington, D., Mendoza, G., Aukema, J., Foster, J., Forrest, J., Cameron, D.,
Arkema, K., Lonsdorf, E., Kennedy, C., Verutes, G., Kim, C.K., Guannel, G., Papenfus, M., Toft, J., Marsik,
M., Bernhardt, J., Griffin, R., Glowinski, K., Chaumont, N., Perelman, A., Lacayo, M., Mandle, L., Hamel,
P., Vogl, A.L., Rogers, L., Bierbower,W., 2015. InVEST 3.2.0 User's Guide. The Natural Capital Project,
Stanford University, University of Minnesota, The Nature Conservancy, and World Wildlife Fund.
Vogl, A., Tallis, H., Douglass, J., Sharp, R., Wolny, S., Veiga, F., Benitez, S., León, J., Game, E., Petry, P., Guimerães,
J., Lozano, J.S., 2015. Resource Investment Optimization System (RIOS). v1.1.0. Introduction and
Theoretical Documentation. Stanford (CA).
Session 3: Using participatory GIS for mapping cultural and some other ecosystem services
Leena Kopperoinen (Finnish Environment Institute SYKE) & Fernando Santos (University of Madrid)
Engaging the public to participate in environmental assessments can have several benefits: it can
improve the quality and legitimacy of decisions, build capacity to engage in the policy process,
enhance trust and understanding of participants, and lead to better results for environmental quality
and social objectives (Brown et al. 2013a). Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) refers to a broad range of
participatory engagement methods with various potential publics (e.g. decision-makers,
implementers, affected individuals, interested observers or the random public) involving spatial
information (Schlossberg and Shuford 2005; Brown et al. 2013a). Participatory GIS methods are wellsuited for mapping of place-based social values of ecosystem services (Brown 2013b) but also in
understanding, for example, which areas provide ecosystem services, which areas benefit from these
services and what kind of flows of services there are between the providing and benefiting areas
(García-Nieto et al. 2014; Darvill and Lindo 2015; Palomo et al. 2013).
Participatory GIS methods can be applied both on- and off-site. Methods include on-site map surveys
using paper maps or electronic device, mail surveys with maps, interviews for the elicitation of values,
on-line map surveys, deliberative mapping in a group on paper maps or using some device, such as
computer, visual table or landscape theatre, and mobile phone applications (Kopperoinen et al. 2017).
In the participatory GIS session we will have a hands-on exercise in mapping selected (mainly cultural)
ecosystem services in a participatory way. We will try two different methods with different type of
outcomes and discuss the applicability of the maps for supporting policy-making and for other
purposes.
References
Brown, G., Kelly, M., Whitall, D., 2013a. Which ‘public’? Sampling effects in public participation GIS (PPGIS) and
volunteered geographic information (VGI) systems for public lands management. Journal of
Environmental Planning and Management. DOI:10.1080/09640568.2012.741045
Brown, G., 2013b. The relationship between social values for ecosystem services and global land cover: An
empirical analysis. Ecosystem Services 5:58-68. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.06.004
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Darvill, R., Lindo, Z., 2015. Quantifying and mapping ecosystem service use across stakeholder groups:
Implications for conservation with priorities for cultural values. Ecosystem Services 13:153-161. DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.10.004
García-Nieto, A.P., Quintas-Soriano, C., García-Llorente, M., Palomo, I., Montes, C., Martín-López, B., 2015.
Collaborative mapping of ecosystem services: The role of stakeholders' profiles. Ecosystem Services.
DOI:10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.11.006i
Kopperoinen, L., Luque, S., Tenerelle, P., Zulian, G., Viinikka, A., 2017. Chapter 5.5.3 Mapping cultural ecosystem
services. In: Burkhard, B., Maes, J. Mapping Ecosystem Services. Pensoft, Sofia.
Palomo, I., Martín-López, B., Potschin, M., Haines-Young, R., Montes, C., 2013. National Parks, buffer zones and
surrounding lands: Mapping ecosystem service flows. Ecosystem Services 4:104-116. DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.09.001
Schlossberg, M., Shuford, E., 2005. Delineating ‘public’ and ‘participation’ in PPGIS. URISA journal, 16 (2), 15–26.
Session 4: Mapping marine areas ES
Evangelia Drakou (University of Brest, France)
This session is divided in three parts:
1. Presentation on the basic process of mapping of marine ecosystem services will be given to the
session participants. A short overview of marine ES assessments in the OR&OCT region will be also
given. The presentation will be finalized with some ES mapping examples, methods and an
overview of available tools and software that can be used. [20 minutes]
2. Then through a participatory role-play exercise, the participants with the coordinator will simulate
an ecosystem service mapping exercise. That will include: i) the study design (participants will be
guided through the process); ii) the data selection, collection and harmonization; iii) the selection
of mapping method. The latter part will be done with a use of a simulated exercise prepared in
advance by the session organizer for a case study in the French Guyana. [1 hour]
3. A closing session will be left, to allow for the participants to ask questions and give feedback on
the methods used. [25 minutes]
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Participants list
Name
Region / task
Email
Outermost regions & overseas countries and territories
Azores
Azores
French Guyana
BEST Consortium and
Programme Coordinator
Azores
Azoes
Gran Canaria
Martinique
Canary Islands
La Réunion
Bonaire, valuation
Azores, marine
French Guyana
French Guyana
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
DG Environment, BEST
[email protected]
Benjamin Burkhard
Fernando Santos-Martin
Blal Esmail
Grazia Zulian
Leena Kopperoinen
Ina Sieber
Iliyana Kuzmova
Evangelia Drakou
Coordinator
Mapping methods
Case studies
Mapping exercises
Mapping exercises
ES assessment ORs&OCTs
Dissemination
Marine ES mapping
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Student assistants
Jurgena Kamberaj
Jana Englmeier
Meike Wege
Student CAU Kiel
Student CAU Kiel
Student CAU Kiel
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Paulo Borges
Artur Gil
Laurent Kelle
Carole Martinez
José Manuel N. Azevedo
Luisa Madruga
Ricardo Haroun
Jean-Philippe Maréchal
Laura Martín
Gilbert David
Boris van Zanten
Helena Calado
Frédéric Blanchard
Sébastien Linares
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
European Commission
Karin Zaunberger
ESMERALDA
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