Ökosystemleistungen

Arbeitsgruppen | Ökosystemleistungen

In der Landschaftsökologie und der Landschaftsplanung spielt das Konzept der Ökosystemleistungen (ÖSL) eine zentrale Rolle. In vielen Studien werden Bewertungshilfen auf verschiedenen Ebenen entwickelt, die Ökosystemleitungen indizieren, quantifizieren und kommunizieren. Dabei sind der fachlichen Austausch und die kollegiale Zusammenarbeit jenseits der klassischen Wissenschaftskommunikation (Paper, Vorträge) essentiell. Um zeitaufwendige, parallele Arbeiten zu ähnlichen Fragestellungen zu reduzieren, hat sich der Arbeitskreis folgende Ziele gestellt:

Einen Überblick zu den aktuellen Forschungsfragen und Anregungen zur institutsübergreifenden Zusammenarbeit zu geben,
Methoden zur skalenübergreifenden Bewertung von ÖSL zu sammeln und bereitzustellen und
Fokussierte, ergebnisorientierte Arbeitskreistreffen zu veranstalten.

Der Arbeitskreis ÖSL von IALE-D wurde im Oktober 2011 initiiert. Seit dem ist die Erstellung eines Methodenkatalogs das zentrale Anliegen. Dieser soll gemeinsam (weiter)entwickelt und angewendet werden.

Kontakt:
Dr. Marion Kruse
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
Email: marion(dot)kruse(at)nina(dot)org | Internetkontakt

Ökosystemleistungen | Veranstaltungen

Workshops in Kiel

Der erste Workshop fand vom 6. – 8. Mai 2013 in Kiel statt, gemeisam mit Arbeitsgruppen der Ecosystem Services Partnership (AGs: Application of Ecosystem Services in Planning, Management & Restoration, Ecosystem Service Indicators Ecosystem Service Cascade). Ein weiterer Workshop fand vom 10. – 11. März 2016 in Kiel statt, als ich vorrangig junge Nachwuchswissenschaftler-/innen trafen. Der Workshop stand unter dem Titel: Concepts and methods for ES assessment – connecting actors” und bereitete eine gemeinsame Publikation vor. Weitere Ergebnisse werden auf der IALE-D Jahrestagung 2016, auf Rügen vorgestellt. Eine englischsprachige Zusammenfassung finden Sie hier.

Ökosystemleistungen | Workshop 2016

Workshop 2016 of the IALE-D working group Ecosystem Services

The workshop started with three informative input presentations on publishing scientific articles (by Felix Müller, CAU Kiel), on the state of the art of the ESMERALDA project (by Benjamin Burkhard, CAU Kiel), and on the development of national ecosystem services indicators (by Ralf-Uwe Syrbe, IÖR Dresden). Ten young scientists from institutions in Bonn, Dresden, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Hohenheim, Nürtingen, Kiel, Warnemünde/Klaipeda and Berlin joint the interactive workshop and discussed on current topics of the ecosystem services concept and their own project work (incl. projects on ecosystem service assessments in terrestrial, freshwater and coastal/marine ecosystems).

Participants of the Workshop 2016 – IALE-D working groups Ecosystem Service

The workshop aimed at the identification of current methodological challenges in the work with the ecosystem services concept, as perceived by the young scientists. With the help of short project presentations, mind-mapping exercises, and discussion sessions, we worked on a common understanding of rating systems for ecosystem services. During the discussions, we developed an approach, how to manage re-scaling of different data sets for sound and comparable assessments and finally for decision support in planning and policy-making. The results of the workshop will be presented and further discussed at the IALE-D annual conference, which will take place on the island of Rügen, Germany (12-14 October, 2016). Also, a contribution for the IALE-D journal “Landscape Online” and its living special issue on concepts and methods for ecosystem service assessments is in progress.
We would like to give our sincere thanks to IALE Germany, who supported the participation of the young scientists! Many thanks also to our very active participants; we are looking forward to our next meeting and ongoing cooperation.

If you are interested in more information please contact:
Marion Kruse | Email
Susanne Frank | Email

Ökosystemleistungen | Call for Papers

Special Issue der Arbeitsgruppe Ecosystem Services

Der 2012 gegründete Arbeitskreis veranstaltete gemeinsam mit einigen ESP-Arbeitsgruppen einen Workshop in Kiel, im Mai 2013. Ergebnisse dieses Workshops werden gemeinsam mit den Artikeln weiterer interessierter Autoren in dem Special Issue Concepts and Methods for Ecosystem Service Assessments auf Landscape Online veröffentlicht.

As a collaborative of event of the IALE-D Working group Ecosystem Services and the Ecosystem Services Partnership ESP, a joint Workshop on Indication, Integration and Application of Ecosystem Services in Decision Making was held in Kiel in May 2013. Following this event there have been some very constructive discussions about the planned special issue on “Concepts and Methods for Ecosystem Service Assessments”. The result on hand is a general acceptance of the plans from the editorial board of the IALE-D online journal “Landscape Online” and a huge support by workshop participants. Therefore, the submission procedure has been initiated, and we look forward to receiving your contributions.

The general objectives of the Special Issue with the increasing popularity of the ecosystem service approach in many universities, research institutions and administrations, various works have to be done in parallel at several places. To date, lack of collaboration and standards has resulted in extremely low compatibility among different approaches. Therefore, an information base on ecosystem service quantification concepts and methodologies will be extremely helpful for all scientists and practitioners. We are now establishing a respective collection of information in a „living“ special issue. It can be called “living” because the contributions can be published continuously and fast, without deadlines and waiting times. Furthermore it is possible to modify papers by new editions or new papers if the methodology has been improved. And finally this issue does not duplicate the works of other journals because the focus is strictly put on methodology.

The layout and structure of the papers:
Here you can find information on the layout of the articles and a proposal for their structures. The editors as well as the reviewers and the readers would appreciate if you try to stick to these templates. There is no restriction of page numbers, but to make the papers more readable, the principle length of the articles should not exceed 25 pages. There are many possibilities to put additional information into different sorts of appendices.

The submission procedure:
Please apply the instructions for authors from the journal’s online submission. Here choose the option > Special Topic: „Concepts and Methods for Ecosystem Service Assessments“. Based on this information, the review procedure will be supported and organized by the guest editors. To start the issue with a critical mass of papers the first edition is tried to be published in December 2013.

The review procedure:
Submitted articles which have been assigned to this special issue will initially be sent to the team of workshop organizers of the May-meeting in Kiel. These persons will select 2 reviewers in cooperation with the journal’s editorial board. The reviews will be resent to the authors when both referees have provided their evaluation, and – if it is positive – the authors will be asked for revisions. If the reviewers propose major revisions they will be asked for comments also concerning the revised manuscripts. To assist the reviewing procedure, authors can add a list with 5 potential objective and competent reviewers to their cover letter.

Of course, this special issue will also be open for colleagues who did not participate in the Kiel workshop in May 2013. Therefore we encourgage you to also inform your colleagues and friends about this activity of IALE-D and the ESP working groups on „Ecosystem Service Indicators“, „Ecosystem Service Cascade“ and „Application of Ecosystem Services in Planning and Management“. If you are planning to write a paper, please provide a short description ofyour paper in order to prepare the organization of the special edition. We are looking forward to your replies and paper submissions.

By Felix Müller (IALE-D, ESP) and the editorial group.