Ecosystem services: Delivering decision-making for salt marshes

摘要: Tidal marshes are one of the world’s most economically valuable habitats, yet they have experienced large and persistent declines globally. Increased knowledge ecosystem services delivered by has become a powerful tool to conserve restore them. But hesitancies regarding valuations their application in decision making remain. Here we draw on literature collective experience participants “Concepts controversies tidal Marsh ecology revisited” workshop, November 2nd 3rd 2019, Mobile, Alabama, provide concise snapshot current field salt marsh service valuation, discuss possible risks importance stakeholder engagement mitigate We examples valuation conservation related making, illustrating growing operationalization incentivizing restoration.Ecosystem quantification is already playing an important role coastal risk managers, insurers, engineers policy makers. While there legitimate criticisms techniques remaining uncertainties delivery that arise both through natural variability across space time differing shifting cultural values, our perspective rise big data, development techniques, understanding environmental justice practices, increasing interdisciplinarity tackle these complex issues, paving way for play critical around marshes.