Practical solutions for bottlenecks in ecosystem services mapping

摘要: Background Ecosystem services (ES) mapping is becoming mainstream in many sustainability assessments, but its impact on real world decision-making still limited. Robustness, enduser relevance and transparency have been identified as key attributes needed for effective ES mapping. However, these requirements are not always met due to multiple challenges, referred here bottlenecks, that scientists, practitioners, policy makers users from other public private sectors encounter along the process. New information A selection of commonly encountered bottlenecks relate seven themes: i) map-maker map-user interaction; ii) nomenclature ontologies; iii) skills background; iv) data maps availability; v) methods-selection; vi) technical difficulties; vii) over-simplification process/output. The authors synthesise variety solutions already applied by map-makers map-users mitigate or cope with discuss emerging trade-offs amongst different solutions. Tackling described a crucial first step towards more mapping, which can turn ensure adequate decision-making.