IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT AND MAPPING OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Keywords:
ecosystem services, economic valuation, GIS mapping, decision-making, sustainable natural resource management
Abstract
The growing “polycrisis”, characterised by environmental degradation, climate change and resource scarcity, further exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, highlights the urgent need for sustainable
natural resource management. Despite the extensive development of the ecosystem services concept, a significant gap remains between scientific knowledge and its integration into decision-making processes.
This study aims to develop a theoretical and methodological approach to integrating ecosystem service values into decision-making by identifying, assessing, and spatially mapping them. The proposed
approach combines economic valuation and GIS-based analysis to generate spatially explicit outputs and support evidence-based environmental policy and sustainable post-war recovery.
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de Groot, R. S., Brander, L., van der Ploeg, S., Costanza, R., Bernard, F., Braat, L., et al. (2012). Global estimates of the value of ecosystems and their services in monetary units. Ecosystem Services, 1(1), 50–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.07.005
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Spangenberg, J. H., & Settele, J. (2016). Value pluralism and economic valuation – defendable if well done. Ecosystem Services, 18, 100–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.02.008
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Published
2026-05-07
How to Cite
Pelyukh, O. (2026). IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT AND MAPPING OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Forestry Education and Science: Current Challenges and Development Prospects. Retrieved from https://conf.nltu.edu.ua/index.php/nltu150/article/view/516
