Market-based instruments for ecosystem services

Market-Based Instruments for Ecosystem Services – Drivers, Impacts and Policy Options Using the Example of Climate Protection and Nature Conservation in Central-European Cultural Landscapes

Welcome to the website of the Ecosystem Services Research Group.

The objective of this interdisciplinary research group is to improve understanding of the interactions between market-based instruments, ecosystem services and quality of life in Central European cultural landscapes.

The project is jointly managed by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin; the Ecologic Institute, Berlin; the Öko-Institut e.V.; and the Institute for Landscape Management at the University of Freiburg.

This innovative collaborative effort between an academy of sciences, a university and two policy-oriented think tanks has been designed, on one hand, to obtain scientific insights while, on the other hand, creating practical approaches between the poles of land-use, nature conservation and climate protection.

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NEW PUBLICATION

Ecosystem services in cultural landscapes: article on the concept and application

Plieninger, T., Bieling, C., Gerdes, H., Ohnesorge, B., Schaich, H., Schleyer, C., Trommler, K. & Wolff, F. (2010): Ökosystemleistungen in Kulturlandschaften - Konzept und Anwendung am Beispiel der Biosphärenreservate Oberlausitz und Schwäbische Alb. Natur und Landschaft 85(5): 187-192.

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INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP Social-Ecological Resilience of Cultural Landscapes 15.-16. Juni 2010, Berlin The workshop, organized by the Ecosystem Services Research Group, aimed at enhancing theoretical insights into the social-ecological resilience of cultural landscapes through coming to terms with – and challenging – existing concepts of “driving forces”, “thresholds”, “adaptive cycles” and “adaptive management”. The workshop was based on empirical studies focusing on cultural landscapes as social-ecological systems. Workshop report and more information ...

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The Ecosystem Services Research Group is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, under the Social-Ecological Research Programme.

Duration: 01.05.2009 - 30.04.2013