Ecosystem Services

Contents Introduction 2 1. Concepts: ‘Eco’ terminology 4 2. Biodiversity and function 6 3. Modelling and mapping key ecosystem services 8 4. Mapping cultural ecosystem services 10 5. Valuation and natural capital accounting 12 6. Approaches for more integrated and participatory decision-making 14 7. Aberdeenshire Regional Land Use Pilot: A web-based spatial tool to support land use decision making 16 8. Delivering ecosystem services at a national scale: institutions and governance 18 9. Ecosystem services at a local scale 20 10. Ecosystem services from catchments and peatlands 22 11. Ecosystem services from croplands 24 12. Nature conservation and ecosystem services delivery 26 Citation: Ecosystem Services (2016) Edited by Rob Brooker, Alison Hester and Robin Pakeman, The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebucker, Aberdeen, 28pp. 3