Marine Ecosystem Services in Europe

Clara Grillet, Claire Bertin, Jennifer T. Le and Adrien Comte ()
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Claire Bertin: NEOMA - Neoma Business School
Adrien Comte: AMURE - Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer - IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer - UBO - Université de Brest - IUEM - Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers - UBO - Université de Brest - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The concept of ecosystem services (ES) refers to the multiple benefits humans gain from maintaining ecosystem health and functions. This notion has theoretical and practical implications because it frames scientific findings into economic terms to raise awareness of the value of functional ecosystems. It follows that environmental management that incorporates the ecosystem service approach is economically efficient and sustainable. The ES approach is particularly useful for coastal and marine ecosystems because they traditionally lack spatial planning and protective regulation. Moreover, the concept of ecosystem services emphasizes the ocean's function as a climate regulator, and its crucial role for mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Regional implementation of integrated management already exists in the European Union. The next step now is to apply the ES approach to other, threatened regions such as the Mediterranean in order to ensure ecosystem resilience and service provision.

Keywords: COP21; Ocean; Climate change; Paris Agreement; FACT-O; economic solutions; Ecosystem services; Multiple benefits humans gain; Ecosystem health; Ecosystem functions; Environmental management; Coastal ecosystems; Marine ecosystems; Spatial planning; Protective regulation; Mitigation; Adaptation; Regional implementation; EuropeanUnion; Mediterranean; Ecosystem resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Published in Françoise Gaill. Ocean and climate, Ocean Climate Plateform, pp.55--62, 2016

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