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Area of Science:

  • Ecology and Environmental Science
  • Landscape Ecology
  • Ecosystem Services Assessment

Background:

  • Ecosystem services (ES) significantly contribute to human well-being.
  • Understanding trade-offs and synergies in ES provision is crucial for landscape planning.
  • Existing indicators often fail to capture local-scale ES dynamics and landscape multifunctionality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a new integrative environmental indicator, the Multiple Ecosystem Services Landscape Index (MESLI).
  • To assess landscape multifunctionality and ES provision at the municipality level.
  • To identify key environmental and socioeconomic drivers influencing ES provision in landscapes.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the MESLI indicator, specifically designed for local-scale assessment.
  • Application of MESLI in the Basque Country at the municipality level.
  • Analysis of the relationship between municipal environmental/socioeconomic characteristics and ES provision.

Main Results:

  • MESLI effectively measures landscape multifunctionality at local scales.
  • The index successfully differentiates municipalities based on their ecosystem service provision.
  • Key drivers of change in ES provision were identified, along with their impacts.

Conclusions:

  • MESLI is a valuable tool for evaluating landscape multifunctionality and ES provision at the local level.
  • The index provides crucial, locally relevant information often missing in larger-scale assessments.
  • MESLI supports informed decision-making for policymakers and land managers in landscape planning.