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  • Environmental economics
  • Sustainability science

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  • Ecosystem service science has advanced rapidly, with growing interest from public and private sectors.
  • Integrating this science into policy and management faces practical challenges.
  • A key barrier to adoption is the lack of standardized terminology, data, methods, and reporting.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify challenges and propose solutions for the broad adoption of ecosystem service information.
  • To highlight the need for context-specific standards in ecosystem service science.
  • To facilitate the integration of ecosystem services into decision-making processes.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current progress and challenges in ecosystem service science adoption.
  • Analysis of existing standard-setting organizations and their relevance.
  • Identification of key use contexts requiring tailored standards.

Main Results:

  • Lack of standardized terminology and methods impedes ecosystem service information uptake.
  • Standards need tailoring for specific applications like national accounts and corporate reporting.
  • Collaboration with existing standard-setting bodies is essential for progress.

Conclusions:

  • Developing and implementing tailored ecosystem service standards is critical for mainstreaming this science.
  • Continued collaboration with standard-setting organizations will drive adoption.
  • Addressing standardization gaps will facilitate informed policy and management decisions.