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We developed a new framework to assess threats to essential ecosystem services, helping us understand risks of permanent loss. This tool evaluates supply and demand to identify services nearing critical thresholds.

Keywords:
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  • Ecology
  • Environmental Science
  • Conservation Biology

Background:

  • Ecosystem services are crucial for human well-being.
  • Current methods lack consistency in assessing threats to ecosystem services.
  • Understanding these threats is vital for sustainable resource management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel assessment framework for evaluating threats to ecosystem services.
  • To provide a consistent approach for categorizing the risk of ecosystem service loss.
  • To support global, national, and regional threat assessments.

Main Methods:

  • The framework integrates data on the state and trends of ecosystem service supply.
  • It also incorporates information on the demand for ecosystem services.
  • Two critical thresholds are referenced: demand exceeding supply and ecosystem service 'extinction'.

Main Results:

  • The proposed framework offers a structured method for threat assessment.
  • It allows for the evaluation of the adequacy and sustainability of ecosystem service provision.
  • The framework is adaptable for various scales of assessment.

Conclusions:

  • This framework provides a basis for identifying and prioritizing ecosystem services at risk.
  • It complements existing assessments of species and ecosystem threats.
  • Consistent assessment of ecosystem service threats is essential for conservation and policy.