Front Cover -- Ecosystem Services Global Issues, Local Practices -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Editorial for Ecosystem Services-Global Issues, Local Practices No Root, No Fruit-Sustainability and Ecosystem Services -- No Root, No Fruit-Sustainability and Ecosystem Services -- 1. LIMITS -- 2. FAIRNESS -- 3. COMPLEXITY -- 4. REALITY CHECK -- A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE OUTER COMFORT ZONE -- REFERENCES -- INTRODUCTION -- READERS' GUIDE -- Part I - Ecosystem Service Basics -- Chapter 1 - Inclusive Ecosystem Services Valuation -- 1. INTRODUCTION: ON VALUE AND VALUATION -- 2. WHY DO WE VALUE? -- 3. VALUATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT-A THREE-PILLAR VALUATION FRAMEWORK -- 4. IS VALUATION OF ES ENOUGH FOR PROPER ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING? -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 - Ecosystem Services and Their Monetary Value -- 1. WHY SHOULD WE MONETIZE ES? -- 2. WHAT IS MONETARY VALUATION? -- 3. WHAT ARE WE VALUING? -- 4. THE ECONOMIST TOOLBOX -- 5. MONETARY VALUATION OF ES IN BELGIUM -- 6. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BIODIVERSITY -- 3. BIODIVERSITY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES -- 4. BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 - Ecosystem Service Indicators: Are We Measuring What We Want to Manage? -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. A SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, INTERPRETATION, AND ASSESSMENT OF INDICATORS -- 3. CASE STUDY: ECOSYSTEM SERVICE INDICATORS IN FLANDERS -- 4. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 - Inquiring into the Governance of Ecosystem Services: An Introduction -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. WHAT IS GOVERNANCE? -- 3. THE PRACTICE OF GOVERNANCE -- 4. KNOWLEDGE: DIVERSITY, ETHICS, AND POWER -- REFERENCES -- Part II - Ecosystem Services: Conceptual Reflections.

Chapter 6 - Monetary Valuation of Ecosystem Services: Unresolvable Problems with the Standard Economic Model -- DISCOUNTING THE FUTURE -- THE SOURCES OF UTILITY ARE COMMENSURABLE -- HUMANS ARE NARROWLY RATIONAL AND SELF-REGARDING -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Opposed Visions, Opposed Paradigms -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 - Earth System Services-A Global Science Perspective on Ecosystem Services -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 - Ecosystem Services in a Societal Context -- A New and Useful Concept -- A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CASCADE -- FROM ECOSYSTEMS TO VALUE: A LONG CASCADE -- WHAT IS A SERVICE? NO FINAL CONSUMPTION, NO FREE GIFT OF NATURE -- ES IN A POLICY CONTEXT -- ES IN A GROWTH CONTEXT -- ESS IN A SUSTAINABILITY CONTEXT -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 10 - The Value of the Ecosystem Services Concept in Economic and Biodiversity Policy -- INTRODUCTION -- ECOSYSTEM SERVICES -- THE ECONOMICS OF ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Part III - Ecosystem Service Debates -- Chapter 11 - Valuation of ES: Challenges and Policy Use -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. UNCERTAINTY AND COMPLEXITY IN QUANTIFICATION AND VALUATION -- 3. CHALLENGES IN USING MONETARY VALUES FOR POLICY APPRAISAL -- 4. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 - Ecosystem Services in Belgian Environmental Policy Making: Expectations and Challenges Linked to the Conceptualization and Valuation of Ecosystem Services -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE ADOPTION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN BELGIAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY MAKING -- 3. CHALLENGES OF ES-BASED POLICY MAKING: A DISCUSSION OF MONETARY VALUATION -- 4. PERSPECTIVES: GOVERNANCE OF ES AND GOVERNANCE WITH ES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13 - Ecosystem Services Governance: Managing Complexity? -- 1. FRAMING ECOSYSTEM GOVERNANCE -- 2. ECOSYSTEM GOVERNANCE APPROACHES: SOME EXAMPLES -- 3. HYBRIDIZATION.

4. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14 - Ecosystem Service Assessments: Science or Pragmatism? -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. METHODS -- 3. TEN DRIVERS OF UNCERTAINTY -- 4. THREE PARALLEL STRATEGIES -- 5. SCIENCE AND PRAGMATISM -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 15 - Negotiated Complexity in Ecosystem Services Science and Policy Making -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. COMPLEXITY -- 3. ANALYTICAL DELIBERATIVE MULTICRITERIA DECISION SUPPORT -- 4. RELEVANCE FOR BELGIUM -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 16 - The Natural Relation between Biodiversity and Public Health: An Ecosystem Services Perspective* -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PUBLIC HEALTH-RELATED ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND DISSERVICES -- 3. THE EMERGING COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE ON BIODIVERSITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN BELGIUM -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 17 - Global Trade Impacts on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GLOBAL TRADE AND ITS IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEMS -- 3. CASE STUDIES OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES HAVING MAJOR IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEMS -- 4. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Part IV - Ecosystem Services: Tools & Practices -- Chapter 18 - CICES Going Local: Ecosystem Services Classification Adapted for a Highly Populated Country -- Ecosystem Services Classification Adapted for a Highly Populated Country -- 1. WHY WE NEED A COMMON CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN BELGIUM? -- 2. CICES-BE: GOAL AND CONSULTATION APPROACH -- 3. ES DEFINITIONS AND ES CASCADE -- 4. AN ES CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR BELGIUM: CICES-BE -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 19 - THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES VALUATION TOOL AND ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS* -- 2. USER REQUIREMENTS -- 3. METHODOLOGY -- 4. USING THE INFORMATION -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 20 - EBI1397058884AN INDEX FOR DELIVERY OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICE BUNDLES* -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDEX.

3. MODEL APPLICATION -- 4. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 21 - ES Thinking and Some of Its Implications: A Critical Note from a Rural Development Perspective -- 1. INFLUENCE OF ES THINKING ON DEVELOPMENT AND LAND-USE POLICY -- 2. EXAMPLE OF THE PES APPROACH AND MOTIVATIONS RELATED TO LAND-USE MANAGEMENT -- 3. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND SOCIOECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 22 - Enhancing Ecosystem Services in Belgian Agriculture through Agroecology: A Vision for a Farming with a Future -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. AGROECOLOGY, INTEGRATED FARMING, AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES -- 3. AGROECOLOGICAL RESEARCHES -- 4. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF AGROECOLOGY -- 5. DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 6. THE WAY AHEAD -- 7. LINKS WITH EU POLICY INSTRUMENTS -- 8. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- ANNEX: METHOD FOR THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND DISSEMINATION OF PROTOTYPES OF FARMS -- Part V - Ecosystem Service Reflections from Practice -- Chapter 23 - Ecosystem Service Practices -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. USEFULNESS OF THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES CONCEPT -- 3. HOW IS THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES CONCEPT USED IN PRACTICE? -- 4. RISKS OF THE USE OF THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES CONCEPT -- 5. CHALLENGES REGARDING THE USE OF THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES CONCEPT -- 6. THE IMPORTANCE OF A LOCAL ECOSYSTEM SERVICE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE -- 7. CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 24 - Reflections from Policy Practice -- Chapter 25 - (how) Can Financial Institutions Contribute to Sustainable Use of Ecosystem Services? -- Chapter 26 - Making Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services Operational in Europe through Biodiversity Offsetting and Habitat Banking -- Chapter 27 - SKB, SNOWMAN, and Ecosystem Services -- SKB AND SNOWMAN -- ES PERSPECTIVE -- ES NETWORKING -- WHAT NEXT? -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 28 - Contribution of DG Environment of Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment.

THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT -- Chapter 29 - Relevance of an Ecosystem Services Approach in Southern Belgium -- Chapter 30 - A Participatory Approach to Wildlife Management in Walloon Farmlands -- AN ES APPROACH TO WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT? -- FROM SCIENCE TO PRACTICE -- THE VALUATION OF ES-OPPORTUNITY OR THREAT? -- Chapter 31 - Ecosystem Services for Wallonia -- Chapter 32 - Relevance of the Concept of Ecosystem Services in the Practice of Brussels Environment (BE) -- Chapter 33 - Contribution of the Agency for Nature and Forests -- SENSE AND SENSIBILITY -- ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN PRESENT DAILY OPERATIONS -- DARK CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON -- BELGIAN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES COMMUNITY -- Chapter 34 - Integrating Ecosystem Services in Rural Development Projects in Flanders -- ECOSYSTEM SERVICES VERSUS OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL AIMS OF VLM -- OVERVIEW OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN VLM PROJECTS AND PROCESSES -- ECOSYSTEM SERVICES-ORIENTED APPROACH IN NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS -- MAIN CHALLENGES FOR AN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES APPROACH IN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 35 - Reflection on the Relevance and Use of Ecosystem Services to the LNE Department -- A useful concept -- WITH A LOT OF WORK AHEAD -- SUPPORTED BY THE BELGIAN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES COMMUNITY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 36 - Obstacles to Use an Ecosystem Services Concept in Agriculture -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 37 - The Concept of Ecosystem Services -- THE ROLE OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES -- BOTTLENECKS AND CHALLENGES -- THE BEES SOCIETY -- Chapter 38 - Ecosystem Services in Natuurpunt -- ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN PRACTICE AT NATUURPUNT -- EVERY MEDAL HAS TWO SIDES: INTRINSIC AND MONEY VALUES -- Chapter 39 - Ecosystem Services in Nature Education in the Province of West Flanders -- Chapter 40 - Integrating the Concept of Ecosystem Services in the Province of Antwerp: The Inland Dunes Project -- INTRODUCTION.

THE INLAND DUNES PROJECT AND ITS INSPIRATION.