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Despite the considerable development of research on ecosystem services (ES), their application to the environmental management in Poland is still inhibited. The challenge is the adaptation of the existing knowledge for Polish conditions and the transposition of knowledge into an operational one. The needs involve the integration of developed scientific knowledge with the interest and competences of officials, as well as the increasing of skills of experts participating in the procedures of environmental management.
The project addresses the existing challenges by:
- The selection of relevant ecosystem services (ES) and their indicators for main ecosystem types in Poland
- Mapping and assessment of ES in national, regional and local scale
- Cross-cutting analysis of ecological, cultural and economic values of ES
- Identification of significant ES synergies and trade-offs and relevant ES bundles
- Dissemination and exchange of knowledge
The project aims to increase the scientific potential and the ability of administration and interested social groups to implement ecosystem services approach in environmental management. As such, the project will benefit scientists by increasing the scientific capacity, and administration interested social groups by developing awareness of the political, social and ecological potential of ES approach.
The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research is the project partner and will contribute to experience-sharing and training-related activities by preparing and presenting Norwegian experiences during the project kick-off meeting as well as during workshops devoted to individual ecosystem types. Moreover, the Project Partner will prepare comments on delivered maps of main ES values for individual ecosystem types. The Partner will also prepare and present the comparative study on state of the art in Norway and Poland after the project finalization.