319 datasets found

Human stressors and their impacts on fish assemblages at pan-European scale by analysing single and multiple stressors and their interactions; providing a basis for advanced...

A hypothesis-based protocol to evaluate whether indicators meet quality criteria explicit to the MSFD, supporting the evidence-based management of European seas.

A review of DPSIR framework application, with lessons learned after two decades of use, that shows challenges in approach for coastal and marine ecosystem management.

A review of the monitoring activity at the regional and sub-regional level for MSFD descriptors.

An analytical framework that links human societies and their well-being with the environment, to help mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services.

A review on how the role of nursery habitats is included in the ecosystem services literature, covering conceptual, biophysical and economic reflections.

An application of biophysical and ecosystem modelling approaches to assess spatially and temporally the sustainable use and supply of selected marine ecosystem services.

Harnessing advances in ‘Big Data’ biodiversity informatics and e-research infrastructure to enable a deeper understanding of biodiversity evolution and dynamics in a rapidly...

A review on the transition of EU policies that led to the adoption of the WFD, to identify the reasons why the Directive was introduced and what it is trying to deliver, and to...

Potential processes and mechanisms for coordinating the activities and capacities of actors that are involved on different levels and in different sectors of flood risk...

Discussing the potential value of integrating the ecosystem services (ESS) concept for improving the consideration of environmental benefits and values during framing and...

A review of existing methods that address integrative assessment and innovative monitoring needs to evaluate the health status of marine ecosystems.

A specific, quantitative interpretation of the concepts of GES and sustainable use in terms of indicators and associated targets (MSFD), by sharply distinguishing between...

A new type of indicator that explicitly reflects an ecosystem’s capacity to provide benefits to society, ensuring that ecosystem service assessments measure outcomes that are...

Implementation challenges faced by five European RBDs during the development and implementation of the 1st River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) of 2009 (WFD implementation).

An analytical framework for assessing opportunities and barriers of co-governance, defined as collaborative societal involvement in the functions of government, and its...

A stakeholder-based assessment of barriers to the adoption of climate adaptation options for irrigation in the Guadiana basin, one of Spain’s most climate-vulnerable basins.

The first record of plastic contamination, in the 5 mm–250 μm size range, of Irish continental shelf sediments.

A result-based payment scheme for nonpoint-source pollution abatement from arable land (case study in southern Sweden).

A case study approach assessing management interventions to illustrate how collective strategic decisions can be made to manage a valued ecosystem situated within an urban matrix.