Matthias Schröter

TL;DR: The notion of nature's contributions to people (NCP) was introduced by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) as mentioned in this paper, a joint global effort by governments, academia, and civil society to assess and promote knowledge of Earth's biodiversity and ecosystems and their contribution to human societies.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe and reflect on seven recurring critiques of the concept of ecosystem services and respective counter-arguments and contribute to a more structured debate between opponents and proponents of the ecosystem services concept.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conduct spatially explicit analyses of nine ecosystem services in Telemark County, Southern Norway, by means of different spatial models, developed with various available datasets and methods, including (multiple layer) look-up tables, causal relations between datasets, environmental regression and indicators derived from direct measurements.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a typology of ecosystem disservices, and present a framework for integrating ecosystem services and disservices for human wellbeing linked to ecosystem functioning, which is underpinned by three key assumptions: (1) ecosystem attributes and functions are value-free; (2) the perception of benefits or nuisances are however dependent on societal context, and preferences and actions by societal actors may trigger, enhance or alleviate benefits or Nuisances derived from ecosystems; and (3) the notion of disservices must account for the role of human management in assessments of ecosystem

TL;DR: In this paper, a conceptual framework for analysing interregional ecosystem service flows is developed to understand and incorporate these flows into national and international ecosystem assessments, leading to incomplete and potentially skewed conclusions, impairing society's ability to identify sustainable management and policy choices.