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Revision of the Common International Classification for Ecosystem Services (CICES V5.1): A Policy Brief

Roy Haines-Young, +1 more
- Vol. 3, Iss: 3
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The Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (CICES) as discussed by the authors is widely used for mapping, ecosystem assessment, and natural capital ecosystem accounting, and it has been updated for version 5.1.
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The Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (CICES) is widely used for mapping, ecosystem assessment, and natural capital ecosystem accounting. On the basis of the experience gained in using it since the first version was published in 2013, it has been updated for version 5.1. This policy brief summarises what has been done and how the classification can be used.

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