1. Ecosystem services research at the JRC
Rural Water and Ecosystem Resources Unit
Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Joint Research Centre - Ispra .

2. Ecosystem services are the benefits people derive from nature

3. Scientific objectives
Mapping the provision of ecosystem services at continental scale
Estimate where, which and how much services are supplied by European landscapes
Quantify the changes in service provision over time
Relate the service provision to land use
Couple the biophysical service provision to the LEAC framework for monetary valuation

4. Provisioning services
Priority 2010
Provisioning services
Crop production for food, fiber and fuel
Timber production
Fresh water provision
Regulating services
Air quality regulation and atmospheric cleansing
Climate regulation (carbon storage and sequestration)
Water quantity and quality regulation
Cultural services
Recreation

5. Spatial indicators for ecosystem services
Mapping provisioning services
Marketable services for which statistical indicators exist

6. Spatial indicators for ecosystem services
Mapping regulating services
Non-marketable services for which we rely on models

7. Spatial indicators for ecosystem services
Mapping cultural services
Non-marketable services for which we rely on statistical data