Background Papers

Topic I. Characterizing and Measuring Natural  Capital and Ecosystem Services:

I. A   Integrated quantification, modelling, and valuing of ecosystem services

1. On Integrated Quantification, Modelling and Valuing of Ecosystem Services: State of the Art and Upcoming Challenges
   Authors: Ralf Seppelt, Carsten Dormann, Florian Eppink, Sven Lautenbach
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2. On uses, effects, meanings and tasks of German forests – Linking forest functions and ecosystem services
   Authors: Christoph Riegert, Axel Bader
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3. Potentials of ecosystem service accounting at multiple scales
   Authors: G. Zurlini, K.B. Jones,  B.L. Li, I. Petrosillo
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I. B   Accounting for ecosystem services at the landscape level

1. Maps of ecosystem services supply and demand
   Authors: Benjamin Burkhard, Franziska Kroll
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Topic II: Designing Socio-Ecological Institutions

II. A   Adaptive management of ecosystem services

II. B   Environmental, social and economic trade offs