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ASEBIO - Assessment of Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, and Well-Being in Portugal

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ASEBIO - Assessment of Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, and Well-Being in Portugal

This project purposes is to monitoring and valuing ES, and to better understand the impacts of Land Cover Changes on ES, biodiversity, and human well-being. Ecosystem services (ES) are the benefits provided by nature and these have a direct impact on human well-being. However, ES valuation studies in Portugal are rare and often done at local level. ASEBIO assesses and maps ES and their vulnerability in Portugal mainland, based on CORINE land cover (1990-2018). The project will quantify the impacts on ES and tradeoffs considering different policy scenarios affecting land cover change (LCC) for 2040.

The project proposes a well-being indicator and assess the impact of LCC according to the different scenarios.

Impact:

The project proposes an innovative methodology for monitoring and valuing Ecosystem Services (ES), and to better understand the impacts of Land Cover on ES, biodiversity, and human well-being in Portugal. ASEBIO innovative approach is of great interest for the Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Forests (ICNF) mission by contributing to the achievement of target 2 of the European Union Strategy on Biodiversity 2020 – Maintain and restore ecosystems and their services. These should also contribute to relevant targets of National Biodiversity, National Strategy, and several sustainable targets of UN Agenda on Sustainable development 2030.