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Operationalising ecosystem service assessment in Bayesian Belief Networks : Experiences within the OpenNESS project

Authors :
Erik Stange
Mette Termansen
Graciela M. Rusch
Peter Verweij
Sandra Luque
Anders L. Madsen
Laurence Carvalho
Ron Smith
Roy Haines-Young
Helen Woods
John Ochieng
David N. Barton
Robert Dunford
Relu Giuca
Verónica Rusch
Christian Mihai Adamescu
Julen Gonzalez-Redin
Heli Saarikoski
Suvi Vikström
Angheluta Vadineanu
Jan Dick
David W. Odee
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology [Bangor] (CEH)
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
NINA OSLO NOR
Partenaires IRSTEA
Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)
FABIS CONSULTING LTD BARTON IN FABIS GBR
HUGIN EXPERT AS AALBORG DNK
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AALBORG UNIVERSITY AALBORG DNK
NINA TRONDHEIM NOR
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ROSKILDE DNK
RESEARCH CENTER IN SYSTEMS ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST ROM
Territoires, Environnement, Télédétection et Information Spatiale (UMR TETIS)
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-AgroParisTech-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
KEFRI NAIROBI KEN
EEA INTA SAN CARLOS DE BARILOCHE ARG
FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE HELSINKI FIN
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE INSTITUTE OXFORD GBR
CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY WALLINGFORD GBR
The James Hutton Institute
NINA LILLEHAMMER NOR
Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR)
Source :
Ecosystem Services 29 (2018) pt. C, Ecosystem Services, Smith, R, Barton, D N, Dick, J, Haines-Young, R, Madsen, A L, Rusch, G M, Termansen, M, Woods, H, Carvalho, L, Giuca, R C, Luque, S, Odee, D, Rusch, V, Saarikoski, H, Adamescu, C M, Dunford, R, Ochieng, J, Gonzalez-Redin, J, Stange, E, Vadineanu, A, Verweij, P & Vikstrom, S 2018, ' Operationalising ecosystem service assessment in Bayesian Belief Networks : Experiences within the OpenNESS project ', Ecosystem Services, vol. 29, no. Part C, pp. 452-464 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.11.004, Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, 2018, 29 (part C), pp.452-464. ⟨10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.11.004⟩, Ecosystem Services, 29(pt. C), 452-464
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

International audience; Nine Bayesian Belief Networks (BBNs) were developed within the OpenNESS project specifically for modelling ecosystem services for case study applications. The novelty of the method, its ability to explore problems, to address uncertainty, and to facilitate stakeholder interaction in the process were all reasons for choosing BBNs. Most case studies had some local expertise on BBNs to assist them, and all used expert opinion as well as data to help develop the dependences in the BBNs. In terms of the decision scope of the work, all case studies were moving from explorative and informative uses towards decisive, but none were yet being used for decision-making. Three applications incorporated BBNs with GIS where the spatial component of the management was critical, but several concerns about estimating uncertainty with spatial modelling approaches are discussed. The tool proved to be very flexible and, particularly with its web interface, was an asset when working with stakeholders to facilitate exploration of outcomes, knowledge elicitation and social learning. BBNs were rated as very useful and widely applicable by the case studies that used them, but further improvements in software and more training were also deemed necessary.

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Language :
English
ISSN :
22120416
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Ecosystem Services 29 (2018) pt. C, Ecosystem Services, Smith, R, Barton, D N, Dick, J, Haines-Young, R, Madsen, A L, Rusch, G M, Termansen, M, Woods, H, Carvalho, L, Giuca, R C, Luque, S, Odee, D, Rusch, V, Saarikoski, H, Adamescu, C M, Dunford, R, Ochieng, J, Gonzalez-Redin, J, Stange, E, Vadineanu, A, Verweij, P & Vikstrom, S 2018, ' Operationalising ecosystem service assessment in Bayesian Belief Networks : Experiences within the OpenNESS project ', Ecosystem Services, vol. 29, no. Part C, pp. 452-464 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.11.004, Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, 2018, 29 (part C), pp.452-464. ⟨10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.11.004⟩, Ecosystem Services, 29(pt. C), 452-464
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....7b0a827bdc1cc9271286be19778e6444