ELD CAMPUS: Module - Identification & selection of ecosystem services
Channel: ELDinitiative #ELDsolutions
Date: 15/10/2019

Learning objectives: 
- Know different concepts of ecosystem services classification, but especially the one of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
- Be able to categorise ecosystem services into provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services 
- Understand the underlying ecological cycles (water, nutrient and carbon cycles) behind regulating and supporting services
- Know special characteristics of ecosystem services to be taken into account for their identification and assessment
- Obtain an overview on available data sources and assessment tools
- Understand how to delineate agro-ecological landscape units and to select ecosystem services for assessment

Contents:
- Ecosystem services: The theory behind it
- Classification of ecosystem services
- Ecosystem services enhanced by sustainable land management practices
- Understanding regulating and supporting services: water, nutrients and soil organic cycles
- Special characteristics of ecosystem services
- Identification and assessment of ecosystem services
- Priorities matter – selecting ecosystem services for assessment

Estimated duration of the lecture: 
30-40 minutes

Estimated time for studies:
2-6 hours, depending on the level of previous knowledge and interests

Further information: www.eld-initiative.org/en/knowledge-hub/eld-campus/