Do ecosystem service maps and models meet stakeholders' needs? A preliminary survey across sub-Saharan Africa

To achieve sustainability goals, it is important to incorporate ecosystem service (ES) information into decision-making processes. However, little is known about the correspondence between the needs of ES information users and the data provided by the researcher community. We surveyed stakeholders within sub-Saharan Africa, determining their ES data requirements using a targeted sampling strategy. Of those respondents utilising ES information (> 90%; n = 60), 27% report having sufficient data; with the remainder requiring additional data - particularly at higher spatial resolutions and at multiple points in time. The majority of respondents focus on provisioning and regulating services, particularly food and fresh water supply (both 58%) and climate regulation (49%). Their focus is generally at national scales or below and in accordance with data availability. Among the stakeholders surveyed, we performed a follow-up assessment for a sub-sample of 17 technical experts. The technical experts are unanimous that ES models must be able to incorporate scenarios, and most agree that ES models should be at least 90% accurate. However, relatively coarse-resolution (1-10 km(2)) models are sufficient for many services. To maximise the impact of future research, dynamic, multi-scale datasets on ES must be delivered alongside capacity-building efforts.

Hooftman, Danny (författare)
Sitas, Nadia (författare)
O'Farrell, Patrick (författare)
Hudson, Malcolm D. (författare)
Reyers, BelindaStockholms universitet,Stockholm Resilience Centre(Swepub:su)breye (författare)
Eigenbrod, Felix (författare)
Bullock, James M. (författare)
Stockholms universitetStockholm Resilience Centre (creator_code:org_t)

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