Framework for assessing and reversing ecosystem degradation: Report of the Finnish restoration prioritization working group on the options and costs of meeting the Aichi biodiversity target of restoring at least 15 percent of degraded ecosystems in Finlan
Ecosystem and biosphere degradation ultimately caused by increasing human popu¬lation size and per capita consumption, are among the greatest threats for biodiversity and ecosystem services and indeed for the future of humankind. There are several global and EU-level strategies, incentives and agreements aiming to reverse the trend, one of the more ambitious ones being restoration of at least 15 percent of degraded ecosystems by 2020 (SCBD 2010; European Commission 2011). On 10 February 2014, the Finnish Ministry of the Environment appointed a restoration prioritization working group. The aim of the working group was to create a frame¬work for assessing and reversing ecosystem degradation and to establish criteria for prioritization of restoration measures, taking into account benefits, costs and the cost-efficiency of the measures in order to support the national implementation of Target 2 of the EU strategy for biodiversity: “By 2020, ecosystems and their services are maintained and enhanced by establishing green infrastructure and restoring at least 15 % of degraded ecosystems.”. While conducting the work, the working group was to con-sider national policies set out in the strategy and action plan for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in Finland for 2012–2020. The working group was expected to specify the restoration need according to the national policies, draft a proposal for the restoration prioritization, and assess the overall costs of the proposal. This report is an abridged and revised English language edition of the original prop¬osition of the Finnish restoration prioritization working group on the options and costs of restoring 15 percent of degraded ecosystems in Finland (Kotiaho et al. 2015a). The original report (246 pages) was published in Finnish.
- Εκδότης: Finnish Ministry of the Environment
- Δημιουργός: Finnish Ministry of the Environment, Department of the Natural Environment
- Πηγή: Finnish Ministry of the Environment
- Ιστότοπος: http://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/74862/YMre_15en_2016.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
- Γλώσσα: Αγγλική
- Άδεια Χρήσης: http://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/74862/YMre_15en_2016.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
- Έτος: 2016
- Βιβλιογραφία: Kotiaho Janne S., Saija Kuusela, Eini Nieminen, Jussi Päivinen and Atte Moilanen. 2016. Framework for assessing and reversing ecosystem degradation: Report of the Finnish restoration prioritization working group on the options and costs of meeting the Aichi biodiversity target of restoring at least 15 percent of degraded ecosystems in Finland. REPORTS OF THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT 15en. Finnish Ministry of the Environment, Department of the Natural Environment. Helsinki. 65 p.
