Operationalising ecosystem service co-production: A decision-oriented approach for integrated ecosystem assessments

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One Ecosystem 11: e206925
https://doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.11.e206925 (18 Sep 2026)

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Introduction
Literature review: an evidence synthesis
- Rationale for a structured narrative synthesis
- Conceptual frameworks
  - Capital, cascade/chain-based and ecosystem/flow-level co-production
  - Human–nature interaction and meaning-based framings
  - Governance, access and value-mediated framings
  - Accounting-boundary framings
- Method families
Methodology
- Expert-elicited co-production relevance matrix
- Selection of co-production case-study examples
Results
- Expert-elicited co-production relevance across ecosystem types and services
- Case studies
  - Troodos Mountains, Cyprus: comparative cost–benefit assessment in mountain terraced agroecosystems
  - Northern German croplands: enhanced indicator framework for cropland provisioning services
  - Peloponnese, Greece: spatial prioritisation for post-fire forest restoration
  - Trento, Italy: urban green infrastructure for heat and runoff regulation
  - Triglav National Park, Slovenia: protected landscapes and commons governance
Discussion
- Where explicit co-production assessment is most relevant in integrated ecosystem assessments
- Which capitals matter and where they enter the ES assessment chain
- Matching assessment approaches to ecosystem types, services and decision contexts
- Implications for integrated ecosystem assessment, ecosystem accounting and decision-making support
- Limitations and future research
Conclusions
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