Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decIsions about NAtural capital

生物多样性（BD）和健康的生态系统及其提供的服务的重要性已日益得到认可。欧盟2020年和2030年生物多样性战略、生物多样性和生态系统服务政府间科学政策平台、政府间气候变化专门委员会和生物多样性公约等政策举措已启动，以解决生物多样性、自然资本和相关价值问题。研究已经建立了一个知识库，以更好地了解自然-人类的相互作用，这是生态系统服务（ES）交付的基础。相关行动的主要目标是提供可靠的信息，以支持到2030年对欧盟生态系统的保护、恢复和可持续以及气候中立的利用。MAES为不同空间尺度的综合评估提供了概念、方法和数据基础，包括欧盟范围的评估（2020年）和欧盟成员国的评估。关于不同生态系统类型（包括保护区和海洋区）的知识和数据越来越多。下一步是整合不同的MAES组件（生态系统绘图，条件，ES，会计），并使ES的决策吸收。关键的挑战包括证明生物多样性-生态系统条件-生态系统之间的关系，并将其与欧盟政策联系起来。该联盟汇集了来自所有欧盟成员国，联系国和欧盟海外地区的专家以及来自各个公共和私营部门的利益相关者。联合体的专门知识包括环境科学、生态系统核算和相关行动（开放性环境、ESMERALDA、马亚、MAES、ESP、IPBES、BD伙伴关系）的科学-政策-业务接口方面的领先专家（生态学家、经济学家、社会科学家）。因此，该项目将成功地应对这一呼吁的挑战，并提供适用的工具和模型，以及如何使用这些工具和模型的指导。该项目将为整个欧洲提供真实的案例，

The importance of biodiversity (BD) and healthy ecosystems and the services they deliver has increasingly been acknowledged. Policy initiatives, such as the EU BD Strategies 2020 and 2030, IPBES, IPCC and CBD were launched to address BD, natural capital and related values. Research has created a knowledge base to better understand nature-human interactions that are at the base of ecosystem services (ES) delivery. The key aim of related actions is to provide robust information that can be harnessed to support protection, restoration and sustainable as well as climate-neutral use of ecosystems in the EU by 2030. MAES has provided the conceptual, methodological and data base for comprehensive assessments on different spatial scales, including the EU-wide assessment (2020) and assessments in EU member states. Knowledge and data for different ecosystem types (including protected and marine areas) are increasingly available. The next step is to integrate the different MAES components (ecosystem mapping, condition, ES, accounting) and to enable the uptake of ES in decision making. Key challenges include the proof of BD-ecosystem condition-ES relationships and to link them to EU policies. The consortium brings together experts from all EU member states, associated countries and EU overseas regions with stakeholders from various public and private sectors. The expertise in the consortium includes leading experts (ecologists, economists, social scientists) on ES science, ecosystem accounting and on science-policy-business interfaces from related actions (OpenNESS, ESMERALDA, MAIA, MAES, ESP, IPBES, BD Partnership). Therefore, the project will successfully address the call's challenges and provide applicable tools and models together with guidance how to use them. The project will deliver real cases for an evidence-, ES-based and harmonised decision making across Europe,