Assessment of Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services in Romanian

Figure 2. Importance of Action 5 in relation to other supporting Actions
under Target 2 and to other Targets of the EU Biodiversity Strategy
(European Commision, 2013)
The scientific work under the MAES process focuses on assessing ecosystems capacity
to provide ecosystems services that benefits individuals and the society in general.
The European and national assessments are based on the definition and quantification
of indicators representative of ecosystems functions responsible for the provision of
ecosystems services. A further step in the MAES process is ecosystems valuation and
the establishment of National Accounts for Ecosystems Services.
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