Technical Report - 2018 - 001
           Mapping and Assessment of 
         Ecosystems and their Services
                                  An analytical framework 
                                  for mapping and 
                                  assessment of ecosystem 
                                  condition in EU
                                  Discussion paper – Final January 2018
                               Environment
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                   Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2018
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             Summary 
             The fifth MAES report presents indicators for mapping and assessment of ecosystem 
             condition at European level. A set with specific indicators is available for assessment 
             of ecosystem condition per ecosystem type. A core set with key indicators is available 
             to support an integrated ecosystem assessment across ecosystem type.  
             Supporting documents are available at https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/f7a929ac-
             bb72-4d25-99f1-abaa1f3a1f34 
             Information about MAES is available at https://biodiversity.europa.eu/maes 
         
         
         
                  Contributing authors: 
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                  Joachim Maes , Anne Teller , Markus Erhard , Bruna Grizzetti , José I. Barredo , Maria Luisa Paracchini , Sophie 
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                  Condé , Francesca Somma , Alberto Orgiazzi , Arwyn Jones , Grazia Zulian , Sara Vallecilo , Jan-Erik Petersen , Doris 
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                  Marquardt , Vujadin Kovacevic , Dania Abdul Malak , Ana Isabel Marin , Bálint Czúcz , Achille Mauri , Peter Loffler , 
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                  Annemarie Bastrup-Birk , Katarzyna Biala , Trine Christiansen , Beate Werner
                  1 European Commission – Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
                  2 European Commission – DG Environment, Brussels, Belgium
                  3 European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark
                  4 European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity, Paris, France
                  5 European Topic Centre on Urban, Land and Soil Systems, Malaga, Spain
                  Contacting authors: joachim.maes@ec.europa.eu, anne.teller@ec.europa.eu, markus.erhard@eea.europa.eu
                  Recommended citation: 
                  Maes J, Teller A, Erhard M, Grizzetti B, Barredo JI, Paracchini ML, Condé S, Somma F, Orgiazzi A, Jones A, Zulian A, 
                  Vallecilo S, Petersen JE, Marquardt D, Kovacevic V, Abdul Malak D, Marin AI, Czúcz B, Mauri A, Loffler P, Bastrup-
                  Birk A, Biala K, Christiansen T, Werner B (2018) Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services: An 
                  analytical framework for ecosystem condition. Publications office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
                  Cover photo by Frank Vassen (the Natura 2000 site Vallée de l’Olefbach in Rocherath, Belgium)
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