This book aims to identify present and discuss key driving forces and pressures on ecosystem
services. Ecosystem services are the contributions that ecosystems provide to human well-being.
The scope of this atlas is on identifying solutions and lessons to be applied across science
policy and practice. The atlas will address different components of ecosystem services assess
risks and vulnerabilities and outline governance and management opportunities. The atlas will
therefore attract a wide audience both from policy and practice and from different scientific
disciplines. The emphasis will be on ecosystems in Europe as the available data on service
provision is best developed for this region and recognizes the strengths of the contributing
authors. Ecosystems of regions outside Europe will be covered where possible.
