José I. Barredo, Annemarie Bastrup-Birk, Anne Teller, Miren Onaindia, Beatriz Fernández de Manuel, Iosu Madariaga, Gloria Rodríguez-Loinaz, et al. 2015. Mapping and assessment of forest ecosystems and their services –Applications and guidance for decision making in the framework of MAES. EUR27751EN; doi:10.2788/720519

Mapping and assessment of forest ecosystems and their services –Applications and guidance for decision making in the framework of MAES

The aim of this report is to illustrate by means of a series of case studies the implementation of mapping and assessment of forest ecosystem services in different contexts and geographical levels. Methodological aspects, data issues, approaches, limitations, gaps and further steps for improvement are analysed for providing good practices and decision making guidance.The EU initiative on Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services (MAES), with the support of all Member States, contributes to improve the knowledge on ecosystem services. MAES is one of the building-block initiatives supporting the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020.

Onaindia, M., Madariaga, I., Palacios, I., Arana, X. (coord.) 2015. Nature and human well-being in Biscay. Ecosystem services assessment; research applied to management. Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU). Leioa, España. 130 pp. ISBN: 978-84-9082-179-4.

Nature and human well-being in Biscay. Ecosystem services assessment; research applied to management

The Biscay Millennium Ecosystem Assessment is pioneering the practical application of a conceptual and methodological framework of ecosystem services to participatory and integrated territorial management. So much so that, in international forums on this topic, the experiences of our Historical Territory have been recognized as an example to follow in the integration of society, science and management. The results obtained from this local-regional scale assessment in this book suggest that this integrated and participatory approach is an innovative and useful tool that should be supported and developed in order to create significant changes towards a caring society and a more economically and environmentally sustainable territory.

Ayestarán, I., Onaindia, M. (Eds.) 2013.  Sustainable Development, Ecological Complexity and Environmental Values. Current Research Series no. 10. Center for Basque Studies. University of Nevada, Reno, EEUU. ISBN: 978-1-935709-35-0.

Desarrollo sostenible, Complejidad ecológica y Valores ambientales

Sustainable Development, Ecological Complexity, and Environmental Values” contributes to expanding the idea of sustainability by integrating different thematic issues related to sustainable development in its threefold consideration (economic, social, and environmental) with regard to the case of the Basque Country. On the global scale, changes have clearly accelerated; ecological and social sustainability are two facets of the same changing reality. First, social sustainability depend on ecological sustainability. If we continue degrading nature’s capacity to produce the ecosystems’ services (water filtration, climate stabilization, etc.) and resources (food, materials), both individuals and nations will be affected by growing pressures and increasing conflicts, as well as by threats to public health and personal safety. Second, ecological sustainability depends on social sustainability, a socially unjust and unfair system with an ever-increasing population that is not able to have its needs met will necessarily lead to environmental collapse. In addition, human behavior and the social dynamic often lie at the heart of social and ecological problems. It must be, therefore, assumed that there will not be sustainable development if sustainable societies do not first exist.  

Onaindia, M., Madariaga, I., Palacios, I., Arana, X. (coord.) 2015. Natura eta Ongizatea Bizkaian. Ekosistemen Zerbitzuen Ebaluazioa; ikerketa kudeaketan. Universidad del País vasco (UPV/EHU). Leioa, España. 130 pp. ISBN: 978-84-9082-179-4.

Natura eta Ongizatea Bizkaian. Ekosistemen Zerbitzuen Ebaluazioa; ikerketa kudeaketan

Milurteko Ekosistemen Ebaluazioa Bizkaian aitzindari izaten ari da lurralde-kudeaketa partizipatibo eta integratzaile baterako bidean ekosistemen zerbitzuen esparru kontzeptuala eta metodologikoa aplikatzeari dagokionez. Hain zuzen, gai horri buruzko foroetan, gure lurralde historikoaren esperientzia gizartearen, zientziaren eta kudeaketaren integrazioan eredu gisa hartu da. Tokiko-eskualdeko maila horretan lortu diren eta liburu honetan agertzen diren emaitzek  adierazten dute lan egiteko modu partizipatibo eta integratzaile hori tresna berritzaile eta erabilgarria dela, eta hura erabiltzen eta sakontzen jarraitu behar dela elkartasunezko gizarte bat eta ingurumenaren eta ekonomiaren aldetik jasangarria den lurralde bat sortzeko aldaketa nabarmenak eragin ahal izateko.

Miren Onaindia, Arantza Ibabe, Jasone Unzueta (Eds.) 2011. Urdaibaiko Gida Zientifikoa. Garapen Iraunkorra eta Ingurumen Hezkuntzari buruzko UNESCO Katedra Ed. (UPV/EHU). ISBN: 978-84-693-2945-0

Urdaibaiko Gida Zientifikoa

Gida honek Urdaibaiko Biosfera Erreserbari buruzko 19 ikerketa-artikulu aurkezten ditu. Artikuluek hainbat gai ezberdin aztertzen dituzte, hala nola, ekosistemen zerbitzuak, geologia eta hidrogeologia, paisaia singularrak eta kulturalak, animalia-, landare- edo onddo-biodibertsitatea, arrantza, historia, kultura, euskara, ikerketa, ingurumen hezkuntza eta lankidetza edo lege-arautegia.