http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/5789 2026-04-18T14:58:40Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/5791 Title: A PES System for Azerbaijan (Preliminary Report) Authors: Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio; Abbasov, Rovshan Abstract: An ecosystem (ES) is a group of plants, animals and micro-organisms in combination with the non-living physical components of their environment. All the biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems are interrelated and create unique nutrient cycles and energy flows. An ES may be considered a completely independent area with its own interdependent organisms (Flores and Abbasov, 2014). All the organisms in the ecosystems are interrelated and share same living space. ESs are the sources of many vital products and services used by human beings (Daily et al., 1997). They are the only sources of resources, which are very important to human wellbeing and survival (Costanza et al., 1997;, Flores and Adeishvili, 2011). ES provided resources include a broad basket of goods and services used in people’s daily life (Pearce and Atkinson, 1993). Goods and services provided by ecosystems will be simply called “ecosystem services” or ESS. 2016-11-30T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/5790 Title: Report On The Workshop ‘Global Modelling Of Biodiversity And Ecosystem Services’ Authors: Okayasu, Sana; Schoolenberg, Machteld; Alkemade, Rob; Belder, Eefje den; Pereira, Henrique; Lundquist, Carolyn; Cheung, William; Rondinini, Carlo; Kim, HyeJin; Halouani, Ghassen; Miller, Brian; Hirsch, Tim; Abbasov, Rovshan; Arneth, Almut etc. Abstract: A three-day workshop on ‘Global Modelling of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’, was held in the Hague, Netherlands, from 24th to 26th June 2019. The workshop, attended by 35 modelling and scenario-building experts, was organised on behalf of the former IPBES 1 expert group on scenarios and models of the first IPBES work programme by its interim technical support unit, and hosted by the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. The workshop drew on the ‘nature futures’ participatory scenario-building exercise initiated by the IPBES expert group on scenarios and models, and other biodiversity modelling initiatives such as the ISIMIP project 2 working on adding biodiversity to the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) scenarios framework, the'bending the curve'initiative 3 led by IIASA 4 and WWF 5, and GEOBON 6 working on modelling Essential Biodiversity Variables. The workshop was a step towards coordinating across biodiversity modelling initiatives, to build on each other’s work, and to seek synergies for the production of innovative scenarios on biodiversity and ecosystem services to inform the post-2020 agenda of the Convention on Biological Diversity, as well as the Sustainable Development Goals 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z