RESULT 01 — Nature Restoration Socio-Economic Evidence Base

Result typeEvidence base
StatusExpected
EcosystemAgriculture · Forestry · Freshwater
GeographyEU-wide · National · Regional / local
Case studyMultiple case studies · Gelderse Poort · Greece · Ljubljansko Barje · Central Hungary
Related results02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 10

Relevant challenge

Understanding the full range of benefits, costs and trade-offs of nature restoration

What is it?

The NatuRISE Socio-Economic Evidence Base will bring together evidence on the benefits, costs and wider socio-economic effects of nature restoration. It will cover both monetary and non-monetary effects, including ecosystem services, health and wellbeing, recreation, financial impacts and distributional effects.

Why is it useful?

Evidence on restoration impacts is often fragmented across disciplines, locations and types of impact. The evidence base will help users access a more comprehensive picture of what restoration can change, who may benefit or bear costs, and where these effects may occur.

Who is it for?

EU policy-makers · National authorities · Regional & local authorities · Restoration practitioners · Researchers

What can you use it for?

  • Explore evidence on restoration benefits and costs
  • Identify evidence relevant to restoration assessments
  • Compare monetary and non-monetary impacts
  • Examine distributional and territorial dimensions
  • Support research and policy analysis

How does it work?

The evidence base will combine scientific literature, new data collection, spatial analysis, surveys and model-based assessments. It will provide evidence for NatuRISE indicators, models, impact assessments and decision-support tools.

For technical users: Detailed evidence sources, methods and scientific publications will be linked as they become available.

Where is it being developed or applied?

The evidence base will support work across the four NatuRISE case studies and EU-wide analyses covering agriculture, forestry and freshwater ecosystems.

Related evidence

  • Socio-economic indicators database
  • LLM-based evidence synthesis and meta-analysis
  • Enhanced models and methods
  • Nature restoration impact assessments
  • Scientific publications

Access the result

This result is planned as part of the NatuRISE project. The page will be updated as the work progresses.