Table 2.
FES specific innovations and their relation to FES categories, governance innovation type, and focus.
| Q5 | Specific innovations offered for selection | Short name | Example provided in the Survey | Main FES categories addressed | Governance mechanism | Focus of innovation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q5_1 | New ecosystem service | New ES | e.g., a burial forest was newly established | Provisioning, Regulating, Cultural | Hierarchy, Market, Hybrid | Product, Service |
| Q5_2 | New technology for biomass production | Technology biomass | e.g., usage of harvester instead of chainsaws or using satellite imagery for identifying logging sites | Provisioning | Market | Process |
| Q5_3 | New technology for other ecosystem services | Technology other ES | e.g., a new technology for extracting resin | (mostly) Provisioning | Market | Process |
| Q5_4 | New way to generate value from ecosystem services | Value from ES | e.g., organizing auctions for high-quality timber or water protection | Provisioning, Regulating | Market | Process, Service |
| Q5_5 | Change of forest management to improve / sustain biomass production | FM for biomass | e.g., new thinning measures for increased wood increment or for increased resilience | Provisioning, Regulating | Market | Process |
| Q5_6 | Change of forest management to provide other ecosystem services | FM other ES | e.g., new thinning measures for growth of mushrooms or support nature tourism | Provisioning, Regulating, Cultural | Market | Process |
| Q5_7 | New communication or marketing strategy implemented | New communication | e.g., a website or a hired branding professional | Any | Market | Process |
| Q5_8 | New users of ecosystem service(s) | New users | e.g., children or urban citizens | Any | Network, Hybrid | Process |
| Q5_9 | New trans-sectoral contract created | New contract | e.g., a new agreement with conservation groups or eco-tourism enterprises | Regulating, Cultural | Network, Hybrid | Process |
| Q5_10 | New transboundary cooperation created | New cooperation | e.g., a sustainable tourism project across country borders | Regulating, Cultural | Market, Network, Hybrid | Process, Product, Service |