Section outline

  • In the growing field of ecosystem services, cultural aspects often remain less explored than their provisioning and regulating counterparts. Indeed, cultural ecosystem services (CES) significantly shape the human experience in natural environments, yet their modeling has lagged behind other ecosystem services.

    Recognising this gap, BioDT introduces a visionary prototype digital twin (pDT) for Cultural ecosystems services that uniquely blends recreation potential (RP) with biodiversity occurrence (BD). This prototype melds the potential for recreation (RP) with the tracking of biodiversity occurrence (BD), providing a multifaceted view of ecosystem services.

    Seeking to address this imbalance, BioDT project organised an online workshop on March 21, 2024 delving into a pioneering prototype digital twin (pDT) dedicated to cultural ecosystem services. The goal is to refine this prototype by integrating expert feedback, improving the roadmap, and enhancing the models and user interface.