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This paper discusses the science–policy interface, emphasizing the role of evidence and scientific assessments.

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This study reviews the delivery of ecosystem services from enclosed farmland in the UK, and explores how the expected demand for ecosystem services might be met in the future.

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Using the widely accepted Convention on Biological Diversity definition of biodiversity and work for the UK National Ecosystem Assessment we show that biodiversity has key roles at all levels of the ecosystem service hierarchy: as a regulator of underpinning ecosystem processes, as a final ecosystem service and as a good that is subject to valuation, whether economic or otherwise.

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The paper seeks to contribute to the expanding literature on ecosystem service assessment by considering its integration with economic analyses of such services.