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The benefits of restoring the ecosystem services to their natural level extend well beyond the interests of the economic sectors and stakeholders which have caused the deterioration. The case for an ecosystem approach can thus only be made if the affected stakeholders are known and involved in the assessment. Over the past years much research has aimed at mapping ecosystem services and quantifying their economic impacts for a wide range of water-dependent sectors. Examples that deal specifically with water stress, however, are scarce. The recent MAES assessment (JRC, 2020c) does not include ecosystem services specifically connected to water stress, but it illustrates how the degradation of ecosystems hampers their provisioning services (which also relate to water, both in quantity and quality). It thus provides a framework for future analysis of water stress.

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