The concept of ecosystem services has gained a strong political profile during the last 15 years. However, there is no specific EU policy devoted to governing ecosystem services. This article shows that the ecosystem services concept is already embedded in recent EU (environmentally-related) policies, such as the Biodiversity Strategy 2020 and the Invasive Alien Species Regulation. Our review of 12 policies shows that, overall, the coherence between existing policies and the ecosystem services concept is moderate. Policies showing very high coherence are confined to the policy arenas that address natural ecosystems, forestry, or agriculture. Given the sectoral nature of most EU policies and the limited options for revision in the near future, opportunities for improving coherence are most apparent in furthering the integration of the ecosystem services concept in the implementation of existing EU policies at national and regional levels.

在过去的15年中，生态系统服务的概念已在政治上引起了强烈的反响。但是，没有专门的欧盟政策专门用于管理生态系统服务。本文表明，生态系统服务概念已被嵌入到最新的欧盟（与环境相关）政策中，例如《 2020年生物多样性战略》和《外来入侵物种法规》。我们对12项政策的审查表明，总体而言，现有政策与生态系统服务概念之间的一致性是中等的。具有高度一致性的政策仅限于针对自然生态系统，林业或农业的政策领域。鉴于大多数欧盟政策的行业性质以及在不久的将来进行修改的选择有限，