Increasing pressures on the coastal zone calls for new approaches to its governance. The ecosystem services (ES) concept has been presented as a solution for more integrated and ecosystem-based management, providing tools to categorise knowledge on ecosystems, the services they provide, and their value. This paper offers an analysis of the introduction of the ES concept into Norwegian coastal spatial planning as a new governance approach. The study is based on document analysis of relevant legal and policy documents, such as white papers, parliamentary bills, official reports, acts and regulations. Through this process this study finds that only incremental changes have been made to integrate the ES concept into the governance of the coastal zone. ES terms and methods to apply the concept in day-to-day governance have not yet been provided. The multilevel and multiscale governance system is not structured to accommodate such an intersectoral and interdisciplinary approach. The municipal planning system could however be well suited, in particular the strategic environmental assessments. The municipalities act like an integrating body, where the trade-offs between different uses or non-uses of natural resources are considered before making decisions. There is, however, a need for adapted knowledge databases, clarification of methods and training for the municipalities to be able to take on this task. If the government intends to introduce ES based management in Norway, a first step would be to designate the appropriate authority to facilitate a process of relevant authorities across sectors and/or levels to take on this task and to develop guidelines for municipal planners. The experience from Norway therefore shows that without a decision on how the concept should be implemented and who should provide the necessary tools for practitioners to apply, the ES concept will not be effectively integrated into the governance system.

沿海地区日益增加的压力要求采取新的治理办法。生态系统服务（ES）的概念已作为一种解决方案，用于更加集成和基于生态系统的管理，提供了对有关生态系统，其提供的服务及其价值的知识进行分类的工具。本文分析了将ES概念引入挪威沿海空间规划中的一种新的治理方法。该研究基于对相关法律和政策文件的文件分析，例如白皮书，议会法案，官方报告，法案和法规。通过此过程，本研究发现仅进行了渐进式更改即可将ES概念整合到沿海地区的治理中。尚未提供将ES概念应用于日常治理的ES条款和方法。多层次，多尺度的治理系统的结构无法适应这种跨部门和跨学科的方法。但是，市政规划系统可能非常适合，特别是战略环境评估。市政当局就像一个整合机构，在决策之前要考虑不同自然资源的使用或不使用之间的权衡。但是，需要改编后的知识数据库，澄清方法和对市政当局进行这项任务的培训。如果政府打算在挪威引入基于ES的管理，则第一步将是指定适当的主管部门，以促进跨部门和/或级别的相关主管部门承担这项任务，并为市政规划人员制定指南。