A Global Meta-Analysis of the Value of Ecosystem Services Provided by Lakes

Abstract

This study presents the first meta-analysis on the economic value of ecosystem services delivered by lakes. A worldwide data set of 699 observations drawn from 133 studies combines information reported in primary studies with geospatial data. The meta-analysis explores antagonisms and synergies between ecosystem services. This is the first meta-analysis to incorporate simultaneously external geospatial data and ecosystem service interactions. We first show that it is possible to reliably predict the value of ecosystem services provided by lakes based on their physical and geographic characteristics. Second, we demonstrate that interactions between ecosystem services appear to be significant for explaining lake ecosystem service values. Third, we provide an estimation of the average value of ecosystem services provided by lakes: between 106 and 140 USD$2010 per respondent per year for non-hedonic price studies and between 169 and 403 USD$2010 per property per year for hedonic price studies.

Research hotspots and current challenges of lakes and reservoirs: a bibliometric analysis

“…Apart from these services, the inland waterbodies also deliver substantial benefits with respect to cultural services including ceremonial practices, recreational and educational activities. However, the calculation of their total values has not yet defined due to the diversity of their services and the complexity of assessment approaches (Reynaud and Lanzanova 2017).…”

“…Numerous reviews have been conducted to deliver a systematic overview on different subjects related to lakes and reservoirs, such as aquaculture (Verdegem and Bosma 2009;Weyl et al 2010;Belton and Azad 2012), fisheries and aquaculture (Minns 2014;Wurtsbaugh et al 2015;Matveyev and Samusenok 2015), pollution (Konstantinou et al 2006;Ho et al 2017), hydroelectricity (Demarty and Bastien 2011;Zarfl et al 2015;Lees et al 2016), ecosystem services (Sierszen et al 2012;Schallenberg et al 2013;Reynaud and Lanzanova 2017), greenhouse gas (Bastviken et al 2004;Stadmark and Leonardson 2005;Chen et al 2013), and climate change (Mooij et al 2005;Tranvik et al 2009;Zhang et al 2016). However, a complete picture of research hotspots and current challenges of lakes and reservoirs remains unclear.…”

Contingent Valuation of Lake Rawapening as a Source of Drinking Water

“…Most of the lakes are an important source of raw water reserve for potable water utilities in many countries (Reynaud and Lanzanova, 2017). The extent to which a particular lake can provide raw water in quality and quantity levels as demanded by water utilities is, among other things, highly dependent on the sustainability of its ecosystem.…”

“…The amount of nutrients loading and soil erosion-sedimentation resulting from human activities continuous to increase from year to year due to the hardly controllable pressure of accelerating population on one side and economic growth on the other. It is now becoming increasingly clear that the changes in lake ecosystems not only undermine their ecological integrity but also alter the supply of ecosystem services resulting in significant consequences for the environment and human wellbeing (Reynaud and Lanzanova, 2017). Eutrophication and sedimentation are currently and in the foreseeable future will remain wicked issues of lake management for developing countries including Indonesia (Haryani, 2014;Henny and Meutia, 2014;Hidayati et al, 2018a;Thornton et al, 2013).…”

“…Failure to quantify the economic value of ecosystem services in commensurate terms with opportunity costs is likely to cause these ecosystem services to be of no value implicitly. This, in large part, contributes to inefficient allocation of the lake resources and in turn degrades the lake ecosystem (Reynaud and Lanzanova, 2017;Zhang and Stenger, 2015).…”