A matrix approach to tropical marine ecosystem service assessments in South east Asia

Broszeit, Stefanie; Langmead, Olivia; Praptiwi, Radisti A.; Lim, Voon-Ching; Creencia, Lota A.; Hậu, Trần Đức; Maharja, Carya; Wulandari, Prawesti; Setia, Tatang Mitra; Sugardjito, Jito; Javier, Jonson M.; Jose, Edgar; Gajardo, Lea Janine; Then, Amy Yee‐Hui; Amri, Affendi Yang; Johari, Sofia; Justine, Eva Vivian; Hussein, Muhammad Ali Syed; Goh, Hong Ching; Hưng, Nguyễn Phúc; Quyền, Nguyễn Văn; Thao, Le Ngoc; Trí, Nguyễn Hoàng; Edwards-Jones, Andrew; Clewley, Daniel; Austen, Melanie C.

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101346

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“…Moreover, the importance of cultural ecosystem services was recognized in the new forestry policy, which included strategies for promoting forestry-based ecotourism and preserving nature and indigenous heritage. Nevertheless, there is still a clear lack of cultural ecosystem services assessment as compared to provisional and regulating services in the Southeast Asian region (Hattam et al, 2021;Broszeit et al, 2022), indicating the need for future valuation studies to advance understanding of the cultural ecosystem services and their value in decision making.…”

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Strengthened multi-stakeholder linkages in valuation studies is critical for improved decision making outcomes for valuable mangroves – The Malaysian case study

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Mangrove forests in Southeast Asia are continuously declining as a result of unsustainable practices, partly due to limited recognition of the value of mangrove services in land use decision making. Valuation practitioners have assumed that monetary valuation should inform local and national decision makers to ensure sustainable management of mangrove resources. For ecosystem service valuation to be of use to decision makers, best practices should be adhered to such as having straightforward policy questions and strong stakeholder engagement from the onset of valuation studies, suitable choice of valuation methodologies, and the ability to effectively demonstrate causal links between drivers of ecosystem health, change, and resource users. This study, focusing on the Malaysian case study, assessed the effectiveness and challenges of local ecosystem service valuation studies in informing mangrove management decisions against a set of global best practices. A systematic review approach was undertaken to identify relevant Malaysian mangrove ecosystem service valuation studies. Of 184 studies identified, only 17 provided monetary values for mangrove ecosystem services. These studies valued nine different mangrove ecosystem services, with the cultural ecosystem services of tourism being the most frequently valued. Most of the valuation studies were designed to raise awareness of the value of ecosystems (64.7%). Other intended uses included determining appropriate charging rates for mangrove uses (17.6%), comparing the costs and benefits of different environmental uses (11.8%), and providing a justification and support for certain decision making (5.9%). Overall, mangrove valuation studies in Malaysia were characterized by weak multi-stakeholder engagement, non-standardized valuation units across the whole country, limited dissemination of the valuation outcome, and cursory references to the potential use of mangrove ecosystem services. Most of the studies did not exert apparent influence on mangrove management. Future valuation studies in Malaysia and the Southeast Asian region should aim to build more robust engagement between valuation practitioners and key stakeholder groups, especially decision makers, at all stages of the study process and incorporate a clear dissemination strategy for sharing results.

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“…However, approval of urban development proposals rarely requires the level of pre‐development baseline data that would inform, for example, change in habitat availability or demography for long‐lived species (Kilgour et al ., 2007; Thorn, Hobbs, & Valentine, 2018). Lack of baseline data implies that assessments of wildlife responses to urban development almost always suffer from crucial data deficiencies, which precludes both rigorous assessment of responses and the ability to use such information to make adaptive refinements to mitigation measures (Frick, Kingston, & Flanders, 2020; Hattam et al ., 2021). Considering the extent and rate of land‐use change happening worldwide, there is an urgent need for a more rigorous framework to assess impacts of urbanization on natural systems, prior to development approval (Lin & Fuller, 2013; Cortinovis & Geneletti, 2018).…”

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Demographic evidence that development is not compatible with sustainability in semi‐urban freshwater turtles

Auge,

Blouin‐Demers,

Hasler

et al. 2023

Animal Conservation

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Balancing urban development with environmental sustainability is a major challenge that is increasingly recognized in planning decisions. Urban development proposals are often approved with the expectation that deleterious impacts on native species will be constrained, but this assumption is rarely tested over sufficient timelines to confirm its validity for long‐lived, at‐risk species. We tracked changes in Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) habitat availability and demography over 10 years near Ottawa, ON, Canada, to determine whether urban development and associated mitigation measures were sufficient to ensure long‐term population persistence. Suitable turtle habitat declined by 10% during the study, and wetland corridors were essentially lost. Habitat loss coincided with a marked reduction in adult turtle apparent survival, resulting in a 70% decline in population size. Adult females experienced the greatest decline, and despite wildlife fencing and culvert placement as conditions of project approval, turtle road mortality likely was the primary cause of the decline. Deterministic population viability analysis revealed that ~4 adult female road mortalities (of an initial 56 females) per year produced a comparable decline to that observed in our population estimates; at this rate, the population will likely breach its quasi‐extinction threshold (4 females) in under a decade. Accordingly, we infer that in our study area, approved urban development was not compatible with at‐risk turtle population viability. Our findings imply that urban development approval conditions, even when conducted in the context of seemingly robust species‐at‐risk protection, can be inadequate to ensure sustainability. We contend that if environmental sustainability is to be prioritized, urban development projects in areas occupied by at‐risk species must be subject to more stringent oversight during the planning, approval and implementation phases.

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“…Seagrasses can form an ecosystem called seagrass beds the shallow water. Seagrass ecosystems are complex ecosystems and have ecologically important services [1,2]. An example for this is various secondary metabolites produced by marine angiosperm, which have been shown to have potentials as effective drugs for various diseases [3].…”

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Biodiversity, community structure and potential uses of seaweeds and seagrass in transition zone of Taka Bonerate Kepulauan Selayar biosphere reserve, Indonesia

Setia,

Fadhillah,

Wulandari

et al. 2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Macroalgae and seagrass play an important role in marine ecosystems. These organisms have important ecological roles that include primary producers, food sources for other biota, shelters and carbon sinks. Economically, many macroalgae and seagrass species can be exploited as commodities due to their nutritional values and benefits. In Indonesia, macroalgae is traditionally used as food and medicines, especially by communities living in coastal areas. This study aims to unravel the diversity and potential uses of seagrass and macroalgae in Polassi and Tambolongan islands, which is part of the transition zone of the Taka Bonerate Kepulauan Selayar Biosphere Reserve. Identification was performed to analyse several parameters, such as: frequency, density, closure, IVI, dominance and diversity index. Based on the identification results, 7 species of seagrass and 17 species of macroalgae were obtained. Five seagrass species and five algae species are known to contain compounds that are beneficial to humans such as antibacterial, antifungal, and bioactive compounds. Four algae species are used for consumption. The diversity index values of seagrass and macroalgae obtained were categorized as low-medium, with H’ 1.05 - 1.55 for seagrass and H’ 1.22 - 1.56 for algae. This study provides information that are useful for future utilization of marine resources.

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A matrix approach to tropical marine ecosystem service assessments in South east Asia

Cited by 32 publications

References 56 publications

Strengthened multi-stakeholder linkages in valuation studies is critical for improved decision making outcomes for valuable mangroves – The Malaysian case study

Strengthened multi-stakeholder linkages in valuation studies is critical for improved decision making outcomes for valuable mangroves – The Malaysian case study

Demographic evidence that development is not compatible with sustainability in semi‐urban freshwater turtles

Biodiversity, community structure and potential uses of seaweeds and seagrass in transition zone of Taka Bonerate Kepulauan Selayar biosphere reserve, Indonesia

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