A spatially explicit index for mapping Forest Restoration Vocation (FRV) at the landscape scale: Application in the Rio Doce basin, Brazil

Ribeiro, Sonia Maria; Rajão, Raoni; Nunes, Felipe; Assis, Débora Cristina Sampaio de; Neto, José Ambrósio Ferreira; Marcolino, Camilla; Lima, Letícia Santos de; Lloyd, Rickard, Thomas; Salomão, Caroline de Souza Cruz; Filho, Britaldo Soares

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140647

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“…Results showed that the notion of landscape was used in reference to the following aspects of NBS called as a context groups (presented in the order of number of publications) (Fig. 2 ), SCALE: Landscape as a scale of NBS project implementation , discussed in 19 publications (IUCN 2016 , 2020 ; Moosavi 2017 ; Raymond et al 2017 ; Thorslund et al 2017 ; Groß et al 2018 ; Guerrero et al 2018 ; Quin and Destouni 2018 ; Carvalho Ribeiro et al 2020 ; European Commission 2020a , b ; Kopp and Preis 2020 ; Science for Environment Policy 2021 ; Solheim et al 2021 ; van Rooij et al 2021 ; Wu et al 2021 ; Zandersen et al 2021 Bunclark and Vega Hernández 2022 ; Sušnik et al 2022 ). INDICATORS: Application of landscape-based indicators to assess the environmental impacts of NBS , discussed in 16 publications (European Commission 2015 ; Fan et al 2017 ; Raymond et al 2017 ; Tomao et al 2017 ; Thorslund et al 2018 ; Makido et al 2019 ; Zawadzka et al 2019 ; Lee et al 2020 ; Ranagalage et al 2020 ; Sowińska-Świerkosz et al 2021b ; Baldwin et al 2022 ; Kalantari et al 2022 ; Li et al 2022a , b ; Préau et al 2022 ; Schmidt et al 2022 ; Vasiliev and Greenwood 2022 ).…”

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Linkages between the concept of nature-based solutions and the notion of landscape

Sowińska-Świerkosz,

García,

Wendling

2023

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As the effects of Nature-based solutions (NBS) application are usually much broader than only the area under the project implementation, it is necessary to capture the impact on these actions of landscape as well as the influence of landscape type on the NBS effectiveness. The main aim of this study was to detect linkages between the operational of NBS and the landscape dimention, based on a systematic literature review. The results showed the existence of seven linkages: (1, 2) ‘input’ and ‘output’ resulting from the consideration of landscape as a scale of NBS implementation; (3, 4) ‘stimulator’ and ‘inspiration’ based on the contribution of landscape-based management to the implementation of NBS; (5) ‘co-beneficiary’ since the implementation of NBS affects aesthetic dimensions of landscape; (6) ‘tool’ as landscape-based indicators are used to assess the impacts of NBS; and (7) ‘foundation’ as health-supporting landscapes may be considered as a type of NBS action.

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confidence: 99%

Linkages between the concept of nature-based solutions and the notion of landscape

Sowińska-Świerkosz,

García,

Wendling

2023

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“…Local terrain characteristics remain significant even when other land cover and socioeconomic variables are added. Carvalho Ribeiro et al (2020) presuppose that concave areas have local terrain characteristics that favor natural regeneration because they accumulate soil and water. However, our model identified that flat areas are more relevant for natural regeneration.…”

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“…In general, one challenge for employing passive restoration methods is the difficulty to reliably predict the future species composition (Vickers et al 2011). In the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, previous studies have estimated the natural regeneration potential using empirical analysis based on multiple biophysical, land use history, and socioeconomic factors (Silva et al 2016a;Molin et al 2018;Strassburg et al 2018;Carvalho Ribeiro et al 2020), without differentiating, in most cases, the factors influencing the ecological regeneration process from the socioeconomic context.…”

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Combining regional to local restoration goals in the Brazilian Atlantic forest

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To achieve regional and international large-scale restoration goals with minimum costs, several restoration commitments rely on natural regeneration, a passive and inexpensive strategy. However, natural regeneration potential may vary within the landscape, mainly due to its historical context. In this work, we use spatially explicit restoration scenarios to explore how and where, within a given region, multiple restoration commitments could be combined to achieve cost-effectiveness outcomes. Our goal is to facilitate the elaboration of forest restoration plans at the regional level, taking into consideration the costs for active and passive restoration methods. The approach includes (1) a statistical analysis to estimate the natural regeneration potential for a given area based on alternative sets of biophysical, land cover, and/or socioeconomic factors and (2) the use of a land change allocation model to explore the cost-effectiveness of combining multiple restoration commitments in a given area through alternative scenarios. We test our approach in a strategic region in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Biome, the Paraiba Valley in São Paulo State. Using the available data for 2011, calibrated for 2015, we build alternative scenarios for allocating natural regeneration until 2025. Our models indicate that the natural regeneration potential of the region is actually very low, and the cost-effectiveness outcomes are similar for all scenarios. We believe our approach can be used to support the regional-level decision-making about the implementation of multiple commitments aiming at the same target area. It can also be combined with other approaches for more refined analysis (e.g., optimization models).

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“…Facing this problem, a study dedicated efforts to the development of toolkits capable of assisting government and non‐government organizations in offering landowners solutions for complying with the BFC requirements while promoting positive outcomes for the environment (Oakleaf et al, 2017). With an identical goal, other works used Multicriteria‐like assessments to prioritize sites for LR allocation (Rodrigues et al, 2022) and map forest restoration vocation (Carvalho‐Ribeiro et al, 2020); or used interviews‐based approaches to understand landholders' perceptions on the legal reserve and forest restoration options in areas under agriculture intensification and forest deficits (Borda‐Niño et al, 2021; Brito, 2020; Pinillos et al, 2021; Richards et al, 2020). Finally, a study explored scenarios based on the BFC and the National Policy for the Payment for Ecosystem Services to investigate the cost‐effectiveness of different forest landscape restoration strategies for achieving multiple benefits, namely biodiversity conservation, carbon stock increase, and soil‐loss reduction (Lemos et al, 2023).…”

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Trends of potentially illegal deforestation over protected areas of Rio das Velhas basin, Brazil

et al. 2023

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Despite the promise to increase control and fight against deforestation, the new Brazilian Forest Code (BFC) allowed more flexible dimensioning and land use rules in areas of private rural properties intended for native vegetation protection, namely the Legal Reserve (LR) and Areas of Permanent Preservation (APP). Following a decade of BFC implementation, the promise was somewhat flawed, while oversight and monitoring of private rural properties were not as expected. Considering this worrying scenario, the objective of this study was to quantify and map the forest balance of private rural properties listed in the Environmental Rural Registry of Rio das Velhas hydrographic basin (Minas Gerais, 2002), to assess compliance with the BCF and detect potentially illegal deforestation. The total deforested area in 6216 (28.7%) registered private rural properties reached approximately 119,800 ha after 2008, 61,500 ha of which were suppressed without surplus forest of LR. Besides, nearly half of the private rural properties presented forest deficits in the APPs. In a vast majority of cases, the deforestation was potentially illegal, but only a small number of private rural property owners was made responsible for that. The deforested areas were concentrated in small sectors within the rural properties, which would facilitate the control of illegal native vegetation suppression if oversight and law enforcement had been effective. Our results are an alert and a subside to public institutions and rural property owners while developing and executing plans, programs, and projects focused on environmental regularization of rural properties, with the ultimate goal of preventing further land degradation in the basin.

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A spatially explicit index for mapping Forest Restoration Vocation (FRV) at the landscape scale: Application in the Rio Doce basin, Brazil

Cited by 17 publications

References 48 publications

Linkages between the concept of nature-based solutions and the notion of landscape

Linkages between the concept of nature-based solutions and the notion of landscape

Combining regional to local restoration goals in the Brazilian Atlantic forest

Trends of potentially illegal deforestation over protected areas of Rio das Velhas basin, Brazil

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