Addressing ecosystem services from plan to project to further tiering in impact assessment: Lessons from highway planning in São Paulo, Brazil

Gallardo, Amarilis Lucia Casteli Figueiredo; Rosa, Josianne Cláudia Sales; Sánchez, Luís Enrique

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106694

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“…It is essential to establish an S&D relationship between ESs and human benefits [ 62 ]. Incorporating the assessment of ESs S&D into the construction of NRs as a basis for policy implementation can ensure the effectiveness of policy implementation [ 30 ].…”

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Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Coupled Coordination Degree of Ecosystem Services Supply and Demand in Chinese National Nature Reserves

Huang

Zeng

Chen

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Nature reserves (NRs) are the main components of protected areas and geographic spaces, with unique natural and cultural resources. The establishment of nature reserves has not only strengthened the protection of specific species but has also played a vital role in the protection of ecosystem services (ESs). However, few studies have been conducted to systematically assess the effectiveness of nature reserves from the perspective of ecosystem services supply and demand (S&D) or make comparisons between the conservation effects of different types of nature reserves. This study analyzed the spatiotemporal characteristics of ecosystem service supply and demand in 412 Chinese national nature reserves. The results showed that both supply and demand for ecosystem services per unit area show a spatial pattern of increasing from west to east. The supply–demand matching pattern is dominated by high supply–high demand (H–H) and low supply–high demand (L–H) in the central and eastern regions, and high supply–low demand (H–L) and low supply–low demand (L–L) in the northeast, northwest, and southwest regions. The coupling coordination degree (CCD) of ecosystem services supply and demand increased from 0.53 in 2000 to 0.57 in 2020, and the number of NRs reaching the coordinated level (>0.5) increased by 15 from 2000 to 2020, representing 3.64% of the total number of protected areas. Steppe meadows, ocean coasts, forest ecosystems, wildlife, and wild plant types of nature reserves all improved more obviously. This provides a scientific basis for strengthening the ecological and environmental supervision of nature reserves, and the research methods and ideas can provide references for similar research.

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confidence: 99%

Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Coupled Coordination Degree of Ecosystem Services Supply and Demand in Chinese National Nature Reserves

Huang

Zeng

Chen

et al. 2023

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“…Studies on landuse changes and their impact on ESs values and tradeoffs are crucial and highly relevant to policy-making [22], ESs management [23], and future sustainable development [24]. These studies play a significant role in diverse ecosystems such as forest, wetland, urban areas, and coastal areas [25][26][27][28]. The requirements for ecological protection policies and governance measures in different functional zones with NRs differ from landuse objectives, resulting in various land-use scenarios, simulated based on the implementation requirements of conservation measures, and are critical for assessing the spatial decision-making impacts through evaluating changes in ESs supply and trade-offs relationships.…”

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confidence: 99%

Land Use Decision-Making and Ecosystem Service Trade-Offs: A Case Study of Anhui Shengjin Lake National Nature Reserve, China

Wang,

Xu,

Jiang

et al. 2024

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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The transformative period of reshaping China's Protected Area System (CPAs) requires nature reserves (NRs) to pay greater attention to policy-driven changes in land use as well as ecosystem. We take Anhui Shengjin Lake National Nature Reserve (SJLNNR) as a case study to examine policy-driven changes in ecosystem services and their trade-offs. We find that (1) policy implementation significantly increased the area of wetlands and forests while decreasing the area of cropland and impervious land. Ideally, the area of wetlands and forests could be increased by ~10200 hm 2 . (2) Habitat quality (HQ) and water conservation (WC) are enhanced, with the highest enhancement of 13.09% and 28.18%, respectively. Carbon storage (CS) and food production (FP) showed opposite trends across scenarios.(3) CS demonstrates trade-offs with other ESs, while the remaining ESs displayed varying degrees of synergistic relationships. Nonetheless, it should be noted that transforming extensive farmland and impervious land into diverse land-use types might not improve the synergies relationship of ESs. Additionally, the full protection scenario (FPS) demonstrated greater advantages in terms of HQ, WC, and CS.

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“…Research has demonstrated how including ESs has the potential to improve traditional IAs and deal with some of its shortcomings [1][2][3][4][5]. One of the main critiques is that the added value for human wellbeing of avoiding environmental impacts is often not clear [6][7][8][9], reducing their weight in the decision-making process. ESs are directly expressed in terms of gains for human wellbeing, making the benefits for stakeholders more tangible.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Its holistic character supports the inclusion of indirect effects and effects resulting from tradeoffs and synergies among different sectors. It is crucial, herein, to consider not only changes in structural properties but also to evaluate how these affect ecosystem processes [12] and human beneficiaries [4,9,11]. Thus, ESs reflect the functioning of ecosystems as well as the prosperity of human societies [11].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Integrating Ecosystem Services into Impact Assessments: A Process-Based Approach Applied to the Belgian Coastal Zone

Van der Biest,

Staes,

Prigge

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Policy makers increasingly acknowledge the importance of considering ecosystem services (ESs) and biodiversity in impact assessment (IA) to reduce ecosystem degradation and halt ongoing losses of biodiversity. Recent research demonstrates how ESs can add value to IA, i.e., by shifting the focus from avoiding negative impacts to creating opportunities, by linking effects on ecological functioning to benefits for society, and by providing a multi-disciplinary framework that allows to consider cross-sectoral effects. However, challenges exist to its implementation in practice. The most commonly used ES models do not consider interactions among ESs. This restricts their capacity to account for cross-sectoral effects. Integrating ESs into IA also increases time investments as they cover a wide variety of disciplines and need detailed information. This paper presents a pragmatic approach that tackles these challenges and may facilitate the inclusion of ESs into IA. The approach focuses on ecosystem processes as the driver of ESs and biodiversity and the basis to evaluate effects of a project. Using the Belgian coastal ecosystem, we illustrate how the approach restricts data needs by identifying the priority ESs, how it improves the coverage of cross-sectoral effects in IA, and how it contributes to a more objective selection of impacts.

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Addressing ecosystem services from plan to project to further tiering in impact assessment: Lessons from highway planning in São Paulo, Brazil

Cited by 7 publications

References 44 publications

Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Coupled Coordination Degree of Ecosystem Services Supply and Demand in Chinese National Nature Reserves

Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Coupled Coordination Degree of Ecosystem Services Supply and Demand in Chinese National Nature Reserves

Land Use Decision-Making and Ecosystem Service Trade-Offs: A Case Study of Anhui Shengjin Lake National Nature Reserve, China

Integrating Ecosystem Services into Impact Assessments: A Process-Based Approach Applied to the Belgian Coastal Zone

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