Conservation Planning for Ecosystem Services

Chan, Kai M. A.; Shaw, M. Rebecca; Cameron, David R.; Underwood, Emma C.; Daily, Gretchen C.

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040379

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“…Although developing a greater understanding of temporal changes in ESVs is important, increasing interest has been focused on determining how ESVs change spatially by identifying 'hotspots' of ecosystem services that are important for biodiversity and provide multiple ecosystem services (Chan et al, 2006;Egoh et al, 2009;Naidoo et al, 2008;Turner et al, 2007). These spatial studies may provide a series of useful tools that can effectively integrate ecosystem services into planned or current conservation programs (Naidoo et al, 2008), assess the effects of implementing ecological policies, and identify priority areas for ecosystem-service management (Egoh et al, 2011).…”

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Exploring spatiotemporal changes in ecosystem-service values and hotspots in China

Fang

Wang

2016

Science of The Total Environment

145

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Although ecosystems are valuable, they have been allowed to deteriorate globally in recent decades. However, the spatiotemporal changes in ecosystem-service values (ESVs) and their hotspots in China are not well understood. Here, long-term land-cover data, the spatial analysis method and an econometric analysis model were used to examine these changes. The results indicate that the total terrestrial ESV decreased from US$2398.31 billion in 1990 to US$2347.56 billion in 2010 (converted to 2009 dollar values), which provides strong evidence for the tendency of ecosystems in China to deteriorate over time, albeit slightly. We also found that the changes in ESVs had significant spatial heterogeneity. Our analysis showed that the relationship between ESV and gross domestic product (GDP) is generally negative, but this relationship is not always fixed. The Loess Plateau, Guizhou, Hubei, Henan and Xinjiang continually presented concentrated hotspot areas of ESV changes, whereas coastal regions continually presented concentrated cold-spot areas. Overlap analyses and logistic regressions demonstrate that national ecological programs have clear effects on the improvement of ecosystems but that the effectiveness of different policies varies on spatial and temporal scales. The results of this study will support more effective decision-making around the implementation of ecological conservation policies.

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Exploring spatiotemporal changes in ecosystem-service values and hotspots in China

Fang

Wang

2016

Science of The Total Environment

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“…To make better decisions, a systematic account of the relationships between ecosystem management and the generated ecosystem services is needed (de Groot et al 2010). There are recent assessments of natural capital and ecosystem services (e.g., Blashke 2005;Haines-Young et al 2006;Chan et al 2006;Naidoo and Ricketts 2006;Gimona and Van der Horst 2007;Egoh et al 2008;Meyer and Grabaum 2008;Grêt-Regamey et al 2008;Naidoo et al 2008;Raymond et al 2009). However, they are not suitable for representing services at a single location or assessing the spatial and temporal services change.…”

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Modeling hydrological ecosystem services and tradeoffs: a case study in Baiyangdian watershed, China

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Policy makers and scientists consider that land use strategies are designed to provide direct benefits to people by protecting vital ecosystem services. However, due to lack of information and evaluation methods, there is no effective and systematic tool for assessing tradeoffs between direct human benefits and ecosystem services. Land use changes influence ecosystem properties, processes and components, which are the basis for providing services. Five alternative land use scenarios (no conversion of agricultural lands, no urban expansion, agricultural expansion, forestry expansion, and riparian reforestation) were modeled for the Baiyangdian watershed, China, a densely populated, highly modified watershed with serious water shortage and pollution problems. The model InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) is designed to inform decisions about natural resource management, with an aim to align economic forces with conservation. Three ecosystem services (agricultural production, hydropower production, and water quality) were modeled to balance direct benefits and hydrological ecosystem services using InVEST. The results showed that: hydropower production was the greatest in the forestry expansion, but the lowest in agricultural expansion; agricultural production was reduced the most in forestry expansion, while retained the most in riparian reforestation. Riparian reforestation also provided the highest N and P retention and lowest N and P exportation. Riparian reforestation was the optimal land use strategy, since it protected and enhanced the vital ecosystem services without undermining direct human benefits. This research presents an initial analytical framework for integrating direct human benefits and ecosystem services in policy planning and illustrates its application. Although there are important potential tradeoffs between ecosystem services, this systematic planning framework offers a means for identifying valuable synergies between conservation and development.

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“…Although some studies identify recreation as a threat to the vitality of the ecosystem, properly planned and managed recreation can help provide a better understanding of ecological values in the area where recreation can become one of the instruments of conservation of valuable habitats (Dolnicar et al 2008). Regarding outdoor recreation, we used some of the conclusions reached in previous studies, primarily Chan et al (2006) and Weyland & Laterra (2014). According to these authors, the possibility of accomplishing outdoor recreation is conditioned by the degree of naturalness of the landscapes and the presence of NSN elements in the landscape structure.…”

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The concept of green infrastructure and urban landscape planning: a challenge for urban forestry planning in Belgrade, Serbia

Vasiljevic¹,

Radić²,

Gavrilović³

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The beginning of the 21 st century has witnessed a growth in our understanding of the importance of planning urban landscapes in the context of urban population growth and unpredictable climatic conditions. In the search for responses to the challenges set by the development of contemporary urban landscapes, researchers have offered solutions based on the concept of sustainable and resilient cities, whose spatial development would be based on an interdisciplinary approach to strategy development: biodiversity, urban ecological networks and connectivity, multifunctionality and modularity. Although the concepts of a green infrastructure, in their spatial and functional dimensions, allow the application of such strategies, there are still problems when it comes to implementation and measuring the results achieved. At the same time, there is a growing discussion of the important role played by urban forestry in the context of the collaborative planning of urban landscapes and the application of the ideas of a green infrastructure. The key question is: what are the modalities of application of the concept of green infrastructure in the process of planning the development of the modern city and how can the resulting benefits be evaluated? With the modalities of application of the concept of green infrastructure in mind, we discuss its multi-scale and multifunctional dimensions as applied in the case of Serbia. The realisation of the green infrastructure concept is presented through the example of the Urban Forest Management Plan for the City of Belgrade -Mladenovac Municipality. The results of using the spatial-ecological approach in creating the plan and establishing connectivity as a new aim in forest management planning show that the implementation of the green infrastructure concept, and the achieved multifunctional ecosystem values, can be presented on the basis of the parameters of landscape metrics. In light of the new urban world, future research should focus on the application of the landscape ecological approach of the green infrastructure concept in collaborative planning at the urban landscape scale, which allows the creation of ecosystem services and benefits to human wellbeing.

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Conservation Planning for Ecosystem Services

Cited by 934 publications

References 51 publications

Exploring spatiotemporal changes in ecosystem-service values and hotspots in China

Exploring spatiotemporal changes in ecosystem-service values and hotspots in China

Modeling hydrological ecosystem services and tradeoffs: a case study in Baiyangdian watershed, China

The concept of green infrastructure and urban landscape planning: a challenge for urban forestry planning in Belgrade, Serbia

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