Disaster-related losses of ecosystems and their services. Why and how do losses matter for disaster risk reduction?

Walz, Yvonne; Janzen, Sally; Narvaez, Liliana; Ortiz-Vargas, Andrea; Woelki, Jacob; Doswald, Nathalie; Sebesvári, Zita

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102425

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“…The regulation and maintenance of ecosystem services help to buffer the disaster-related impacts using mechanisms of water purification and waste treatment, air quality maintenance, soil erosion control, flood protection, climate regulation, pest and disease regulation, pollination, and regulation of the frequency and intensity of natural hazards’ flow while enabling the richness of provisioning services [ 89 , 90 ]. Cultural ecosystem services are considered to support the health and well-being of people having access to them and, with this, reduce their susceptibility to experience harm [ 40 , 91 , 92 ]. As an example, an Indigenous Fijian community revealed a strong sense of belonging and social identity with the land, river, and ocean.…”

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“…As an example, forests contribute to resilience through the structural defense against wind and soil erosion, water regulation, and provision of timber and non-timber forest products [ 39 ]. Coastal plants, such as mangrove, and salt marshes reduce tidal bore and erosion from storms and inflowing tides, while diminishing the saltwater intrusion and sediment deposition with organic matter [ 40 ]. Leading-edge review papers provide comprehensive scientific-based evidence on the potential of ecosystems and their services to contribute globally to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation [ 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 ].…”

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Considering Ecosystem Services in Food System Resilience

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2022

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The prevalence and severity of natural hazards pose a serious risk to food systems, undermining their function to provide food security and improved nutrition. The impact of such events is extensive, and the level of damage and recovery significantly depend on ecosystem services, including their own resilience capacity. This paper provides evidence that the role, value, and utilization of local ecosystem services are essential for food system resilience and for food security in parts of the world where high vulnerability and lack of coping capacity exist to combat climate change. Patterns of ecosystem services-based strategies were revealed that can be introduced to cope and adapt to climate-related natural hazards at the smallholder food system level. The study suggests that food system diversification, technological innovations and nature-based practices, and traditional and indigenous knowledge operationalized across the food system components have a potential for sustaining smallholder resilience in the face of natural hazards.

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Considering Ecosystem Services in Food System Resilience

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2022

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“…Healthy ecosystems contribute to disaster risk reduction (DRR) as provisioning, regulating, habitat and cultural ecosystem services reduce vulnerability (MEA 2005). The implication of disaster-related losses of ecosystem services for DRR are not well defined, limiting the identification of effective entry points for interventions (IPBES, 2019;Walz et al 2021).…”

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Report for the Mid-Term Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

2023

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“…The occurrence of different disasters and emergencies with harmful consequences are facing countries with many problems in their development goals [ 1 ]. Although vulnerability has different types and definitions, but the fact is that high vulnerability in every shape and form plays a major role in increasing adverse outcomes (loss of life, economic and environmental loss) for countries and their people [ 2 ].…”

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confidence: 99%