Ecosystem services of characteristic biotope types in the Ore Mountains (Germany/Czech Republic)

Bastian, Olaf; Syrbe, Ralf-Uwe; Slavík, Jan; Moravec, Jiří; Louda, Jiří; Kochan, Birgit; Kochan, Nils; Stutzriemer, Sylke; Berens, Astrid

doi:10.1080/21513732.2016.1248865

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“…To detect trends in the supply of ecosystem services over time, Lautenbach et al [84] examine four indicators related to water quality regulation, food production, outdoor recreation and pollination. Balthazar et al [80] estimate the impacts of forest cover change on ecosystem services using landscape capacities as a proxy, while landscape history is linked to environmental changes and analyzed from the perspective of its effects on ecosystem services by Grunewald and Bastian [85] and Bastian et al [86], who further emphasize the need for sustainable landscape development. Finally, a significant correlation between the drivers of landscape change (e.g., agricultural policy) and ecosystem service indicators is demonstrated by Guerra et al [87].…”

Section: Approaches To Studying Land Use Changes In Mountain Ecosystemsmentioning

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A Review of Changes in Mountain Land Use and Ecosystem Services: From Theory to Practice

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Hossu

Grădinaru

et al. 2020

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Global changes impact the human-environment relationship, and, in particular, they affect the provision of ecosystem services. Mountain ecosystems provide a wide range of such services, but they are highly sensitive and vulnerable to change due to various human pressures and natural processes. We conducted a literature survey that focused on two main issues. The first was the identification of quantitative methods aimed at assessing the impact of land use changes in mountain regions and the related ecosystem services. The second was the analysis of the extent to which the outcomes of these assessments are useful and transferable to stakeholders. We selected papers through a keyword-driven search of the ISI Web of Knowledge and other international databases. The keywords used for the search were mountain land use change and ecosystem service. Quantitative approaches to ecosystem service assessment rely on suitable indicators, therefore land use/land cover can be used as an appropriate proxy. Landscape metrics are a powerful analytical tool; their use can increase the accuracy of assessments and facilitate the mitigation of specific phenomena, such as fragmentation or the reduction of core habitat areas. Mapping is essential: it is the basis for spatial analyzes and eases the interactions between stakeholders. Land use/land cover change is a temporal process, so both past and future approaches are meaningful. It is necessary to enhance information transfer from theory to practice. Increasing stakeholder awareness can lead to suitable management solutions, and, reciprocally, stakeholder feedback can help improve current assessment methodologies and contribute to developing new tools that are suitable for specific problems.

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Section: Approaches To Studying Land Use Changes In Mountain Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review of Changes in Mountain Land Use and Ecosystem Services: From Theory to Practice

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Hossu

Grădinaru

et al. 2020

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“…vattenfall.com/globalassets/corporate/sustainability/reports/vatt_3238_broschyr_biotopmetoden_eng_h.pdf. Khurals of Ulaanbaatar city, land usage fees for 1 m 2 of land for business purposes, was set at 440,000 Tugrik per year 6 . 2.…”

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“…For global sustainable development, it would also be beneficial to disseminate and ap-ISSN 2500-2759 ply this methodology of biotope monetary valuations to other countries in Asia. But the study had to cope with country specific differences in terms of data availability, valuation methods, landscape peculiarities and relations between supply and demand aspects [6].…”

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Redevelopment of Environmental Compensation Method Based on Estimated Biotope Value for Landscape Projects in Mongolia

Erdenebayasgalan

Boldgiv

Ochirkhuyag

2018

Известия Байкальского Государственного Университета

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A «Biotope» is defined as a living place which can be distinguished from the physical environment around it by features like land shape, structure and even living communities within it, so it has a certain size and homogenous characteristic [1]. The objective of this study is to improve and amend the environmental damage and compensation assessment method for landscape projects in Mongolia by evaluating its shortfalls and necessary improvements using the biotope valuation method (BVM) as a benchmark, currently widely accepted and proven to be effective in Hessen, Germany, Sweden, Namibia, Australia and the Czech Republic. The biotope method has in common with most practically useful assessment methods, for example, the rapid biodiversity assessment approaches. Rapid rural appraisal (RRA), and its successor PRA (participatory RA), are other examples of a similar kind, from a different but equally difficult area of comprehensive impact assessment work [2]. The current method in use by Mongolia, which was adopted in 2010, though well-grounded in theory and detailed, in practice, it involves a very detailed and complex process which has been proven to be vulnerable to a high degree of subjectivity and thus resulting in different assessment values depending on who is conducting the calculations, parameter variables being used, any assumptions made in the absence of data that is not always available, and the time consuming procedures the assessment. Since it proved difficult to create a fully satisfying and innovative method with noticeably improved levels of accuracy, it was deemed more suitable to redevelop and amend the current method to lower complexity and subjectivity levels to improve its objectiveness and accuracy, which will result in more uniform and reliable assessment results. A well-developed compensation method in Mongolia could mean a notable improvement in local capacity for environmental economics in the valuation of environmental degradation and a new point of reference for environmental priority setting. Compensation of damages to the environment will be an important contribution of Mongolia toward the aims of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) and the National Biodiversity Action Plan approved in 2016.

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“…The Ore Mountains contain five biotopes that provide invaluable ecosystem services to the region. Particularly, the Eastern Ore Mountains are characterized by the species-rich mountain meadows biotope, which offers recreation, wildlife observation chances, distinctive scenery, and herbs for medical purposes (Bastian et al, 2017). The Eastern Ore Mountains are the present focus region (see Fig.…”

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Repeatable high-resolution statistical downscaling through deep learning

2022

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Abstract. One of the major obstacles for designing solutions against the imminent climate crisis is the scarcity of high spatio-temporal resolution model projections for variables such as precipitation. This kind of information is crucial for impact studies in fields like hydrology, agronomy, ecology, and risk management. The currently highest spatial resolution datasets on a daily scale for projected conditions fail to represent complex local variability. We used deep-learning-based statistical downscaling methods to obtain daily 1 km resolution gridded data for precipitation in the Eastern Ore Mountains in Saxony, Germany. We built upon the well-established climate4R framework, while adding modifications to its base-code, and introducing skip connections-based deep learning architectures, such as U-Net and U-Net++. We also aimed to address the known general reproducibility issues by creating a containerized environment with multi-GPU (graphic processing unit) and TensorFlow's deterministic operations support. The perfect prognosis approach was applied using the ERA5 reanalysis and the ReKIS (Regional Climate Information System for Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia) dataset. The results were validated with the robust VALUE framework. The introduced architectures show a clear performance improvement when compared to previous statistical downscaling benchmarks. The best performing architecture had a small increase in total number of parameters, in contrast with the benchmark, and a training time of less than 6 min with one NVIDIA A-100 GPU. Characteristics of the deep learning models configurations that promote their suitability for this specific task were identified, tested, and argued. Full model repeatability was achieved employing the same physical GPU, which is key to build trust in deep learning applications. The EURO-CORDEX dataset is meant to be coupled with the trained models to generate a high-resolution ensemble, which can serve as input to multi-purpose impact models.

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Ecosystem services of characteristic biotope types in the Ore Mountains (Germany/Czech Republic)

Cited by 12 publications

References 39 publications

A Review of Changes in Mountain Land Use and Ecosystem Services: From Theory to Practice

A Review of Changes in Mountain Land Use and Ecosystem Services: From Theory to Practice

Redevelopment of Environmental Compensation Method Based on Estimated Biotope Value for Landscape Projects in Mongolia

Repeatable high-resolution statistical downscaling through deep learning

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