Helping nature help us: Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

Monty, Fabiola; Murti, Radhika; Furuta, Naoya

doi:10.2305/iucn.ch.2016.15.en

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“…Such stochasticity inherently affects interpretation of stressor-response observations in the field and implementation of environmental management decisions. Herein, ecosystem services, when not compromised, represent key management objectives for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation (Monty et al 2016;Renaud et al 2016), and are appropriately included in the United Nation's Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction for 2015 to 2030 (UNDRR 2015). In fact, 2017 has been described as the year of the disaster, with numerous billiondollar events reported throughout the world (NOAA 2018).…”

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“…In fact, 2017 has been described as the year of the disaster, with numerous billiondollar events reported throughout the world (NOAA 2018). Herein, ecosystem services, when not compromised, represent key management objectives for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation (Monty et al 2016;Renaud et al 2016), and are appropriately included in the United Nation's Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction for 2015 to 2030 (UNDRR 2015). For example, rapid global declines of terrestrial and aquatic species present a profound manifestation of cumulative threats to biodiversity.…”

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Towards Sustainable Environmental Quality: Priority Research Questions for the Australasian Region of Oceania

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Harford

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Environmental challenges persist across the world, including the Australasian region of Oceania, where biodiversity hotspots and unique ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef are common. These systems are routinely affected by multiple stressors from anthropogenic activities, and increasingly influenced by global megatrends (e.g., the food–energy–water nexus, demographic transitions to cities) and climate change. Here we report priority research questions from the Global Horizon Scanning Project, which aimed to identify, prioritize, and advance environmental quality research needs from an Australasian perspective, within a global context. We employed a transparent and inclusive process of soliciting key questions from Australasian members of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Following submission of 78 questions, 20 priority research questions were identified during an expert workshop in Nelson, New Zealand. These research questions covered a range of issues of global relevance, including research needed to more closely integrate ecotoxicology and ecology for the protection of ecosystems, increase flexibility for prioritizing chemical substances currently in commerce, understand the impacts of complex mixtures and multiple stressors, and define environmental quality and ecosystem integrity of temporary waters. Some questions have specific relevance to Australasia, particularly the uncertainties associated with using toxicity data from exotic species to protect unique indigenous species. Several related priority questions deal with the theme of how widely international ecotoxicological data and databases can be applied to regional ecosystems. Other timely questions, which focus on improving predictive chemistry and toxicology tools and techniques, will be important to answer several of the priority questions identified here. Another important question raised was how to protect local cultural and social values and maintain indigenous engagement during problem formulation and identification of ecosystem protection goals. Addressing these questions will be challenging, but doing so promises to advance environmental sustainability in Oceania and globally.

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Towards Sustainable Environmental Quality: Priority Research Questions for the Australasian Region of Oceania

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“…Eco-DRR has been defined as "the sustainable management, conservation and restoration of ecosystems to reduce disaster risk, with the aim to achieve sustainable and resilient development" [2]. Eco-DRR is based on the concept that healthy, diverse and well-managed ecosystems increase the resilience of human societies and the environment to climate change impacts [3]. characteristics of water bodies using natural means and processes" [42].…”

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“…Green Infrastructure 2. Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services (MAES) level 4 of Land Cover/Land Use classes, consulted in the RZ LC/LU Copernicus local product 3. Delineation of Potential Riparian Zones product from the Copernicus local component[48] 4.…”

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Assessment of Green Infrastructure in Riparian Zones Using Copernicus Programme

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This article presents an approach to identify Green Infrastructure (GI), its benefits and condition. This information enables environmental agencies to prioritise conservation, management and restoration strategies accordingly. The study focuses on riparian areas due to their potential to supply Ecosystem Services (ES), such as water quality, biodiversity, soil protection and flood or drought risk reduction. Natural Water Retention Measures (NWRM) related to agriculture and forestry are the type of GI considered specifically within these riparian areas. The approach is based on ES condition indicators, defined by the European Environment Agency (EEA) to support the policy targets of the 2020 Biodiversity Strategy. Indicators that can be assessed through remote sensing techniques are used, namely: capacity to provide ecosystem services, proximity to protected areas, greening response and water stress. Specifically, the approach uses and evaluates the potential of freely available products from the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) to monitor GI. Moreover, vegetation and water indices are calculated using data from the Sentinel-2 MSI Level-2A scenes and integrated in the analysis. The approach has been tested in the Italian Po river basin in 2018. Firstly, agriculture and forest NWRM were identified in the riparian areas of the river network. Secondly, the Riparian Zones products from the CLMS local component and the satellite-based indices were linked to the aforementioned ES condition indicators. This led to the development of a pixel-based model that evaluates the identified GI according to: (i) its disposition to provide riparian regulative ES and (ii) its condition in the analysed year. Finally, the model was used to prioritise GI for conservation or restoration initiatives, based on its potential to deliver ES and current condition.

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“…Multiple benefits provided by ecosystems (Adapted from PEDRR (2015) Training materials (unpublished)) Theoretical model on linkages between state of ecosystems and either resilience or vulnerability (Adapted fromMonty et al, 2016) …”

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Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities: lessons learned

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Monty³

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Ecosystems Protecting Infrastructure and Communities (EPIC) is a global initiative implemented from 2012 to 2017 to promote the use of ecosystem-based approaches and protect communities from disasters and the negative impacts of climate change. It also aimed to have ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction recognised in key global frameworks such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The project demonstrated the need to invest in ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction, to have more effective climate change adaptation in the targeted sites. This flagship project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) through the International Climate Initiative (IKI). It was

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Helping nature help us: Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

Cited by 12 publications

References 64 publications

Towards Sustainable Environmental Quality: Priority Research Questions for the Australasian Region of Oceania

Towards Sustainable Environmental Quality: Priority Research Questions for the Australasian Region of Oceania

Assessment of Green Infrastructure in Riparian Zones Using Copernicus Programme

Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities: lessons learned

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