Hydrologic effects of the expansion of rubber (<i>Hevea brasiliensis</i>) in a tropical catchment

Guardiola‐Claramonte, Maite; Troch, P. A.; Ziegler, Alan D.; Giambelluca, Thomas W.; Durcik, Matej; Vogler, John; Nullet, Michael A.

doi:10.1002/eco.110

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“…Several studies conclude that the expansion of rubber plantations has negative effects on the water cycle in Xishuangbanna and other parts of SEA [15,72,73]. Liu et al (2017) [24] found that the expansion of plantations (also including tea and sugarcane) decreased the water yield by 32% (and carbon storage by 45%) in a period between 1976 and 2012.…”

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Assessing Ecosystem Services in Rubber Dominated Landscapes in South-East Asia—A Challenge for Biophysical Modeling and Transdisciplinary Valuation

Thellmann

Blagodatsky

Häuser³

et al. 2017

Forests

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Abstract:The concept of ecosystem services (ESS) has been increasingly recognized for its potential in decision making processes concerning environmental policy. Multidisciplinary projects on rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) cultivation, integrating research on a variety of ESS, have been few and far between. More than three years of iterative workshops with regional stakeholders resulted in the development of future land use scenarios for our study area in Xishuangbanna, PR China. We used the InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs) modeling framework to analyze their impact on sediment retention, water yield, habitat quality, and carbon sequestration and developed a model for assessing rubber yields. We investigated the percentage deviations of integrated ESS indices in each scenario, as compared to the initial state of 2015 and as a novelty used different statistical weighting methods to include rankings for the preference of ESS from three contrasting stakeholder groups. The business-as-usual scenario (BAU, continuous rubber expansions) revealed an increase in rubber yields trading off against all other ESS analyzed. Compared to BAU, the measures introduced in the balanced-trade-offs scenario (reforestation, reduced herbicide application, riverine buffer zones, etc.) reduced the total amount of rubber yield but enhanced habitat quality and regulating ESS. The results show that the integrated indices for the provisioning of ESS would be overestimated without the inclusion of the stakeholder groups. We conclude that policy regulations, if properly assessed with spatial models and integrated stakeholder feedback, have the potential to buffer the typical trade-off between agricultural intensification and environmental protection.

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Assessing Ecosystem Services in Rubber Dominated Landscapes in South-East Asia—A Challenge for Biophysical Modeling and Transdisciplinary Valuation

Thellmann

Blagodatsky

Häuser³

et al. 2017

Forests

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“…Consequently, changes in the landscape that affect the annual average water yield can increase or decrease land productivity. Substituting forests on slope land or mountainous areas with rubber plantations results in less water retention in the subsoil layer and reduced water discharge in the dry season due to increased evapotranspiration [26]. Conversely, in the wet season, plantations lead to larger average amounts of surface runoff and higher quantities of water loss from reduced evapotranspiration [27,28].…”

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Assessing Land Use Change and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services in Northern Thailand

Arunyawat

Shrestha

2016

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Ecosystem services are highly vulnerable to a number of impacts due to the complex effects of human use of natural resources and subsequent land use change. Assessment of the impact of change in land use with respect to ecosystem services is necessary in order to implement appropriate land uses that enhance ecosystem services. This study analysed the impact of change in land use on ecosystem services using the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model to map and quantify a set of ecosystem services, namely sediment retention, water yield, carbon stock, and habitat quality, in northern Thailand, which has experienced substantial policy induced land use change. The study also assessed the changes in land use from 1989 to 2013 and their impact on overall ecosystem services using GIS. Increased rubber plantation cultivation and built-up areas resulting in reduced forest cover were the major changes found in land use in the area. The results of the study show a general decrease in ecosystem services for the study period in the watershed, in particular, a negative impact on ecosystem services was observed in agricultural areas. The study findings on spatial and temporal distribution of ecosystem services can help guide the development of appropriate land use options to enhance ecosystem services.

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“…However, Xishuangbanna is also home to a massive rubber producing agro-industry [6] established in the late 1990s [29]. The rubber trees in Xishuangbanna are deciduous trees that shed their leaves for a relatively short period of two to four weeks during the coldest and driest month (January to March) [30]. Throughout the rest of the year, rubber trees stay foliated.…”

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Mapping Rubber Plantations and Natural Forests in Xishuangbanna (Southwest China) Using Multi-Spectral Phenological Metrics from MODIS Time Series

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Abstract:We developed and evaluated a new approach for mapping rubber plantations and natural forests in one of Southeast Asia's biodiversity hot spots, Xishuangbanna in China. We used a one-year annual time series of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and short-wave infrared (SWIR) reflectance data to develop phenological metrics. These phenological metrics were used to classify rubber plantations and forests with the Random Forest classification algorithm. We evaluated which key phenological characteristics were important to discriminate rubber plantations and natural forests by estimating the influence of each metric on the classification accuracy. As a benchmark, we compared the best classification with a classification based on the full, fitted time series data. Overall classification accuracies derived from EVI and SWIR time series alone were 64.4% and 67.9%, respectively. Combining the phenological metrics from EVI and SWIR time series improved the accuracy to 73.5%. Using the full, smoothed time series data instead of metrics derived from the time series improved the overall accuracy only slightly (1.3%), indicating that the phenological metrics were sufficient to explain the seasonal changes captured by the MODIS time series. The results demonstrate a promising utility of phenological metrics for mapping and monitoring rubber expansion with MODIS.

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Hydrologic effects of the expansion of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) in a tropical catchment

Cited by 113 publications

References 48 publications

Assessing Ecosystem Services in Rubber Dominated Landscapes in South-East Asia—A Challenge for Biophysical Modeling and Transdisciplinary Valuation

Assessing Ecosystem Services in Rubber Dominated Landscapes in South-East Asia—A Challenge for Biophysical Modeling and Transdisciplinary Valuation

Assessing Land Use Change and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services in Northern Thailand

Mapping Rubber Plantations and Natural Forests in Xishuangbanna (Southwest China) Using Multi-Spectral Phenological Metrics from MODIS Time Series

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