Identifying spatial mismatches between the supply and demand of ecosystem services to achieve a sustainable management regime in the Ionian Islands (Western Greece)

Lorilla, Roxanne Suzette; Kalogirou, Stamatis; Poirazidis, Κonstantinos; Kefalas, George

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104171

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“…Although enhanced in our highly complex Himalayan river basins, this differentiation caused by the spatial contrasts in climate, topography, soils and land cover and also policies, which shape social-ecological dynamics (Raudsepp-Hearne et al 2010; Saidi and Spray 2018), is likely to occur in other catchments. However, despite this spatial polarization in the production of some fES, the natural capacity of the different zones to deliver a range of services suggests that they are all inherently multifunctional and, therefore, able to support sustainable development (Wilson 2010;Balzan et al 2018;Lorilla et al 2019).…”

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Enhancing production and flow of freshwater ecosystem services in a managed Himalayan river system under uncertain future climate

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Srinivasalu³

et al. 2020

Climatic Change

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Future climate change will likely impact the multiple freshwater ecosystem services (fES) provided by catchments through their landscapes and river systems. However, there is high spatio-temporal uncertainty on those impacts linked to climate change uncertainty and the natural and anthropogenic interdependencies of water management systems. This study identifies current and future spatial patterns of fES production in a highly managed water resource system in northern India to inform the design and assessment of plausible adaptation measures to enhance fES production in the catchment under uncertain climate change. A water resource systems modelling approach is used to evaluate fES across the full range of plausible future scenarios, to identify the (worst-case) climate change scenarios triggering the greatest impacts and assess the capacity of adaptation to enhance fES. Results indicate that the current and future states of the fES depend on the spatial patterns of climate change and the impacts of infrastructure management on river flows. Natural zones deliver more regulating and cultural services than anthropized areas, although they are more climate-sensitive. The implementation of a plausible adaptation strategy only manages to slightly enhance fES in the system with respect to no adaptation. These results demonstrate that water resource systems models are powerful tools to capture complex system dependencies and inform the design of robust catchment management measures. They also highlight that mitigation and more ambitious adaptation strategies are needed to offset climate change impacts in highly climate-sensitive catchments.

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Enhancing production and flow of freshwater ecosystem services in a managed Himalayan river system under uncertain future climate

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Srinivasalu³

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Climatic Change

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“…There was an obvious spatial mismatch between the supply and demand of CS in Yantai. Like previous studies, the mismatch between ecosystem services supply and demand was already a relatively common phenomenon [5,52,57]. The demand for various Figure 7 displayed the contents of Figure 6 and Table 2 in geographic space to characterize ecosystem service flows.…”

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“…The content was mainly focused on the consumption of natural resources, and the spatial coupling of ecosystem services supply and demand was little studied [56]. The time scale of the study was a mostly static snapshot, ignoring the complexity, dynamics, and non-linear correlation of ecosystem services supply and demand, and there were relatively few studies on the distribution patterns, correlation, and aggregation of ecosystem service supply and demand in geographic locations, making it difficult to reveal the spatial characteristics of ecosystem service supply and demand [56][57][58]. At present, many scholars have revealed the spatial mismatch between the ecosystem services supply and demand [52,58].…”

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Integrating Ecosystem Services Supply, Demand and Flow in Ecological Compensation: A Case Study of Carbon Sequestration Services

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Through the implementation of ecological compensation policy, it is of great significance to protect ecosystems, coordinate regional development, and achieve sustainable development goals. This study selected the carbon sequestration service in Yantai as an example and carried out a study on the measurement of ecological compensation based on the ecosystem services supply and demand. Moreover, this study clarified the whole process of the generation, circulation and social demand docking of ecological benefits from the perspective of “nature-society”, proposed a spatial flow characterization method for carbon sequestration services, and described the “externality” spillover of ecosystem services. The results showed that most areas of Yantai belonged to the ecological surplus area, which were important sources of carbon sequestration services. Ecological compensation was needed, with a total amount of about 2.2 billion yuan. Qixia, Muping and Penglai had greater comparative ecological radiation force (CERF), and the total amount of carbon sequestration services transferred to the external areas was large. Although the carbon sequestration flows of Yantai showed a spatial decay law, there were significant differences in the direction of different districts and cities. The study can provide a reference for achieving sustainable development of Yantai and formulating ecological compensation policy.

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“…In addition to the above, we must also mention that mountain tourism, which is closely affiliated with forest recreation, should provide access to proper accommodations and amenities aiming to meet the needs of natural recreation seekers [22] but also of local people. On the other hand, it should also be noted that in areas of high naturalness, there are difficulties in accessibility, ascribed to poor transportation systems, while human demands for natural resources continue to grow rapidly [23].…”

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The Growth of Mountain Tourism in a Traditional Forest Area of Greece

Tampakis

Andrea

Karanikola

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The recreational value of forests in mountain areas creates significant potential for local growth. Indeed, in recent decades, it has been noted that there has been an increase in the popularity of forests recognized as tourism destinations with a strong recreational importance. In the forest area of Metsovo, the locals are aware of the role of tourism in local growth, and it is considered, along with forestry and livestock farming, as the major critical advantage for sustainable development. Research Highlights: Although the locals are satisfied with the quality of their lives, they consider that mountain tourism should be enhanced with certain prerequisites, such as forest infrastructure and improvement of the road network. Background and Objectives: The case study aims to examine and interpret the locals’ views in the mountain area of Metsovo on different factors that are able to support and encourage the growth of mountain tourism. Materials and Methods: Simple random sampling was applied, and data collection took place in 2018. In order to analyze and synthesize the locals’ views, reliability, factor, and hierarchical cluster analyses were used. Results: The main findings of the survey indicate that according to the locals’ views, there is a need for strategic organization addressing primarily forest recreation infrastructures from the Forest Service. Conclusions: The locals’ views are focused on mountain tourism-related exploitation with the aim of forest recreation infrastructures. Indeed, the locals acknowledge the important role of the forest service in conservation schemes, but they also identify that there are forest recreational potentials in their area that need to be enhanced by the central administration and locally by the Forest Service.

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Identifying spatial mismatches between the supply and demand of ecosystem services to achieve a sustainable management regime in the Ionian Islands (Western Greece)

Cited by 93 publications

References 50 publications

Enhancing production and flow of freshwater ecosystem services in a managed Himalayan river system under uncertain future climate

Enhancing production and flow of freshwater ecosystem services in a managed Himalayan river system under uncertain future climate

Integrating Ecosystem Services Supply, Demand and Flow in Ecological Compensation: A Case Study of Carbon Sequestration Services

The Growth of Mountain Tourism in a Traditional Forest Area of Greece

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