Insights into the importance of ecosystem services to human well-being in reservoir landscapes

Exploring Connections among Ecosystem Services Supply, Demand and Human Well-Being in a Mountain-Basin System, China

“…Previous studies have linked ES supply-demand and well-being and found that the mismatches in provisioning services had a strong impact on human well-being [5,21]. There have been several efforts to integrate ecosystem services and human well-being [8,22], yet the study of the relationships between ES supply-demand matching and human well-being is still lacking [21].…”

A gendered ecosystem services approach to identify novel and locally-relevant strategies for jointly improving food security, nutrition, and conservation in the Barotse Floodplain

“…Participants' explanations to show their understanding of the nexus between ecosystem services and eco-types were particularly clear for provisioning services, but less so for regulating services, which is common in the ecosystem services research grounded in participatory work (e.g. Jones et al, 2019;Wells et al, 2018). Some regulating services remain difficult to grasp, despite the discussions held during the participatory activities.…”

“…Interestingly, participants' rationale for justifying the key role of upland forest for pollination, drought control, and soil fertility, is based on local observations and knowledge such as 'trees suction water', 'leaves and branches return to the soil', or 'there are good and bad animals and insects for agriculture and humans that live in the Mushitu [upland forest]'. The proposed methodology can be further refined to capture the direct link between ecosystem services and wellbeing as proposed by Jones et al (2019).…”

A Knowledge Brokering Framework for Integrated Landscape Management

“…In short, landscapes need to be managed for multifunctionality in terms of ecosystem functions, ecosystem services, and human well-being across multiple scales (OECD, 2001;DeClerck et al, 2016;Manning et al, 2018;Jones et al, 2019). Sustainable multifunctional landscapes are created and managed to simultaneously provide food security, livelihood opportunities, maintenance of species and ecological functions, and fulfil cultural, aesthetic and recreational needs (O'Farrell and Anderson, 2010).…”

“…Sustainable multifunctional landscapes are created and managed to simultaneously provide food security, livelihood opportunities, maintenance of species and ecological functions, and fulfil cultural, aesthetic and recreational needs (O'Farrell and Anderson, 2010). The need for such multifunctionality is increasingly recognized in order to halt and reverse declining trends in ecosystem service provision (OECD, 2001;O'Farrell and Anderson, 2010;DeClerck et al, 2016;Manning et al, 2018;Jones et al, 2019). Furthermore there is increased need for landscapes that assist species in responding to increasing climate pressures, facilitating movement and allowing them to establish populations in new emerging ecosystems (O'Farrell and Anderson, 2010;DeClerck et al, 2016).…”