Mind the gap! Lessons from science-based stakeholder dialogue in climate-adapted management of wetlands

Grygoruk, Mateusz; Rannow, Sven

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.10.066

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“…The human perception of biodiversity is influenced by numerous variables such as age, sex or professional experience [35][36][37], attitude towards nature conservation or appreciation of rural landscapes [38][39][40][41], and general knowledge about the immediately surrounding nature [42]. City dwellers declare a desire for direct contact with nature, but at the same time seek areas which are easily accessible [42][43][44].…”

Section: Does High Biodiversity Enhance Provisioning Of Cultural Ecosmentioning

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High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

2017

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Urban lakes, especially those of natural origin, provide ecosystem services, recreation being one of the most important and highly valued by city dwellers. Fulfilling the needs of city residents to relax and have contact with nature has become a priority in urbanized areas and has been proven to positively affect people's health and well-being. The recreational potential of water bodies was identified to be the most important aspect of ecosystem services to the residents of the neighboring areas. An assessment of recreational ecosystem services (RES) provisioning to society based on the real time spent by the citizens and housing values in the urban-rural gradient revealed that the economic benefits of lakes differ in urbanized, suburban and rural landscapes. The growth of cities has led to an increased population density in the surroundings of ecologically valuable areas, resulting in higher pressure from visitors seeking recreational areas. Along with urbanization, the impoverishment of ecosystem functions takes place, limiting their capability to provide ecosystem services. In this work, the provisioning of recreational ecosystem services of 28 floodplain lakes located along the urban-rural gradient of the Warsaw agglomeration was assessed. The relationship between the ecological value of the water bodies, measured using naturalness indices, and the recreational ecosystem services they can provide was assessed. The results showed that the floodplain lakes located along the urban-rural gradient are of great importance to the citizens due to their recreational potential. The provisioning of recreational ecosystem services is poorly connected with the ecological characteristics of the floodplain lakes. Only hemeroby was significantly correlated with provisioning, and there was no relationship with factors such as naturalness of vegetation or water quality, demonstrating that public preference was not generally influenced by high ecological quality. These data should be available to potential buyers and be integrated in spatial planning management plans in order to shape future housing policy.

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Section: Does High Biodiversity Enhance Provisioning Of Cultural Ecosmentioning

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High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

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“…This status frequently led to conflicts between local stakeholders and implementing authorities [34]. Conflicts predominantly arose when the communication process began too late in a project's life or failed to put the restoration project in a local context [35]. A higher level of participation from local communities and other relevant stakeholders has already been determined to have a positive impact on environmental management projects, and a special emphasis on ecological restoration has resulted in more comprehensive measures, longer project life and longer-lasting results [36,37].…”

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“…A higher level of participation from local communities and other relevant stakeholders has already been determined to have a positive impact on environmental management projects, and a special emphasis on ecological restoration has resulted in more comprehensive measures, longer project life and longer-lasting results [36,37]. However, ensuring a high level of stakeholder participation in a restoration project requires targeted communication, and it is efficient only if the gaps related to the science-practice interface have been narrowed [35]. Either way, those who wish to implement successful river restoration projects should foster the wider involvement of stakeholders in the project's design and implementation and in measures that ensure the sustainability of the projects' results.…”

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Status of and Perspectives on River Restoration in Europe: 310,000 Euros per Hectare of Restored River

2018

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Abstract:The purpose of the present research was to analyze the available data on river restoration projects in Europe. As the framework of our study, we conducted a structured international survey. We asked selected entities and experts from among those responsible for river restoration in European countries about the details and costs of European Union river restoration projects. We examined 119 river restoration projects that were implemented in Europe between 1989 and 2016; during the collection of data, some of the projects were still ongoing. Based upon the collected data we observed that the number of river restoration projects has been increasing since 1989, which expresses society's growing interest in improving the quality of aquatic environments. We revealed that 56% of these European river restoration projects have been implemented by dedicated entities and stakeholders, not as part of any structured, larger-scale river restoration policy. This indicates that most European countries do not have integrated plans for river restoration. Our analysis showed that 52% of the projects analyzed have been designed and implemented without the participation of local stakeholders. It also showed that the budgets for river restoration projects did not differ significantly across various time horizons from 1989 to 2016. In our study, the average cost of restoring 1 ha of an European river was 310,000 euros (EUR). Considering these projects' permanent assets and including their amortization, we calculated the average unit price of a river restoration's value in terms of ecosystem meta-service to be 7757 EUR·ha −1 ·year −1 .

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“…Human perception of biodiversity is influenced by numerous variables such as age, sex or professional experience [34][35][36], attitude towards nature conservation or appreciation of rural landscapes [37][38][39][40] and general knowledge about the immediately surrounding nature [41]. City dwellers declare a demand for direct contact with nature, but at the same time seek areas which are easily accessible [42,43].…”

Section: Does High Biodiversity Enhance Provisioning Of Cultural Ecosmentioning

confidence: 99%

High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

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Sikorski²,

Hopkins³

2017

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Urban lakes, especially those of natural origin, provide ecosystem services, recreation being one of the most important and highly valued by the city dwellers. Fulfilling the need of city residents to relax and have contact with nature has become a priority in urbanized areas and has been proved to positively affect people's health and well-being. The recreational potential of water bodies was identified to be most important aspect of ecosystem services to the residents of the neighboring areas. Assessment of recreational ecosystem services (RES) provisioning to society based on the real time spent by the citizens, in the rural-urban gradient allowed us to show how the economic benefits of lakes differ in urbanized, suburban and rural landscapes. Growth of cities has led to increased population density in the surroundings of ecologically valuable areas, resulting in higher pressure from visitors seeking recreational values. Along with urbanization, the impoverishment of ecosystem functions takes place limiting their capability to provide ecosystem services. In this work provisioning of recreational ecosystem services of 28 floodplain lakes located in urban-rural gradient of Warsaw agglomeration was assessed. The relation between the ecological value of the water bodies, measured using naturalness indices, and the ecosystem services they can provide was assessed. The results showed that the floodplain lakes located along the urban-rural gradient are of a great importance to the citizens due to their recreational potential. However the provisioning of recreational ecosystem services is poorly connected with the ecological value of the floodplain lakes and the economic benefits are of a greatest importance in objects included in the urban green spaces.

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Mind the gap! Lessons from science-based stakeholder dialogue in climate-adapted management of wetlands

Cited by 34 publications

References 67 publications

High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

Status of and Perspectives on River Restoration in Europe: 310,000 Euros per Hectare of Restored River

High Biodiversity of Green Infrastructure Does Not Contribute to Recreational Ecosystem Services

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