Nature: the many benefits of ecosystem services

Reid, Walter V.; Mooney, Harold A.; Capistrano, D.; Carpenter, Stephen R.; Chopra, Kanchan; Cropper, Angela; Dasgupta, Partha; Hassan, Rashid M.; Leemans, Rik; May, Robert M.; Pingali, Prabhu; Samper, Cristián; Scholes, Robert J.; Watson, Robert; Zakri, A. H.; Zhao, Shuwen

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“…There is a growing consensus among scientists and the general public that the climate is changing, and that this trend is likely to have serious impacts not only on natural ecosystems, but also on human well-being (IPCC [ Reid et al 2005). Over the past 100 years, the mean global surface temperature has risen by about 0.7 • C, exceeding the natural variation over the past 1000 years (IPCC 2007a).…”

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Projected environmental shifts under climate change: European trends and regional impacts

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SUMMARYPotential impacts of climate change on ecosystems and the environment are generally assessed by summarizing climate change scenarios for broad regions (for example countries), or by specific modelling exercises. This paper presents an alternative approach for summarizing climate change impacts on the European environment, by linking climate change scenarios to recognized environmental divisions. Sixteen climate scenarios from four general circulation models were therefore linked to 84 statistically derived strata sharing common environmental features. In this way, the future distribution of the strata, as defined by their climate characteristics, were quantified and mapped. The results show that Europe is likely to experience major environmental shifts, with pronounced regional variations. As expected, environmental strata shift northwards. In particular the southern Mediterranean strata are projected to expand, whereas Atlantic environments remain much more stable. Alpine and Mediterranean mountain environments decline dramatically. However, the Scandinavian zones show no consistent pattern of change. More detailed analysis of four sample regions shows that the impacts of the projected shifts will largely depend on regional characteristics. Environmental conservation, regional assessments and scenario development could therefore be facilitated by combining relevant regional datasets (for example for vegetation, land cover and species distribution) with the shifting environmental strata.

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“…For the more thoughtful advocates of the ecosystem services framework do not insist that all such services be priced. Thus Walter V. Reid maintains that 'although it is possible to calculate the economic values of some ecosystem services, this can't be done for others, including many of the cultural services provided by ecosystems ' (2006;cf. Chan, Satterfield and Goldstein, 2012, p. 14;TEEB, 2010, p. 11).…”

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Cultural Ecosystem Services: A Critical Assessment

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2015

Ethics, Policy & Environment

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“…This ongoing loss reflects the failure of conservation, fisheries and social scientists, and economists (14,15) to incorporate ecosystem-based management in public policy. Moreover, evidence linking ecological processes and economic benefits has been scarce (16), and market-oriented strategies for conservation have led to a greatly polarized debate about the paradigm of ecosystem services (17)(18)(19)(20). At the same time, economists have used a suite of valuation techniques that have undervalued ecosystem services because of insufficient data and questionable assumptions (21).…”

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Mangroves in the Gulf of California increase fishery yields

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Mangroves are disappearing rapidly worldwide despite their well documented biodiversity and the ecosystem services they provide. Failure to link ecological processes and their societal benefits has favored highly destructive aquaculture and tourism developments that threaten mangroves and result in costly ''externalities.'' Specifically, the potentially irreparable damage to fisheries because of mangrove loss has been belittled and is greatly underestimated. Here, we show that, in the Gulf of California, fisheries landings are positively related to the local abundance of mangroves and, in particular, to the productive area in the mangrove-water fringe that is used as nursery and/or feeding grounds by many commercial species. Mangrove-related fish and crab species account for 32% of the small-scale fisheries landings in the region. The annual economic median value of these fisheries is US $37,500 per hectare of mangrove fringe, falling within the higher end of values previously calculated worldwide for all mangrove services together. The ten-year discounted value of one hectare of fringe is >300 times the official cost set by the Mexican government. The destruction of mangroves has a strong economic impact on local fishing communities and on food production in the region. Our valuation of the services provided by mangroves may prove useful in making appropriate decisions for a more efficient and sustainable use of wetlands.discounted values ͉ economic benefits ͉ ecosystem services ͉ small-scale fisheries ͉ Rhizophora fringe forest

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Nature: the many benefits of ecosystem services

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Projected environmental shifts under climate change: European trends and regional impacts

Projected environmental shifts under climate change: European trends and regional impacts

Cultural Ecosystem Services: A Critical Assessment

Mangroves in the Gulf of California increase fishery yields

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