Supporting land use change assessment through Ecosystem Services and Wildlife Indexes

Cervelli, Elena; Pindozzi, Stefania; Sacchi, Massimo; Capolupo, Alessandra; Cialdea, Donatella; Rigillo, Marina; Boccia, Lorenzo

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.04.011

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“…Results suggest that both crops may serve as tools for bioremediation of contaminated soils and their use increase the value of ecosystem services. Similar results were reached by Cervelli, et al [62], including more scenarios and land use change options. Results here show that combining ecological assessment with land use change scenarios provide useful input for future regional development and conservation.…”

Section: Phytoremediation/waste Managementsupporting

confidence: 87%

The Economics of Arundo donax—A Systematic Literature Review

Jámbor

Török

2019

Sustainability

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Arundo donax (giant reed) is an herbaceous, perennial and non-food crop producing dry biomass with relatively high yields in many regions and under different climates. Although there exists a large amount of literature on A. donax, the economic aspects are somehow neglected or are very much limited in most papers. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to analyse the economics of A. donax by applying a systematic literature review of the field. Our sample consists of 68 relevant studies out of the 6009 identified, classified into four groups: Bioenergy, agronomy, invasiveness and phytoremediation. Most papers were focusing on Italy and on the Mediterranean region and were written on the bioenergy aspect. Most studies suggest that A. donax has a relatively high energy balance and yields, high investment but low maintenance costs and high potentials for phytoremediation of contaminated soils. However, a certain section of the literature, mainly based on US experience, shows that giant reed should be produced with care due to its invasiveness hazard. On the whole, A. donax was found to have high economic potentials for biomass production in marginal as well as disadvantageous lands operated by small farmers in the Mediterranean region.

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Section: Phytoremediation/waste Managementsupporting

confidence: 87%

The Economics of Arundo donax—A Systematic Literature Review

Jámbor

Török

2019

Sustainability

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“…The LULC dynamics is one of the major impacts on biodiversity persistence (Mantyka‐Pringle et al, ). Many recent studies around the world (Mantyka‐Pringle et al, ; Schulp, Teeffelen, Tucker, & Verburg, ; Eitelberg, Jasper, Jonathan, Elke, & Peter, ; Masum, Asyraf, Shahrul, & Hwee, ; Liu, Lei, Xiaojian, & Peng, ; Chaudhary & Thomas, ; Cervelli et al, ) clearly indicated the negative impacts of LULC change on biodiversity. All of these studies concluded that human‐induced LULC change has exacerbated the loss of habitats and fragmentation of biodiversity by increasing the susceptibility of biological populations to stochastic extinction risk.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In line with our findings, the study by Meshesha et al (2014) reported that an increase in agricultural activities and reduction in grassland have caused lack of available suitable grazing lands, which in turn has caused overgrazing and discouraged the households to raise the large size of animals. Almost all of those interviewed clearly Masum, Asyraf, Shahrul, & Hwee, 2017;Liu, Lei, Xiaojian, & Peng, 2016;Chaudhary & Thomas, 2016;Cervelli et al, 2017) clearly indicated the negative impacts of LULC change on biodiversity. All of these studies concluded that human-induced LULC change has exacerbated the loss of habitats and fragmentation of biodiversity by increasing the susceptibility of biological populations to stochastic extinction risk.…”

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confidence: 99%

An insight into land use and land cover changes and their impacts in Rib watershed, north‐western highland Ethiopia

Moges

Bhat

2018

Land Degrad Dev

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Land use and land cover (LULC) changes have severely threatened ecological and economic sustainability in highland Ethiopia. A clear insight into its extent and rate is, therefore, a crucial step for effective land use planning and decision making. The main objective of this study was to analyse the nature of LULC change and its impacts in north‐western highland Ethiopia over the last four decades, using the integrated approach of remote sensing and geographic information system in combination with field data. Multidate Landsat images were used for spatio‐temporal change detection through the help of ArcGIS 10.3 and ERDAS IMAGINE 2014 software. A pixel‐based statistical analysis was used to measure class‐to‐class changes and total losses and gains of each LULC class during the study period. The results show that a significant and widespread change of LULC has occurred in the study area during the period 1973–2016. The cropland, grassland, and shrubland were the dominant LULC types taking more than 95% in total over the entire study period. The cropland and built‐up land showed a significant increase from 1973 to 2016, whereas grassland and shrubland decreased gradually over the same time period. The LULC change in the study area has caused severe environmental degradation, which in turn has affected ecological sustainability, agricultural productivity, food security, and rural livelihoods. The results of this study are expected to provide local‐level current information on the extent, rate, and impacts of LULC change for decision makers seeking to ensure ecological, social, and economic sustainability.

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“…Currently, due to the unclear classification of ESs, inadequate understanding of ecosystem complexity, insufficient understanding of complementarity and exclusiveness among multiple ESs, it often results in the repeated calculation of multiple ESs, which finally leads to large differences in assessment results of similar ESs (Fu et al, 2011). Therefore, future research aims to develop a new classification framework for ESs based on land cover types, spatial relationships and regional differences, and to further research towards driving mechanisms of ESs and scenario simulation (Cervelli et al, 2017;Kubiszewski et al, 2017).…”

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Trade-offs and Synergies of Ecosystem Services in Karst Area of China Driven by Grain-for-Green Program

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As an important means regulating the relationship between human and natural ecosystem, ecological restoration program plays a key role in restoring ecosystem functions. The Grain-for-Green Program (GFGP, One of the world's most ambitious ecosystem conservation set-aside programs aims to transfer farmland on steep slopes to forestland or grassland to increase vegetation coverage) has been widely implemented from 1999 to 2015 and exerted significant influence on land use and ecosystem services (ESs). In this study, three ecological models (InVEST, RUSLE, and CASA) were used to accurately calculate the three key types of ESs, water yield (WY), soil conservation (SC), and net primary production (NPP) in Karst area of southwestern China from 1982 to 2015. The impact of GFGP on ESs and trade-offs was analyzed. It provides practical guidance in carrying out ecological regulation in Karst area of China under global climate change. Results showed that ESs and trade-offs had changed dramatically driven by GFGP . In detail, temporally, SC and NPP exhibited an increasing trend, while WY exhibited a decreasing trend. Spatially, SC basically decreased from west to east; NPP basically increased from north to south; WY basically increased from west to east; NPP and SC, SC and WY developed in the direction of trade-offs driven by the GFGP, while NPP and WY developed in the direction of synergy. Therefore, future ecosystem management and restoration policy-making should consider trade-offs of ESs so as to achieve sustainable provision of ESs.

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Supporting land use change assessment through Ecosystem Services and Wildlife Indexes

Cited by 26 publications

References 42 publications

The Economics of Arundo donax—A Systematic Literature Review

The Economics of Arundo donax—A Systematic Literature Review

An insight into land use and land cover changes and their impacts in Rib watershed, north‐western highland Ethiopia

Trade-offs and Synergies of Ecosystem Services in Karst Area of China Driven by Grain-for-Green Program

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