The effect of wildfire and land-cover changes on the economic value of ecosystem services in Mount Carmel Biosphere Reserve, Israel

Raviv, Orna; Zemah-Shamir, Shiri; Izhaki, Ido; Lotan, Alon

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101291

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“…Thirdly, the trade-offs among various policy strategies highlight the importance of undertaking an ecosystem service approach when assessing wildfire land-use policies, since all potential land-use policies affect ecosystem functioning and its ability to deliver a wide range of ecosystem services in fire-prone systems (Raviv et al, 2021). Even though HNVf was the best strategy for suppression cost savings, we found that it generated the lowest expected present value for climate regulation because carbon sequestration in farmlands is very limited.…”

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“…Their results illustrated that, unless timber sales from mechanical treatment are allowed, such a prevention strategy will not generate net societal benefits. Moreover, ecosystem assessments that economically evaluate the trade-offs between the different impacts of land-use change policy interventions have recently been used in wildfire literature, such as the study by Raviv et al (2021), which estimates the change in ecosystem services values affected by wildfires and consequent land-cover changes. However, there is little understanding of how policies that promote land-use changes (e.g.…”

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Incorporating fire-smartness into agricultural policies minimises suppression costs and ecosystem services damages from wildfires

Lecina‐Diaz

Amil

Aquilué

et al. 2023

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Global climate warming is expected to increase wildfire hazard in many regions of the world. In southern Europe, land abandonment and an unbalanced investment toward fire suppression instead of prevention has gradually increased wildfire risk, which calls for a paradigm change in fire management policies. Here we combined scenario analysis, fire landscape modelling, and economic tools to identify which land-use policies would minimise the expected wildfire-related losses in a representative mountainous area of the northwestern Iberian Peninsula (the Transboundary Biosphere Reserve "Geres-Xures", between Spain and Portugal). To do so, we applied the least-cost-plus-net-value-change approach and estimated net changes in wildfire damages based on their implications for the ecosystem services that affect financial returns to landowners in the study area (i.e. agriculture, pasture, and timber) and the wider economic benefits (i.e. recreation and climate regulation) for the 2010-2050 period. Four land-use scenarios were considered: (1) Business as Usual (BAU); (2) fire-smart, fostering more fire-resistant (less flammable) and/or fire-resilient landscapes (fire-smart); (3) High Nature Value farmlands (HNVf), wherein the abandonment of extensive agriculture is reversed; and (4) a combination of HNVf and fire-smart. We found the highest net value change (i.e. the difference between damages and avoided damages) in BAU for timber and pasture provision, and in fire-smart for recreation and climate regulation. HNVf was the best for suppression cost savings, but it generated the lowest expected present value for climate regulation. In fact, the best scenarios related to fire suppression are HNVf and HNVf combined with fire-smart, which also generate the lowest net value change plus net suppression costs in the entire study area (i.e. considering all ecosystem services damages and suppression costs). Therefore, reverting land abandonment through recultivation and promoting fire-resistant tree species is the most efficient way to reduce wildfire hazard. In this sense, payments for ecosystem services should reward farmers for their role in wildfire prevention. This study improves the understanding of the financial and societal benefits derived from reducing fire suppression spending and ecosystem services damage by undertaking fire-smart land-use strategies, which can be essential to enhance local stakeholders' support for wildfire prevention policies.

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Incorporating fire-smartness into agricultural policies minimises suppression costs and ecosystem services damages from wildfires

Lecina‐Diaz

Amil

Aquilué

et al. 2023

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“…These reserves not only supply pristine water sources and various products from agricultural, forestry, livestock and fisheries sectors but also execute functions such as carbon sequestration, soil nutrient modulation, erosion control, biodiversity conservation, water source conservation and climatic regulation. Additionally, leveraging their pristine natural and cultural landscapes, they offer tourism, recreational and aesthetic opportunities (Castillo-Eguskitza et al, 2018;Orna et al, 2021).…”

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An overview of community livelihoods in Biosphere Reserves: based on the sustainable livelihoods framework for the 21st century

Yang

2024

Front. For. Glob. Change

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Biosphere Reserves (BRs) are the protected areas proposed by the Man and the Biosphere Programme for harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature. Human activities represented by community livelihoods have always been one of the critical issues in the protection and development of BRs. However, the lack of comprehensive research on the status quo and problems of community livelihoods in BRs has caused difficulties in policy formulation and management. In the form of a literature review, this study attempts to summarize and sort out the overview of community livelihoods in BRs by screening the academic literature with the keywords of BRs and livelihoods and using the 21st Century Sustainable Livelihood Framework as the road map. As a result, community livelihoods in BRs highly depend on environmental resources, increasing vulnerability. Although establishing BRs has brought financial and business opportunities to the community, it also provides environmental resources, public services, and geographical areas in the climate-environmental context needed for livelihood maintenance. However, community livelihoods and climate-environmental context show a contradictory relationship of ‘mismatch between supply and demand’ in environmental resources and public services in BRs. In geographical areas, the conflicts brought by illegal activities, invasive alien species, and wildlife-human conflicts are also gradually increasing. At the same time, unbalanced physical and financial assets and relational power with mixed praise also challenge the sustainable development of community livelihoods in BRs. Therefore, this study believes that through multi-stakeholder joint efforts, BRs Friendly Community Livelihoods other than the initial livelihood with high environmental resource dependence can be sought for communities through livelihood diversification, community participatory management, and community spatial pattern refinement.

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“…Please note that construction land only has the ESV of cultural recreation [36]. With the help of the ArcGIS 10.2 software fishnet tool, the study area was divided into 11,309 grids measuring 8 km × 8 km [37]. The area of each category within the grids was calculated separately using the natural breakpoint method to spatialize ESV and its gains and losses, which are calculated as follows:…”

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Analysis and Prediction of Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Ecosystem Service Value on the Northern Slopes of the Kunlun Mountains Based on Land Use

Zhang,

Wang,

Tang

et al. 2023

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The ecological environment in the mountainous areas of southern Xinjiang is very sensitive and fragile, and identifying the ecological asset retention within the mountainous areas is a top priority at the current stage in the context of comprehensive environmental management in arid zones. This study examines the conversion and ecosystem service values between different land types within the mountainous areas based on a time series of land-use data from 1990 to 2020, and the results show that: (1) The value of ecosystem services on the northern slopes of the Kunlun Mountains shows an overall increasing trend. It increased from CNY 308.645 billion in 1990 to CNY 326.550 billion in 2020. Among them, the value of ecosystem services increased significantly between 2000 and 2010, with an increase of CNY 39.857 billion. Regulatory services accounted for more than 66% of the value of each ecosystem service. (2) Land use on the northern slopes of the Kunlun Mountains has changed significantly since 1990. The areas of cropland, forest land, grassland, watershed, and construction land have all shown an upward trend, with the greatest increase in construction land. The area of unutilized land, on the other hand, has slightly decreased. (3) The value of ecosystem services within the northern slopes of the Kunlun Mountains was spatially high in the south, low in the north, and higher in the west than in the east. The study also found a significant positive spatial correlation between ecosystem service values. In the spatial distribution, the increasing areas were mainly distributed in the southeast, and the decreasing areas were in the north. Changes in land types are expected to include an increase in the area of grassland and woodland, a decrease in unutilized land and cropland, and an overall improvement in the ecological environment of the northern slopes of the Kunlun Mountains in the next decade. This study also provides lessons and references for sustainable development and ecological protection in ecologically fragile regions.

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The effect of wildfire and land-cover changes on the economic value of ecosystem services in Mount Carmel Biosphere Reserve, Israel

Cited by 16 publications

References 62 publications

Incorporating fire-smartness into agricultural policies minimises suppression costs and ecosystem services damages from wildfires

Incorporating fire-smartness into agricultural policies minimises suppression costs and ecosystem services damages from wildfires

An overview of community livelihoods in Biosphere Reserves: based on the sustainable livelihoods framework for the 21st century

Analysis and Prediction of Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Ecosystem Service Value on the Northern Slopes of the Kunlun Mountains Based on Land Use

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