Will use of non-biodiversity objectives to select areas for ecological restoration always compromise biodiversity gains?

Mason, Norman W. H.; Ausseil, Anne-Gäelle; Dymond, J. R.; Overton, Jacob McC.; Price, Robbie; Carswell, Fiona E.

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2012.05.019

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“…Barraguand et al (2011) explicitly analyzed the trade-offs between valued agricultural production and biological conservation at the landscape scale. Mason et al (2012) revealed that the investment directed into mitigating the impacts of agriculture on ecosystem services rather than biodiversity restoration would result in lower biodiversity. One research examined the potential trade-offs between agricultural production and biodiversity benefits, revealed that the benefit gained from an increase in biodiversity would outweigh the loss of returns from agricultural production .…”

Section: Trade-offs In Ecosystemsmentioning

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A review on trade-off analysis of ecosystem services for sustainable land-use management

2016

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Ecosystem services are substantial elements for human society. The central challenge to meet the human needs from ecosystems while sustain the Earth's life support systems makes it urgent to enhance efficient natural resource management for sustainable ecological and socioeconomic development. Trade-off analysis of ecosystem services can help to identify optimal decision points to balance the costs and benefits of the diverse human uses of ecosystems. In this sense, the aim of this paper is to provide key insights into ecosystem services trade-off analysis at different scales from a land use perspective, by comprehensively reviewing the trade-offs analysis tools and approaches that addressed in ecology, economics and other fields. The review will significantly contribute to future research on trade-off analysis to avoid inferior management options and offer a win-win solution based on comprehensive and efficient planning for interacting multiple ecosystem services.

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Section: Trade-offs In Ecosystemsmentioning

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A review on trade-off analysis of ecosystem services for sustainable land-use management

2016

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“…Restored significance was assessed at the hectare scale and has units of parts per billion (ppb), one billion representing the ecological utopia of 'natural' (prehuman) condition. Further details of this metric, including how prehuman condition was established, are given in Mason et al (2012b).…”

Section: Biodiversity Gain Through Natural Regeneration Of Indigenousmentioning

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“…Lee et al (2005) suggested ecological integrity is demonstrated through long-term indigenous dominance (high influence of indigenous species on ecosystem processes compared with non-native species), occupancy by all appropriate biota, and full representation of ecosystems (environmental representation). We previously quantified gains in ecological integrity through catchment-scale natural regeneration of indigenous forests on agricultural lands (Mason et al, 2012b). Here, we extend the approach to national-scale natural regeneration with a specific focus on conservation implications.…”

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Restricting new forests to conservation lands severely constrains carbon and biodiversity gains in New Zealand

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Biological Conservation

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“…The rise of an 'ecosystem services' approach now provides a framework within which properties can be quantified and assessed against one another (e.g. Naidoo et al 2008;Nelson et al 2009;Mason et al 2012). These ecosystem services provided by nature to (all) humans span a (full) range of benefits from supporting, through regulating, provisioning and cultural (MA 2005).…”

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Opportunities for restoring indigenous forest in New Zealand

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Kirschbaum

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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

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We assessed the opportunities for restoring indigenous forest from grassland. Using a map of basic ecosystems at 2008, we identified grassland areas with a high ratio of biodiversity benefit (after conversion to indigenous forest) over loss of agricultural production. With approximately 2 mha of grassland with a benefit/cost ratio of 0.2 or more, there are many opportunities for restoration. We also assessed the opportunities to protect shrublands already regenerating to indigenous forest. There are presently about 0.7 mha of shrublands with a high carbon sequestration over stock-carrying capacity ratio ( 20). National models of other ecosystem services such as erosion control, provision of fresh water, water regulation, and tourism and recreation, may be used in a second-tier selection process. The methods developed here could be used in a formalised system for calculating ecosystem service offsets.

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Will use of non-biodiversity objectives to select areas for ecological restoration always compromise biodiversity gains?

Cited by 22 publications

References 33 publications

A review on trade-off analysis of ecosystem services for sustainable land-use management

A review on trade-off analysis of ecosystem services for sustainable land-use management

Restricting new forests to conservation lands severely constrains carbon and biodiversity gains in New Zealand

Opportunities for restoring indigenous forest in New Zealand

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