•Journal•ISSN: 2151-3732
International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystems Services & Management
Taylor & Francis
About: International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystems Services & Management is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Ecosystem services & Biodiversity. It has an ISSN identifier of 2151-3732. It is also open access. Over the lifetime, 273 publications have been published receiving 6481 citations.
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TL;DR: It was found that regulating services were the most commonly mapped, followed by provisioning, cultural, and supporting services, and secondary data were used more frequently than primary data to map ES.
Abstract: Mapping key areas for ecosystem service (ES) supply is essential for the development of strategies that will ensure their future supply. Given the rapid development in this area of research, we performed a review of different approaches used to map ES, with a special focus on those that use social–ecological data. We used an analytical framework based on five criteria for analyzing and comparing the methodological approaches: the types of ES, availability of data sources, types of data sources, spatial scale, and methods used to model ES. We found that regulating services were the most commonly mapped, followed by provisioning, cultural, and supporting services. Secondary (readily available) data were used more frequently than primary data to map ES. Biophysical data (land-cover variables) and mixed sources (databases like global statistics) were the most commonly employed ones. Most studies were performed at the regional or at the national scale. The most commonly used method to model services was the de...
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TL;DR: InVEST as discussed by the authors is a new tool to assess (i.e., map, model, and value) multiple services provided by marine ecosystems, which allows one to estimate changes in a suite of services under different management scenarios and to investigate trade-offs among the scenarios.
Abstract: People around the world are looking to marine ecosystems to provide additional benefits to society. As they consider expanding current uses and investing in new ones, new management approaches are needed that will sustain the delivery of the diverse benefits that people want and need. An ecosystem services framework provides metrics for assessing the quantity, quality, and value of benefits obtained from different portfolios of uses. Such a framework has been developed for assessments on land, and is now being developed for application to marine ecosystems. Here, we present marine Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST), a new tool to assess (i.e., map, model, and value) multiple services provided by marine ecosystems. It allows one to estimate changes in a suite of services under different management scenarios and to investigate trade-offs among the scenarios, including implications of drivers like climate. We describe key inputs and outputs of each of the component ecosystem se...
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TL;DR: The value of wetlands for fish and wildlife protec... is discussed in this paper, where it is shown that wetlands are among the most valuable ecosystems on the planet, and that they are also the most vulnerable ecosystems.
Abstract: Wetlands are among the most valuable ecosystems on the planet. As described in Mitsch and Gosselink (2015, pp. 3–4) and earlier editions: Although the value of wetlands for fish and wildlife protec...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare traditional and current services generated from the same ecosystem in four countries undergoing socio-economic transitions: Kenya, Mongolia, the Philippines and Vietnam, and show that changing habits, preferences and modes of regulation lead to specific services provided.
Abstract: Ecosystem services (ESS) are frequently described as nature’s free gift to humankind. However, the first step of ESS and benefit generation is recognising the usability of structures, processes and outputs of ecosystems. This use-value attribution transforms the ecosystem functions (ESF) into ecosystem service potentials (ESP). By investing physical resources, energy and labour, and frequently money as a means to provide them, agents mobilise (part of) the potentials. Cultural, economic and legal constraints limit the mobilisation. The resulting ESS are appropriated to be directly consumed, exploited to provide other goods and services, or marketed, resulting in monetary income. Changing use-value attribution leads to change service potentials, to different mobilisation and appropriation patterns, and different benefits. Human agency, not ESF determine the services provided. This is illustrated by comparing traditional and current services generated from the same ecosystem in four countries undergoing socio-economic transitions: Kenya, Mongolia, the Philippines and Vietnam. All four cases show that changing habits, preferences and modes of regulation lead to specific services provided. Institutions such as tradition, belief systems, markets or state planning are the key to understand which ESS are generated from any ESF. Value attribution, mobilisation and appropriation are key processes.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide insights on why it is important to promote ecosystem service-inclusive strategic environmental assessment (SEA) processes, and how to do it, with particular emphasis on spatial planning.
Abstract: Despite the attention that research on ecosystem services has attracted in recent years, its use to support real-life decision-making processes is still very limited, especially at the planning level Spatial planning results in actions that may affect the distribution and quality of a wide range of ecosystem services Hence, spatial planning decisions would benefit from systematic considerations of their effects on ecosystem services Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) provides an excellent platform to this purpose This paper aims at providing insights on why it is important to promote ecosystem service-inclusive SEA processes, and on how to do it, with particular emphasis on spatial planning First, possible actions to include relevant information of ecosystem services throughout the SEA process are presented Second, the advantages are discussed by considering both the characteristics of ecosystem services approaches and the criteria of good-quality SEA Finally, four main challenges are identif
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