A quantitative method for zoning of protected areas and its spatial ecological implications

Sabatini, María del Carmen; Verdiell, Adriana Beatriz; Iglesias, Ricardo; Vidal, Marta Cecilia

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.02.005

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“…In the first level, the Euclidean distance tool is used, which is widely used in similarity analysis and classification (Del Carmen Sabatini, Verdiell, Rodríguez Iglesias, & Cecilia, 2007;Verdiell, Sabatini, & Maciel, 2005). Euclidean distance is a measure of the true straight line distance between two points in Euclidean space, and the number of dimensions depends on the number of variables (Shepard, 1962).…”

Section: Methods For the First Level Zoningmentioning

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Zoning of rural water conservation in China: A case study at Ashihe River Basin

Liu

Zhou

Shi

et al. 2015

International Soil and Water Conservation Research

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With the effective control of point source (PS) pollution accomplished, water pollution problems caused by non-point source (NPS) pollution have increased in recent years. The worsening agricultural NPS pollution has drawn the attention of the Chinese Government and researcher scientists and has resulted in the often mentioned "three red lines" on water resources management. One of the red lines is to control water pollution within a rational range. The Agricultural NPS pollution, which includes pollution from housing, and from livestock and crop production, is the main source. Based on the NPS pollution statutes, an index system for integrated evaluation of water quality, and a zoning scheme for rural water conservation were established. Using the method of one-dimensional Euclidean distance, this country is divided into 9 sub-zones at the provincial level, which are the first level zones. The zoning themes include natural resources, socio-economic development, water use efficiency, and pollutants emission intensity. According to pollution types of livestock, agriculture, or both, the first level zones are divided into 25 second level zones. The third class zoning is divided also based on pollution intensity of total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), ammonia nitrogen (NH 3 -N), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD). On the basis of the second level zoning, there were formed 70 rural water conservation third level zones. This case study in the Ashihe river watershed indicated that the main pollution sources are consistent with the zoning research result, and this zoning has shown a good way to guide the agricultural NPS pollution control in not only the wide rural area of China but also other parts of the world.

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Section: Methods For the First Level Zoningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Zoning of rural water conservation in China: A case study at Ashihe River Basin

Liu

Zhou

Shi

et al. 2015

International Soil and Water Conservation Research

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“…Zoning the ESFR has been considered as a critical step for optimizing human activities at the spatial scale under limited natural resources and ecological carrying capacity (del Carmen Sabatini et al 2007;Fang et al 2008). Especially in China, zoning is playing a key prescriptive role for the conservation and management of ecosystem services and their components (Fang et al 2005(Fang et al , 2008del Carmen Sabatini et al 2007).…”

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“…Especially in China, zoning is playing a key prescriptive role for the conservation and management of ecosystem services and their components (Fang et al 2005(Fang et al , 2008del Carmen Sabatini et al 2007). By analyzing the characteristics of ecosystems in different regions, zoning the ESFR can identify the main ecosystem services of each ESFR and problems in different ESFRs, as well as putting forward conservation strategies for managing and improving ecosystem services.…”

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“…In accordance with the ecosystem services valuation as well as characteristics of regional or local socioeconomic development and ecosystems, three management strategies are proposed for conserving the ecosystems and their components in developing and transitional countries and regions. Zoning the ESFR will contribute to determine the major ecosystem services in these regions or countries, so as to identify the specific conservation strategies to protect different ecosystems and their components (Fang et al 2005(Fang et al , 2008del Carmen Sabatini et al 2007). It is important to further strengthen the establishment and management of natural reserves for biodiversity and habitat conservation (Buisson and Dutoit 2006;Rocchini et al 2006;Mouillot et al 2008).…”

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Impact of socioeconomic development on ecosystem services and its conservation strategies: a case study of Shandong Province, China

Wang

Liu

Wang

et al. 2011

Environ Monit Assess

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Ecosystems and their components provide a lot of benefits for the welfare of human beings. Coupled with increasing socioeconomic development, most of the rapidly developing and transitional countries and regions have been experiencing dramatic land use changes. This has resulted in a large amount of forestland, grassland, and wetland being occupied as residential and industrial land or reclaimed for arable land, which in turn results in a sharp deterioration of ecosystem services around the world. Shandong Province, an economically powerful province of China, was chosen as a case study in order to capture the impact of socioeconomic development on ecosystem services. By way of the study, land uses and their changes were categorized between 1980 and 2006, and the ecosystem services capital and changes of 111 counties of Shandong Province in different phases were evaluated, as well as the total ecosystem services capital, followed by the zoning of ecosystem services function region of Shandong Province. We found that the counties in mountainous areas and wetlands, where generally the prefectural-level cities are located with a rapid socioeconomic development, experienced a successive deterioration of ecosystem services especially during the 2000s. Finally, three conservation strategies for managing and improving ecosystem services were proposed and discussed with the aim of achieving coordinate and sustainable development of the socioeconomy, environment, and ecosystems not only in Shandong Province but also in other provinces of China, as well as in other developing and transitional countries and regions.

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“…Spatial zoning is considered a key tool for administration, management, and conflict resolution in places as diverse as urban neighborhoods and protected areas [12], [13]. Zoning inherently requires the evaluation and trade-off of multiple objectives [14], [15].…”

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Striking a Balance: Socioeconomic Development and Conservation in Grassland through Community-Based Zoning

Leisher

Brouwer²,

Boucher

et al. 2011

PLoS ONE

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The goal of preserving nature is often in conflict with economic development and the aspirations of the rural poor. Nowhere is this more striking than in native grasslands, which have been extensively converted until a mere fraction of their original extent remains. This is not surprising; grasslands flourish in places coveted by humans, primed for agriculture, plantations, and settlements that nearly always trump conservation efforts. The Umgano grassland conservation and poverty reduction project in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa uses community-based spatial planning to balance the conversion of its lower-conservation value grasslands to a timber plantation, while conserving higher-value grasslands for heritage purposes and managed livestock grazing. Ten years after project launch, we measured the ecological and socioeconomic impacts of the project using Normalized Differential Vegetation Index remote sensing data and over 500 household interviews, as compared with similar non-conserved areas. Zoned management of the Umgano area had resulted in between 9% and 17% greater average peak production in the grassland areas compared to control sites. There was also a 21% gain in incomes for the roughly one hundred people employed by the forestry efforts, when compared to others in their village. Community-based spatial zoning is an overlooked tool for balancing conservation and development but may require, as we found in Umgano, certain critical factors including strong local leadership, an accountable financial management mechanism to distribute income, outside technical expertise for the zoning design, and community support.

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A quantitative method for zoning of protected areas and its spatial ecological implications

Cited by 64 publications

References 15 publications

Zoning of rural water conservation in China: A case study at Ashihe River Basin

Zoning of rural water conservation in China: A case study at Ashihe River Basin

Impact of socioeconomic development on ecosystem services and its conservation strategies: a case study of Shandong Province, China

Striking a Balance: Socioeconomic Development and Conservation in Grassland through Community-Based Zoning

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