Contribution of ecosystem services to rural livelihoods in a changing landscape: A case study from the Eastern Himalaya

Chettri, Nakul; Aryal, Kamal; Thapa, Sanjan; Uddin, Kabir; Kandel, Pratikshya; Karki, Seema

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105643

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“…However, that negative association is reversed and becomes positive when three generations have elapsed between extraction and ES impacts (i.e., between the grandparents’ generation and that of the future). These results are consistent with the findings of Chettri et al (2021), whereby communities perceived changes in ecosystems and their services after two decades of land use change. While perceptions are based on lived experiences in their study, it is interesting that similar perceptions exist across generations in our study but in expectation of the future.…”

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“…The first body of literature documents how communities perceive and value the contribution of multiple ES to their livelihoods (Martín-López et al 2012; Wieland et al 2016; Zheng et al 2016; Robinson et al 2019; He, Gallagher and Min 2021). Most studies highlight how ES values or awareness vary by socio-economic and environmental factors and identify ES bundles and trade-offs (Martín-López et al 2012; Schmerbeck et al 2015; Hossain et al 2020; Chettri et al 2021). The second body of literature studies the temporal and spatial dynamics of ES dependence with the goal of landscape management and planning (Kallis and Norgaard 2010; Andersson et al 2015; Plieninger et al 2015; Hossain et al 2016; Naudiyal and Schmerbeck 2018; Huq et al 2020; Cejudo et al 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Intergenerational livelihood dependence on ecosystem services: A descriptive analysis of the ivory palm in coastal Ecuador

Salgado

Montúfar

Gehrung³

et al. 2023

Agric. Resour. Econom. Rev.

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Research on ecosystem services (ES) is heavily concentrated on ecological and economic indicators and values, with a much more limited understanding of communities’ dependence on cultural ES. That body of research is also typically focused on current generations and generates limited insights into the intergenerational dynamics of ES dependence. We use a survey of six palm harvesting communities in coastal western Ecuador to assess the livelihood dependence of four generations on 17 ES provided by the ivory palm, a near-threatened keystone species in Ecuador, Colombia, and Panama. Despite the historical prominence of the use of the ivory palm’s nut, we find that dependence is highest for regulating, supporting, and cultural ES, a result that holds across generations. We find a negative association between the current generation’s dependence on the ivory palm’s provisioning ES and that of their grandparents, who experienced the historical boom of the ivory palm’s nut exports. In contrast, respondents expect the future generation’s dependence to be positively associated with that of the grandparents’ generation. We find that provisioning ES have a complementary relationship with cultural ES and a substitutive relationship with supporting ES. Relationships across ES categories can be reversed from one generation to the next.

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confidence: 93%

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confidence: 99%

Intergenerational livelihood dependence on ecosystem services: A descriptive analysis of the ivory palm in coastal Ecuador

Salgado

Montúfar

Gehrung³

et al. 2023

Agric. Resour. Econom. Rev.

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“…Cultural services are important in the HKH in terms of wellbeing, social capital, and the economy. Some of the major cultural services in the region are transhumance system, tourism and mountaineering, inspiration, social cohesion, spirituality and religious values, traditional ecological knowledge and practices, indigenous local knowledge and practices, and research and education (Chaudhary et al, 2017;Chettri et al, 2021;Kandel et al, 2021;Tuladhar et al, 2021). People regard some high mountains with snow, lakes, and rivers as the physical manifestations of God (Winters, 2022).…”

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Chapter 4: Effects of a changing cryosphere on biodiversity and ecosystem services, and response options in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Chaudhary¹,

Chettri²,

Adhikari³

et al. 2023

Water, Ice, Society, and Ecosystems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: An Outlook

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Chapter 4 of the Water, ice, society, and ecosystems in the HKH (HI-WISE) assessment report assesses the scientific literature on the impacts of the changing cryosphere on biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) as well as response options. The cryosphere supports a region of vast, interconnected biodiversity, with 40% of the HKH under environmental protection. As the cryosphere changes, serious impacts on biodiversity at the ecosystem, genetic, and species levels mean an overwhelming majority of animal and plant species are negatively affected, sometimes to extinction. Even if global warming is limited to 1.5°C, the HKH is likely to face serious impacts in terms of species loss, ecosystem structure, and productivity, resulting in lowered ecosystem services flows.

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“…Forests provide a wide range of ecological service functions, including improvement in soil conditions (Chettri et al, 2021). However, not all forests exhibit the same functions.…”

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Land use changes in Zhangjiakou from 2005 to 2025 and the importance of ecosystem services

Chi

et al. 2021

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Changes in local land use affect regional ecological services, development planning, and optimal use of space. We analyzed the effects of changes in land use from 2000 to 2025 on the spatial distribution of ecosystem services using CLUS-S modeling to evaluate ecosystem functions in Zhangjiakou, China. We found that the urban ecosystem area in Zhangjiakou increased and farmland decreased between 2000–2025. Water conservation was relatively high and was concentrated in the nature reserves of southern Zhangjiakou. Soil conservation was mainly distributed in eastern and southern counties. The results of the CLUE-S model showed that the relative operating characteristics of the six land use types were > 0.70, and the logistic regression equation was able to successfully explain the distribution pattern of the different types of land use.

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Contribution of ecosystem services to rural livelihoods in a changing landscape: A case study from the Eastern Himalaya

Cited by 38 publications

References 46 publications

Intergenerational livelihood dependence on ecosystem services: A descriptive analysis of the ivory palm in coastal Ecuador

Intergenerational livelihood dependence on ecosystem services: A descriptive analysis of the ivory palm in coastal Ecuador

Chapter 4: Effects of a changing cryosphere on biodiversity and ecosystem services, and response options in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Land use changes in Zhangjiakou from 2005 to 2025 and the importance of ecosystem services

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