Ecosystem services–A tool for sustainable management of human–environment systems. Case study Finnish Forest Lapland

Vihervaara, Petteri; Kumpula, Timo; Tanskanen, Antti O.; Burkhard, Benjamin

doi:10.1016/j.ecocom.2009.12.002

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“…Considering the global nature of many ecosystem services and environmental change drivers, as well as linkages between ecosystems in different parts of the world, ecosystem service research would certainly benefit from a more global approach. However, local and regional studies are needed in addressing smaller-scaled issues (Vihervaara et al 2009). …”

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“…One of the main interests of natural scientists is in developing a methodology for the mapping and assessment of ecosystem services (Mezger et al 2008;Naidoo et al 2008;Vihervaara et al 2009). Databases available through CHMs are highly useful for instance in the early selection of criteria for locally and regionally relevant ecosystem services.…”

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Trends in Ecosystem Service Research: Early Steps and Current Drivers

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Trends in Ecosystem Service Research: Early Steps and Current Drivers

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“…The European CORINE Land Cover (CLC2000) database in a 25 m grid can help in coarse assessments of some biophysical characteristics of the environment (Vihervaara et al 2010), but it cannot provide accurate information on local species assemblages and biotope types that form the basis of ecosystem service supply. More detailed tools, such as airborne laser scanning (ALS), are needed (Hill and Thomson 2005;Pesonen et al 2008;Vehmas et al 2009;Asner et al 2012;Vihervaara et al 2012;Pippuri et al 2012Pippuri et al , 2013.…”

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How to integrate remotely sensed data and biodiversity for ecosystem assessments at landscape scale

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Context Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning underpins the delivery of all ecosystem services and should be accounted for in all decision-making related to the use of natural resources and areas. However, biodiversity and ecosystem services are often inadequately accounted for in land use management decisions. Objective We studied a boreal forest ecosystem by linking citizen-science bird data with detailed information on forest characteristics from airborne laser scanning (ALS). In this paper, we describe this method, and evaluate how similar kinds of biological data sets combined with remote sensing can be used for ecosystem assessments at landscape scale. Methods We analysed data for 41 boreal forest bird species and for 14 structural ALS-based forest parameters.Results The results support the use of the selected method as a basis for quantifying spatially-explicit biodiversity indicators for ecosystem assessments, while suggestions for improvements are also reported. Finally, we evaluate the capacity of those indicators to describe biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships, for example with carbon trade-offs. The results showed clear distinctions between the different species as measured, for example, by above-ground forest biomass at the observation sites. We also assess how Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article

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“…Natural ecosystems provide a multitude of benefi ts to human society (MEA 2005), such as natural resources (food, water, wood for construction and for bio-energy, fodder and medicinal plants), pollination, clean water provision, protection against natural risks (landslides, fl ooding, rockfalls and avalanches), carbon sequestration and storage, tourism and recreation (Fisher et al 2009, Vihervaara et al 2010. At the end of '70 years, Westman (1977) asserted that the comprehensive value of benefi ts that ecosystems provide -defi ned as nature's services -could potentially be accounted in order to better address policy and management decisions.…”

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Mapping the value of ecosystem services: A case study from the Austrian Alps

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. Ma-pping the value of ecosystem services: a case study from the Austrian Alps. Ann. For. Res. 58(1): 157-175.Abstract. Ecosystem services (ES) are considered the conditions and processes through which natural ecosystems sustain and fulfil human life. In the decision making process related to the natural resources management, two key-aspects must be taken into account: the economic value of the benefits provided by ES (provisioning, regulating and cultural services) and the spatial distribution of these benefits. The purpose of the paper is to develop a method aimed to capture the economic value of the benefits provided by ES, in order to support the decision makers in the natural resources management. ES are not homogeneous across landscapes nor in space. Consequently, gaining knowledge on the spatial distribution of the economic relevance of ES is a fundamental information to target management actions. This method was tested in a case study in the Austrian Alps (Leiblachtal area in Vorarlberg region), characterized by a high importance of forests and grasslands. The results show that the highest economic values could be achieved for the provisioning services with a range between 200 €/ha year and 1,400 €/ha year. The regulating services have also important economic values, but strongly localized in specific areas (i.e. protective forests against natural hazards). The economic values of the cultural services are influenced by the preferences of tourists and varies between 5 €/ha year to 60 €/ha year. The method allowed us to reveal the spatial heterogeneity of provisioning, regulating and cultural ES, depending on the ecological characteristics of the site.

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Ecosystem services–A tool for sustainable management of human–environment systems. Case study Finnish Forest Lapland

Cited by 155 publications

References 17 publications

Trends in Ecosystem Service Research: Early Steps and Current Drivers

Trends in Ecosystem Service Research: Early Steps and Current Drivers

How to integrate remotely sensed data and biodiversity for ecosystem assessments at landscape scale

Mapping the value of ecosystem services: A case study from the Austrian Alps

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