Ecosystem services and integrated water resource management: Different paths to the same end?

Cook, Brian R.; Spray, Chris

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.05.016

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“…The rational water allocation has been considered as the fundamental method to solve problems resulting from water scarcity (Khare et al, 2007;Wang et al, 2012), and appropriation of water resources must be better managed if we hope to sustain these services related to water (Richter et al, 2003). The water resource management has undergone the succession from comprehensive management, to multi-purpose basin management and to the present push for ES-based governance, and the definition of ecosystem services might be used to strengthen sustainable water resource management (Cook and Spray, 2012). However, most of the current optimal water allocation methods are based on present water http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2014.12.001 1474-7065/Ó 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.…”

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Multilevel modeling of NPP change and impacts of water resources in the Lower Heihe River Basin

Yan

Zhan

Jiang

et al. 2015

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C

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a b s t r a c tNet primary productivity (NPP) lays the foundation for provision of various ecosystem services, and understanding the impacts of potential influencing factors on NPP is of great significance to formulating appropriate management measures to guarantee the sustainable provision of essential ecosystem services. This study analyzed the impacts of potential influencing factors on NPP in the lower Heihe River Basin, a typical arid and semi-arid region in China. Results of decomposition analysis suggested that the water availability played an important role in increasing NPP, with a contribution rate of 44.17%, and it is necessary to carry out some policies that can promote the water use efficiency to increase NPP under the background of climate change and intensified human activities. There are some uncertainties in the results of this study, but these results still can provide valuable reference information for the water resource management to increase the ecosystem service supply in the lower Heihe River Basin.

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Multilevel modeling of NPP change and impacts of water resources in the Lower Heihe River Basin

Yan

Zhan

Jiang

et al. 2015

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C

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“…Therefore, cooperation between forestry and water sector management should be strong. Cook and Spray (2012) suggest that an ES-based approach could complement Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), currently considered a leading, yet highly criticized, approach in water resources management (Biswas 2008;McDonnell 2008). ES and IWRM approaches have many similarities, because they both support integrated management of water and land resources and allow for the negotiation of 'trade-offs between human and environmental needs with the aim of fostering sustainability' (Cook & Spray 2012, p. 97).…”

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“…The ES approach has not yet shown capability to fix this issue. Generally, the problem seen is in incorporating the knowledge provided by social sciences and knowledge other than 'scientific' into ES-based management (Cook & Spray 2012). For example, in the Taita Hills, the local people possess traditional knowledge on ES (Himberg 2011) that would provide valuable information for water resource management.…”

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Local assessment of changes in water-related ecosystem services and their management: DPASER conceptual model and its application in Taita Hills, Kenya

Hohenthal

Owidi

Minoia

et al. 2015

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Servic

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Fresh water provisioning is a crucial ecosystem service (ES) in the agrarian societies of East Africa. Water resources are highly dependent on several other ES such as the water retention capacity of vegetation and the purification properties of soil. However, ES are constantly challenged by dynamic changes within water-land-vegetation-human relations. Environmental policies usually address immediate anthropic pressures but overlook multiple historical stressors, or 'drivers'. This article presents a local assessment of changes in the water-related ES in the Taita Hills, Kenya, applying the Drivers, Pressures, Actions, State, Ecosystem services, Responses (DPASER) model, adapted from the Drivers, Pressures, State, Impacts, Responses (DPSIR) framework, boosted with ecosystem services and human actions and combined into a historical perspective. A review of the legislation, interviews, participatory mapping, timelines and focus group discussions were used in data gathering. The results indicate that land demarcation in the 1960s and consequent land privatization have been the main drivers of change in water-related ES, since these determined the prioritization of agricultural production over conservation of forests, wetlands and rivers. This case study shows that the degradation of water-related ES is strongly linked to historical development of land ownership and loss of commonality, and suggests enhancement of inter-sectoral management.

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“…Recently, the ecosystem services (ESS) concept has been proposed as a suitable basis for prioritizing decisions at the river basin level [13,14]. However, the inclusion of ecosystem services into IWRM processes requires a sound knowledge of interactions between societal changes, terrestrial ecosystems, and water resources.…”

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Science-Based IWRM Implementation in a Data-Scarce Central Asian Region: Experiences from a Research and Development Project in the Kharaa River Basin, Mongolia

Karthe

Hofmann

Ibisch

et al. 2015

Water

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Abstract:Mongolia is not only a water-scarce but also a data-scarce country with regard to environmental information. At the same time, regional effects of global climate change, major land use changes, a booming mining sector, and growing cities with insufficient and decaying water and wastewater infrastructures result in an increasingly unsustainable exploitation and contamination of ground and surface water resources putting at risk both aquatic ecosystems and human health. For the mesoscale (≈15,000 km 2 ) model region of the Kharaa River Basin (KRB), we investigated (1) the current state of aquatic ecosystems, water availability and quality; (2) past and expected future trends in these fields and OPEN ACCESSWater 2015, 7 3487 their drivers; (3) water governance structures and their recent reforms; and (4) technical and non-technical interventions as potential components of an integrated water resources management (IWRM). By now, the KRB is recognized as one of the most intensively studied river basins of the country, and considered a model region for science-based water resources management by the Mongolian government which recently adopted the IWRM concept in its National Water Program. Based on the scientific results and practical experiences from a six-year project in the KRB, the potentials and limitations of IWRM implementation under the conditions of data-scarcity are discussed.

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Ecosystem services and integrated water resource management: Different paths to the same end?

Cited by 98 publications

References 79 publications

Multilevel modeling of NPP change and impacts of water resources in the Lower Heihe River Basin

Multilevel modeling of NPP change and impacts of water resources in the Lower Heihe River Basin

Local assessment of changes in water-related ecosystem services and their management: DPASER conceptual model and its application in Taita Hills, Kenya

Science-Based IWRM Implementation in a Data-Scarce Central Asian Region: Experiences from a Research and Development Project in the Kharaa River Basin, Mongolia

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