Estimation of human induced disturbance of the environment associated with 2002, 2008 and 2013 land use/cover patterns in Mexico

Roth, Deborah A.; Moreno-Sánchez, Rafael; Torres-Rojo, Juan Manuel; Moreno-Sánchez, Francisco

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.11.009

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“…Extraction of natural ecosystems has brought considerable net benefits to human beings and socioeconomic development, but it has also caused a great loss of ecosystem services (ES) [9,10]. Land-use changes are the most direct manifestations of the interaction between humans and natural ecosystems [11][12][13][14]. Previous studies have indicated that land-use changes caused by both natural and anthropogenic factors have greatly affected the delivery of crucial ES, such as gas regulation, soil conservation, and biodiversity maintenance [15][16][17][18].…”

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Ecosystem Service Loss in Response to Agricultural Expansion in the Small Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China: Process, Driver and Management

Chen

Yan

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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Converting natural ecosystems to cultivated land, driven by human activities, has been considered a significant driver of limiting the delivery of ecosystem services (ES). The ES loss in the past was mainly caused by agricultural activities that have been taken to meet people’s needs in Northeast China. Quantifying historical declining ecosystem service values is essential to facilitate sustainable development. In this study, remote sensing images were used to investigate the history of cultivated land expansion over the last five decades. Additionally, ES variations caused by agricultural expansion since 1965 were quantified in the Small Sanjiang Plain (SSP), Northeast China. From the results, cultivated land expanded from 3.97% of the total SSP area to 66.40% from 1965 to 2015 (approximately 898.23 million ha), of which paddy field expanded drastically from 0% to 55.93%. Variations in cultivated land resulted in a loss of ecosystem service values by 11,893.85 million dollars, of which 62.98 million dollars were caused by the internal conversion between cultivation during 1965–2015. Agricultural expansion accelerated the export of agricultural products function, while it decreased almost all other functions, especially hydrological regulation and freshwater supply function. For future sustainability of the SSP, some suggestions, such as restoring natural ecosystems, planting trees between cultivated land, coculture systems, and winter-flooding of paddy rice were provided in our study.

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Ecosystem Service Loss in Response to Agricultural Expansion in the Small Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China: Process, Driver and Management

Chen

Yan

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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“…Forest loss is widespread in Mexico, as there is constant pressure for new agriculture and housing development (Calderon-Aguilera et al 2012). Despite that, forest loss rates have decreased in Mexico (Roth et al 2016). We found that the majority of forests in Mexico were core forests (69%), which is also where the majority of forest loss happened (69.2% of the total area that lost forest cover).…”

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“…Despite that, forest loss rates have decreased in Mexico (Roth et al. ). We found that the majority of forests in Mexico were core forests (69%), which is also where the majority of forest loss happened (69.2% of the total area that lost forest cover).…”

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Payments for ecosystem services in Mexico reduce forest fragmentation

Ramirez‐Reyes

Sims

Potapov

et al. 2018

Ecological Applications

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Forest fragmentation can lead to habitat reduction, edge increase, and exposure to disturbances. A key emerging policy to protect forests is payments for ecosystem services (PES), which offers compensation to landowners for environmental stewardship. Mexico was one of the first countries to implement a broad-scale PES program, enrolling over 2.3 Mha by 2010. However, Mexico's PES did not completely eliminate deforestation in enrolled parcels and could have increased incentives to hide deforestation in ways that increased fragmentation. We studied whether Mexican forests enrolled in the PES program had less forest fragmentation than those not enrolled, and whether the PES effects varied among forest types, among socioeconomic zones, or compared to the protected areas system. We analyzed forest cover maps from 2000 to 2012 to calculate forest fragmentation. We summarized fragmentation for different forest types and in four socioeconomic zones. We then used matching analysis to investigate the possible causal impacts of the PES on forests across Mexico and compared the effects of the PES program with that of protected areas. We found that the area covered by forest in Mexico decreased by 3.4% from 2000 to 2012, but there was 9.3% less forest core area. Change in forest cover was highest in the southern part of Mexico, and high-stature evergreen tropical forest lost the most core areas (-17%), while oak forest lost the least (-2%). Our matching analysis found that the PES program reduced both forest cover loss and forest fragmentation. Low-PES areas increased twice as much of the number of forest patches, forest edge, forest islets, and largest area of forest lost compared to high-PES areas. Compared to the protected areas system in Mexico, high-PES areas performed similarly in preventing fragmentation, but not as well as biosphere reserve core zones. We conclude that the PES was successful in slowing forest fragmentation at the regional and country level. However, the program could be improved by targeting areas where forest changes are more frequent, especially in southern Mexico. Fragmentation analyses should be implemented in other areas to monitor the outcomes of protection programs such as REDD+ and PES.

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“…Bateman et al [4] indicated that land use change not only affect agricultural production, but also are simultaneously linked to greenhouse gas emissions, sustainable tourism development, preservation of green space and biodiversity. In other words, land use change is intimately related to both economic development and the natural environment [3,6,7]. Moreover, land use change has been shown to play a major role in studies on global climate and environmental change [3,[8][9][10].…”

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Evaluating the Public’s Preferences toward Sustainable Planning under Climate and Land Use Change in Forest Parks

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Balancing the goals of sustainable planning under climate and land use change (CLUC) with ecosystem service functions is a huge challenge for the management and programming of protected areas today. We construct a new evaluation framework towards the perspectives of sustainable land management based on the choice experiment (CE) model, and apply it to investigate the public's preferences for the forest parks in Taiwan. This study found that implementing organic farming, increasing species populations, increasing the acreage of secondary forest area, and developing an integrated framework for ecotourism would best satisfy the public's preferences for sustainable land use management. Second, we identify that the heterogeneity of the public's preferences for forest park management varies depending on whether individuals are (1) members of environmental groups, (2) agricultural landowners, and (3) residents of the municipality. Third, we find integrated land use programs generate the highest welfare values among scenarios comprising different financial attributes.

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Estimation of human induced disturbance of the environment associated with 2002, 2008 and 2013 land use/cover patterns in Mexico

Cited by 30 publications

References 32 publications

Ecosystem Service Loss in Response to Agricultural Expansion in the Small Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China: Process, Driver and Management

Ecosystem Service Loss in Response to Agricultural Expansion in the Small Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China: Process, Driver and Management

Payments for ecosystem services in Mexico reduce forest fragmentation

Evaluating the Public’s Preferences toward Sustainable Planning under Climate and Land Use Change in Forest Parks

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