Evaluation of Water Provision Ecosystem Services Associated with Land Use/Cover and Climate Variability in the Winike Watershed, Omo Gibe Basin of Ethiopia

Aneseyee, Abreham Berta; Soromessa, Teshome; Elias, Eyasu; Noszczyk, Tomasz; Feyisa, Gudina Legese

doi:10.1007/s00267-021-01573-9

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“…Land-use type is the key influencing node of all ESs except HQ, which reflects this situation. Extensive research has shown that reasonable human activities can improve the ecological environment (Aneseyee et al, 2022). However, in addition to human activities, ecosystem services are greatly influenced by natural factors such as climate and vegetation cover.…”

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Evaluating the Trade-Offs and Synergies of Ecosystem Services in the Jinsha River Basin

Weiting,

Qiyan,

Fenglian

et al. 2024

Journal of Resources and Ecology

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Global climate change and human activities continue to threaten watershed ecosystems. The Jinsha River constitutes the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, so studying its ecosystem services (ES) is of great significance for maintaining ecological security and promoting ecological sustainability in the entire Yangtze River Basin. By using the integrated valuation of ecosystem services and trade-offs (InVEST) models and revised universal soil-loss equation (RUSLE) models, we evaluated five ecosystem services of water yield (WY), habitat quality (HQ), soil retention (SR), food supply (FS), and carbon storage (CS) provided by the Jinsha River Basin ecosystem from 2000 to 2020, as well as their spatial-temporal variations and driving factors. The results show three main features of this system. (1) From 2000 to 2020, each ecosystem service in the Jinsha River Basin exhibited different degrees of fluctuation, except for habitat quality, and each ecosystem service basically showed a spatial distribution pattern of high in the southeast and low in the northwest. (2) There were significant synergistic relationships between CS_SR_HQ and WY_SR_FS, and a significant trade-off between WY_CS. (3) The main driving factors of CS_SR_HQ were net primary productivity (NPP) and land-use type (LU), the main driving factors of WY_SR_FS were annual precipitation (PRE), LU, and rainfall erosivity (R), and the main driving factors of WY_CS varied considerably during the study period.

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Evaluating the Trade-Offs and Synergies of Ecosystem Services in the Jinsha River Basin

Weiting,

Qiyan,

Fenglian

et al. 2024

Journal of Resources and Ecology

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“…However, when the influence of these factors exceeds the bearing capacity of the ecosystem, environmental problems such as ecological degradation will occur to different degrees. The changes in the ecosystem services in the Yellow River Basin (Henan section) were affected by the changes in the land use types, precipitation, temperature and the various human activities [ 44 , 45 ]. According to the above results, the changes in the ecosystem services in this study were closely related to the changes in the land use types.…”

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Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Trade-Offs and Synergies in Ecosystem Services at Watershed and Landscape Scales: A Case Analysis of the Yellow River Basin (Henan Section)

Niu

Liu

Xiao

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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The changes and interrelationships of ecosystem services at different global and regional scales have been actively investigated. Clarifying the trade-offs and synergies between ecosystem services from a multi-scale scientific perspective is vital to improve the coordinated and sustainable development of the watershed and ecological protection. As an important ecological barrier region of the Yellow River Basin, the Henan section provides a variety of important ecosystem services. This study analyzes the characteristics of land use changes in the Yellow River Basin (Henan section) from 1990 to 2020. Based on the InVEST model, four ecosystem services—water production, soil conservation, carbon storage and food supply have been evaluated. The Spearman correlation coefficient was used to further reveal the spatial and temporal characteristics of the trade-offs and synergies at different levels of each service. The results showed that: (1) From 1990 to 2020, the basin was dominated by farmland conservation. The construction land area mainly exhibited an inflow behavior, while other land use types were mainly related to outflow. (2) From 1990 to 2020, the water yield, soil conservation and carbon storage first increased and then decreased, while food supply gradually increased. The spatial distribution of these ecosystem services was lower in the southwest and slightly higher in the northeast and farmland had the highest capacity of water production and food supply, while woodland had the highest capacity for soil conservation and carbon storage. (3) The Spearman rank correlation coefficient indicated that the trade-offs for the ecosystem services in the Yellow River Basin (Henan section) dominated before 2000, and the synergies gradually strengthened after 2000. (4) There were clear spatial heterogeneities in the ecosystem services of the basin; for instance, the functions in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River Basin (Henan section) were mainly trade-offs, while the higher elevations in the middle reaches exhibited synergistic relationships. This study aims to clarify the trade-offs and synergies between ecosystem services at the different levels. Based on our findings, countermeasures and suggestions for ecological protection and management are proposed to promote the coordinated development of social economy and ecological protection.

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“…The Budko theory underpins the InVEST model, which serves as a powerful framework for water volume simulation and testing [20]. The model employs meta-scale calculations, and the output is presented in a visualized form that directly relates to ecosystem services [21,22].…”

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Analysis of Water Conservation Trends and Drivers in an Alpine Region: A Case Study of the Qilian Mountains

Sun,

Ni,

Wang

2023

Remote Sensing

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The water conservation service of an ecosystem reflects the sustainability of regional water resources and is significant to human survival and sustainable development. However, global climate warming and intensified human activities pose substantial challenges to regional water conservation services, especially in an alpine region with a fragile ecological environment, which is more sensitive to climate factors and land use pattern changes. In this study, the Qilian Mountains (QLM) region was chosen as the study area to investigate water conservation trends and drivers in an alpine region. The InVEST model was used to estimate water conservation in the QLM from 2000 to 2020. In addition, the characteristics of the spatiotemporal variation in the water conservation were analyzed using a combination of the Theil–Sen median trend and Mann–Kendall method, coefficient of variation, and Hurst exponent, and the main driving factors affecting these changes were determined using partial correlation analysis and contribution analysis. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) The predicted water conservation in the QLM based on the InVEST model’s water yield module had a relative inaccuracy of 5.96%, and the mean water conservation in the QLM from 2000 to 2020 was approximately 78.08 × 108 m3. (2) The water conservation showed a slight increase over the whole QLM region, with a change rate of 0.565 mm/a; yet, it showed a distinct spatial distribution pattern characterized by “more in the east than in the west”. (3) The contribution of the various land use categories to the total water conservation, from highest to lowest, was according to the following: grassland (62.44%) > unutilized land (15.99%) > forest (11.44%) > cultivated land (9.86%) > construction land (0.45%) > water (0.03%). (4) Precipitation exhibited a significant positive correlation, with contribution ratios of approximately 58.50% to the variation in the water content, whereas potential evapotranspiration and surface temperature showed a nonsignificant negative correlation with contribution ratios of approximately 2.17% and 2.08%, respectively. The results can provide scientific reference for ecological protection in the QLM and other similar alpine environment areas.

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Evaluation of Water Provision Ecosystem Services Associated with Land Use/Cover and Climate Variability in the Winike Watershed, Omo Gibe Basin of Ethiopia

Cited by 28 publications

References 90 publications

Evaluating the Trade-Offs and Synergies of Ecosystem Services in the Jinsha River Basin

Evaluating the Trade-Offs and Synergies of Ecosystem Services in the Jinsha River Basin

Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Trade-Offs and Synergies in Ecosystem Services at Watershed and Landscape Scales: A Case Analysis of the Yellow River Basin (Henan Section)

Analysis of Water Conservation Trends and Drivers in an Alpine Region: A Case Study of the Qilian Mountains

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