Indicators for mapping and assessment of ecosystem condition and of the ecosystem service habitat maintenance in support of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020

Hatziiordanou, Lena; Fitoka, Eleni; Hadjicharalampous, E; Votsi, Nefta-Eleftheria; Palaskas, Dimitris; Malak, Dania Abdul

doi:10.3897/oneeco.4.e32704

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“…Fish lifecycle support capacity was estimated by extrapolating the distribution of mugilids fingerlings in the most confined part of the lagoon, retrieved from a spatialized food-web model of the Venice lagoon based on functional groups (Anelli Monti et al, 2021). For migratory birds, we mapped for each one of the valli da pesca the favorable factors, namely saltmarshes, freshwater presence, shrubs, and herbaceous vegetation, that enhance the attractiveness for resting and molt changing Havera et al, 1992;Hatziiordanou et al, 2019). Fish and waterbird lifecycle support capacities were normalized on a 0-1 scale.…”

Section: Regulating and Maintenance Essmentioning

confidence: 99%

Like little lagoons: the contribution of valli da pesca to the Ecosystem Services supply of the Venice Lagoon

Stocco¹,

Basconi²,

Rova³

et al. 2022

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The Venice lagoon social-ecological system is characterized by a strong relationship between the natural environment and human activities. This is especially noticeable in the aquaculture and hunting reserves of the lagoon, locally known as valli da pesca. Previous works about Ecosystem Services (ESs) in the Venice lagoon focused on the so-called “open lagoon”, overlooking the role of the valli da pesca. Nonetheless, despite being completely managed ecosystems, the valli da pesca have conserved typical elements of transitional water environments that the other parts of the lagoon have lost. By evaluating nine ESs using a spatially explicit approach, we found that the valli da pesca, despite covering 17% of the surface, are contributing for 38% of the ESs total capacity, and for 24% of the ESs total flow, in comparison to the open part of the lagoon. Moreover, the management that aims to maximize in a perspective of sustainability some provisioning ESs, such as extensive aquaculture, can positively influence the presence of factors on which other ESs capacity is also based. As a result, the open lagoon benefits from a sort of spill-over effect for lifecycle support, hunting, and cultural ESs such as tourism, information for cognitive development, and birdwatching. Such significant contributions could be endangered in the context of a lagoon subjected to increasing pressures from anthropic activities, where adaptations to impacts, as well as to climate change and sea-level rise effects, in the long run, will modify the lagoon hydrodynamics and the sea-lagoon connectivity, threatening the valli da pesca and so their ESs supply.

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Section: Regulating and Maintenance Essmentioning

confidence: 99%

Like little lagoons: the contribution of valli da pesca to the Ecosystem Services supply of the Venice Lagoon

Stocco¹,

Basconi²,

Rova³

et al. 2022

Preprint

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“…e. Climate policy: 26 relevant indicators, including 2 from Biodiversity, 9 from Environmental quality, 4 from Food, material and energy, 4 from Forestry, 2 from Recreation and 5 from Water resources groups. f. EU Green Deal: All (40) proposed indicators are relevant to the EU Green Deal policy. However, specific relevance is present among indicators and the thematic targets of the EU Green Deals.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…During the past five years, various studies guided by the MAES conceptual framework [2] have been conducted in Greece, providing information for different types of ecosystems and applying different methodologies and tools for mapping and assessing ES at local (e.g., Reference [39]), regional [40] and national levels [41][42][43][44]. In 2017, a group of scientists who believed in the importance of the MAES implementation (forming the Hellenic Ecosystem Partnership-HESP [45]) drafted the National Agenda for the MAES implementation in Greece [34] and set an Action Plan to 2020, including shortand mid-term objectives.…”

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National Set of MAES Indicators in Greece: Ecosystem Services and Management Implications

Kokkoris

Mallinis

Bekri

et al. 2020

Forests

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Research Highlights: The developed National Set of Indicators for the Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services (MAES) implementation in Greece at the national level sets the official, national basis on which future studies will be conducted for MAES reporting for the achievement of targets within the National and the European Union (EU) biodiversity Strategy. Background and Objectives: Greece is currently developing and implementing a MAES nation-wide program based on the region’s unique characteristics following the proposed methodologies by the European Commission, in the frame of the LIFE-IP 4 NATURA project (Integrated actions for the conservation and management of Natura 2000 sites, species, habitats and ecosystems in Greece). In this paper, we present the steps followed to compile standardized MAES indicators for Greece that include: (a) collection and review of the available MAES-related datasets, (b) shortcomings and limitations encountered and overcome, (c) identification of data gaps and (d) assumptions and framework setting. Correspondence to EU and National Strategies and Policies are also examined to provide an initial guidance for detailed thematic studies. Materials and Methods: We followed the requirements of the EU MAES framework for ecosystem services and ecosystem condition indicator selection. Ecosystem services reported under the selected indicators were assigned following the Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services. Spatial analysis techniques were applied to create relevant thematic maps. Results: A set of 40 MAES indicators was drafted, distributed in six general indicator groups, i.e., Biodiversity, Environmental quality, Food, material and energy, Forestry, Recreation and Water resources. The protocols for the development and implementation of an indicator were also drafted and adopted for future MAES studies in Greece, providing guidance for adaptive development and adding extra indicators when and where needed. Thematic maps representing ecosystem services (ES) bundles and ES hotspots were also created to identify areas of ES importance and simultaneously communicate the results at the national and regional levels.

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“…Within the conceptual framework of mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services (MAES) [ 1 ], various studies on ecosystem services (ES) of different ecosystem types, from the local to national level, have been conducted in Greece (e.g., [ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ]). The Life Integrated Project with the acronym “LIFE-IP 4 NATURA”, led by the Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy, incorporates MAES implementation Actions at the local and national level [ 10 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Linking Taxonomic, Phylogenetic and Functional Plant Diversity with Ecosystem Services of Cliffs and Screes in Greece

Panitsa

Kokkoris

Kougioumoutzis

et al. 2021

Plants

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Sparsely vegetated habitats of cliffs and screes act as refugia for many regional and local endemic specialized plant taxa most of which have evolved precisely for that type of habitat. The interplay between taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional plant diversity on rock and scree habitats of extreme environmental conditions, enlightens the relations of plant communities and ecosystems and facilitates management planning for the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. The identification of biodiversity patterns and hotspots (taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional) contributes to the integration of the ecosystem services (ES) approach for the mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services (MAES) implementation in Greece and the creation of thematic maps based on the MAES reporting format. The overlap among the protected areas’ network revealed that almost all areas of cliffs and screes of medium, high, and very high taxonomic and phylogenetic plant endemism are included in the Natura 2000 area network. The results of this study provide the baseline information for ES assessments at sparsely vegetated land of cliffs and screes. Our results contribute to the implementation of certain indicators of the national set of MAES indicators in Greece such as (a) floristic diversity and (b) microrefugia of endemic diversity and support of decision-making.

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Indicators for mapping and assessment of ecosystem condition and of the ecosystem service habitat maintenance in support of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020

Cited by 16 publications

References 64 publications

Like little lagoons: the contribution of valli da pesca to the Ecosystem Services supply of the Venice Lagoon

Like little lagoons: the contribution of valli da pesca to the Ecosystem Services supply of the Venice Lagoon

National Set of MAES Indicators in Greece: Ecosystem Services and Management Implications

Linking Taxonomic, Phylogenetic and Functional Plant Diversity with Ecosystem Services of Cliffs and Screes in Greece

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