Management of nature-based goods and services provisioning from the urban common: a pan-European perspective

Tiwary, Abhishek; Vilhar, Urša; Zhiyanski, Miglena; Stojanovski, Vladimir; Dincă, Lucian

doi:10.1007/s11252-020-00951-1

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“…There is much literature on the collection of an extensive array of different products from green spaces and elements in urban settings around the world (Shackleton et al, 2017;Synk et al, 2017;Tiwary et al, 2020;Shackleton, 2021). This includes products such as water, firewood, wild foods (e.g., wild fruits, vegetables, herbs, fungi, insects, fish, honey), medicinal plants, plant parts and fibres for crafts and decorative and utilitarian items, and timber for construction.…”

Section: Provisioning Services From Ugimentioning

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Urban Green Infrastructure for Poverty Alleviation: Evidence Synthesis and Conceptual Considerations

Shackleton

2021

Front. Sustain. Cities

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The multiple benefits of urban green infrastructure (UGI) that support sustainable cities are increasingly acknowledged, and yet the bulk of research over the past decade or so has focused on only a small subset of the numerous benefits, notably recreation, physical and mental health, and regulating services. In contrast, there is very little information on the contribution of UGI to several of the other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and in particular SDG 1 of reducing poverty, despite the pervasiveness of poverty globally. This paper considers the diverse direct and indirect ways in which UGI can contribute to poverty alleviation, drawing on the limited evidence from various regions of the world. The direct links between UGI and poverty alleviation is via three means, namely provision of (1) consumptive or provisioning goods such as wild foods and firewood, (2) employment in UGI development, maintenance, and restoration, and (3) land for urban agriculture, income generation and dwelling. There are also a number of indirect links such as cash savings, improved physical and mental health, improved social networks, improved educational outcomes, and regulation of potential natural disasters. However, the commonly unequal distribution of UGI within and between cities means that the poverty alleviation potential and benefits are inequitably distributed, often against those who are most in need of them, i.e., the urban poor. This demands greater attention to promoting the equitable distribution and quality of UGI and mainstreaming of UGI into poverty reduction strategies and programmes and vice versa, as well as greater examination of the links between UGI and poverty alleviation in a greater range of contexts.

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Section: Provisioning Services From Ugimentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Green Infrastructure for Poverty Alleviation: Evidence Synthesis and Conceptual Considerations

Shackleton

2021

Front. Sustain. Cities

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“…Moreover, tree parts have been used in traditional medicine treating diseases such as urinary tract disorders, severe infections or inflammations [6]. The forests situated in the Curvature sub-Carpathians fulfills multiple ecosystem services such as: biodiversity [7], non-forest wood products [8,9], medicinal plants [10], game optimisation through appropriate management [11,12], forest secondary products such as fruits [13] or other [14].…”

Section: Romanian Journal Of Ecology and Environmental Chemistry 3(2) 2021mentioning

confidence: 99%

Betula pendula Ssp. distribution and growth in the sub-Carpathian curvature

Harpa¹,

Dincă²

2021

RJEEC

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Birch ssp. in the sub-Carpathians curvature can be found in composition with beech and other resinous species, unevenly distributed from the mountain peaks at around 1200 m down to 500-600, mainly from high hills to depressions at 600m, rarely seen on plain sites, crossing different geomorphological structures and overall accounting for 3857.1 ha. The main objective of the paper was to analyze the site and stand characteristics of Betula pendula ssp. Roth. in the subCarpathians curvature as followed: stand structure, stand types and stand site types, soils and different metrics, from growth to yields and its connectivity.The ecological adaptability to climate and soil and early fast growth, makes silver birch fulfill the overall requirements as a pioneer species, mostly naturally regenerated. Birch distribution is highly influenced by stand structure having low proportion in compositions, mean height of 15 m at age 50, and a diameter of 20m. Regarding the site, characteristics are more commonly found on fertile soils, corrugated or fragmented site type with a slope of 20-50° and it is distributed as secondary species in stands, averaging 750m in attitude, ranging from 500 to 1200m, 90% being in mixtures with other species with a mean annual increment of approximately 7 m³/year/ha regardless of stand site type. As an early successional species, it serves as a first colonizer but secondary species and quite often as an ecological instrument to improve the soil characteristics, biodiversity and prevent landslides in certain sites, lacking economic value other than fuel wood or other non-wood products.

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“…Forests gain a special importance because of their ecosystem services such as conserving biodiversity, wood production, supplying water, recreational functions, non-wood products and air quality [1,2,3,4,5]. Old trees are characterized by their long life, large heights and diameters and by their role in conserving biodiversity [6].…”

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Old Forests from Dobrogea’s Plateau

Vechiu

Dincă

Breaban

2021

Present Environment and Sustainable Development

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From the oldest times, the forest has been the main food, shelter and energy source, playing an essential role in the development of human societies. Old stands are characterized by their long life, large heights and diameters and by their help in conserving biodiversity. The surfaces occupied by old stands have decreased lately because of their wood mass high value which leads to exploitation. This is furthermore coupled with climate changes, urbanization and human influences. These stands occupy a surface of 128.500 ha in the forests from Dobrogea’s Plateau, where broad-leaved species are preponderant (Quercus sp., Fraxinus ornus, Tilia tomentosa, Acer sp.). As such, the present paper intends to characterize the oldest stands from Dobrogea’s Plateau with the help of forest management plans realized during 1993-2007. The main characteristics analyzed in this study for stands older than 120 years were: location, surface, height, diameter, structure, forest type, soil type, altitude, exposition, slope and consistency. Stand older than 100 years occupy only 4% of the total surface and are composed of linden, brown oak and pedunculate oak which grow and develop on common luvisols.

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Management of nature-based goods and services provisioning from the urban common: a pan-European perspective

Cited by 15 publications

References 57 publications

Urban Green Infrastructure for Poverty Alleviation: Evidence Synthesis and Conceptual Considerations

Urban Green Infrastructure for Poverty Alleviation: Evidence Synthesis and Conceptual Considerations

Betula pendula Ssp. distribution and growth in the sub-Carpathian curvature

Old Forests from Dobrogea’s Plateau

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