Mapping recreation and ecotourism as a cultural ecosystem service: An application at the local level in Southern Chile

Nahuelhual, Laura; Carmona, Alejandra; Lozada, Paola Vanessa; Jaramillo, Amerindia; Aguayo, Mauricio

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.12.004

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“…Although GIAHSs have many disadvantages in terms of economic benefits at present, they have so many advantages in natural and cultural ecosystem services, for instance, higher indirect economic values in agricultural landscapes, water, and soil conservation, purifying the environment, etc. [3,22,23]. However, these advantages did not generate economic benefits for the people in GIAHS sites.…”

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A Conservation Approach of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): Improving Traditional Agricultural Patterns and Promoting Scale-Production

Zhang

Min

et al. 2017

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Abstract:Heritage conservation is an important recurring research theme on agricultural heritage systems. Improving the income of farmers from agriculture is regarded as an effective conservation approach. This study examined how the improved rice-fish-duck coculture (IRFDC) promotes the protection of the Honghe Hani Rice Terraced System (HHRTS) by keeping farmers farming in their hometowns. A semi-structural interview and a questionnaire survey were used to collect data on agricultural input-outputs and household employment in HHRTS. As a result, a fairly large proportion of HHRTS rice terraces were used for the hybrid rice monoculture (HRM) with chemical inputs, and most of these rice terraces were wasted for half a year on account of being left unused; the IRFDC requires considerable time input for farming and breeding, but barely needs any chemical inputs. IRFDC entails a higher cost than HRM, but also has a higher return than HRM. Driving a family to do full-time farming requires extra more than 0.71 ha rice terraces for IRFDC. In conclusion, Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHSs) can be used for protecting terraces from abandonment and destruction by improving agricultural economic benefits for farmers. At present, a shortage of laborers in HHRTS sites is false. Agricultural heritage sites do not actual need so many people if peasant households can do large-scale farming.

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A Conservation Approach of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): Improving Traditional Agricultural Patterns and Promoting Scale-Production

Zhang

Min

et al. 2017

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“…A second important aspect is that not only ES capacity but also ES demand is likely affected by landscape configuration. Studies on aesthetics and recreation often account for the landscape configuration in demand parameters such as accessibility (Guo et al 2001;Chan et al 2006;Chen et al 2009;Larondelle and Haase 2013;Nahuelhual et al 2013) or visitation rates (Wood et al 2013). Other research has more strongly focused on the effects of landscape configuration on ES flows arguing that ES flows are more strongly impacted than ES capacity (Mitchell et al 2015a, b).…”

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Effects of landscape configuration on mapping ecosystem service capacity: a review of evidence and a case study in Scotland

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Context Humans structure landscapes for the production of food, fibre and fuel, commonly resulting in declines of non-provisioning ecosystem services (ESs). Heterogeneous landscapes are capable of providing multiple ESs, and landscape configuration-spatial arrangement of land cover in the landscape-is expected to affect ES capacity. However, the majority of ES mapping studies have not accounted for landscape configuration. Objectives Our objective is to assess and quantify the relevance of configuration for mapping ES capacity. A review of empirical evidence for configuration effects on the capacity of ten ESs reveals that for four ESs configuration is relevant but typically ignored in ES quantification. For four ESs we quantify the relevance of configuration for mapping ESs using Scotland as a case study. Methods Each ES was quantified through modelling, respectively ignoring or accounting for configuration. The difference in ES capacity between the two ES models was determined at multiple spatial scales. Results Configuration affected the capacity of all four ESs mapped, particularly at the cell and watershed scale. At the scale of Scotland most local effects averaged out. Flood control and sediment retention responded strongest to configuration. ESs were affected by different aspects of configuration, thus requiring specific methods for mapping each ES. Conclusions Accounting for configuration is important for the assessment of certain ESs at the cell and watershed scale. Incorporating configuration in landscape management provides opportunities for spatial optimization of ES capacity, but the diverging response of ESs to configuration suggests that accounting for configuration involves trade-offs between ESs.

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“…Cruz et al 2011;Mendonça et al 2013;Vergílio et al 2016) or related to pollination and seed dispersal services have been undertaken (e.g. Pereira 2008;Heleno et al 2009;Olesen et al 2002Olesen et al , 2012.…”

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“…ES assessment aims usually to estimate of the marginal values of these services to inform decisions and to evaluate how trade-offs in ES provision will affect human well-being. Therefore, researchers are interested in developing methods for quantifying the provision and value of ES so this information can be incorporated into mapping, planning and decision-making at different scales and in different public and private sectors (see e.g., Losey and Vaughan 2006;Allsopp et al 2008;Nelson et al 2009;Tallis and Pollaski 2009;Villa et al 2009;Maes et al 2012;Nemec and Raudsepp-Hearne 2013;Nahuelhual et al 2013;2015).…”

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Pollination services mapping and economic valuation from insect communities: a case study in the Azores (Terceira Island)

Picanço¹,

Gil²,

Rigal³

et al. 2017

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Insect pollinators provide vital ecosystem services through its maintenance of plant biological diversity and its role in food production. Indeed, adequate pollination services can increase the production and quality of fruit and vegetable crops. This service is currently challenged by land use intensification and expanding human population growth. Hence, this study aims: (1) to assess the pollination services in different land uses with different levels of disturbance through GIS mapping technique using insect pollinators abundance and richness as indicators, and (2) estimate the economic value of pollination by insects in agricultural crops. Our study takes place in a small oceanic island, Terceira (Azores, Portugal). Our results showed, remarkably, that not only the pristine vegetation areas, but also the orchards and agricultural areas have relatively high values of pollination services, even though both land uses have opposite disturbance levels. For the economic valuation, we analyzed 24 crops in the island and found that 18 depend on pollinators with one-third of these crops having 65% or 95% dependence on pollinators. The economic contribution of pollinators totals 36.2% of the total mean annual agricultural income of the dependent crops, highlighting the importance of insect pollinators in agricultural production and consequent economic gain productions. RESEARCH ARTICLE Launched to accelerate biodiversity conservation A peer-reviewed open-access journalAna Picanço et al. / Nature Conservation 18: 1-25 (2017) 2

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Mapping recreation and ecotourism as a cultural ecosystem service: An application at the local level in Southern Chile

Cited by 224 publications

References 38 publications

A Conservation Approach of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): Improving Traditional Agricultural Patterns and Promoting Scale-Production

A Conservation Approach of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): Improving Traditional Agricultural Patterns and Promoting Scale-Production

Effects of landscape configuration on mapping ecosystem service capacity: a review of evidence and a case study in Scotland

Pollination services mapping and economic valuation from insect communities: a case study in the Azores (Terceira Island)

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