‘Mind the Gap’ between ecosystem services classification and strategic decision making

Oudenhoven, A.P.E. van; Aukes, Ewert J.; Bontje, Lotte E.; Vikolainen, Vera; Bodegom, Peter M. van; Slinger, Jill H.

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.09.003

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“…Potentially highly promising avenues for underpinning resource allocation decisions are based on detailed place-based analyses of supply and demand of ES (e.g., Kopperoinen et al, 2014; Vauhkonen and Ruotsalainen, 2017). On the other hand, broad, unspecified ES may be more easily adopted by policy actors, according to Van Oudenhoven et al (2018).…”

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Ecosystem Services Related to Carbon Cycling – Modeling Present and Future Impacts in Boreal Forests

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Forests regulate climate, as carbon, water and nutrient fluxes are modified by physiological processes of vegetation and soil. Forests also provide renewable raw material, food, and recreational possibilities. Rapid climate warming projected for the boreal zone may change the provision of these ecosystem services. We demonstrate model based estimates of present and future ecosystem services related to carbon cycling of boreal forests. The services were derived from biophysical variables calculated by two dynamic models. Future changes in the biophysical variables were driven by climate change scenarios obtained as results of a sample of global climate models downscaled for Finland, assuming three future pathways of radiative forcing. We introduce continuous monitoring on phenology to be used in model parametrization through a webcam network with automated image processing features. In our analysis, climate change impacts on key boreal forest ecosystem services are both beneficial and detrimental. Our results indicate an increase in annual forest growth of about 60% and an increase in annual carbon sink of roughly 40% from the reference period (1981–2010) to the end of the century. The vegetation active period was projected to start about 3 weeks earlier and end ten days later by the end of the century compared to currently. We found a risk for increasing drought, and a decrease in the number of soil frost days. Our results show a considerable uncertainty in future provision of boreal forest ecosystem services.

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Ecosystem Services Related to Carbon Cycling – Modeling Present and Future Impacts in Boreal Forests

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“…Conceptually, the outcomes obtained from UES studies are linked to the human well-being and its close relationship with nature [46,47]. From a global point of view, researchers must contribute to the efforts of United Nations (UN) to promote the development of sustainable cities and communities (Sustainable Development Goal, SDG 11) until 2030 [48][49][50][51][52]. Thus, RS data/techniques turns the findings of ES studies more relevant [53], more adequate to urban planning, and able to guide for sustainable development in these areas [13,[54][55][56][57].…”

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Urban Ecosystem Services Quantification through Remote Sensing Approach: A Systematic Review

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Urban ecosystem services (UES) is an essential approach to the development of sustainable cities and must be incorporated into urban planning to be able to improve humans’ life quality. This paper aimed to identify remote sensing (RS) data/techniques used in the literature in five years (2013–2017) for UES investigation and to analyze the similarity between them. For this purpose, we used the Scopus database of scientific journals, and a set of appropriate filters were applied. A total of 44 studies were selected, being 93.18% of them located in the Northern Hemisphere, mostly in Europe. The most common dataset used was the secondary data, followed by the Landsat family products. Land use and land cover (LULC) was the most common approach utilized, succeeded by radiometric indexes and band related. All four main classes (provision, regulation, supporting, and cultural) of ecosystem services (ES) were identified in the reviewed papers, wherein regulating services were the most popular modality mentioned. Seven different groups were established as having 100% of similarity between methods and ES results. Therefore, RS is identified in the literature as an important technique to reach this goal. However, we highlight the lack of studies in the southern hemisphere.

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“…Often the requirements from the economic, social, and ecosystem perspectives are interlinked. The concept of 'The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity' (TEEB) [71] can be useful in understanding the links between ecosystems and societal needs as well as in quantifying the value of ecosystems tor human beings in the decision-making process [20]. TEEB could potentially aid in demonstrating the economic added value of an ecosystem-based approach to seaport design (e.g., in terms of generated services or prevented loss of existing services), and so support the integration of such economic consequences into the planning and design processes.…”

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“…In addition, negative ecosystem impacts could backfire on the port itself, for example by port-induced coastal erosion and sedimentation [18]. Moreover, an ecosystem-based approach can generate added value in terms of ecosystem services such as flood protection, food production, and recreation [4,6,19,20]. To take such larger-scale effects into account from the onset, several authors have stressed the need for project-superseding Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) to incorporate ecosystem values at the higher, strategic levels of decision-making, such as in policies, plans, and programs [21][22][23][24][25].…”

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Identifying Ecosystem-Based Alternatives for the Design of a Seaport’s Marine Infrastructure: The Case of Tema Port Expansion in Ghana

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Long-term sustainable port development requires accounting for the intrinsic values of ecosystems. However, in practice, ecosystem considerations often only enter the planning and design process of ports when required by an Environmental Impact Assessment. At this late stage, most of the design is already fixed and opportunities to minimize and restore ecosystem impacts are limited. In this paper, we adopt a large-scale, ecosystem perspective on port development with the aim to identify ecosystem-based design alternatives earlier and throughout the planning and design of a port’s marine infrastructure. We present a framework, termed the ‘ecosystem-based port design hierarchy’ (EPDH), to identify ecosystem-based alternatives at four hierarchical design levels: 1) alternatives to port developments, 2) port site selection, 3) port layout design, and 4) design of structures and materials. In applying the EPDH framework retrospectively to a case study of port expansion in Tema, Ghana, we establish that ecosystem considerations played only a limited role in identifying and evaluating alternatives at all four design levels in the case study, whereas more eco-friendly alternatives in terms of port layouts, structures, and materials are identified using the EPDH framework. This reveals that opportunities for ecosystem-friendly port designs may have been missed and demonstrates the need for and the potential added value of our framework. The framework can assist practitioners in earlier and wider identification of ecosystem-based alternatives for a port’s marine infrastructure in future seaport developments and, hence, represents an important step towards more sustainable port designs.

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‘Mind the Gap’ between ecosystem services classification and strategic decision making

Cited by 31 publications

References 53 publications

Ecosystem Services Related to Carbon Cycling – Modeling Present and Future Impacts in Boreal Forests

Ecosystem Services Related to Carbon Cycling – Modeling Present and Future Impacts in Boreal Forests

Urban Ecosystem Services Quantification through Remote Sensing Approach: A Systematic Review

Identifying Ecosystem-Based Alternatives for the Design of a Seaport’s Marine Infrastructure: The Case of Tema Port Expansion in Ghana

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