Multifunctionality and biodiversity: Ecosystem services in temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, USA

Brandt, Patric; Abson, David J.; DellaSala, Dominick A.; Feller, Robert L.; Wehrden, Henrik von

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2013.12.003

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“…Brandt et al, 2014;Grand-Clement et al, 2013;Palomo et al, 2014). The studies that attempted to identify actual beneficiaries usually focused on specific user groups, such as scuba divers or kayakers (Ruiz-Frau et al, 2012), tourists (van Berkel and Verburg, 2014), farmers (e.g.…”

Section: Identifying a Human Needmentioning

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Shades of grey challenge practical application of the cultural ecosystem services concept

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Section: Identifying a Human Needmentioning

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Shades of grey challenge practical application of the cultural ecosystem services concept

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“…Managing for high-biomass forests is also associated with the multifunctionality of ecosystems because carbon dense forests are associated with high levels of biodiversity and numerous other ecosystem services [79]. Prudent management should integrate forest carbon policies with multiple use management objectives of federal agencies by optimizing carbon stored in older forests and extending timber harvest rotations to allow for longer periods of carbon sequestration and storage.…”

Section: Forest Carbonmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some examples of ecosystem services that have benefited from the NWFP include net primary productivity, water quality, recreation such as camping and hunting, salmon productivity, and carbon storage and sequestration. Older forests with high biomass (>200 mg carbon/ha, live above ground biomass of trees) most abundantly provide these services in aggregate primarily on federal lands [79].…”

Section: Ecosystem Services and The Nwfpmentioning

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Building on Two Decades of Ecosystem Management and Biodiversity Conservation under the Northwest Forest Plan, USA

DellaSala

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Heiken³

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Forests

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Abstract:The 1994 Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) shifted federal lands management from a focus on timber production to ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation. The plan established a network of conservation reserves and an ecosystem management strategy on ~10 million hectares from northern California to Washington State, USA, within the range of the federally threatened northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina). Several subsequent assessments-and 20 years of data from monitoring OPEN ACCESSForests 2015, 6 3327 programs established under the plan-have demonstrated the effectiveness of this reserve network and ecosystem management approach in making progress toward attaining many of the plan's conservation and ecosystem management goals. This paper (1) showcases the fundamental conservation biology and ecosystem management principles underpinning the NWFP as a case study for managers interested in large-landscape conservation; and (2) recommends improvements to the plan's strategy in response to unprecedented climate change and land-use threats. Twenty years into plan implementation, however, the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, under pressure for increased timber harvest, are retreating from conservation measures. We believe that federal agencies should instead build on the NWFP to ensure continuing success in the Pacific Northwest. We urge federal land managers to (1) protect all remaining late-successional/old-growth forests; (2) identify climate refugia for at-risk species; (3) maintain or increase stream buffers and landscape connectivity; (4) decommission and repair failing roads to improve water quality; (5) reduce fire risk in fire-prone tree plantations; and (6) prevent logging after fires in areas of high conservation value. In many respects, the NWFP is instructive for managers considering similar large-scale conservation efforts.

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“…The proxies used were Park Visitation [26] along with the mapping of the Cultural Assets and Touristic Spots. This gives us crucial information about the collective importance of a site by measuring the number of people who are interested in visiting such an area.…”

Section: Recreation and Ecotourismmentioning

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Socio-Cultural Asset Integration for a Green Infrastructure Network Plan in Yesan County, Korea

Orantes

Kim

2017

Sustainability

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Green Infrastructure (GI) can be used as a framework for planning human settlements and guiding development away from natural areas that possess high ecological value and provide important Ecosystem Services for society's development. In this paper, we present a GI Plan for Yesan County (Yesan GI Plan), a small shrinking city in the Republic of Korea. Yesan possesses very rich, but still fairly unexplored natural and cultural resources. Therefore, Yesan's GI Plan was developed through a multifunctional approach based on the different ecological and socio-cultural characteristics of the region, allowing to connect the core elements that conform the vernacular landscape and get the most out of the Ecosystem Services provided by resources in the area. The plan was defined mainly in two stages: first, applying weights to the different ecological and socio/cultural characteristics; secondly, arranging them through a set of GIS spatial analysis tools using a patch-corridor-matrix model approach. The final outcome is a lean network of ecological value hubs, connected to a set of socio-cultural value assets through a network of water bodies, intrinsic forestry characteristics and wildlife mobility in the area. This was followed in order to connect, facilitate and improve mobility and energy flow in Yesan.

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Multifunctionality and biodiversity: Ecosystem services in temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, USA

Cited by 66 publications

References 63 publications

Shades of grey challenge practical application of the cultural ecosystem services concept

Shades of grey challenge practical application of the cultural ecosystem services concept

Building on Two Decades of Ecosystem Management and Biodiversity Conservation under the Northwest Forest Plan, USA

Socio-Cultural Asset Integration for a Green Infrastructure Network Plan in Yesan County, Korea

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