Predicting land-use change for biodiversity conservation and climate-change mitigation and its effect on ecosystem services in a watershed in Japan

Shoyama, Kikuko; Yamagata, Yoshiki

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.02.004

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“…The relative water volume in a given landscape affects the quality of life in the area [25]. Consequently, changes in the landscape that affect the annual average water yield can increase or decrease land productivity.…”

Section: Water Yieldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing Land Use Change and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services in Northern Thailand

2016

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Ecosystem services are highly vulnerable to a number of impacts due to the complex effects of human use of natural resources and subsequent land use change. Assessment of the impact of change in land use with respect to ecosystem services is necessary in order to implement appropriate land uses that enhance ecosystem services. This study analysed the impact of change in land use on ecosystem services using the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model to map and quantify a set of ecosystem services, namely sediment retention, water yield, carbon stock, and habitat quality, in northern Thailand, which has experienced substantial policy induced land use change. The study also assessed the changes in land use from 1989 to 2013 and their impact on overall ecosystem services using GIS. Increased rubber plantation cultivation and built-up areas resulting in reduced forest cover were the major changes found in land use in the area. The results of the study show a general decrease in ecosystem services for the study period in the watershed, in particular, a negative impact on ecosystem services was observed in agricultural areas. The study findings on spatial and temporal distribution of ecosystem services can help guide the development of appropriate land use options to enhance ecosystem services.

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Section: Water Yieldmentioning

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Assessing Land Use Change and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services in Northern Thailand

2016

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“…Examples of this comprise e.g., groundwater aquifers or habitats for ranging animals. It is usually considered rational to manage ES within ecological entities, defined by ecological reasoned borders, such as watersheds or confined habitat areas (Mills et al, 2010;Shoyama and Yamagata, 2014). This often collides with the fact that environmental governance and management act through legal or administrative bodies that are confined to areas that do not follow natural boundaries, such as nation states or regions (Blomquist and Schlager, 2005).…”

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Does cadastral division of area-based ecosystem services obstruct comprehensive management?

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“…For example, converting natural vegetation types to monoculture plantations to capture greenhouse gas emissions may conflict with biodiversity conservation needs [10]. Therefore, studies looking at the synergies between biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation are important to support decision making by policy makers [11].…”

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Integrating climate change and land use impacts to explore forest conservation policy

Choe¹,

Thorne²

2017

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A scenario-based approach to the impacts of land use and climate change can help in identifying future policy directions. This study models the impacts of different land use and climate change scenarios on the forest ecosystems of South Korea to identify national-scale forest policy options. Climatically suitable forest areas for 1,031 climate vulnerable plant species were identified for current time and for 2050. We calculated change in species richness under four climate projections. We built forest conversion models and created four 2050 forest scenarios: (1) forest loss continues at current rates; (2) similar loss, but with conservation in areas with suitable future climates; (3) a reduction of loss by 50%; and (4) a combination of preservation and overall reduction of loss by 50%. We then crossed the forest conversion models with the climate-driven change in species richness, and categorized current forest areas into four classes to offer forest policy alternatives. By deploying the scenarios which preserve climatically suitable forests, the average species richness where forests converting to other land uses reduced significantly. We suggest conserving forests with suitable climates for biodiversity conservation and the establishment of forest plantations targeted to areas where species richness will decline based on our results.

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Predicting land-use change for biodiversity conservation and climate-change mitigation and its effect on ecosystem services in a watershed in Japan

Cited by 64 publications

References 27 publications

Assessing Land Use Change and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services in Northern Thailand

Assessing Land Use Change and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services in Northern Thailand

Does cadastral division of area-based ecosystem services obstruct comprehensive management?

Integrating climate change and land use impacts to explore forest conservation policy

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