Protected areas as elicitors of human well-being in a developed region: A new synthetic (socioeconomic) approach

Bonet‐García, Francisco J.; Pérez‐Luque, Antonio J.; Moreno-Llorca, Ricardo; Pérez-Pérez, Ramón; Puerta‐Piñero, Carolina; Zamora, Regino

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.04.027

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“…16.9). These results agree with those found for an analysis performed at the regional scale, where the increment in well-being was higher for municipalities in protected areas than outside of them (Bonet-García et al 2015). This indicates that protected areas, in addition to acting as instruments for the conservation of biodiversity and ecological processes, generate ecosystem services valuables for human populations.…”

Section: Socioeconomic Responses To Global Changesupporting

confidence: 82%

Monitoring Global Change in High Mountains

Zamora

Pérez‐Luque

Bonet

2017

High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World

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Long-term ecological research provides essential information to understand the complex dynamics of natural systems. In a global change scenario, high mountains represent an exceptional ecology field lab for long-term research and monitoring, offering an enormous mosaic of ecological conditions existing along mountain slopes. Mountains ecosystems also constitute invaluable observatories of the atmosphere and all the aspects related to climate, atmospheric particle deposition, pollutants, greenhouse gases, or the transport of resistant biological forms. Mountains are sensors for early detection of change. In the Sierra Nevada LTER site (southern Spain), we have been implementing a long-term monitoring programme taking advantage of the high altitude and geographical position of this Mediterranean mountain. We have identified the main expected impacts in the context of global change and analysed the biophysical and socioeconomic data available to assess exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity of ecosystems to future scenarios. The study incorporates a retrospective of past human management of land use, to understand the current state of conservation of the ecosystems and make plausible forecasts on its response to future scenarios. The results show the following: (1) an ancestral human footprint on the ecosystems of Sierra Nevada, particularly evident during the 20th century; (2) a moderate climate warming, with reduction and increased variability in precipitation, as well as a consequent reduction in snow-cover duration during the last few decades; (3) significant changes in biophysical characteristics of rivers and mountain lakes; and (4) shifts in the distribution and phenology of many species of plants and animals along elevation gradients.

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Section: Socioeconomic Responses To Global Changesupporting

confidence: 82%

Monitoring Global Change in High Mountains

Zamora

Pérez‐Luque

Bonet

2017

High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World

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“…Most EU citizens live close to Natura 2000 sites (Figure 1), which receive 1.2-2.2 billion visitor days per year yielding annual recreational benefits worth €5-9 billion (ten Brink et al 2011), suggesting that they can "contribute to health, livelihoods and well-being." In one region of Spain, increases in human well-being between 1989 and 2009 were significantly higher within Natura 2000 sites than outside (Bonet-García et al 2015).…”

Section: Aichi Target 14-ecosystem Servicesmentioning

confidence: 93%

The Contributions of the EU Nature Directives to the CBD and Other Multilateral Environmental Agreements

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“…Changes in land use and climate also had direct consequences for human populations and socioeconomic activities, as the mountain economy in the Sierra Nevada has drastically changed during the last decades (Bonet‐García et al. ).…”

Section: Global Change Impact In Sierra Nevada: Initial Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%