Review of ecosystem service assessments: Pathways for policy integration in Southeast Asia

Dang, Anh Nguyet; Jackson, Bethanna; Benavidez, Rubianca; Tomscha, Stephanie A.

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101266

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“…A burgeoning research literature demonstrates the substantial economic value of biocontrol services in production landscapes, particularly those provided by flying vertebrates such as insectivorous birds and bats 4 – 6 . Biocontrol services are thus not surprisingly calling to enter into regional policy and planning agendas, just like other biodiversity-mediated ecosystem services 7 – 10 . Yet, we still lack rigorous approaches for evaluating landscape correlates of biocontrol services provided by vertebrates to better inform land-use and management decisions.…”

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A food web approach reveals the vulnerability of biocontrol services by birds and bats to landscape modification at regional scale

Herrera

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Jiménez‐Navarro

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Pest control services provided by naturally occurring species (the so-called biocontrol services) are widely recognized to provide key incentives for biodiversity conservation. This is particularly relevant for vertebrate-mediated biocontrol services as many vertebrate species are of conservation concern, with most of their decline associated to landscape modification for agricultural purposes. Yet, we still lack rigorous approaches evaluating landscape-level correlates of biocontrol potential by vertebrates over broad spatial extents to better inform land-use and management decisions. We performed a spatially-explicit interaction-based assessment of potential biocontrol services in Portugal, using 1853 pairwise trophic interactions between 78 flying vertebrate species (birds and bats) and 53 insect pests associated to two widespread and economically valuable crops in the Euro-Mediterranean region, olive groves (Olea europaea subsp. europaea) and vineyards (Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera). The study area was framed using 1004 square cells, each 10 × 10 km in size. Potential biocontrol services were determined at all those 10 × 10 km grid-cells in which each crop was present as the proportion of the realized out of all potential pairwise interactions between vertebrates and pests. Landscape correlates of biocontrol potential were also explored. Our work suggests that both birds and bats can effectively provide biocontrol services in olive groves and vineyards as they prey many insect pest species associated to both crops. Moreover, it demonstrates that these potential services are impacted by landscape-scale features and that this impact is consistent when evaluated over broad spatial extents. Thus, biocontrol potential by vertebrates significantly increases with increasing amount of natural area, while decreases with increasing area devoted to target crops, particularly olive groves. Overall, our study highlights the suitability of our interaction-based approach to perform spatially-explicit assessments of potential biocontrol services by vertebrates at local spatial scales and suggest its utility for integrating biodiversity and ecosystem services in conservation planning over broad spatial extents.

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A food web approach reveals the vulnerability of biocontrol services by birds and bats to landscape modification at regional scale

Herrera

Silva

Jiménez‐Navarro

et al. 2021

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“…The inclusion of ecosystem services could represent the base approach for promoting landscape evolution to guaranty the well-being of humans with a societal, ecological, and economic transformation orientated to a sustainable and desirable future [35][36][37][38]. To better support the regeneration processes of the landscape, more evidence-based assessments with trade-off analyses and policy validations have to be developed with the help of ecosystem services modeling, improving locally detailed information [39][40][41].…”

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How Ecosystem Services Can Strengthen the Regeneration Policies for Monumental Olive Groves Destroyed by Xylella fastidiosa Bacterium in a Peri-Urban Area

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The Apulian Region (Italy) is a socio-ecological system shaped by the millennial co-evolution between human actions and ecological processes. It is characterized by monumental olive groves protected from Regional Law 14/2007 for the cultural value of the landscape, currently threatened by the spread of a devastating phytopathogen, the bacteria Xylella fastidiosa. The aim of this paper is to apply landscape resilience analysis focusing on ecosystem services to understand the potential effects and trade-offs of regeneration policies in a peri-urban area characterized by monumental olive groves land cover. The study involved land-cover and land-use analysis, supported by a survey on the inhabitants and an ecosystem services analysis. The results showed a mismatch between the agroecosystem and the social and economic use linked to leisure or hospitality. The study area was defined as a peri-urban landscape characterized by tourist use. From the interviews of the users, the cultural heritage of olive groves seems linked to the presence of olive trees like a status quo of the landscape and olive oil productions. The culture aspect could thus be preserved by changing the type of olive trees. In addition, the analysis showed that the microclimate could be preserved and enhanced in terms of air temperature and thermal comfort, by replacing the olive trees with varieties resistant to Xylella, such as cv. Leccino. Therefore, regeneration policies that promote replacing dead olive groves with new olive trees could be efficient to stimulate social components of the landscape and improve the resilience of ecosystem services in peri-urban areas in the interest of the cultural heritage of the users and benefits that they provide. An ecosystem services analysis at a local scale could be a strategy for an integrated regenerate approach between land-use and land-cover with social, ecological, and economic evolutions vision orientated to a sustainable and desirable future.

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“…Therefore, environmental issues are only considered administrative arrangements and sanctions in the form of warnings, coercion, suspension or revocation of permits as regulated in Law No. 32 of 2009 concerning Environmental Protection and Management [9].…”

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Ecocides as a Serious Human Rights Violation: A Study on the Case of River Pollution by the Palm Oil Industry in Indonesia

Setiyono¹,

Natalis²

2021

IJSDP

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This study aims to analyse ecocides as a gross violation of human rights through a case study of river pollution conducted by palm oil companies in Indonesia. This article is methodologically distinctive from doctrinal legal research, primarily through a literature review. There are three main reasons for incorporating environmental concerns as an extraordinary crime of ecocide into serious human rights violations, especially those committed by several palm oil companies in Indonesia, namely: The quality of the Environment is the essence of human life that complements human dignity; environmental concerns and crimes in the tradition of extraordinary crimes are a response to the inability of national and even international environmental laws; and ensure restitution, rehabilitation and compensation to all victims of ecocide crime.

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Review of ecosystem service assessments: Pathways for policy integration in Southeast Asia

Cited by 52 publications

References 91 publications

A food web approach reveals the vulnerability of biocontrol services by birds and bats to landscape modification at regional scale

A food web approach reveals the vulnerability of biocontrol services by birds and bats to landscape modification at regional scale

How Ecosystem Services Can Strengthen the Regeneration Policies for Monumental Olive Groves Destroyed by Xylella fastidiosa Bacterium in a Peri-Urban Area

Ecocides as a Serious Human Rights Violation: A Study on the Case of River Pollution by the Palm Oil Industry in Indonesia

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