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Yuan L, Geng M, Li F, Xie Y, Tian T, Chen Q. Spatiotemporal characteristics and drivers of ecosystem service interactions in the Dongting Lake Basin. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 926:172012. [PMID: 38552968 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2024] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Uncovering the spatiotemporal features of ecosystem services (ESs) and their intricate interrelations in large lake basins can facilitate the development of scientific management measures for various ESs. Previous studies have focused less on watershed units and their historical dynamics, and the ecosystem service (ES) driving mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we focused on Hunan Province-the main coverage area of the Dongting Lake Basin (China's second largest freshwater lake), investigated the spatiotemporal characteristics of seven typical ESs and their interactions, identified the ecosystem service bundle (ESB) historical spatial patterns and revealed the socio-ecological driving mechanisms of these ES changes. Results showed that: (1) the spatial distribution of most ESs remained stable in the basin. Food production (FP), water yield (WY), soil conservation (SC) and net primary productivity (NPP) improved over time, whereas nitrogen retention (NR), habitat quality (HQ) and outdoor recreation (OR) declined; (2) tradeoffs were observed between food production and most ESs, whereas synergistic relationships between all ESs except food production. The tradeoff relationship between food production and water yield increased significantly over time, while the synergistic relationship between water yield and nitrogen retention decreased significantly; (3) five ecosystem service bundles were identified. And the transformation of soil conservation area into integrated ecological regulation area mainly occurred from 2000 to 2020, resulting in an increase in the function of ecological regulation services; (4) natural conditions such as precipitation, topography and vegetation, as well as socio-economic factors such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and population, were key factors affecting ESs. The interactions among most of these drivers can further elucidate the ES changes. Our results emphasize the need for a watershed-based assessment and a historical dynamic perspective in the sustainable management of ESs.
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- Lige Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, Hunan, China; Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, Hunan, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, Hunan, China; Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, Hunan, China; Technology Innovation Center for Ecological Conservation and Restoration in Dongting Lake Basin, Ministry of Natural Resources, Changsha 410000, Hunan, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, Hunan, China; Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, Hunan, China; Technology Innovation Center for Ecological Conservation and Restoration in Dongting Lake Basin, Ministry of Natural Resources, Changsha 410000, Hunan, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, Hunan, China; Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, Hunan, China; Technology Innovation Center for Ecological Conservation and Restoration in Dongting Lake Basin, Ministry of Natural Resources, Changsha 410000, Hunan, China
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- Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, Hunan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, Hunan, China; Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, Hunan, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Cusens J, Barraclough AD, Måren IE. Integration matters: Combining socio-cultural and biophysical methods for mapping ecosystem service bundles. AMBIO 2023; 52:1004-1021. [PMID: 36780097 PMCID: PMC10160285 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-023-01830-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Ecosystem services (ESs) play an important role in sustainable landscape management. People value ESs in diverse ways encompassing social and ecological domains and we need to bring these different values together. We used social-cultural and biophysical methods to map a diverse set of ESs at two spatial scales in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Norway. The ESs bundled into three distinct social-ecological system archetypes which were similar in their distribution and relative ES values at both spatial scales. The bundles were also well matched to relative ESs values of the Biosphere Reserve zones (core, buffer, and transition) indicating that the bundles capture the social-ecological systems of the zones. We argue that it is important to consider the social-ecological context of the zones to provide sufficient knowledge to inform management. Our work has the capacity to contribute to sustainable land management that takes biocultural values into consideration.
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- Jarrod Cusens
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Thormøhlens Gate 53A, 5006, Bergen, Norway.
- Centre for Sustainable Area Management (CeSAM), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Thormøhlens Gate 53A, 5006, Bergen, Norway
- Centre for Sustainable Area Management (CeSAM), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Heritage and Environmental Management, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Thormøhlens Gate 53A, 5006, Bergen, Norway
- Centre for Sustainable Area Management (CeSAM), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Heritage and Environmental Management, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Yan X, Li X, Liu C, Li J, Zhong J. Scales and Historical Evolution: Methods to Reveal the Relationships between Ecosystem Service Bundles and Socio-Ecological Drivers-A Case Study of Dalian City, China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph191811766. [PMID: 36142040 PMCID: PMC9517224 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191811766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Ecosystem service (ES) bundles can be defined as the temporal and spatial co-occurrence of ESs. ES bundles are jointly driven by socio-ecological factors and form at different scales. However, in recent research, a few studies have analyzed the dynamic evolution and driving mechanisms of ES bundles at different scales. Therefore, this study explored the spatial patterns of six ESs supplied in Dalian (China) from 2005 to 2015 at three spatial scales, determining the distribution and evolution patterns of ES bundles and their responses to socio-ecological driving factors. Our results are as follows: (1) We identified four ES bundles representing ecological conservation, water conservation, ecological depletion, and food supply. The developmental trajectory of each ES bundle could be attributed to the combined effects of environmental conditions and urban expansion. In particular, the water conservation bundle and food supply bundle were changed to the ecological depletion bundle. Given the ongoing urbanization, the conflict between ESs has intensified. (2) The impact of socio-ecological driving factors on ES bundles vary with scale. At three spatial scales, the digital elevation model (DEM) and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) had a great impact on ES bundles. Urbanization indicators also strongly explain the spatial distribution of ES bundles at the county and grid scales. The interaction factor detector shows that there is no combination of mutual weakening, indicating that the formation of ES bundles is driven by multiple factors in Dalian. Overall, this study used a more holistic approach to manage the ecosystem by studying the temporal-spatial dynamics of the multiple ESs.
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- Xiaolu Yan
- Center of Marine Economy and Sustainable Development, Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry Education, Dalian 116029, China
- University Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Economy High-Quality Development of Liaoning Province, Dalian 116029, China
- Institute of Marine Sustainable Development, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- Center of Marine Economy and Sustainable Development, Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry Education, Dalian 116029, China
- University Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Economy High-Quality Development of Liaoning Province, Dalian 116029, China
- Institute of Marine Sustainable Development, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- Center of Marine Economy and Sustainable Development, Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry Education, Dalian 116029, China
- University Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Economy High-Quality Development of Liaoning Province, Dalian 116029, China
- Institute of Marine Sustainable Development, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- Faculty of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116029, China
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- Center of Marine Economy and Sustainable Development, Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry Education, Dalian 116029, China
- University Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Economy High-Quality Development of Liaoning Province, Dalian 116029, China
- Institute of Marine Sustainable Development, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China
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Cusens J, Barraclough AMD, Måren IE. Participatory mapping reveals biocultural and nature values in the shared landscape of a Nordic UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. PEOPLE AND NATURE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Jarrod Cusens
- Department of Biological Sciences University of Bergen Bergen Norway
- Centre for Sustainable Area Management (CeSAM) University of Bergen Bergen Norway
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Bergen Bergen Norway
- Centre for Sustainable Area Management (CeSAM) University of Bergen Bergen Norway
- UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Heritage and Environmental Management University of Bergen Bergen Norway
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Bergen Bergen Norway
- Centre for Sustainable Area Management (CeSAM) University of Bergen Bergen Norway
- UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Heritage and Environmental Management University of Bergen Bergen Norway
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Ecosystem Services for Planning: A Generic Recommendation or a Real Framework? Insights from a Literature Review. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su13126595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Recently, the concept of Ecosystem Services (ESs) has undergone a process of mainstreaming. It has been promoted in multiple policy documents and investigated in a growing number of studies addressing the functioning, assessment and management of ESs. Despite a general recommendation to integrate ESs into planning processes, this step remains highly critical yet far from complete. This paper explores the feasibility of the recommended uses of ESs for planning purposes by examining the needs of planners and decision-makers. A systematic literature review was conducted analysing different studies to overcome the limited adoption of ESs in planning verifying their operationalisation for planning practices. The paper classifies different purpose(s) assigned to ESs supporting the planning process. The results show that few experiments have adopted a step-by-step procedure facilitating the integration of ESs into planning and highlighting their added value in each phase of the planning process. In these cases, an ES-based Green Infrastructure has allowed for their integration into planning, also adopting a multi-scale spatial dimension. More practical experiments on how a planning process works are needed to operationalise the ESs concept for planning purposes, also reinforcing the role of the Strategic Environmental Assessment that is still marginal.
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