Key landscape features in the provision of ecosystem services : insights for management
Schmidt, Katja and Martín-López, Berta and Phillips, Peter M. and Julius, Eike and Makan, Neville and Walz, Ariane (2019) Key landscape features in the provision of ecosystem services : insights for management. Land Use Policy, 82. pp. 353-366. ISSN 0264-8377 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.12.022)
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Abstract
Whereas ecosystem service research is increasingly being promoted in science and policy, the utilisation of ecosystem services knowledge remains largely underexplored for regional ecosystem management. To overcome the mere generation of knowledge and contribute to decision-making, scientists are facing the challenge of articulating specific implications of the ecosystem service approach for practical land use management. In this contribution, we compare the results of participatory mapping of ecosystem services with the existing management plan for the Pentland Hills Regional Park (Scotland, UK) to inform its future management plan. By conducting participatory mapping in a workshop with key stakeholders (n = 20), we identify hotspots of ecosystem services and the landscape features underpinning such hotspots. We then analyse to what extent these landscape features are the focus of the current management plan. We found a clear mismatch between the key landscape features underpinning the provision of ecosystem services and the management strategy suggested. Our findings allow for a better understanding of the required focus of future land use management to account for ecosystem services.
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Item type: Article ID code: 69050 Dates: DateEvent31 March 2019Published22 December 2018Published Online11 December 2018AcceptedSubjects: Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > Environmental engineering
Social Sciences > Industries. Land use. LaborDepartment: Faculty of Engineering > Civil and Environmental Engineering Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 26 Jul 2019 09:01 Last modified: 19 Nov 2024 19:24 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/69050