| Title: |
Valuation of ecosystem services to inform management of multiple-use landscapes |
| Authors: |
Ma, S; Duggan, JM; Eichelberger, BA; McNally, BW; Foster, JR; Pepi, E; Conte, MN; Daily, GC; Ziv, G |
| Publisher Information: |
Elsevier |
| Publication Year: |
2016 |
| Subject Terms: |
envir; scipo |
| Description: |
Public agencies worldwide are increasingly adopting an ecosystem service framework to manage lands serving multiple uses. Yet, reliable, practical, and well-tailored methods remain a major limitation in moving from conceptual to actionable approaches. Together with one of the largest federal land managing agencies, we co-develop and co-demonstrate an ecosystem services approach tailored to specific decisions, through a process with potentially widespread relevance. With the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), we focus on balancing military training with biodiversity and resource conservation under both budgetary and land-use pressures at a representative installation. In an iterative process of co-design and application, we define, map, and quantify multiple ecosystem services under realistic management options. Resource management budget emerges as a major determinant of the degree to which managers can sustain both necessary training environments – a DoD-specific ecosystem service – and a prairie ecosystem with species of conservation concern. We also found clear tradeoffs between training intensity and forest-related services. Our co-developed approach brings otherwise hidden values and tradeoffs to the fore in a balanced way that can help public agencies safeguard priority services under potentially conflicting uses and budget limitations. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/97079/1/Valuation%20of%20ecosystem%20services%20to%20inform%20management%20of%20multiple-use%20landscapes.pdf; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/97079/ |
| Availability: |
https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/97079/1/Valuation%20of%20ecosystem%20services%20to%20inform%20management%20of%20multiple-use%20landscapes.pdf; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/97079/ |
| Rights: |
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| Accession Number: |
edsbas.F2D603FA |
| Database: |
BASE |