Soil ecosystem services and land use in the rapidly changing Orinoco River Basin of Colombia

Soil degradation has been associated with a lack of adequate consideration of soil ecosystem services. We demonstrate a broadly applicable method for mapping changes in the supply of two priority soil ecosystem services to support decisions about sustainable land-use configurations. We used a landscape-scale study area of 302 km2in northern Victoria, south-eastern Australia, which has been cleared for intensive agriculture. Indicators representing priority soil services (soil carbon sequestration and soil water storage) were quantified and mapped under both a current and a future 25-year land-use scenario (the latter including a greater diversity of land uses and increased perennial crops and irrigation). We combined diverse methods, including soil analysis using mid-infrared spectroscopy, soil biophysical modelling, and geostatistical interpolation. Our analysis suggests that the future land-use scenario would increase the landscape-level supply of both services over 25 years. Soil organic carbon content and water storage to 30 cm depth were predicted to increase by about 11% and 22%, respectively. Our service maps revealed the locations of hotspots, as well as potential trade-offs in service supply under new land-use configurations. The study highlights the need to consider diverse land uses in sustainable management of soil services in changing agricultural landscapes.

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History of land-use intensity can modify the relationship between functional complexity of the soil fauna and soil ecosystem services – A microcosm study

Applied Soil Ecology ◽

10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.12.009 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 55 ◽

pp. 53-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

M. Liiri ◽

M. Häsä ◽

J. Haimi ◽

H. Setälä

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Soil Fauna ◽

Land Use Intensity ◽

Soil Ecosystem ◽

Microcosm Study ◽

Soil Ecosystem Services ◽

History Of ◽

Functional Complexity ◽

The Relationship

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Morphospecies Abundance of Above-Ground Invertebrates in Agricultural Systems under Glyphosate and Microplastics in South-Eastern Mexico

Environments ◽

10.3390/environments8110130 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (11) ◽

pp. 130

Author(s):

Edilberto Hernández-Gutiérrez ◽

Jaime Rendón-von Rendón-von Osten ◽

Griselda Escalona-Segura ◽

Jorge Mendoza-Vega ◽

Ricardo Dzul-Caamal ◽

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Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Farming Systems ◽

Soil Invertebrates ◽

Agricultural Systems ◽

Soil Ecosystem ◽

Plastic Mulch ◽

Main Metabolite ◽

Aminomethylphosphonic Acid ◽

Soil Ecosystem Services

Soil invertebrates are important for diverse soil ecosystem services, which are jeopardized by pesticides and microplastics. In the present study, we aimed to assess above-ground invertebrates’ morphospecies abundance in the presence of glyphosate (GLY), its main metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), and microplastics (MPs). Three land-use systems were analyzed: agricultural systems with and without plastic mulch and pesticides (AwPM, AwoPM) and natural unmanaged farming systems (UF). Soil GLY, AMPA, MP concentrations and above-ground invertebrates were quantified. GLY concentrations were also assessed inside invertebrate tissues. GLY, AMPA and the highest concentration of GLY in invertebrates’ tissue were found only in AwoPM at 0.14–0.45 mg kg−1, 0.12–0.94 mg kg−1 and 0.03–0.26 mg kg−1, respectively. MPs were present as follows: AwPM system (100%, 400–2000 particles kg−1) > AwoPM (70.8%, 200–1000 particles kg−1) > UF (37.5%, 200–400 particles kg−1). No significant correlations were found between soil MPs, GLY and AMPA. There was a significant correlation between MPs and morphospecies from the order Entomobrymorpha (Collembola, R = 0.61, p < 0.05). Limnophila, Mesogastropoda (Gastropoda) and Siphonaptera morphospecies were only present in the UF system. GLY in invertebrate tissue was inversely correlated with soil GLY (R = −0.73, p < 0.05) and AMPA (R = −0.59, p < 0.05). Further investigations are required to understand these phenomena.

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Institutional Economics of Agricultural Soil Ecosystem Services

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10072447 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. 2447 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Bartosz Bartkowski ◽

Bernd Hansjürgens ◽

Stefan Möckel ◽

Stephan Bartke

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Property Rights ◽

Agricultural Soil ◽

Institutional Economics ◽

Agricultural Soils ◽

Legal Issue ◽

Soil Ecosystem ◽

Soil Ecosystem Services ◽

The Eu

Who owns the soils? What seems to be a straightforward legal issue actually opens up a debate about the ecosystem services that can be derived from soils and the distribution of benefits and responsibilities for sustaining functioning and healthy soils. In particular, agricultural land use may be constrained by a lack of properly defined property rights. Using the new institutional economics perspective, we show that multifunctionality of soils and an attribute-based property rights perspective substantiate the intuition that land property implies special obligations towards the common good. The concept of ecosystem services can illustrate the variety of beneficiaries of multifaceted soil ecosystem services. This allows identification of reasons for unsustainable soil management that result from imperfections in the definition of property rights. We suggest implications for improved governance of agricultural soils using two case studies in the EU context: the EU Common Agricultural Policy and the use of planning instruments to steer agricultural soil use in Germany. Thus, we contribute to achieving the societal goals of more sustainable land use by detecting causes of shortcomings in current land regulation and by suggesting governance approaches to support a more sustainable management of agricultural soils.

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Agroforestry systems in the Colombian Amazon improve the provision of soil ecosystem services

Applied Soil Ecology ◽

10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.103933 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 164 ◽

pp. 103933

Author(s):

Leonardo Rodriguez ◽

Juan Carlos Suárez ◽

Mirjam Pulleman ◽

Lised Guaca ◽

Adrian Rico ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ecosystem Services ◽

Agroforestry Systems ◽

Soil Ecosystem ◽

Soil Ecosystem Services ◽

Colombian Amazon

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Spatial Pattern Analysis of a Water-Related Ecosystem Service and Evaluation of the Grassland-Carrying Capacity of the Heihe River Basin under Land Use Change

Water ◽

10.3390/w13192658 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (19) ◽

pp. 2658

Author(s):

Rui Luo ◽

Shiliang Yang ◽

Yang Zhou ◽

Pengqun Gao ◽

Tianming Zhang

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Land Use Change ◽

River Basin ◽

Carrying Capacity ◽

Animal Husbandry ◽

Heihe River Basin ◽

Heihe River ◽

The Impact ◽

The Heihe River Basin

A key challenge to the sustainability and security of grassland capacity is the protection of water-related ecosystem services (WESs). With the change of land use, the supply of aquatic ecosystem services has changed, and the grassland-carrying capacity has been affected. However, the correlation mechanism between WESs and the grassland-carrying capacity is not clear. In this study, we used the InVEST(Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) model to evaluate the impact of land-use change on WESs, and made a tradeoff analysis between WESs and grassland-carrying capacity. Considering that the Heihe River Basin (HRB) was an important grassland vegetation zone, which was a milestone for the development of animal husbandry in China, HRB was taken as a case. The main findings are as follows: (1) the spatial distribution of WESs shows the dissimilation rule, the upper reaches are the main water yield area, the soil retention is weakening in the middle and lower reaches, and the pollution has further increased in the middle and upper reaches. (2) The carrying capacity of animal husbandry decreased in the upper reaches, increased in Shandan County and Zhangye City in the middle reaches, and decreased sharply in other regions. (3) There was a positive correlation between the livestock-carrying capacity and nitrogen export in 2018, which was increasing. As the change of land use has changed the evapotranspiration structure, WESs have undergone irreversible changes. Meanwhile, the development of large-scale irrigated farmland and human activities would be the source of a further intensification of regional soil erosion and water pollution. Therefore, it is necessary to trade off the WESs and animal husbandry under land-use change. This paper revealed how WESs changed from 2000 to 2018, the characteristics of the changes in the spatial and temporal distribution, and the carrying capacity. It aims to provide a scientific basis for coordinating the contradiction between grassland and livestock resources, improving the regional ecological security situation, and carrying out ecosystem management.

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