scholarly journals Multi-Objective Optimization of the Spatial Structure and Layout of the Protected Area Based on Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of the Yellow River’s Headwaters Region in the Three-River-Source National Park

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
LIU Menghao ◽  
XI Jianchao
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
National Park ◽  
Multi Objective Optimization ◽  
Allocation Model ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Land Use Allocation

The optimization of the spatial structure and layout is to determine an optimal and cost-effective land-use allocation plan for protected areas. The key goal is to maximizing the value of ecosystem services. This paper establishes a framework for optimizing the spatial structure and layout of the protected area based on ecosystem services. With the objective of maximizing the value of ecosystem services, it uses the CoMOLA (Constrained Multi-objective Optimization of Land-use Allocation) model for multi-objective optimization under the constraints of area and conversion rules. Taking the Yellow River’s headwaters region in the Three-River-Source (Sanjiangyuan) National Park as the study area, this paper uses the data of the year 2015 as a benchmark, and obtains the optimization results of the study area by 2035. The results show that the total value of ecosystem services of the Yellow River’s headwaters region after optimization will reach RMB [Formula: see text], with a total increase of RMB [Formula: see text] (8.47%). The land covers that contribute most to the value of ecosystem services are rivers, lakes and wetlands (51.55%), and grasslands (40.71%). Among the various types of ecosystem services, the value of provisioning services will increase by RMB [Formula: see text], regulating services by RMB [Formula: see text], supporting services by RMB [Formula: see text], and cultural services by RMB [Formula: see text]. The research results can provide a scientific basis for the spatial optimization of protected areas and the management of national parks.

Spatial Multi-Objective Optimization Approach for Land Use Allocation Using NSGA-II

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 906-916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehran Shaygan ◽  
Abbas Alimohammadi ◽  
Ali Mansourian ◽  
Zohreh Shams Govara ◽  
S. Mostapha Kalami
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Multi Objective Optimization ◽  
Nsga Ii ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Land Use Allocation

Constraints in multi-objective optimization of land use allocation – Repair or penalize?

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 241-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Strauch ◽  
Anna F. Cord ◽  
Carola Pätzold ◽  
Sven Lautenbach ◽  
Andrea Kaim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Multi Objective Optimization ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Land Use Allocation

Marine Protected Areas

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth De Santo
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
National Park ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The United States ◽  
Coastal Protection ◽  
Ecological Objectives

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a key tool in ecosystem-based management, implementing a spatial approach to biodiversity conservation in the oceans. While the use of protected areas to conserve and/or protect resources has a long history, including centuries of royal hunting areas and traditionally managed areas, the modern conceptualization of protected areas dates to the late 19th century, with the designation of Yellowstone National Park in the United States in 1872. The first similar formally protected area with a marine component was the Royal National Park MPA in New South Wales, Australia, in 1879, although it also included a terrestrial component, as do many MPAs in coastal areas. The land/sea interface poses a challenge to delineating between terrestrial and marine parks, adding to a complex jurisdictional and legal landscape. Consequently, it is helpful to categorize MPAs based on the broad definition for protected areas offered by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature): a clearly defined geographical space, recognized, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. As evidenced in this definition, discussions surrounding MPAs have become more amenable to soft-law approaches and/or less formal legal designations, and they are also increasingly tied to the concept of ecosystem services (i.e., protecting systems that in turn provide people with services that would be costly to otherwise reproduce, such as the coastal protection provided by mangroves and coral reefs). Of course, there are also strong arguments for protecting nature for its own intrinsic value, as well as the value it holds for non-human species. In order to fully understand the promise and efficacy of MPAs, it is necessary to examine their legal basis, their effectiveness as tools, how they can work together as networks to achieve ecological objectives, and how the global community is using protected area targets and large-scale MPAs to maximize coverage. However, it is also important to consider the socioeconomic dimensions of MPAs, as these often lead to problems with their success, including concerns with equity and justice and how well they are governed. Looking forward, future work in the field of MPAs includes ensuring they are achieving their ecological objectives, by ensuring enough areas are closed to all extractive uses, and developing a regime for designating them in areas beyond national jurisdiction, on the high seas.

scholarly journals Urban Land-Use Allocation By A Cell-based Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithm

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 163-186
Author(s):  
Jamshid Maleki ◽  
Farshad Hakimpour ◽  
Zohreh Masoumi ◽  
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◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Multi Objective Optimization ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Land Use Allocation ◽  
A Cell

scholarly journals Assessment of cultural-historical and other ecosystem values of Djerdap National Park

2022 ◽  
pp. 4-4
Author(s):  
Milica Dobričić ◽  
Goran Sekulić ◽  
Boško Josimović
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
National Park ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Participatory Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
The Republic

This paper points out the importance of assessing the cultural-historical and other ecosystem values of protected areas, on the example of applying protected areas benefit assessment tool (PA-BAT). This method has so far been applied in seven Dinaric Arc countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania and Serbia) in south-eastern Europe, as well as other countries of the world (Colombia, Turkey, Myanmar, USA and Ethiopia), with the aim of helping to gather information on the values and benefits of individual protected areas in relation to ecosystem services, using a participatory approach. On the example of the Djerdap National Park(in the Republic of Serbia), the results of the application of the PA-BAT method are given, that is, the results of the assessment of 22 ecosystem values with special reference to cultural and historical values as one of the ecosystem services of this protected area, as well as the results of previously conducted assessments of the ecosystem values of this area. The aim of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding and promotion of the application of the concept of ecosystem services in the preservation of culturalhistorical and other ecosystem values by applying PA-BAT evaluation methods.

scholarly journals Land Use and Access in Protected Areas: A Hunter’s View of Flexibility

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 481
Author(s):  
Ayonghe Akonwi Nebasifu ◽  
Ngoindong Majory Atong
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
National Park ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Local People ◽  
Cultural Resilience ◽  
Mount Cameroon ◽  
Customary Practices

Anthropologists sometimes ask what flexible practices mean when used in instances of land use and access among protected area regimes which control the land and the indigenous or local people who claim rights to the land. In the Mount Cameroon National Park (MCNP), West Africa, this question comes with urgency because of the historical disputes associated with defining access and user-rights to land within this park. In this case, we present an ethnographic study using a transect walk with a native Bakweri hunter to map and analyze his opinions about land use and access into the park. The findings show that, despite State prohibitions for this park, customary practices still occur for mutual reasons, whereas, in situations of disputes, other practices continue on the land unnoticed. We conclude that this flexibility is indicative of reciprocal negotiations and cultural resilience that preserve not only the biodiversity of the park but also the culturally relevant needs of people.

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