scholarly journals Going Beyond the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: An Index System of Human Dependence on Ecosystem Services

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. e64581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wu Yang ◽  
Thomas Dietz ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Junyan Luo ◽  
Jianguo Liu
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Index System ◽  
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ◽  
Ecosystem Assessment

scholarly journals Calculating Cultural Ecosystem Services as part of Greenspace Management?

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Jocelyn M. Gavitt ◽  
Richard C. Smardon
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Services ◽  
Cultural Services ◽  
Ecosystem Assessment ◽  
Upstate New York ◽  
The Us ◽  
Water Based ◽  
Science And Education

Lake related greenspace provides many benefits to residents and visitors, which often get unnoticed. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Project (2005) proposed the valuation of ecosystem services, defined as regulatory, provisional, ecosystem support, providing cultural services from natural resources, free of charge. The challenge here is: How can we use cultural ecosystem services derived from scenic landscapes for Greenspace management and assessment? Cultural ecosystem services received international recognition as part of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Project (2005). Also, ecosystems services encompass regulatory, provisional and ecosystem support. For this article, we are particularly concerned with cultural services, which include recreation, science and education, spiritual/historical as well as aesthetic functions. De Groot (2002) and Farber (2006) provided descriptions of cultural Ecosystem services. De Groot (2002) describes Information functions as comprising of; aesthetic information, recreation, cultural-artistic information and spiritual/historical information. Farber (2005) description of cultural services includes; aesthetic, recreation, science/education, and spiritual/historical functions. This article examines the existing literature with the objective of assessing ecosystem cultural services related to water-based scenic landscape resources and applies it to an Upstate New York lake landscape. Careful accounting of greenspace ecosystem services is presented as applied to lakeshore residents, village residents and town/watershed residents and other lake greenspace users utilizing the US Environmental Protection Agency’s user benefit calculations to yield over 10.6 million dollars of benefits per year (Smardon 2018).

scholarly journals Science for managing ecosystem services: Beyond the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

2009 ◽  
Vol 106 (5) ◽  
pp. 1305-1312 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. Carpenter ◽  
H. A. Mooney ◽  
J. Agard ◽  
D. Capistrano ◽  
R. S. DeFries ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ◽  
Ecosystem Assessment

scholarly journals Measuring conditions and trends in ecosystem services at multiple scales: the Southern African Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (SA f MA) experience

2005 ◽  
Vol 360 (1454) ◽  
pp. 425-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.S van Jaarsveld ◽  
R Biggs ◽  
R.J Scholes ◽  
E Bohensky ◽  
B Reyers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Irrigated Agriculture ◽  
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ◽  
Fuel Wood ◽  
Ecosystem Assessment ◽  
Extinction Rates ◽  
Land Use Decisions ◽  
High Infant Mortality

The Southern African Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (SA f MA) evaluated the relationships between ecosystem services and human well-being at multiple scales, ranging from local through to sub-continental. Trends in ecosystem services (fresh water, food, fuel-wood, cultural and biodiversity) over the period 1990–2000 were mixed across scales. Freshwater resources appear strained across the continent with large numbers of people not securing adequate supplies, especially of good quality water. This translates to high infant mortality patterns across the region. In some areas, the use of water resources for irrigated agriculture and urban–industrial expansion is taking place at considerable cost to the quality and quantity of freshwater available to ecosystems and for domestic use. Staple cereal production across the region has increased but was outstripped by population growth while protein malnutrition is on the rise. The much-anticipated wood-fuel crisis on the subcontinent has not materialized but some areas are experiencing shortages while numerous others remain vulnerable. Cultural benefits of biodiversity are considerable, though hard to quantify or track over time. Biodiversity resources remain at reasonable levels, but are declining faster than reflected in species extinction rates and appear highly sensitive to land-use decisions. The SA f MA sub-global assessment provided an opportunity to experiment with innovative ways to assess ecosystem services including the use of supply–demand surfaces, service sources and sink areas, priority areas for service provision, service ‘hotspots’ and trade-off assessments.

scholarly journals Assessing Ecosystem Services in Mangroves: Insights from São Tomé Island (Central Africa)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filipa Afonso ◽  
Pedro M. Félix ◽  
Paula Chainho ◽  
Joshua A. Heumüller ◽  
Ricardo F. de Lima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
High Variability ◽  
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ◽  
Ecosystem Assessment ◽  
Human Wellbeing ◽  
Coastal Systems ◽  
Management Plans

Mangroves are some of the most productive coastal systems on the planet and provide valuable ecosystem services (ES). They are especially important in threatened ecosystems and developing countries, where they are likely to have direct impacts on local communities. An approach based on ES allows assessing ecosystems across the domains of ecology, sociology and economy. This study focused on the evaluation of ES in mangroves and started by creating a comprehensive global list of mangrove ES based on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. These services were then quantified using the best available indicators for mangrove systems. The mangroves of Diogo Nunes, São João dos Angolares and Malanza, located in the São Tomé Island, were used to illustrate the challenges in applying ES indicators in this type of ecosystems. The obtained results confirmed that mangroves can provide important and diverse services. However, the high variability among mangrove systems affects their ability to deliver ES, requiring caution for the extrapolation across regions. This assessment emphasizes how the ES framework can be used as a tool to develop management plans that integrate conservation goals and human wellbeing.

scholarly journals Ecosystem Services: The Key to Human Well-Being

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 480
Author(s):  
Alessandro Paletto ◽  
Sara Favargiotti
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Ecosystem Assessment

Since the publication of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), the global interest for “ecosystem services” has rapidly grown in scientific studies and policy makers’ agenda [...]

scholarly journals Going Beyond the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: An Index System of Human Well-Being

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. e64582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wu Yang ◽  
Thomas Dietz ◽  
Daniel Boyd Kramer ◽  
Xiaodong Chen ◽  
Jianguo Liu
Keyword(s):  
Index System ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ◽  
Ecosystem Assessment

scholarly journals Cultural Ecosystem Services of Geodiversity: A Case Study from Stránská skála (Brno, Czech Republic)

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucie Kubalíková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Services ◽  
Natural Heritage ◽  
Ecosystem Assessment ◽  
Limestone Cliff

The concept of ecosystem services developed in the second half of the 20th century, and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment was crucial for its acceptance. This assessment identified the services that ecosystems provide to society, but geodiversity (as an indispensable component of ecosystems) was somewhat underestimated. At present, geodiversity is intensively used by human society and it provides numerous services including cultural as a resource for tourism, recreation, as a part of natural heritage, and to satisfy matters of spiritual importance. The main purpose of this paper is to present the geocultural issues of Stránská skála (a limestone cliff with caves and an anthropogenic underground) in Brno (Czech Republic) and to evaluate the cultural ecosystem services of geodiversity by using the abiotic ecosystem services approach. This assessment of cultural ecosystem services of the Stránská skála enables the identification and description of the functions and services which are provided by geodiversity and confirms the high cultural and geoheritage value of the site.

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