scholarly journals Capacity of Zlatitsa Municipality (Western Bulgaria) to provide ecosystem services

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-19
Author(s):  
Borislav GRIGOROV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Service Capacity ◽  
Corine Land Cover ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
Case Study Area ◽  
Cultural Service ◽  
Grade Scale

The present research aims at estimating the capacity of the ecosystems in Zlatitsa Municipality to provide certain types of ecosystem services. The case study area is located in the western parts of Bulgaria, and it is a part of Sofia Province. The basis of the study is the CORINE Land Cover (CLC) classification (2018) upon which the Maes typology has been built. Fourteen (14) CLC Classes were distinguished in Zlatitsa Municipality, as well as five (5) ecosystem types. The capacity of the latter to provide ecosystem services was evaluated, based on a six-grade scale. The results of the study include maps of the provisioning, regulating, and cultural service capacity of the area, as well as an overall map of all of them. The research outcomes provided successful results, focusing on the importance of the provision of ecosystem services. They can be applied as a framework for similar studies in the neighboring municipalities.

Variations in the Landscape Along the High-Speed Rail Route

2022 ◽  
pp. 44-62
Author(s):  
José Cabezas ◽  
José Manuel Naranjo ◽  
Francisco Jesús Moral ◽  
Patricia Bratos
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Transport System ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Transport Activity ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
Corine Land Cover ◽  
Land Cover Data ◽  
Linear Infrastructures

The development carried out in the last decades is degrading the ecosystems, damaging the existing biodiversity. One of the elements that is having the most impact on the deterioration of natural areas is the construction of transport infrastructures, among which are high-speed routes. These linear infrastructures are contributing to the deterioration of biodiversity enclaves, which contribute to providing highly relevant ecosystem services. Among these deteriorations are the processes of fragmentation and alteration of the landscape. This chapter analyses a situation that occurs in Spanish territory related to high-speed railways. This transport system began in Spain on the occasion of the Universal Exhibition of Seville 1992. By this transport activity, the changes suffered in the landscape are calculated and analysed through Corine land cover data since its inception until the last report of 2018.

scholarly journals The Use of Geographic Databases for Analyzing Changes in Land Cover—A Case Study of the Region of Warmia and Mazury in Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 358
Author(s):  
Iwona Cieślak ◽  
Andrzej Biłozor ◽  
Anna Źróbek-Sokolnik ◽  
Marek Zagroba
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Landscape Fragmentation ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Corine Land Cover ◽  
Land Cover Data ◽  
Land Use Types ◽  
Over Time

This article analyzes the applicability of spatial data for evaluating and monitoring changes in land use and their impact on the local landscape. The Coordination of Information on the Environment (CORINE) Land Cover database was used to develop a procedure and an indicator for analyzing changes in land cover, and the continuity of different land use types. Changes in land use types were evaluated based on land cover data. The results were analyzed over time to track changes in the evaluated region. The studied area was the Region of Warmia and Mazury in Poland. The preservation of homogeneous land cover plays a particularly important role in areas characterized by high natural value and an abundance of forests and water bodies. The study revealed considerable changes in land cover and landscape fragmentation in the analyzed region.

scholarly journals An Ecosystem Services Valuation Research Framework for Policy Integration in Developing Countries: A Case Study from Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 8250
Author(s):  
Ram Prasad Acharya ◽  
Tek Narayan Maraseni ◽  
Geoff Cockfield
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Policy Integration ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
Forest Ecosystem Services ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
High Investment ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Limited Application

Forest ecosystem services (ES) valuation research has increased exponentially in recent years, and scholars accept that such research could be useful in reshaping governments’ policies. Despite such scholarly efforts, the research outcomes have had limited application in actual policies and plans. This study explores reasons why ES valuation research recommendations are not reflected in policy processes and proposes a research framework which, when appropriately applied, would lead to the adoption of research findings. Literature review, semi-structured expert interviews (N = 29), and a workshop (N = 2), were used to achieve these objectives. Experts expressed that limited stakeholder engagement is the key factor hindering incorporation of ES research outcomes in policies and plans. We developed a framework that comprises four major components (inputs, actors, outcomes, impacts) and sets out the seven major steps involved in implementing this framework. Effective engagement of relevant stakeholders in each step is critical to integrate the ES research outcomes in policy and plans although this will demand a lengthy timeframe and a high investment requirement. Such engagement would create an environment of trust that enhances the acceptability of research outcomes among stakeholders. The acceptability of the research outcomes can increase ownership leading to more informed decision making, and ultimately yield desired outcomes in ES conservation.

scholarly journals Evolution of Land Cover and Ecosystem Services in the Frame of Pastoral Functional Categories: A Case Study in Swedish Lapland

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 390
Author(s):  
Romain Courault ◽  
Marianne Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Landscape Composition ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Glacier Melting

Ecosystem services (ES) are a key-component for sustainable management of human–environment systems, particularly in polar environments where effects of global changes are stronger. Taking local knowledge into account allows the valuation of ES experienced by stakeholders. It is the case for reindeer herders in Scandinavia, the ungulate being a keystone specie for subarctic socio-ecosystems. We adapt the ecosystem services assessment (ESA) proposed in Finland to the case study of the Gabna herders’ community (Sweden), considering its cultural, geographical, and dynamic specificities. We used Saami ecological categories over the land-use categories of the CORINE Land Cover (CLC). We reassessed ES at the scale of the Gabna community and its seasonal pastures. We studied their evolution over 2000–2018, using CLC maps and Change CLC maps. Integration of Saami ecological categories in the classification of land cover did not substantially change the land cover distributions. However, ES were greater in Saami land use compared to other CLC categories. Cultural services were higher for summer and interseasonal pastures, dedicated to the reindeer reproduction, suggesting interactions between provisioning and cultural ES. Land cover changes are mostly represented by intensive forestry (5% of winter pastures) impeding reindeer grazing activity, while other seasonal pasture landscape composition stayed comparable along time. Consequently, forest activity, and in a lesser extent glacier melting and urbanization are the main drivers of the temporal evolution of ES. In the frame of pastoral landscapes conservation, the use of local terminologies opens perspectives for a holistic approach in environmental science. It raises the importance of local stakeholders as co-researchers in nature conservation studies.

Impacts of land use and land cover change on the interactions among multiple soil-dependent ecosystem services (case study: Jiroft plain, Iran)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Adelisardou ◽  
Hamid Reza Jafari ◽  
Bahram Malekmohammadi ◽  
Tatiana Minkina ◽  
Wenwu Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Land Cover Change
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