DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105943
论文题名: Mapping and analysing cultural ecosystem services in conflict areas
作者: Santarém F. ; Saarinen J. ; Brito J.C.
刊名: Ecological Indicators
ISSN: 1470160X
出版年: 2020
卷: 110 语种: 英语
英文关键词: Constraints
; Cultural services
; Deserts
; Drylands
; Ecotourism
; Ecotourism attractions
; Mapping ecosystem services
; Sahara
; Sahel
; Sustainable Development Goals
Scopus关键词: Arid regions
; Biodiversity
; Landforms
; Mapping
; Planning
; Sustainable development
; Constraints
; Cultural services
; Deserts
; Dry land
; Eco-tourisms
; Ecosystem services
; Sahara
; Sahel
; Ecosystems
; anthropogenic effect
; biodiversity
; desert
; disturbance
; ecosystem service
; ecotourism
; environmental change
; environmental degradation
; heritage tourism
; mapping method
; natural resource
; policy making
; strategic approach
; sustainable development
; tourist attraction
; United Nations
; Sahara
; Sahel [Sub-Saharan Africa]
英文摘要: Human-mediated global environmental change threatens ecosystem services worldwide. Detailed cultural ecosystem services mapping is crucial to counteract ecosystem degradation, but such mapping exercises have been confined to small-scale analyses in developed countries. Additionally, disturbances constraining the supply of cultural ecosystem services transboundary have never been mapped, which hampers the accurate management of ecosystems, particularly in underdeveloped countries affected by human conflicts. The Sahara-Sahel ecoregions of Africa represent an excellent model to map the distribution of transboundary attractions and constraints to cultural ecosystem services due to the many conflicts affecting its drylands. We mapped and analysed the supply of cultural ecosystem services in the Sahara-Sahel, using a multicriteria approach that includes transboundary attractions and constraints playing at broader scales. We wanted to understand where are located the hotspots of cultural ecosystem services and which regions displaying the highest levels of attractions may be simultaneously threatened by constraint features. Overall, 35.4% of the study area displays high (27.9%) to very high (7.5%) levels of attractions to cultural ecosystem services supply, while 8.6% of the area displays high (7.5%) to very high (1.1%) levels of constraints that limit the usufruct of these services in the region. Our findings showed that the main mountains and wetlands of the region are supplying high levels of cultural ecosystem services but are threatened in some parts of their range by transboundary constraints. Some country-borders displayed a high concentration of constraints impacting desert biodiversity and human communities. This highlights the urgency of policymakers to reinforce transboundary strategic actions to halt the ongoing destruction of natural resources in the region. The developed approach is scalable and replicable in any ecosystem, including in those located in data-scarce regions. Including constraints to ecosystem services supply is paramount to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/158981
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作者单位: CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade do Porto, R. Padre Armando Quintas, Vairão, 4485-661, Portugal; Departamento de Biologia da Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto. Rua Campo Alegre, Porto, 4169-007, Portugal; Geography Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Recommended Citation:
Santarém F.,Saarinen J.,Brito J.C.. Mapping and analysing cultural ecosystem services in conflict areas[J]. Ecological Indicators,2020-01-01,110