Ecosystem services in Patagonia : a multi-criteria approach for an integrated assessment / Pablo L. Peri, Guillermo Martínez Pastur and Laura Nahuelhual (editors).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pastur, Guillermo Martínez, editor.

Nahuelhual, Laura, editor.

Peri, Pablo L., 1966- editor.

Series:

Natural and Social Sciences of Patagonia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Applied ecology.

Conservation biology.

Biotic communities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (499 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]

Summary:

This book aims to quantify and discuss how societies have directly and indirectly benefited from ecosystem services in Patagonia; not only in terms of provisioning and cultural services, but also regulating and supporting services.Patagonia, a region that stretches across two countries (ca.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Chapter 1: Ecosystem Services as a Tool for Decision-Making in Patagonia

1 The Patagonia Region

2 An Ecosystem Service-Based Framework for the Sustainable Management of the Natural Ecosystems of Patagonia

3 Importance of Ecosystem Service Assessments for Better Natural Resources and Environmental Decision-Making

References

Chapter 2: Assessment of Provisioning Ecosystem Services in Terrestrial Ecosystems of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

1 Introduction

2 Study Case in Santa Cruz Province

2.1 Study Area

2.2 Materials and Methods

2.2.1 Provisioning Ecosystem Services Map

2.2.2 Potential Biodiversity Map

2.2.3 Landscape Analyses

2.3 Results and Discussion

2.3.1 Provisioning Ecosystem Services Map

2.3.2 Provisioning Ecosystem Services and Potential Biodiversity Map: Identification of Conservation Areas of Interest

3 Challenges in the Land-Use Management for Provisioning Ecosystem Services

Chapter 3: Grazing Management and Provision of Ecosystem Services in Patagonian Arid Rangelands

2 Domestic Grazing-Induced Degradation: A Rule?

3 Grazing Management in Patagonian Rangelands and Ecosystem Services Supply

3.1 Stocking Rate Management in Grass-Shrub Steppes

3.1.1 Plant Aboveground Net Primary Productivity (ANPP, Supporting Service)

3.1.2 Forage Supply (Provisioning Service)

3.1.3 C and N Storage (Regulating Service)

3.1.4 Plant Diversity (Biodiversity)

3.1.5 Ecological Mechanisms: Trade-Offs and Synergies

3.1.6 Stocking Rate Adjustment (Grazing Pressure Management)

3.2 Grazing Pressure Management in Grass Steppes and Semi-deserts (Aridity Influence)

3.3 Grazing-Rest Management

3.4 Management of the Spatial Distribution of Herbivores and the Heterogeneous Grazing Impacts.

4 Public Policies to Improve the Provision of Ecosystem Services from Patagonian Arid Rangelands

5 Concluding Remarks

Chapter 4: Synergies and Trade-Offs Among Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in Different Forest Types Inside and Off-Reserve in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

2 Study Area

3 Provision of Different Ecosystem Services at Landscape Level

4 Potential Biodiversity for Nothofagus Forested Landscapes

5 Provision of Ecosystem Services in Nothofagus Forested Landscapes and Protected Natural Areas

6 Synergies and Potential Trade-Offs Among the Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in Nothofagus Forested Landscapes

7 Recommendations for Management and Conservation Planning: The Potential Use of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity Concepts in Nothofagus Forested Landscapes

Chapter 5: Shrubland Management in Northwestern Patagonia: An Evaluation of Its Short-Term Effects on Multiple Ecosystem Services

1 Shrublands as Bioenergy and Ecosystem Services Suppliers

2 Origin, Composition, and Dynamics of Shrublands of Northwestern Patagonia

3 Current Shrubland Land Use

4 Experimental Setup for Firewood Production in Shrublands Without Livestock

5 Provisioning ES and Economic Valuation

6 Potential Trade-Offs Between Firewood Production, Biodiversity, and Other ES

6.1 Biodiversity

6.2 Fire Protection ES

6.3 Soil Formation ES

7 Integrating Multiple Dimensions

8 Guidelines and Recommendations

Chapter 6: Silvopastoral Systems in Northern Argentine-Chilean Andean Patagonia: Ecosystem Services Provision in a Complex Territory

2 Silvopastoral Systems in Andean North Patagonia of Argentina and Chile

3 Conceptual Framework of the Socio-ecosystem

4 External Drivers of Change.

5 Ecosystem Services in Silvopastoral Systems of Andean North Patagonia

6 Main Local Drivers and Knowledge Gaps

7 Recommendations for Decision-Making Based on the Sustainability of Silvopastoral Systems

Bibliography

Chapter 7: Ecosystem Services Values of the Northwestern Patagonian Natural Grasslands

1 The Ecological-Socioeconomic or the Food Value of the Natural Ecosystems

2 Ecosystem Services Categories (MA, TEEB, and CICES) for Natural Grasslands at Northern Patagonia

3 The Aesthetic Values of the Natural Grasslands

4 The Grasslands ES Associated to Soils, Drivers, and Processes

5 Proposals for Land Use Planning and Grasslands Management in Northwest Patagonia

Chapter 8: The Ecosystem Services Provided by Peatlands in Patagonia

2 Peatlands Features and Distribution in Patagonia

3 Ecosystem Services of Peatlands in Patagonia

3.1 Provisioning Services

3.1.1 Peat and Fiber Provision

3.1.2 Livestock Support

3.1.3 Water Supply

Water Provision in Wintertime

3.2 Regulating and Maintaining Services

3.2.1 Flood Control

3.2.2 Erosion Control Rates and Sediment Transport

3.2.3 Regulation of Climate Change Through the Control of Carbon Cycle

The Peatland Carbon Store. How Much Carbon is Stored in Patagonian Peatlands?

Peatlands as a Carbon Sink: The Current Carbon Balance

Gas Fluxes Between Peatlands Surface and Atmosphere

GHG Flux in Patagonia

Dissolved and Particulate Organic Matter

3.2.4 Maintaining Habitats

3.3 Cultural Services

3.3.1 Physical and Experiential Interactions with Natural Environments

3.3.2 Intellectual and Representative Interactions: Peatland as Data Archive for Scientific Investigation

4 Conclusions

Chapter 9: Restoration for Provision of Ecosystem Services in Patagonia-Aysén, Chile.

1 Introduction

2 Restoring the Provision of ES: Where to Start?

2.1 Defining Target Restoration Areas and Criteria: A Case of Study in Southern Chile

2.2 Assessing the Ecological Suitability and the Social Feasibility of Restoration

2.3 Generating Suitability and Feasibility Maps

2.4 Identifying Priority Areas for Forest Restoration

3 How to Monitor Restoration Activities? Quantifying Ecosystem Services

3.1 Methodologies Available: How to Quantify?

3.1.1 Timber

3.1.2 Carbon Sequestration

3.1.3 Freshwater

3.1.4 Soils

3.1.5 Recreational and Tourism

3.2 Experiences of Provision Quantification on Ecosystem in Aysén Region

Chapter 10: The North American Beaver Invasion and the Impact Over the Ecosystem Services in the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago

1 The Beaver Issue in Tierra del Fuego Archipelago and the Associated Impacts

2 Beaver Habitat Suitability and the Ecosystem Services

3 Ecosystem Services Approach as a New Tool to Understand the Beaver Issue in Tierra del Fuego

4 Is it Possible to Decrease the Trade-Offs of the Beaver Impact? Recommendations for Policy Makers

Chapter 11: Social Links for a Nexus Approach from an Ecosystem Services Perspective in Central-East Patagonia

1 Systemic Approaches: Nexus and Ecosystem Services

2 Methods

2.1 The Methodological Approach: Social Network Analysis

2.2 The Social-Ecological System: Comarca VIRCH-Valdés

3 Results and Discussion

3.1 Natural Nexus

3.2 Social Links

3.3 Insights to Improve Partnership for Nexus Approach

4 Concluding Remarks

Chapter 12: Salmon Farming: Is It Possible to Relate Its Impact to the Waste Remediation Ecosystem Service?

2 Conceptual Approaches to Relate Salmon Farm Impact and the ES of Waste Remediation

3 Methodology.

4 Results

5 Discussion

Chapter 13: Using the Ecosystem Services Approach to Understand the Distributional Effects of Marine Protected Areas in the Chilean Patagonia

2 The MPA-MU Seno Almirantazgo

3 Interview Design and Application to Assess Social Actors' Perceptions

4 Identification and Prioritization of Ecosystem Services and Benefits by Social Actors

5 Level of Dependence on Ecosystem Services and Benefits

6 Perceived Access Barriers Generated by the MPA-MU

7 Approaching Perceptions and Removing Barriers for a Just Governance

Chapter 14: Sociocultural Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Southern Patagonia, Argentina

2 Study Area and Methodology

2.1 Survey Design

2.2 Identification and Valuation of Important and Vulnerable ES

2.3 Local Perceptions of Wellbeing

2.4 Connectedness to Nature

3 Results

3.1 Identification and Valuation of Important and Vulnerable ES

3.2 Local Perceptions of Wellbeing

3.3 Connectedness to Nature

4 Discussion

5 Recommendations for Policy Makers

Chapter 15: Looking Beyond Ecosystem Services Supply: Co-production and Access Barriers in Marine Ecosystems of the Chilean Patagonia

2 Methods and Data

2.2 Framework of Analysis to Explore Mechanisms of Appropriation, Co-production, and Access to Ecosystem Services Benefits

2.3 Assessment of Ecosystem Services Supply

2.4 Benefit Assessment

2.5 Co-production and Access to Ecosystem Services

3.1 Ecosystem Service Supply Areas

3.2 Benefit Assessment

3.2.1 Beneficiaries in the Magallanes Region (Local Beneficiaries)

3.2.2 External Beneficiaries

3.3 Co-production Mechanisms

3.4 Access Mechanisms Acting as Barriers to Capture ES Benefits.

4 Discussion and Recommendations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

3-030-69166-7

OCLC:

1250090354