Provisioning ecosystem services supply and demand: the role of landscape management to reinforce supply and promote synergies with other ecosystem services
The global economy and international trade allow regions to have a higher ecosystems services demand than the services provided by their own ecosystems; this leads to a supply and demand provisioning ES scale mismatch, which may affect the provision of other ES. This study aims to identify ways to b...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad del País Vasco |
| Repository: | Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/64649 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/64649 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | ecosystem services scale mismatch ecological footprint land use policy Basque Country |
| Summary: | The global economy and international trade allow regions to have a higher ecosystems services demand than the services provided by their own ecosystems; this leads to a supply and demand provisioning ES scale mismatch, which may affect the provision of other ES. This study aims to identify ways to balance the supply and demand of ecosystems through sustainable land use. The study is focused on the provisioning ecosystem services in Biscay and their relationship with the ecological footprint of the area. The study concludes that to replace the current monoculture forest plantations to a multi-functional landscape will strengthen food security and improve biodiversity and essential ecosystem services. Reducing the ecological footprint at a local scale will contribute to a reduced demand on global ecosystem services. As such, maximising a mosaic approach to local land use will help to improve the provision of ecosystem services and therefore contribute to a reduction in the global ecological footprint. |
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