Land use-based participatory assessment of ecosystem services for ecological restoration in village tank cascade systems of Sri Lanka
Village Tank Cascade System (VTCS) landscapes in the dry zone of Sri Lanka provide multiple ecosystem services (ESs) and benefits to local communities, sustaining the productivity of their land use systems (LUSs). However, there is a lack of adequate scientific research on the ESs of LUSs, despite t...
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| author | Ratnayake, Sujith S. Khan, Azeem Reid, Michael Dharmasena, Punchi B. Hunter, Danny Kumar, Lalit Herath, Keminda Kogo, Benjamin Kadupitiya, Harsha K. Dammalage, Thilantha Kariyawasam, Champika S. |
| author_browse | Dammalage, Thilantha Dharmasena, Punchi B. Herath, Keminda Hunter, Danny Kadupitiya, Harsha K. Kariyawasam, Champika S. Khan, Azeem Kogo, Benjamin Kumar, Lalit Ratnayake, Sujith S. Reid, Michael |
| author_facet | Ratnayake, Sujith S. Khan, Azeem Reid, Michael Dharmasena, Punchi B. Hunter, Danny Kumar, Lalit Herath, Keminda Kogo, Benjamin Kadupitiya, Harsha K. Dammalage, Thilantha Kariyawasam, Champika S. |
| author_sort | Ratnayake, Sujith S. |
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| description | Village Tank Cascade System (VTCS) landscapes in the dry zone of Sri Lanka provide multiple ecosystem services (ESs) and benefits to local communities, sustaining the productivity of their land use systems (LUSs). However, there is a lack of adequate scientific research on the ESs of LUSs, despite the recent land use changes that have greatly impacted the provisioning of ESs. Collection of baseline ESs data is a pre-requisite for decision making on ESs-based ecological restoration and management of the VTCS. Thus, this study aimed at assessing ESs of the Mahakanumulla VTCS (MVTCS) located in the Anuradhapura district of Sri Lanka by using a participatory approach involving the integration of local knowledge, expert judgements and LUSs attribute data to assess the ESs. The methodology was designed to integrate the biodiversity and land degradation status of LUSs in a way that is directly linked with the supply of ESs. The study identified twenty-four ESs of the MVTCS based on community perceptions. The identified ESs were assessed as a function of LUSs to develop an ecosystem service supply (ESS) and demand (ESD) matrix model. The results reveal that the current overall ESD for regulating and supporting ESs is higher than the ESS capacity of MVTCS. The assessment also revealed that land degradation and biodiversity deterioration reduce the capacity to provide ESs. Downstream LUSs of the meso-catchment were found to be more vulnerable to degradation and insufficient to provide ESs. Further, the study established that ESs in the MVTCS are generated through direct species-based and biophysical-based providers. In addition, it emerged that social and cultural engagements also played an important role in association with both providers to generate certain types of ESs. Therefore, it can be concluded that VTCS ecological restoration depends on the extent to which integrated effort addresses the levels of ecological complexity, as well as the social engagement of communities and stakeholders. The results of this study provide a scientific basis that can inform future land use decision making and practices that are applicable to successful ESs-based ecological restoration and management of the VTCSs in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1209472025-12-08T10:29:22Z Land use-based participatory assessment of ecosystem services for ecological restoration in village tank cascade systems of Sri Lanka Ratnayake, Sujith S. Khan, Azeem Reid, Michael Dharmasena, Punchi B. Hunter, Danny Kumar, Lalit Herath, Keminda Kogo, Benjamin Kadupitiya, Harsha K. Dammalage, Thilantha Kariyawasam, Champika S. ecosystem services environmental restoration land use participatory research servicios de los ecosistemas restauración medioambiental utilización de la tierra Village Tank Cascade System (VTCS) landscapes in the dry zone of Sri Lanka provide multiple ecosystem services (ESs) and benefits to local communities, sustaining the productivity of their land use systems (LUSs). However, there is a lack of adequate scientific research on the ESs of LUSs, despite the recent land use changes that have greatly impacted the provisioning of ESs. Collection of baseline ESs data is a pre-requisite for decision making on ESs-based ecological restoration and management of the VTCS. Thus, this study aimed at assessing ESs of the Mahakanumulla VTCS (MVTCS) located in the Anuradhapura district of Sri Lanka by using a participatory approach involving the integration of local knowledge, expert judgements and LUSs attribute data to assess the ESs. The methodology was designed to integrate the biodiversity and land degradation status of LUSs in a way that is directly linked with the supply of ESs. The study identified twenty-four ESs of the MVTCS based on community perceptions. The identified ESs were assessed as a function of LUSs to develop an ecosystem service supply (ESS) and demand (ESD) matrix model. The results reveal that the current overall ESD for regulating and supporting ESs is higher than the ESS capacity of MVTCS. The assessment also revealed that land degradation and biodiversity deterioration reduce the capacity to provide ESs. Downstream LUSs of the meso-catchment were found to be more vulnerable to degradation and insufficient to provide ESs. Further, the study established that ESs in the MVTCS are generated through direct species-based and biophysical-based providers. In addition, it emerged that social and cultural engagements also played an important role in association with both providers to generate certain types of ESs. Therefore, it can be concluded that VTCS ecological restoration depends on the extent to which integrated effort addresses the levels of ecological complexity, as well as the social engagement of communities and stakeholders. The results of this study provide a scientific basis that can inform future land use decision making and practices that are applicable to successful ESs-based ecological restoration and management of the VTCSs in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. 2022-08-16 2022-08-26T08:37:25Z 2022-08-26T08:37:25Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120947 en Open Access application/pdf MDPI Ratnayake, S.S.; Khan, A.; Reid, M.; Dharmasena, P.B.; Hunter, D.; Kumar, L.; Herath, K.; Kogo, B.; Kadupitiya, H.K.; Dammalage, T.; Kariyawasam, C.S. (2022) Land use-based participatory assessment of ecosystem services for ecological restoration in village tank cascade systems of Sri Lanka. Sustainability 14(16): 10180. 21 p. ISSN: 2071-1050 |
| spellingShingle | ecosystem services environmental restoration land use participatory research servicios de los ecosistemas restauración medioambiental utilización de la tierra Ratnayake, Sujith S. Khan, Azeem Reid, Michael Dharmasena, Punchi B. Hunter, Danny Kumar, Lalit Herath, Keminda Kogo, Benjamin Kadupitiya, Harsha K. Dammalage, Thilantha Kariyawasam, Champika S. Land use-based participatory assessment of ecosystem services for ecological restoration in village tank cascade systems of Sri Lanka |
| title | Land use-based participatory assessment of ecosystem services for ecological restoration in village tank cascade systems of Sri Lanka |
| title_full | Land use-based participatory assessment of ecosystem services for ecological restoration in village tank cascade systems of Sri Lanka |
| title_fullStr | Land use-based participatory assessment of ecosystem services for ecological restoration in village tank cascade systems of Sri Lanka |
| title_full_unstemmed | Land use-based participatory assessment of ecosystem services for ecological restoration in village tank cascade systems of Sri Lanka |
| title_short | Land use-based participatory assessment of ecosystem services for ecological restoration in village tank cascade systems of Sri Lanka |
| title_sort | land use based participatory assessment of ecosystem services for ecological restoration in village tank cascade systems of sri lanka |
| topic | ecosystem services environmental restoration land use participatory research servicios de los ecosistemas restauración medioambiental utilización de la tierra |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120947 |
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