The multifunctional benefits of restoring degraded landscapes: Lessons from Ethiopia
Integrated implementation of various land management options is the key for successful land restoration programs. Integrated sustainable land management practices could improve land restoration success and enhance multiple ecosystem services generated by the landscape. Implementation of land and wat...
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| author | Mulatu, Kalkidan A. Tamene, Lulseged Abera, Wuletawu Kassa, Habtemariam Ayalew, Workneh |
| author_browse | Abera, Wuletawu Ayalew, Workneh Kassa, Habtemariam Mulatu, Kalkidan A. Tamene, Lulseged |
| author_facet | Mulatu, Kalkidan A. Tamene, Lulseged Abera, Wuletawu Kassa, Habtemariam Ayalew, Workneh |
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| description | Integrated implementation of various land management options is the key for successful
land restoration programs. Integrated sustainable land management practices could improve land
restoration success and enhance multiple ecosystem services generated by the landscape.
Implementation of land and water management options at landscape level can cause tradeoffs due to
conflicting land uses and varying needs of land users. It is thus essential to assess the climate-
smartness of those landscapes in order to sustain the benefits associated with the management
practices. We used various in-situ data, empirical and the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem
Services and Trade-offs models to assess the multifunctionality of landscapes and evaluate the
associated benefits enjoyed in selected landscapes of Ethiopia. We employed a climate smartness
landscape index to determine the climate-smartness of those landscapes by integrating
multifunctional services provided by the landscapes due to the various interventions. We obtained a
positive change in multiple ecosystem services due to land restoration efforts in four watersheds in
Ethiopia. The result is substantiated by both modelling results and in-situ observation data. Even
though the land management activities conducted in the study watersheds broughted a positive
impacts, the optimal scenario shows that there are still opportunities to further enhance the
magnitude and multifunctionalities of ecosystem services that would be obtained in the optimal land
management scenario. All watersheds analyzed in this study showed climate smartness at the
landscape level, with some level of difference among them. Gudoberet and Aba Gerima watersheds
showed more climate smartness than the Anjeni and Debre Mewi. The study shows that
investigating the multiple functions of more than five ecosystem services can be designated as
multifunctional landscapes. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1683432025-12-08T09:54:28Z The multifunctional benefits of restoring degraded landscapes: Lessons from Ethiopia Mulatu, Kalkidan A. Tamene, Lulseged Abera, Wuletawu Kassa, Habtemariam Ayalew, Workneh ecosystem services land degradation land restoration landscape conservation environmental modelling Integrated implementation of various land management options is the key for successful land restoration programs. Integrated sustainable land management practices could improve land restoration success and enhance multiple ecosystem services generated by the landscape. Implementation of land and water management options at landscape level can cause tradeoffs due to conflicting land uses and varying needs of land users. It is thus essential to assess the climate- smartness of those landscapes in order to sustain the benefits associated with the management practices. We used various in-situ data, empirical and the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs models to assess the multifunctionality of landscapes and evaluate the associated benefits enjoyed in selected landscapes of Ethiopia. We employed a climate smartness landscape index to determine the climate-smartness of those landscapes by integrating multifunctional services provided by the landscapes due to the various interventions. We obtained a positive change in multiple ecosystem services due to land restoration efforts in four watersheds in Ethiopia. The result is substantiated by both modelling results and in-situ observation data. Even though the land management activities conducted in the study watersheds broughted a positive impacts, the optimal scenario shows that there are still opportunities to further enhance the magnitude and multifunctionalities of ecosystem services that would be obtained in the optimal land management scenario. All watersheds analyzed in this study showed climate smartness at the landscape level, with some level of difference among them. Gudoberet and Aba Gerima watersheds showed more climate smartness than the Anjeni and Debre Mewi. The study shows that investigating the multiple functions of more than five ecosystem services can be designated as multifunctional landscapes. 2024-06-28 2024-12-26T04:53:28Z 2024-12-26T04:53:28Z Presentation https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168343 en Open Access application/pdf Mulatu, K.A.; Tamene, L.; Abera, W.; Kassa, H.; Ayalew, W. (2024) The multifunctional benefits of restoring degraded landscapes: Lessons from Ethiopia. 16 sl. |
| spellingShingle | ecosystem services land degradation land restoration landscape conservation environmental modelling Mulatu, Kalkidan A. Tamene, Lulseged Abera, Wuletawu Kassa, Habtemariam Ayalew, Workneh The multifunctional benefits of restoring degraded landscapes: Lessons from Ethiopia |
| title | The multifunctional benefits of restoring degraded landscapes: Lessons from Ethiopia |
| title_full | The multifunctional benefits of restoring degraded landscapes: Lessons from Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | The multifunctional benefits of restoring degraded landscapes: Lessons from Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The multifunctional benefits of restoring degraded landscapes: Lessons from Ethiopia |
| title_short | The multifunctional benefits of restoring degraded landscapes: Lessons from Ethiopia |
| title_sort | multifunctional benefits of restoring degraded landscapes lessons from ethiopia |
| topic | ecosystem services land degradation land restoration landscape conservation environmental modelling |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168343 |
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