Mapping Ecosystem Conservation Priority Based on Social Assessment, a Tool to Assist Land Use Planning

The lack of planning regarding the spatial location and extent of different anthropogenic activities (such as agricultural production, biodiversity conservation, tourism, and urbanization) results in unsustainable land use and occupancy. Unplanned land use change threatens the supply of ecosystem se...

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Autores principales: Ahumada, María Luján, Cavallero, Laura, Easdale, Marcos Horacio, Tittonell, Pablo Adrian, Lopez, Dardo Ruben
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/20933
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ldr.5391
https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.5391
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author Ahumada, María Luján
Cavallero, Laura
Easdale, Marcos Horacio
Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
Lopez, Dardo Ruben
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Cavallero, Laura
Easdale, Marcos Horacio
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Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
Lopez, Dardo Ruben
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description The lack of planning regarding the spatial location and extent of different anthropogenic activities (such as agricultural production, biodiversity conservation, tourism, and urbanization) results in unsustainable land use and occupancy. Unplanned land use change threatens the supply of ecosystem services (ES) and thus, human well-being. Reversing this requires participatory land use planning that includes the stakeholders who inhabit the territory. Here, we analyze the social assessment of ES and its spatial representation on a map of Ecosystem Conservation Priority (ECP). In participatory workshops, we used the Analytic Hierarchy Process to characterize the assessment of stakeholders about the ES provided by forest landscapes. Among the ES analyzed, all stakeholders prioritized ES associated with hydrological regulation (Watershed Conservation Potential). Most stakeholders assigned a lower value to provisioning ES than to supporting and regulating ES, except for Agribusiness and Farmers. In addittion, we integrated social assessments with spatially explicit information through Multicriteria Modeling which allowed us to map ECP. Finally, we generated a map of consensus and dissent regarding ECP which can be used as input for land use planning. The highest consensus levels (86.45%) were mainly located in the upper watershed. In contrast, lower consensus levels (7.88%) were located mainly in plain areas of degraded and fragmented native forests. These results suggest that the ongoing transformation of forest ecosystems is linked to tensions that prioritize urbanization and agricultural activities as opposed to agroforestry land uses. Efforts to prevent the degradation of natural ecosystems require planning that addresses the complexity of social-ecological systems.
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spelling INTA209332025-01-10T10:20:10Z Mapping Ecosystem Conservation Priority Based on Social Assessment, a Tool to Assist Land Use Planning Ahumada, María Luján Cavallero, Laura Easdale, Marcos Horacio Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Lopez, Dardo Ruben Servicios de los Ecosistemas Participación Social Forestación Ecosystem Services Social Participation Forestation The lack of planning regarding the spatial location and extent of different anthropogenic activities (such as agricultural production, biodiversity conservation, tourism, and urbanization) results in unsustainable land use and occupancy. Unplanned land use change threatens the supply of ecosystem services (ES) and thus, human well-being. Reversing this requires participatory land use planning that includes the stakeholders who inhabit the territory. Here, we analyze the social assessment of ES and its spatial representation on a map of Ecosystem Conservation Priority (ECP). In participatory workshops, we used the Analytic Hierarchy Process to characterize the assessment of stakeholders about the ES provided by forest landscapes. Among the ES analyzed, all stakeholders prioritized ES associated with hydrological regulation (Watershed Conservation Potential). Most stakeholders assigned a lower value to provisioning ES than to supporting and regulating ES, except for Agribusiness and Farmers. In addittion, we integrated social assessments with spatially explicit information through Multicriteria Modeling which allowed us to map ECP. Finally, we generated a map of consensus and dissent regarding ECP which can be used as input for land use planning. The highest consensus levels (86.45%) were mainly located in the upper watershed. In contrast, lower consensus levels (7.88%) were located mainly in plain areas of degraded and fragmented native forests. These results suggest that the ongoing transformation of forest ecosystems is linked to tensions that prioritize urbanization and agricultural activities as opposed to agroforestry land uses. Efforts to prevent the degradation of natural ecosystems require planning that addresses the complexity of social-ecological systems. EEA Manfredi Fil: Ahumada, Maria Lujan. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi. Estación Forestal Villa Dolores; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba; Argentina Fil: Cavallero, Laura. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi. Estación Forestal Villa Dolores; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba; Argentina Fil: Easdale, Marcos Horacio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Tittonell, Pablo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: López, Dardo Rubén. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi. Estación Forestal Villa Dolores; Argentina 2025-01-10T10:07:48Z 2025-01-10T10:07:48Z 2024-12-26 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/20933 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ldr.5391 Ahumada, Maria Lujan; Cavallero, Laura; Easdale, Marcos Horacio; Tittonell, Pablo; López, Dardo Rubén; Mapping Ecosystem Conservation Priority Based on Social Assessment, a Tool to Assist Land Use Planning; John Wiley & Sons Ltd; Land Degradation & Development; 11-2024; 1-24 1085-3278 1099-145X https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.5391 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-RIST-E1-I027-001, Red de agroecología info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Wiley Land Degradation & Development : 1-24 (First published: 24 November 2024)
spellingShingle Servicios de los Ecosistemas
Participación Social
Forestación
Ecosystem Services
Social Participation
Forestation
Ahumada, María Luján
Cavallero, Laura
Easdale, Marcos Horacio
Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
Lopez, Dardo Ruben
Mapping Ecosystem Conservation Priority Based on Social Assessment, a Tool to Assist Land Use Planning
title Mapping Ecosystem Conservation Priority Based on Social Assessment, a Tool to Assist Land Use Planning
title_full Mapping Ecosystem Conservation Priority Based on Social Assessment, a Tool to Assist Land Use Planning
title_fullStr Mapping Ecosystem Conservation Priority Based on Social Assessment, a Tool to Assist Land Use Planning
title_full_unstemmed Mapping Ecosystem Conservation Priority Based on Social Assessment, a Tool to Assist Land Use Planning
title_short Mapping Ecosystem Conservation Priority Based on Social Assessment, a Tool to Assist Land Use Planning
title_sort mapping ecosystem conservation priority based on social assessment a tool to assist land use planning
topic Servicios de los Ecosistemas
Participación Social
Forestación
Ecosystem Services
Social Participation
Forestation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/20933
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ldr.5391
https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.5391
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