Human footprint defining conservation strategies in Patagonian landscapes: Where we are and where we want to go?
Understanding human influence on ecosystems and their services is crucial to achieve sustainable development and ensure the conservation of biodiversity. In this context, the human footprint index (HFI) represents the anthropogenic impacts on ecosystems and the natural environment. Our objective was...
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| author | Rosas, Yamina Micaela Peri, Pablo Luis Pidgeon, Anna Michle Politi, Natalia Pedrana, Julieta Díaz-Delgado, Ricardo Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José |
| author_browse | Díaz-Delgado, Ricardo Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José Pedrana, Julieta Peri, Pablo Luis Pidgeon, Anna Michle Politi, Natalia Rosas, Yamina Micaela |
| author_facet | Rosas, Yamina Micaela Peri, Pablo Luis Pidgeon, Anna Michle Politi, Natalia Pedrana, Julieta Díaz-Delgado, Ricardo Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José |
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| description | Understanding human influence on ecosystems and their services is crucial to achieve sustainable development and ensure the conservation of biodiversity. In this context, the human footprint index (HFI) represents the anthropogenic impacts on ecosystems and the natural environment. Our objective was to characterize the HFI in Southern Patagonia (Argentina) across the landscape, qualifying the differences among the main ecological areas and especially the forested landscapes. We also assessed the potential utility of HFI to identify priority conservation areas according to their wilderness quality and potential biodiversity values. We created a HFI map (scores varied from 0 representing high wilderness quality to 1 representing maximum human impact) using variables related to direct (e.g. infrastructure) and indirect (e.g. derived from economic activities) human impacts, including settlements, accessibility, oil industry, and sheep production. HFI varied significantly across the natural landscapes, being lower (0.07−0.11) in remote ecosystems close to the Andes Mountains and higher (0.38−0.40) in southern areas close to the provincial capital city. Forested landscapes presented different impact values, which were directly related to the economical values of the different forest types. We determined that the current protected area network is not equally distributed across the different ecological areas and forest types. Priority conservation areas were also identified using the fragmentation produced by the human impact, the patch size, and the potential biodiversity values. HFI can present high compatibility with other land-use management decision making tools, acting as a complement to the existing tools for conservation planning or management. |
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| spelling | INTA86242021-01-20T14:15:43Z Human footprint defining conservation strategies in Patagonian landscapes: Where we are and where we want to go? Rosas, Yamina Micaela Peri, Pablo Luis Pidgeon, Anna Michle Politi, Natalia Pedrana, Julieta Díaz-Delgado, Ricardo Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José Nature Conservation Wilderness Areas Forest Land Impact Assessment Anthropogenic Changes Preservation Land Use Planning Decision Making Sustainable Development Santa Cruz (Argentina) Impacto Humano Áreas Silvestres Conservación de la Naturaleza Tierras Forestales Evaluación del Impacto Escala de Paisaje Servicios Ecosistémicos Desarrollo Sustentable Índice de Huella Humana Biodiversidad Potencial Áreas de Conservación Planificación del Uso de la Tierra Decisiones Políticas Región Patagónica Ecosistem Services Human Footprint Index Understanding human influence on ecosystems and their services is crucial to achieve sustainable development and ensure the conservation of biodiversity. In this context, the human footprint index (HFI) represents the anthropogenic impacts on ecosystems and the natural environment. Our objective was to characterize the HFI in Southern Patagonia (Argentina) across the landscape, qualifying the differences among the main ecological areas and especially the forested landscapes. We also assessed the potential utility of HFI to identify priority conservation areas according to their wilderness quality and potential biodiversity values. We created a HFI map (scores varied from 0 representing high wilderness quality to 1 representing maximum human impact) using variables related to direct (e.g. infrastructure) and indirect (e.g. derived from economic activities) human impacts, including settlements, accessibility, oil industry, and sheep production. HFI varied significantly across the natural landscapes, being lower (0.07−0.11) in remote ecosystems close to the Andes Mountains and higher (0.38−0.40) in southern areas close to the provincial capital city. Forested landscapes presented different impact values, which were directly related to the economical values of the different forest types. We determined that the current protected area network is not equally distributed across the different ecological areas and forest types. Priority conservation areas were also identified using the fragmentation produced by the human impact, the patch size, and the potential biodiversity values. HFI can present high compatibility with other land-use management decision making tools, acting as a complement to the existing tools for conservation planning or management. EEA SANTA CRUZ Filiación: Fil: Rosas, Yamina M. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC); Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA). Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Argentina. Fil: Pidgeon, Anna Michle. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology. SILVIS Lab. Madison, WI; USA. Fil: Politi, Natalia. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Jujuy; Argentina. Fil: Politi, Natalia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Jujuy; Argentina. Fil: Pedrana, Julieta. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Balcarce, Buenos Aires; Argentina. Fil: Díaz-Delgado, Ricardo. Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC). Laboratorio de SIG y Teledetección; Sevilla, Spain. Filiación: Fil: Martínez Pastur, Guillermo J. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC), Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego; Argentina. 2021-01-20T14:00:33Z 2021-01-20T14:00:33Z 2021-02 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8624 Yamina Micaela Rosas, Pablo L. Peri, Anna M. Pidgeon, Natalia Politi, Julieta Pedrana, Ricardo Díaz-Delgado, Guillermo Martínez Pastur, Human footprint defining conservation strategies in Patagonian landscapes: Where we are and where we want to go?, Journal for Nature Conservation, Volume 59, 2021, 125946, ISSN 1617-1381, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2020.125946. ISSN 1617-1381 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2020.125946 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 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 Elsevier Journal for nature conservation 59 : 125946. (2021) |
| spellingShingle | Nature Conservation Wilderness Areas Forest Land Impact Assessment Anthropogenic Changes Preservation Land Use Planning Decision Making Sustainable Development Santa Cruz (Argentina) Impacto Humano Áreas Silvestres Conservación de la Naturaleza Tierras Forestales Evaluación del Impacto Escala de Paisaje Servicios Ecosistémicos Desarrollo Sustentable Índice de Huella Humana Biodiversidad Potencial Áreas de Conservación Planificación del Uso de la Tierra Decisiones Políticas Región Patagónica Ecosistem Services Human Footprint Index Rosas, Yamina Micaela Peri, Pablo Luis Pidgeon, Anna Michle Politi, Natalia Pedrana, Julieta Díaz-Delgado, Ricardo Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José Human footprint defining conservation strategies in Patagonian landscapes: Where we are and where we want to go? |
| title | Human footprint defining conservation strategies in Patagonian landscapes: Where we are and where we want to go? |
| title_full | Human footprint defining conservation strategies in Patagonian landscapes: Where we are and where we want to go? |
| title_fullStr | Human footprint defining conservation strategies in Patagonian landscapes: Where we are and where we want to go? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human footprint defining conservation strategies in Patagonian landscapes: Where we are and where we want to go? |
| title_short | Human footprint defining conservation strategies in Patagonian landscapes: Where we are and where we want to go? |
| title_sort | human footprint defining conservation strategies in patagonian landscapes where we are and where we want to go |
| topic | Nature Conservation Wilderness Areas Forest Land Impact Assessment Anthropogenic Changes Preservation Land Use Planning Decision Making Sustainable Development Santa Cruz (Argentina) Impacto Humano Áreas Silvestres Conservación de la Naturaleza Tierras Forestales Evaluación del Impacto Escala de Paisaje Servicios Ecosistémicos Desarrollo Sustentable Índice de Huella Humana Biodiversidad Potencial Áreas de Conservación Planificación del Uso de la Tierra Decisiones Políticas Región Patagónica Ecosistem Services Human Footprint Index |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8624 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2020.125946 |
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