Ecological significance of protected areas in the tropical mountains of Eastern Africa DOI Creative Commons
Marco Andrew Njana

Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 170, P. 113010 - 113010

Published: Dec. 30, 2024

Language: Английский

Advancing landscape sustainability science: key challenges and strategies for integration with landscape design and planning DOI Creative Commons
Jiangxiao Qiu,

Joan Iverson Nassauer,

Jack Ahern

et al.

Landscape Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 40(2)

Published: Jan. 17, 2025

governance, and environmental decision-making.Because LSS can link local actions to regional global contexts, it is critical for exploring transitions transformation towards resilience sustainability.However, in this era of profound human-induced challenges intertwined polycrisis, how research translates into landscape design planning practice through transdisciplinary Advancing sustainability science (LSS) fundamental guiding navigating human development within safe just Earth system boundaries.As a place-based use-inspired science, aims understand improve the landscapes both nature people.It has evolved rapidly over past decades, garnering increasing traction management,

Language: Английский

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Spatial-temporal dynamics and drivers of ecosystem service interactions along the Yellow River Area of Shaanxi Province DOI
Linpeng Yang, Yansui Liu, Yaqun Liu

et al.

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 145095 - 145095

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Combined effects of environmental conditions and stand age–induced tree size variation on temperate forest carbon pools among stand types in South Korea DOI
Yong‐Ju Lee, Min‐Ki Lee, Chang‐Bae Lee

et al.

Forest Ecology and Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 581, P. 122553 - 122553

Published: Feb. 13, 2025

Language: Английский

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Targeted Synergistic Priorities for Conserving Biodiversity, Carbon, and Water on the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau DOI Creative Commons
Chongchong Ye, Shuai Wang, Xutong Wu

et al.

Earth s Future, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13(3)

Published: March 1, 2025

Abstract The Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) highlights developing effective targets to halt and reverse the biodiversity ecosystem services crisis. Although are tightly interlinked interact in complex ways, a uniform global or national target has long ignored their interdependencies uneven distribution guide region‐ ecoregion‐specific planning. Here, we use flexible stepwise approach, incorporating high conservation values of biodiversity, carbon water interactions, identify three targeted priority areas at regional ecological jurisdictions on Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau (QTP). We find that 49% could effectively protect about 60% carbon, ecoregion scale. However, scale, 48% have potential conserve up 70% water. QTP achieved GBF (i.e., 30% areas), more than 75% remain unprotected scales, respectively. More importantly, over 55% scale under moderate human pressure. Our spatially explicit insights demonstrate importance expanding existing protected QTP, while highlighting initiatives subnational level ensure efficient manner.

Language: Английский

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Urban greenspaces benefit both human utility and biodiversity DOI Creative Commons

Nataly G. Miguez,

Brittany M. Mason, Jiangxiao Qiu

et al.

Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 128791 - 128791

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Urban Spatial Management and Planning Based on the Interactions Between Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Urban Agglomeration DOI Creative Commons
Yue Hu,

Xixi Xu,

Xuening Huang

et al.

Remote Sensing, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(7), P. 1258 - 1258

Published: April 2, 2025

Understanding the intricate relationships among ecosystem services (ESs) and clarifying their driving factors are essential prerequisites for establishing effective management strategies. Therefore, we plotted spatial-temporal distribution of five ESs in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) urban agglomeration analyzed interactions terms trade-offs, synergies, bundles. We identified primary drivers impacting proposed recommendations spatial planning. The result revealed that (1) between 2000 2020, supply soil conservation increased most, by 52.56%, habitat quality decreased 6.92%; (2) four ES pairs were synergies six exhibited with three showing two trade-offs; (3) main influencing forces precipitation, cropland area ratio, forest ratio; (4) analysis determined exhibiting decreasing should be prioritized management, suggesting planning ecosystems based on Thus, this study provides guidance regional management.

Language: Английский

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Effects of phytoplankton diversity on resource use efficiency in a eutrophic urban river of Northern China DOI Creative Commons

Mengdi Ma,

Jiaxin Li, Aoran Lu

et al.

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: July 4, 2024

Freshwater biodiversity has been declining in urban areas, which may threaten ecosystem functions. Although many studies have demonstrated a positive correlation between and functioning (BEF) terrestrial marine ecosystems, little is known about the BEF relationship freshwater environments, especially highly urbanized regions where water pollution major concern. Eutrophication bodies trigger algae blooms, decreasing evenness or functional divergence (FDiv) of phytoplankton communities, thus negatively affecting functioning. Through an annual field investigation, we clarified diversity functioning, represented as resource use efficiency (RUE), river northern China. Results indicated that community contributes most to driving compared environmental factors. The relative abundance dominant Bacillariophyta was positively correlated with (RUEpp) but zooplankton (RUEzp). Both were linked RUEpp RUEzp. Our findings suggest reduction seriously its potential mechanism can provide crucial reference for quality protection sustainable utilization basin.

Language: Английский

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Integrating System Perspectives to Optimize Ecosystem Service Provision in Urban Ecological Development DOI Creative Commons

Wenbo Cai,

Chengji Shu

Systems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(9), P. 375 - 375

Published: Sept. 17, 2024

System-based approaches are critical for addressing the complex and interconnected nature of urban ecological development restoration ecosystem services. This study adopts a system perspective to investigate spatiotemporal drivers key services, including carbon sequestration, water conservation, sediment reduction, pollution mitigation, stormwater regulation, within Yangtze River Delta Eco-Green Integrated Development Demonstration Area (YRDDA) from 2000 2020. We propose novel framework defining enhanced-efficiency service management regions (EESMR) guide targeted restoration. Our analysis revealed interplay 11, 9, 6, 10 driving factors selected highlighting heterogeneity these drivers. By overlaying factors, we identified high-efficiency priority areas EESMR that ensure high returns on investment efficient functions. system-oriented approach provided spatial guidance integrated restoration, green development, eco-planning. These findings offer valuable insights policymakers planners in other rapidly urbanizing regions, supporting formulation effective land-use policies balance environmental sustainability growth.

Language: Английский

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Delineating Priority Areas for Preservation and Restoration across Production–Living–Ecological Spaces in Ganzi, China DOI Open Access
Shengbin Chen,

Xingwei Deng,

Lilei Wu

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(11), P. 4327 - 4327

Published: May 21, 2024

Delineating conservation priority areas for both preservation and restoration is essential developing adaptive ecosystem management strategies across production–living–ecological spaces (PLES). This study developed a coherent framework with four steps: (1) mapping spatial distributions of biodiversity services, (2) ranking the relative importance ecosystems spaces, (3) delineating according to human footprint ranks, (4) contrasting current networks overlapping PLES. was applied in Ganzi, China, delineate (PPAs) 8714.2 km2 11,308.1 km2, (RPAs) 36,817.7 63,578.4 under target conserve 30% 50% territories, respectively. The areas, including PPAs RPAs, achieve higher capacity than Ecological Conservation Redline (ECR) terms or service delivery. Roughly 67% PPAs, 40% total 75% large patches high are covered by ECR, indicating necessity adjust boundary conduct ECR. As PLES, encompass proportionally more ecological space (67–76%) ECR (63.5%) Ganzi (61.4%), implying lower potential conflict between local residents’ production conservation, meanwhile, new opportunities challenges sustainable development human-dominated spaces. RPAs flexible threshold impact degradation can be improved considering complex relationships indicators services. highlights incorporating features, land uses, activities different purposes context development.

Language: Английский

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Understanding biodiversity – ecosystem service linkages in real landscapes DOI Creative Commons
Jiangxiao Qiu, Matthew G. E. Mitchell

Landscape Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 39(11)

Published: Nov. 4, 2024

Language: Английский

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