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1 Manthrithilake, Herath. 2016. Towards an ecosystem inclusive approach in tea plantations. In Eliatamby, N. Worth protecting: how Sri Lanka’s tea plantation companies are helping biodiversity thrive. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Business and Biodiversity Platform. pp.84-99.
Tea industry ; Plantations ; Ecosystem management ; Ecosystem services ; Biodiversity ; Resilience ; Sustainable agriculture ; Crop production ; Intensification ; Yields ; Environmental effects / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047939)
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2 Islam, S. N. 2016. Deltaic floodplains development and wetland ecosystems management in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna rivers delta in Bangladesh. Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2(3):237-256. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-016-0047-6]
Natural resources management ; Deltas ; Floodplains ; Wetlands ; Ecosystem management ; Rivers ; Salt water intrusion ; Hydrological factors ; Ecological factors ; Sustainability ; Socioeconomic development ; Living standards ; Coastal area ; Mangroves / Bangladesh / India / Ganges Delta / Ganges River / Brahmaputra River / Meghna River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047975)
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The Ganges delta has a great importance for its exceptional hydro-geological settings and deltaic floodplain wetland ecosystems. The floodplain is formed by the deposition of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna River. The physical characteristics of floodplains, geographic location, the multiplicity of rivers and the monsoon climate render wetland ecosystems highly vulnerable to natural disaster and anthropogenic activities. Flooding is a natural annual phenomenon of a river system which occupies a unique position in the culture, society and economy of Bangladesh. There are 257 rivers in Bangladesh, from which 59 rivers are transboundary rivers. All of these rivers play a prospective role in the economic development of the country. The deltaic floodplains of the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna Rivers Delta are undergoing rapid hydro-morphological changes due to natural and anthropogenic causes. Historically, these three rivers have played a strong role in formation of deltaic floodplains and wetland ecosystems in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna (GBM) Rivers Delta. The GBM rivers system is continuously developing the active deltaic floodplains in the coastal region of Bangladesh. The deltaic wetlands are under threat due to extension of agricultural land use, shrimp cultivation, and saline water intrusion in the tidally active delta region. The main reasons of ecosystem degradation are the settlements development, urbanization processes and substantial uses of deltaic natural resources. The study investigated the role of river systems in the formation and development process of delta and salinity intrusion and its impact on wetland ecosystems in the tidally active deltaic floodplains in the coastal region. The objective of this study is to understand the role of river systems in the delta formation process and an analysis of deltaic floodplain and degraded wetland ecosystems of the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna Rivers Delta in Bangladesh.
3 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 2017. A framework for freshwater ecosystem management. Vol. 1. Overview and guide for country implementation. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 40p.
Freshwater ; Ecosystem management ; Frameworks ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Ecosystem services ; Ecological factors ; Indicators ; Assessment ; Monitoring ; Governance ; Institutions
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048536)
http://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/22243/Framework_Freshwater_Ecosystem_Mgt_vol1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048536.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048536.pdf
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4 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 2017. A framework for freshwater ecosystem management. Vol. 2. Technical guide for classification and target-setting. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 72p.
Freshwater ; Ecosystem management ; Frameworks ; Guidelines ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Ecosystem services ; Groundwater ; Water quality ; River basins ; Lakes ; Wetlands ; Coastal area ; Estuaries ; Biological indicators ; Ecological indicators ; Chemicophysical properties ; Monitoring ; Assessment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048537)
http://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/22242/Framework_Freshwater_Ecosystem_Mgt_vol2.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048537.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048537.pdf
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5 Elwell, T. L.; Lopez-Carr, D.; Gelcich, S.; Gaines, S. D. 2020. The importance of cultural ecosystem services in natural resource-dependent communities: implications for management. Ecosystem Services, 44:101123. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101123]
Ecosystem services ; Natural resources ; Ecosystem management ; Communities ; Indigenous peoples ; Living standards ; Aesthetic value ; Recreation ; Cultural factors ; Estuaries / Latin America / Chile
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049861)
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In defining cultural ecosystem services as the recreational, aesthetic, and spiritual benefits people obtain from ecosystems, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment conveyed a key aspect of nature-society relationships. Yet, it is reasonable to suppose that this aspect may apply more to to contexts where people enjoy more leisure time to admire a scenic vista or recreate in nature. How relevant is this aspect of nature-society relationships for people who rely more on natural resources, or provisioning ecosystem services, for livelihoods? We integrated qualitative and quantitative field research methods to examine how people in natural resource-dependent communities perceived the importance of different ecosystem services to wellbeing. We found that people with varying degrees of dependence on coastal, marine, and terrestrial provisioning ecosystem services perceived cultural ecosystem services—particularly scenic beauty, biodiversity, and space to recreate—as very important to wellbeing, and also perceived increases in wellbeing following interventions to foment small-scale tourism and conservation. In terms of global ecosystem management, our findings imply that (1) aesthetics and recreation matter, even if these cultural ecosystem services appear more often in the literature, (2) more efforts may be taken to make cultural ecosystem services more accessible, (3) small-scale tourism and conservation interventions may be reconsidered as potential means to increase wellbeing, and (4) reframing ecosystem management as explicit efforts to augment wellbeing may help to garner more widespread support and participation.
6 Schaafsma, M.; Eigenbrod, F.; Gasparatos, A.; Gross-Camp, N.; Hutton, C.; Nunan, F.; Schreckenberg, K.; Turner, K. 2021. Trade-off decisions in ecosystem management for poverty alleviation. Ecological Economics, 187:107103. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107103]
Ecosystem management ; Poverty alleviation ; Ecosystem services ; Governance ; Decision making ; Livelihoods ; Policies ; Participatory approaches ; Smallholders ; Households ; Income ; Conflicts ; Case studies / Bangladesh / Malawi / Kenya / Rwanda / Eswatini
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050488)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800921001610/pdfft?md5=e4aa41a9578a1273ecedd0cb8eaf751e&pid=1-s2.0-S0921800921001610-main.pdf
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The academic literature on trade-offs in ecosystem management has paid relatively little attention to justice and poverty reduction objectives. The aim of this paper is to highlight the multiple dimensions of trade-offs in ecosystem services management for poverty alleviation, and to support decision-makers in planning for the almost inevitable trade-offs arising from environmental interventions. The paper brings together different dimensions or lenses through which to analyse trade-offs in ecosystem management for poverty alleviation in a low-income country context. Following a literature review of trade-off decisions, the paper introduces the Balance Sheets Approach to structure trade-off analysis and appraise decisions. We apply the Balance Sheets Approach to analyse five case studies set in very different social-ecological systems where trade-offs were pertinent and undermined poverty alleviation. We show how the combination of ‘positive’ approaches, often used at strategic level, with ‘value’ approaches which analyse multiple values, multi-scale governance, power and capacity, is necessary to analyse complex trade-offs. Based on the case studies we identify four lessons for future trade-off analysis in the context of ecosystem management for poverty alleviation in low-income settings.
7 Nogues, Q.; Baulaz, Y.; Clavel, J.; Araignous, E.; Bourdaud, P.; Lasram, F. B. R.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Girardin, V.; Halouani, G.; Le Loc’h, F.; Loew-Turbout, F.; Raoux, A.; Niquil, N. 2023. The usefulness of food web models in the ecosystem services framework: quantifying, mapping, and linking services supply. Ecosystem Services, 63:101550. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2023.101550]
Ecosystem services ; Food chains ; Models ; Mapping ; Ecosystem management ; Network analysis ; Climate change ; Wind farms ; Resilience ; Biodiversity ; Indicators ; Anthropogenic factors / France
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052205)
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Coastal ecosystems provide a wide range of valuable ecosystem services (ES) for human wellbeing. Such services depend on the functioning and structure of ecosystems. Unfortunately, these ecosystems are threatened by humans, directly impairing their ability to provide these services. In order to predict such changes, we used a food web model to forecast potential spatial changes in ES supply in the Seine Bay (English Channel), due to climate change effects (CC) and the setup of an offshore wind farm (OWF). Three ES were studied, food production from fishing, top predator production for cultural purposes and the potential resistance of the ecosystem inferred from its organization. The ability of the Seine Bay ecosystem to produce food appears to be negatively impacted by the effect of climate change. Because of the important economic role of fishing in Normandy, such changes could percolate on the entire social and economic system of the bay. The Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind farm appears to increase the supply of services and limit the impact of climate change at the local spatial scale, which could give stakeholders insights into mitigating the effects of climate change. Such ecosystem approach enables for a more integrative view of ES supply, through the characterization of the entire system functioning.
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