Integrating ecosystem services modeling and efficiencies in decision-support models conceptualization for watershed management

Decision-making resource stewardship models rely on statistical relationships between management actions and ecosystem services provisioning. The operationalization of management actions benefits from models capable to isolate synergic statistical relationships from trade-offs. We showcase two exist...

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Published in:Ecological modelling Vol. 466; p. 109879
Main Authors: Pascual, Adrián, Giardina, Christian P., Povak, Nicholas A., Hessburg, Paul F., Asner, Gregory P.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V 01.04.2022
Subjects:
climate
Decision-making
ecosystem management
ecosystems
Hawaii
hydrology
Invasive species
landscapes
Marginal benefits
Palau
watershed management
Watershed planning
watersheds
wildland fire management
Palau
Decision-making
Watershed planning
Invasive species
Marginal benefits
ISSN:0304-3800, 1872-7026
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Summary:Decision-making resource stewardship models rely on statistical relationships between management actions and ecosystem services provisioning. The operationalization of management actions benefits from models capable to isolate synergic statistical relationships from trade-offs. We showcase two existing watershed planning studies requiring spatiotemporal operationalization to better schedule management actions. The study in Hawai'i Island (USA) focused on invasive species while another in Babeldaob Island (Republic of Palau) tackled wildfire management. Both planning exercises relied on Ecosystem Management Decision Support to populate hydrologically defined management units for supporting water resource decision-making. In this viewpoint we identify shortcomings and potential future directions aligned with shaping stewardship responses to the interactive constraints of climate mitigation and management costs within a very needed optimization framework capable to operationally support landscape managers and drive solutions on ES management and valuation.
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ISSN:0304-3800
1872-7026
DOI:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.109879