A conceptual framework for understanding ecosystem trade-offs and synergies, in communal rangeland systems
A conceptual framework for understanding ecosystem trade-offs and synergies, in communal rangeland systems
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ecoser.2023.101533
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发表时间：
2023-06
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
J. Bennett;T. Marandure;H. Hawkins;C. Mapiye;A. Palmer;S. Lemke;Lianhai Wu;M. Moradzadeh
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作者：
J. Bennett;T. Marandure;H. Hawkins;C. Mapiye;A. Palmer;S. Lemke;Lianhai Wu;M. Moradzadeh
公共牧场是一种全球资源，通过提供碳封存、水和牲畜饲料等重要的生态系统产品和服务，为社会带来重大利益。公共牧场提供的生态系统产品和服务的相对重要性是由地方、区域和国家层面一系列不同利益相关者的社会和环境优先事项驱动的。了解潜在的生态系统服务权衡（和协同作用）对于在利益相关者参与过程中做出明智和包容性的决策至关重要，无论是在目标设定还是评估牧场结果的适当性方面。然而，权衡方法在公共牧场上的应用经常受到利益相关者缺乏充分参与的限制，无法帮助确定重要因素，例如最终用户的多样化目标以及构成这些目标的更广泛的制度和政策环境。为了帮助解决这个问题，我们提出了一个框架，以南非的公共牧场作为案例研究，在三个关键层面上概念化不同参与者之间的联系和权衡。首先，我们探讨关键生态系统服务之间的环境权衡，这主要是通过公共部门参与环境政策的制定来确定的。其次，我们研究了环境政策在当地社区的需求和更广泛的社会需求之间建立社区与环境权衡的潜力。第三，我们考虑的社区权衡反映了生活在公共系统中的人们的许多不同的社会和经济优先事项。我们建议，该框架将在确定潜在生态系统服务权衡和与关键利益相关者相关的土地利用方案的初始过程中找到最大的应用，然后在分析之后将权衡与这些利益相关者联系起来，作为“讨论支持”过程的一部分。我们还讨论了这种方法对南非以外牧场系统的更广泛适用性。
Communal rangelands are a global resource of significant benefit to society through the provision of critical ecosystem goods and services such as carbon sequestration, water and livestock forage. The relative importance of the ecosystem goods and services provided by communal rangelands is driven by the social and environmental priorities of a range of different stakeholders at the local, regional and national level. Understanding the potential ecosystem service trade-offs (and synergies) is vital for making informed and inclusive decisions as part of the process of stakeholder engagement, both in goal setting as well as evaluating the appropriateness of outcomes in rangelands. However, application of trade-offs approaches to communal rangelands, has frequently been limited by a lack of adequate stakeholder engagement to help define important factors such as the diverse objectives of end users and the broader institutional and policy environments that frame them. To help address this, we propose a framework that conceptualises the links between different actors and trade-offs at three key levels, using communal rangelands in South Africa as a case study. Firstly, we explore environment trade-offs between key ecosystem services, largely determined through public sector engagement in the formulation of environmental policy. Secondly, we examine the potential for environmental policies to create community-environment trade-offs between the needs of local communities and those of society more broadly. Thirdly, we consider community trade-offs reflecting the many different social and economic priorities of people living in communal systems. We suggest that the framework will find greatest application in the initial process of determining potential ecosystem service trade-offs and associated land use scenarios with key stakeholders, and then subsequently in connecting the trade-offs back to these stakeholders, following analysis, as part of a ‘discussion support’ process. We also discuss the broader applicability of this approach to rangelands systems outside of South Africa.