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Measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services in the eastern arc mountains of Tanzania

Measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services in the eastern arc mountains of Tanzania
Measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services in the eastern arc mountains of Tanzania
In light of the significance that ecosystem service research is likely to play in linking conservation activities and human welfare, systematic approaches to measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services (and their value to society) are sorely needed. In this paper we outline one such approach, which we developed in order to understand the links between the functioning of the ecosystems of Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains and their impact on human welfare at local, regional and global scales. The essence of our approach is the creation of a series of maps created using field-based or remotely sourced data, data-driven models, and socio-economic scenarios coupled with rule-based assumptions. Here we describe the construction of this spatial information and how it can help to shed light on the complex relationships between ecological and social systems. There are obvious difficulties in operationalizing this approach, but by highlighting those which we have encountered in our own case-study work, we have also been able to suggest some routes to overcoming these impediments
0309-1333
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Fisher, Brendan, Turner, R. Kerry, Burgess, Neil D., Swetnam, Ruth D., Green, Jonathan, Green, Rhys E., Kajembe, George, Kulindwa, Kassim, Lewis, Simon L., Marchant, Rob, Marshall, Andrew R., Madoffe, Seif, Munishi, P. K. T., Morse-Jones, Sian, Mwakalila, Shadrack, Paavola, Jouni, Naidoo, Robin, Ricketts, Taylor, Rouget, Mathieu, Willcock, Simon, White, Sue and Balmford, Andrew (2011) Measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services in the eastern arc mountains of Tanzania. Progress in Physical Geography, 35 (5), 595-611. (doi:10.1177/0309133311422968).

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In light of the significance that ecosystem service research is likely to play in linking conservation activities and human welfare, systematic approaches to measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services (and their value to society) are sorely needed. In this paper we outline one such approach, which we developed in order to understand the links between the functioning of the ecosystems of Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains and their impact on human welfare at local, regional and global scales. The essence of our approach is the creation of a series of maps created using field-based or remotely sourced data, data-driven models, and socio-economic scenarios coupled with rule-based assumptions. Here we describe the construction of this spatial information and how it can help to shed light on the complex relationships between ecological and social systems. There are obvious difficulties in operationalizing this approach, but by highlighting those which we have encountered in our own case-study work, we have also been able to suggest some routes to overcoming these impediments

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Published date: October 2011
Organisations: Environmental

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Local EPrints ID: 342526
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/342526
ISSN: 0309-1333
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Date deposited: 05 Sep 2012 12:46
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 11:53

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Author: Brendan Fisher
Author: R. Kerry Turner
Author: Neil D. Burgess
Author: Ruth D. Swetnam
Author: Jonathan Green
Author: Rhys E. Green
Author: George Kajembe
Author: Kassim Kulindwa
Author: Simon L. Lewis
Author: Rob Marchant
Author: Andrew R. Marshall
Author: Seif Madoffe
Author: P. K. T. Munishi
Author: Sian Morse-Jones
Author: Shadrack Mwakalila
Author: Jouni Paavola
Author: Robin Naidoo
Author: Taylor Ricketts
Author: Mathieu Rouget
Author: Simon Willcock
Author: Sue White
Author: Andrew Balmford

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