A roadmap for sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services through joint conservation and restoration of northern drainage basins
1. Freshwater ecosystems and their biota are more seriously threatened than their marine and terrestrial counterparts. A solution to halt increasing negative impacts of anthropogenic development would be to reconsider the basics of nature conservation (i.e. protection of pristine and near-pristine a...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/349615 2023-08-20T04:05:00+02:00 A roadmap for sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services through joint conservation and restoration of northern drainage basins Heino, Jani Koljonen, Saija Suomen ympäristökeskus The Finnish Environment Institute 2022-10-05T06:49:21Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/349615 eng eng 10.1002/2688-8319.12142 Ecologial Solutions and Evidence 2688-8319 2 3 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/349615 URN:NBN:fi-fe2022100561153 CC BY 4.0 openAccess long-term changes restaurants lunch restaurants workplace lunch restaurants diet climate impact climate change mitigation behavioural approach behavioural approaches eating behaviour practice-oriented understanding informational techniques nudging techniques promoting sustainable eating promotion survey customer survey focus group discussion monitoring analytical concepts food food services catering behavioural economics carbon labels choice consumers consumption transition 416 Food Science A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review A2 Katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä 2022 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-07-28T06:20:19Z 1. Freshwater ecosystems and their biota are more seriously threatened than their marine and terrestrial counterparts. A solution to halt increasing negative impacts of anthropogenic development would be to reconsider the basics of nature conservation (i.e. protection of pristine and near-pristine areas) and restoration (i.e. returning an impacted site to as natural condition as possible) through inclusion of the knowledge on abiotic and biotic dynamics of rivers draining pristine catchments. In boreal and Arctic regions, such comparisons are still possible because in addition to harbouring strongly modified drainage basins, some of the most natural drainage basins are also situated in these high-latitude areas. 2. A suitable approach for simultaneous planning of joint river conservation and restoration would be to (i) examine how well different kinds of rivers are covered by existing protected area networks and (ii) to restore parts of degraded rivers to facilitate colonization by aquatic and riparian organisms that have found havens in existing protected areas. This joint approach is a two-way road, as conservation and restoration benefit from each other by allowing river networks to facilitate movements of organisms and matter, thereby mimicking natural riverine meta-systems in anthropogenically modified drainage basins, with restored sites acting as stepping-stones between protected areas. 3. We argue that existing policy instruments should consider the fact that river ecosystems are spatially and temporally dynamic meta-systems. These characteristics should be given due attention in conservation and restoration rather than relying on a static approach where a snap-shot classification of river reaches is thought to be enough without considering underlying ecological dynamics. Taking ecological dynamics into account would contribute to sustainable management and maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Stepping Stones Helsingfors Universitet: HELDA – Helsingin yliopiston digitaalinen arkisto Arctic Stepping Stones ENVELOPE(-63.992,-63.992,-64.786,-64.786) |
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long-term changes restaurants lunch restaurants workplace lunch restaurants diet climate impact climate change mitigation behavioural approach behavioural approaches eating behaviour practice-oriented understanding informational techniques nudging techniques promoting sustainable eating promotion survey customer survey focus group discussion monitoring analytical concepts food food services catering behavioural economics carbon labels choice consumers consumption transition 416 Food Science |
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long-term changes restaurants lunch restaurants workplace lunch restaurants diet climate impact climate change mitigation behavioural approach behavioural approaches eating behaviour practice-oriented understanding informational techniques nudging techniques promoting sustainable eating promotion survey customer survey focus group discussion monitoring analytical concepts food food services catering behavioural economics carbon labels choice consumers consumption transition 416 Food Science Heino, Jani Koljonen, Saija A roadmap for sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services through joint conservation and restoration of northern drainage basins |
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1. Freshwater ecosystems and their biota are more seriously threatened than their marine and terrestrial counterparts. A solution to halt increasing negative impacts of anthropogenic development would be to reconsider the basics of nature conservation (i.e. protection of pristine and near-pristine areas) and restoration (i.e. returning an impacted site to as natural condition as possible) through inclusion of the knowledge on abiotic and biotic dynamics of rivers draining pristine catchments. In boreal and Arctic regions, such comparisons are still possible because in addition to harbouring strongly modified drainage basins, some of the most natural drainage basins are also situated in these high-latitude areas. 2. A suitable approach for simultaneous planning of joint river conservation and restoration would be to (i) examine how well different kinds of rivers are covered by existing protected area networks and (ii) to restore parts of degraded rivers to facilitate colonization by aquatic and riparian organisms that have found havens in existing protected areas. This joint approach is a two-way road, as conservation and restoration benefit from each other by allowing river networks to facilitate movements of organisms and matter, thereby mimicking natural riverine meta-systems in anthropogenically modified drainage basins, with restored sites acting as stepping-stones between protected areas. 3. We argue that existing policy instruments should consider the fact that river ecosystems are spatially and temporally dynamic meta-systems. These characteristics should be given due attention in conservation and restoration rather than relying on a static approach where a snap-shot classification of river reaches is thought to be enough without considering underlying ecological dynamics. Taking ecological dynamics into account would contribute to sustainable management and maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem services. |
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Suomen ympäristökeskus The Finnish Environment Institute |
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A roadmap for sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services through joint conservation and restoration of northern drainage basins |
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A roadmap for sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services through joint conservation and restoration of northern drainage basins |
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A roadmap for sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services through joint conservation and restoration of northern drainage basins |
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A roadmap for sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services through joint conservation and restoration of northern drainage basins |
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A roadmap for sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services through joint conservation and restoration of northern drainage basins |
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roadmap for sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services through joint conservation and restoration of northern drainage basins |
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2022 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10138/349615 |
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ENVELOPE(-63.992,-63.992,-64.786,-64.786) |
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Arctic Stepping Stones |
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Arctic Climate change Stepping Stones |
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Arctic Climate change Stepping Stones |
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10.1002/2688-8319.12142 Ecologial Solutions and Evidence 2688-8319 2 3 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/349615 URN:NBN:fi-fe2022100561153 |
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