The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services
The rehabilitation and restoration of land is a key strategy to recover services -goods and resources- ecosystems offer to the humankind. This paper reviews key examples to understand the superior effect of nature based solutions to enhance the sustainabilit y of catchment systems by promoting desir...
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ftunivwagenin:oai:library.wur.nl:wurpubs/525853 2024-04-28T08:26:04+00:00 The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services Keesstra, Saskia Nunes, Joao P. Novara, Agata Finger, David Avelar, David Kalantari, Zahra Cerdà, Artemi 2018 application/pdf https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/the-superior-effect-of-nature-based-solutions-in-land-management- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.077 en eng https://edepot.wur.nl/422067 https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/the-superior-effect-of-nature-based-solutions-in-land-management- doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.077 Wageningen University & Research Science of the Total Environment 610-611 (2018) ISSN: 0048-9697 Ecosystem services Nature based solutions SDGs System dynamics Article/Letter to editor 2018 ftunivwagenin https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.077 2024-04-03T15:17:23Z The rehabilitation and restoration of land is a key strategy to recover services -goods and resources- ecosystems offer to the humankind. This paper reviews key examples to understand the superior effect of nature based solutions to enhance the sustainabilit y of catchment systems by promoting desirable soil and landscape functions. The use of concepts such as connectivity and the theory of system thinking framework allowed to review coastal and river management as a guide to evaluate other strategies to achieve sustainability. In land management NBSs are not mainstream management. Through a set of case studies: organic farming in Spain; rewilding in Slovenia; land restoration in Iceland, sediment trapping in Ethiopia and wetland construction in Sweden, we show the potential of Nature based solutions (NBSs) as a cost-effective long term solution for hydrological risks and land degradation. NBSs can be divided into two main groups of strategies: soil solutions and landscape solutions. Soil solutions aim to enhance the soil health and soil functions through which local eco-system services will be maintained or restored. Landscape solutions mainly focus on the concept of connectivity. Making the landscape less connected, facilitating less rainfall to be transformed into runoff and therefore reducing flood risk, increasing soil moisture and reducing droughts and soil erosion we can achieve the sustainability. The enhanced eco-system services directly feed into the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre): Digital Library Science of The Total Environment 610-611 997 1009 |
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The rehabilitation and restoration of land is a key strategy to recover services -goods and resources- ecosystems offer to the humankind. This paper reviews key examples to understand the superior effect of nature based solutions to enhance the sustainabilit y of catchment systems by promoting desirable soil and landscape functions. The use of concepts such as connectivity and the theory of system thinking framework allowed to review coastal and river management as a guide to evaluate other strategies to achieve sustainability. In land management NBSs are not mainstream management. Through a set of case studies: organic farming in Spain; rewilding in Slovenia; land restoration in Iceland, sediment trapping in Ethiopia and wetland construction in Sweden, we show the potential of Nature based solutions (NBSs) as a cost-effective long term solution for hydrological risks and land degradation. NBSs can be divided into two main groups of strategies: soil solutions and landscape solutions. Soil solutions aim to enhance the soil health and soil functions through which local eco-system services will be maintained or restored. Landscape solutions mainly focus on the concept of connectivity. Making the landscape less connected, facilitating less rainfall to be transformed into runoff and therefore reducing flood risk, increasing soil moisture and reducing droughts and soil erosion we can achieve the sustainability. The enhanced eco-system services directly feed into the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. |
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The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services |
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