TY - JOUR

T1 - Ecosystem services-A tool for sustainable management of human-environment systems. Case study Finnish Forest Lapland

AU - Vihervaara, Petteri

AU - Kumpula, Timo

AU - Tanskanen, Ari

AU - Burkhard, Benjamin

N1 - Funding Information: The project has been supported by funding from the Academy of Finland and the German DAAD for researcher exchange project no. 123651 (2007–2009), “Changing landscape management in rural Finland (CLMIRF)”; by funding from the Academy of Finland for project no. 111152 , “Corporate environmental responsibility and the ecosystem approach” (CORECO); and by the Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation. We also thank to park superintendent Sakari Kankaanpää for supporting in field work, and to Ellen Valle for checking the language of this paper. Copyright: Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2010/9

Y1 - 2010/9

N2 - The concept of ecosystem services (ESs) is a relatively new scientific methodology, offering a possible approach to the prevention of ecological problems caused by human action and to the resolution of conflicts arising from land-use questions. Since ESs were launched as a major conceptual tool in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA, 2005), interest in them has been increasing. Despite the scientific as well as economic and political enthusiasm for the ES approach, only few case studies have as yet been published. We studied the interface between ESs and landscape planning in Forest Lapland, in northern Finland. In the article, we present a methodology and various databases which can be used in applied research on ESs. We classify the ESs offered by various biotopes of the study area, and examine the effects of different land-use forms on the provision of ESs. On the basis of our results, we suggest possible uses of the European CORINE land cover database in case studies.

AB - The concept of ecosystem services (ESs) is a relatively new scientific methodology, offering a possible approach to the prevention of ecological problems caused by human action and to the resolution of conflicts arising from land-use questions. Since ESs were launched as a major conceptual tool in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA, 2005), interest in them has been increasing. Despite the scientific as well as economic and political enthusiasm for the ES approach, only few case studies have as yet been published. We studied the interface between ESs and landscape planning in Forest Lapland, in northern Finland. In the article, we present a methodology and various databases which can be used in applied research on ESs. We classify the ESs offered by various biotopes of the study area, and examine the effects of different land-use forms on the provision of ESs. On the basis of our results, we suggest possible uses of the European CORINE land cover database in case studies.

KW - Conflict

KW - CORINE land cover database

KW - Land-use change

KW - Landscape planning

KW - Methodology

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77955382440&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.ecocom.2009.12.002

DO - 10.1016/j.ecocom.2009.12.002

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:77955382440

VL - 7

SP - 410

EP - 420

JO - Ecological complexity

JF - Ecological complexity

SN - 1476-945X

IS - 3

ER -