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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 287-319 |
| Number of pages | 33 |
| Journal | Paddy and Water Environment |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
In a cross-disciplinary project (LEGATO) combining inter- and transdisciplinary methods, we quantify the dependency of rice-dominated socio-ecological systems on ecosystem functions (ESF) and the ecosystem services (ESS) the integrated system provides. In the collaboration of a large team including geo- and bioscientists, economists, political and cultural scientists, the mutual influences of the biological, climate and soil conditions of the agricultural area and its surrounding natural landscape have been analysed. One focus was on sociocultural and economic backgrounds, another on local as well as regional land use intensity and biodiversity, and the potential impacts of future climate and land use change. LEGATO analysed characteristic elements of three service strands defined by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA): (a) provisioning services: nutrient cycling and crop production; (b) regulating services: biocontrol and pollination; and (c) cultural services: cultural identity and aesthetics. However, in line with much of the current ESS literature, what the MA called supporting services is treated as ESF within LEGATO. As a core output, LEGATO developed generally applicable principles of ecological engineering (EE), suitable for application in the context of future climate and land use change. EE is an emerging discipline, concerned with the design, monitoring and construction of ecosystems and aims at developing strategies to optimise ecosystem services through exploiting natural regulation mechanisms instead of suppressing them. Along these lines LEGATO also aims to create the knowledge base for decision-making for sustainable land management and livelihoods, including the provision of the corresponding governance and management strategies, technologies and system solutions.
Keywords
- Biodiversity, Culture, Ecosystem services, Paddy rice agriculture, Rural development, Transdisciplinary research
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science(all)
- Environmental Engineering
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Agronomy and Crop Science
- Environmental Science(all)
- Water Science and Technology
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Paddy and Water Environment, Vol. 16, No. 2, 01.04.2018, p. 287-319.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The LEGATO cross-disciplinary integrated ecosystem service research framework
T2 - an example of integrating research results from the analysis of global change impacts and the social, cultural and economic system dynamics of irrigated rice production
AU - Spangenberg, Joachim H.
AU - Beaurepaire, Alexis L.
AU - Bergmeier, Erwin
AU - Burkhard, Benjamin
AU - Van Chien, Ho
AU - Cuong, Le Quoc
AU - Görg, Christoph
AU - Grescho, Volker
AU - Hai, Le Huu
AU - Heong, Kong Luen
AU - Horgan, Finbarr G.
AU - Hotes, Stefan
AU - Klotzbücher, Anika
AU - Klotzbücher, Thimo
AU - Kühn, Ingolf
AU - Langerwisch, Fanny
AU - Marion, Glenn
AU - Moritz, Robin F.A.
AU - Nguyen, Quynh Anh
AU - Ott, Jürgen
AU - Sann, Christina
AU - Sattler, Cornelia
AU - Schädler, Martin
AU - Schmidt, Anja
AU - Tekken, Vera
AU - Thanh, Truong Dao
AU - Thonicke, Kirsten
AU - Türke, Manfred
AU - Václavík, Tomáš
AU - Vetterlein, Doris
AU - Westphal, Catrin
AU - Wiemers, Martin
AU - Settele, Josef
N1 - Funding information: Funding This study was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the BMBF-Funding Measure “Sustainable Land Management” (Grant Number FKZ01LL0917A-01LL0917O, 2010–2016).
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - In a cross-disciplinary project (LEGATO) combining inter- and transdisciplinary methods, we quantify the dependency of rice-dominated socio-ecological systems on ecosystem functions (ESF) and the ecosystem services (ESS) the integrated system provides. In the collaboration of a large team including geo- and bioscientists, economists, political and cultural scientists, the mutual influences of the biological, climate and soil conditions of the agricultural area and its surrounding natural landscape have been analysed. One focus was on sociocultural and economic backgrounds, another on local as well as regional land use intensity and biodiversity, and the potential impacts of future climate and land use change. LEGATO analysed characteristic elements of three service strands defined by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA): (a) provisioning services: nutrient cycling and crop production; (b) regulating services: biocontrol and pollination; and (c) cultural services: cultural identity and aesthetics. However, in line with much of the current ESS literature, what the MA called supporting services is treated as ESF within LEGATO. As a core output, LEGATO developed generally applicable principles of ecological engineering (EE), suitable for application in the context of future climate and land use change. EE is an emerging discipline, concerned with the design, monitoring and construction of ecosystems and aims at developing strategies to optimise ecosystem services through exploiting natural regulation mechanisms instead of suppressing them. Along these lines LEGATO also aims to create the knowledge base for decision-making for sustainable land management and livelihoods, including the provision of the corresponding governance and management strategies, technologies and system solutions.
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