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| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102051 |
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| Title (Primary) | Quantifying interregional flows of multiple ecosystem services – A case study for Germany |
| Author | Kleemann, J.; Schröter, M.; Bagstad, K.J.; Kuhlicke, C.; Kastner, T.; Fridman, D.; Schulp, C.J.E.; Wolff, S.; Martínez-López, J.; Koellner, T.; Arnhold, S.; Martín-López, B.; Marques, A.; Lopez-Hoffman, L.; Liu, J.; Kissinger, M.; Guerra, C.A.; Bonn, A.
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| Source Titel | Global Environmental Change |
| Year | 2020 |
| Department | CLE; SUSOZ; iDiv; ESS |
| Volume | 61 |
| Page From | art. 102051 |
| Language | englisch |
| Supplements | https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0959378018314705-mmc1.xml |
| Keywords | Telecoupling; Interregional ecosystem services; Flow; Assessment; Quantification |
| Abstract | Despite a growing number of national-scale ecosystem service (ES) assessments, few studies consider the impacts of ES use and consumption beyond national or regional boundaries. Interregional ES flows – ecosystem services “imported” from and “exported” to other countries – are rarely analyzed and their importance for global sustainability is little known. Here, we provide a first multi-ES quantification of a nation's use of ES from abroad. We focus on ES flows that benefit the population in Germany but are supplied outside German territory. We employ a conceptual framework recently developed to systematically quantify interregional ES flows. We address four types of interregional ES flows with: (i) biophysical flows of traded goods: cocoa import for consumption; (ii) flows mediated by migratory species: migration of birds providing pest control; (iii) passive biophysical flows: flood control along transboundary watersheds; and (iv) information flows: China's giant panda loan to the Berlin Zoo. We determined that: (i) Ivory Coast and Ghana alone supply around 53% of Germany's cocoa while major negative consequences for biodiversity occurred in Cameroon and Ecuador; (ii) Africa´s humid and sub-humid climate zones are important habitats for the majority of migratory bird species that provide natural pest control services in agricultural areas in Germany; (iii) Upstream watersheds outside the country add an additional 64% flood regulation services nationally, while Germany exports 40% of flood regulation services in neighboring, downstream countries; (iv) Information flows transported by the pandas were mainly related to political aspects and - contrary to our expectations - considerably less on biological and natural aspects. We discuss the implications of these results for international resource management policy and governance. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=22923 |
| Kleemann, J., Schröter, M., Bagstad, K.J., Kuhlicke, C., Kastner, T., Fridman, D., Schulp, C.J.E., Wolff, S., Martínez-López, J., Koellner, T., Arnhold, S., Martín-López, B., Marques, A., Lopez-Hoffman, L., Liu, J., Kissinger, M., Guerra, C.A., Bonn, A. (2020): Quantifying interregional flows of multiple ecosystem services – A case study for Germany Glob. Environ. Change 61 , art. 102051 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102051 |
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