Spatial development and sustainability of ecosystems and landscapes (working title)

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1 SENSE Research cluster XIII Spatial development and sustainability of ecosystems and landscapes (working title) 2 nd Cluster-meeting, 1 December 2010 IvM-VU, Amsterdam Cluster coordination: Staff: Dr. (Ru)dolf de Groot / Prof. Paul Opdam (WUR) PhD: Alexander van Oudenhoven & Katalin Petz (WUR)

2 Aims of research clusters in SENSE A platform/network for SENSE researchers, PhD in particular, to exchange information and stimulate cooperation in a coherent research field By organizing activities such as: Meetings/workshops; Summer Schools international PhD courses Literature review discussions Commenting concept papers and research plans Reflective meetings on improving societal relevance of science PhD-days

3 Start up meeting 20 May 2010, Wageningen Defining our aspiration and goals What do we expect from our research cluster? What are the main activities? What is the added value? Participants 20 May: 18 IvM-VU, CML, RUN, UNESCO-IHE, UU, WUR (div) Participants today: approx 25 IvM-VU, CML, OU, RUG, RUN, UNESCO-IHE, UU, WUR

4 Main Topics / Research Questions (based on SENSE Inventory of RQ (spring 2009) and discussions 20 May 2010 How can we improve multi-functional landscape planning & design? How can the capacity of a landscape to provide ecosystem services be measured (under different management regimes) What is the spatial distribution of ecosystem and landscape functions and how can they be mapped? How can you model dynamic interactions between ecosystem and landscape services? What are the trade-offs between ecosystem services values (ecol. & socio-economic) under different management regimes

5 Analysis of the common play ground Ecosystem processes dynamics & heterogeneity Objective Analysis pattern-process Landscape dynamics and functions, flows, fragmentation effects Ecosystem & Landscape Services Local Regional > Restoration ecology Reintroduction Valuation Normative Profits, values, costs, decision making, organisation Spatial planning Policy assessment Interactive design Decision support tools

6 Linking Biodiversity and Human Wellbeing Management/ Restoration Ecosystems & Biodiversity Institutions & human Judgments determining (the use of) services Feedback between value perception and use of ecosystem services Biophysical Structure or process (eg. vegetation cover or Net Primary Productivity Function* (eg. slow water passage, biomass) *) subset of biophysical structure or process providing the service (or Service Providing Unit (SPU)) Service (eg. floodprotection, products Human wellbeing (socio-cultural context) Benefit(s) (contribution to health, safety, etc) (econ) Value (eg. WTP for protection or products) Adapted from Haines-Young & Potschin, 2009

7 Ecosystems & Biodiversity (1 Services Human well-being (1 Ecological structures & processes (photosynthesis, nutrient cycling, food-chain dynamics, etc.) TEEB Framework ( Functions (2 Production -biomass Regulation -water regulat. Habitat - requirements Information -landscape Provisioning -Food Regulating -Flood prev. Habitat -Nursery Cultural -Recreation BENEFITS & VALUES Indicators Economic (welfare) Social (wellbeing) Ecological (sustainability) Economic (eg. prices, GDP) Socio-cultural (eg. human wellbeing indices) Biophysical (eg. resilience) External Drivers (eg Climate change Direct drivers (1 Land-use (change) Habitat destruction Pollution & disturb. Resource use, etc Indirect drivers (1 : Demography, Technology, Economy, etc 1) The four bold-lined, brown filled boxes coincide with the overall MA-Framework Governance and Decision making Addressing needs of different actors TEEB-reports: (Inter)national policy makers (D1) Local policy makers/ administrators(d2) Producers/Businesses (D3) Consumers/Citizens (D4) Aggregation of values for decision support: -Trade-off analysis (incl. CBA, MCDA) - Accounting Systems (eg SEEA) 2) subset of ecosystem processes & components that is directly involved in providing the service

8 Proposed research areas Cluster XIII Physical ecological processes and dynamics of multifunctional landscapes, incl. resilience, land use, adaptation to climate change Valuation and perception of ecosystem and landscape services Interventions: planning and design of landscape change, governance of change Other??

9 (What s in a ) NAME..?? Spatial development and sustainability of ecosystems and landscapes (XIII) (working title) Land use, spatial analysis and modelling / Ecosystem and Landscape Services Core 2: Environmental processes and ecosystem dynamics Core theme 2 chair: Professor A.J. (Jan) Hendriks (RU Nijmegen) Ecosystem Dynamics (Core 2, IV) Dr. K. (Klaas) Metselaar (WU-SEG); Dr. E.H. (Egbert) van Nes (WU-AEW) - resilience, modelling at landscape and ecosystem scale Landscape Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Nature Conservation (Core 2, VI) Dr. Wil Tamis (LU-CML); Dr. Jerry van Dijk (UU) - Effects fo fragmentation, restoration strategies, (species) modelling Int. Assessment of Global Environmental Change (Core 3 XIV) Dr. Pieter Valkering, ICIS-MU - Integrated Modelling, DSS, Ecosystem management

10 Program this afternoon 14:00: Welcome & introduction: Peter Verburg & Dolf de Groot 14:15: Findings last meeting (20 may 2010) & upcoming activities (Alexander van Oudenhoven) : Speed date Getting to know each other through short one on one conversations 15:15 16:15 Two Research Presentations : Derek van Berkel: ES in cintext of rural development Pieter van Beukering: Valuation & other economic aspects of ES : Towards a PhD day & Summer School : Drinks & Bites