Quantifying and mapping forest-related environmental education and training in Saxony, Germany

IF 6.1 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecosystem Services Pub Date : 2025-04-13 DOI:10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101719

André Tiemann, Irene Ring

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Abstract

Forest ecosystems provide a wide range of services that contribute to human well-being, but not all of them are accounted for on a spatial and temporal scale. Furthermore, studies on forest regulation and maintenance services predominate, while studies on cultural ecosystem services are on a comparatively low level. This applies especially to environmental education and training, a cultural service which is among the least assessed ecosystem services.

Here, environmental education and training is explicitly related to a forest context, assessing environmental education and training as offered by forest facilities run by the Saxony State Forestry Service, based in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. People with access to forest-related environmental education and training, considering a 90-minute maximum travel time for individual and public transport are assessed to determine the supply of this ecosystem service. The results indicate that Saxony’s entire population has access to environmental education and training within 90 min when using individual transport and less than 50% when using public transport. Furthermore, strong spatial variations in accessibility via public transport exist with high supply of this cultural service in and around the cities of Dresden and Leipzig and a comparatively low supply in the region of Chemnitz.

The present research contributes to a more holistic quantification and mapping of forest ecosystem services and helps to overcome limitations of forest function mapping. In an international context, the reproducibility of our study may support State Forestry Services of other countries to transfer the proposed approach to their case.

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德国萨克森州与森林有关的环境教育和培训的量化和绘图

森林生态系统提供了一系列促进人类福祉的服务，但并非所有这些服务都在空间和时间尺度上得到了考虑。此外，森林调节和维持服务的研究占主导地位，而文化生态系统服务的研究水平相对较低。这尤其适用于环境教育和培训，这一文化服务是评估最少的生态系统服务之一。在这里，环境教育和培训明确与森林有关，评估设在德国萨克森自由州的萨克森州林业局管理的森林设施提供的环境教育和培训。考虑到个人和公共交通的最长旅行时间为90分钟，对有机会接受森林相关环境教育和培训的人进行评估，以确定这种生态系统服务的供应。结果表明，萨克森州的所有人口在使用个人交通工具的90分钟内接受了环境教育和培训，而使用公共交通工具的人数不到50%。此外，在德累斯顿和莱比锡等城市及其周边地区，公共交通的可达性存在强烈的空间差异，这种文化服务的供应量很高，而开姆尼茨地区的供应量相对较低。本研究有助于对森林生态系统服务功能进行更全面的量化和制图，有助于克服森林功能制图的局限性。在国际背景下，我们研究的可重复性可能会支持其他国家的国家林业部门将所提出的方法转移到他们的案例中。

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Ecosystem Services ECOLOGYENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES&-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

CiteScore

14.90

自引率

7.90%

发文量

109

期刊介绍： Ecosystem Services is an international, interdisciplinary journal that is associated with the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP). The journal is dedicated to exploring the science, policy, and practice related to ecosystem services, which are the various ways in which ecosystems contribute to human well-being, both directly and indirectly. Ecosystem Services contributes to the broader goal of ensuring that the benefits of ecosystems are recognized, valued, and sustainably managed for the well-being of current and future generations. The journal serves as a platform for scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and other stakeholders to share their findings and insights, fostering collaboration and innovation in the field of ecosystem services.