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Willingness to Pay for Improved Groundwater due to BMPs in PEI PEI 因采用 BMP 而改善地下水的付费意愿。
IF 2.7 3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Management Pub Date : 2024-11-05 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-024-02082-1
Patrick Withey, Ryan Trenholm, Joseph McInnis, Van Lantz
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Impacts of Participatory Forest Management on Land Use/Land Cover of Adaba-Dodola Forest in South Eastern Ethiopia and its Implication to REDD+ Implementation 参与式森林管理对埃塞俄比亚东南部 Adaba-Dodola 森林土地利用/土地覆盖的影响及其对 REDD+ 实施的影响。
IF 2.7 3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Management Pub Date : 2024-11-05 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-024-02083-0
Lemma Tiki, Jumanne M. Abdallah, Motuma Tolera, Kristina Marquardt
{"title":"Impacts of Participatory Forest Management on Land Use/Land Cover of Adaba-Dodola Forest in South Eastern Ethiopia and its Implication to REDD+ Implementation","authors":"Lemma Tiki,&nbsp;Jumanne M. Abdallah,&nbsp;Motuma Tolera,&nbsp;Kristina Marquardt","doi":"10.1007/s00267-024-02083-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00267-024-02083-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Despite various interventions to protect forests, many developing countries, including Ethiopia, continue to face substantial forest conservation challenges, particularly where local communities heavily rely on forests for their livelihoods. Recognizing the urgency of this issue, the government of Ethiopia introduced Participatory Forest Management (PFM) and devolved forest management responsibilities to enhance forest conservation. Therefore, this assessment examines the impacts of PFM on forest cover based on an analysis of the Land Use/Land Cover Change (LULCC) over the last 23 years in Adaba-Dodola, and its implications for REDD+ implementation. The study involved determining the LULCC of the Adaba-Dodola forest after the introduction of PFM from 2000 to 2023. Landsat images of 2000, 2012, and 2023 were analyzed to detect LULCC. The study result showed that the Adaba-Dodola forest cover increased by 1.83% since the PFM was introduced. The decreased agricultural land by 0.87% was the main factor attributed to the increase in shrub cover, while shrubland attributed to the rise in forest cover. Net areas of about 148 ha/year of shrublands were converted into forest land owing to significant forest regeneration, while shrublands had a net gain of 110.5 ha/year from agriculture and grasslands between 2000 and 2023. The increase in forest cover is attributed to the effectiveness of PFM in halting deforestation and promoting forest conservation. Thus, the PFM approach is a tool for preserving forest ecosystems and mitigating the adverse effects of deforestation and forest degradation, therefore would be used as an umbrella for implementing REDD+.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":"75 2","pages":"341 - 355"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142581084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mapping and Analyzing Ecosystem Services Hotspots and Coldspots for Sustainable Spatial Planning in the Greater Asmara Area, Eritrea 为厄立特里亚大阿斯马拉地区的可持续空间规划绘制和分析生态系统服务热点和冷点图。
IF 2.7 3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Management Pub Date : 2024-11-03 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-024-02078-x
Blal Adem Esmail, Chiara Cortinovis, Davide Geneletti, Luis Inostroza, Riccardo Peters, Claudia Romelli, Isabel Schulze, Belula Tecle-Misghina, Medhane Teklemariam, Jingxia Wang, Christian Albert
{"title":"Mapping and Analyzing Ecosystem Services Hotspots and Coldspots for Sustainable Spatial Planning in the Greater Asmara Area, Eritrea","authors":"Blal Adem Esmail,&nbsp;Chiara Cortinovis,&nbsp;Davide Geneletti,&nbsp;Luis Inostroza,&nbsp;Riccardo Peters,&nbsp;Claudia Romelli,&nbsp;Isabel Schulze,&nbsp;Belula Tecle-Misghina,&nbsp;Medhane Teklemariam,&nbsp;Jingxia Wang,&nbsp;Christian Albert","doi":"10.1007/s00267-024-02078-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00267-024-02078-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Rapid urbanization in African metropolises like the Greater Asmara Area, Eritrea, poses numerous environmental challenges, including soil sealing, loss of vegetation cover, threats to protected natural areas, and climate change, among others. Mapping and assessing ecosystem services, particularly analyzing their spatial and temporal distribution is crucial for sustainable spatial planning. This study aims at mapping and analyzing ecosystem services hotspots and coldspots dynamics in the Greater Asmara Area to identify recent trends and opportunities for enhancing ecosystem services supply. Utilizing remote sensing images, we produced land cover maps for 2009 and 2020 and mapped six ecosystem services through a lookup table approach. The study includes provisioning, regulating and maintenance, and cultural ecosystem services. We analyzed their spatio-temporal variations, identifying ecosystem services hotspots and coldspots and their changes over time. Results show that overall ecosystem services potential in the Greater Asmara Area remains low but stable, with some improvements. By 2020, areas with no ecosystem services potential decreased in southern regions like Gala Nefhi and Berik, and new hotspots and coldspots emerged in central Gala Nefhi. This pilot study demonstrates the feasibility and key challenges of the ecosystem services hotspots and coldspots approach for sustainable spatial planning in rapidly urbanizing African metropolitan regions. Despite limitations, the study offers valuable insights into ecosystem services potentials, and related hotspots and coldspots dynamics, raising awareness and paving the way for further research and application.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":"75 3","pages":"551 - 567"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00267-024-02078-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142563431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Social Influence in Social-Ecological Systems: Collaborative Capacity and Inter-Organizational Networks in the U.S. Sagebrush 社会生态系统中的社会影响:美国灌木丛中的协作能力和组织间网络》(Collaborative Capacity and Inter-Organizational Networks in the U.S. Sagebrush.
IF 2.7 3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Management Pub Date : 2024-10-29 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-024-02026-9
R. Patrick Bixler, Maureen Essen, Jennifer Thomsen, Shawn Johnson, Samer Atshan, Auva Shariatmadari
{"title":"Social Influence in Social-Ecological Systems: Collaborative Capacity and Inter-Organizational Networks in the U.S. Sagebrush","authors":"R. Patrick Bixler,&nbsp;Maureen Essen,&nbsp;Jennifer Thomsen,&nbsp;Shawn Johnson,&nbsp;Samer Atshan,&nbsp;Auva Shariatmadari","doi":"10.1007/s00267-024-02026-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00267-024-02026-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Collaborative governance has become a prominent, if not dominant, framework for thinking about multi-scalar and cross-jurisdictional environmental management. The literature broadly and consistently suggests that collaborative capacity and inter-organizational networks provide the institutional framework for addressing social-ecological system challenges. Surprisingly little scholarship addresses processes of social influence (or contagion) in social-ecological systems writ large, or more specifically as it relates to collaborative capacity. In this study, we consider the relationship between network position and structure and “collaborative capacity”. We use a linear network autocorrelation model to establish a quantifiable, statistical relationship between an organizational-level outcome (collaborative capacity) for organizations that are relationally connected in a network addressing conservation and management issues in the U.S. sagebrush biome. We test three general hypotheses: (1) that social position – operationalized as network centrality – is related to collaborative capacity, (2) that subgroup or community structure – operationalized as modularity – is related to collaborative capacity, and (3) that there is a social contagion effect of collaborative capacity. Our results identify a positive relationship between collaborative capacity and organizations in positions of brokerage as well as evidence of a “collaborative capacity” contagion effect. This work contributes to our understanding of the role of bridging organizations and networks for large-scale environmental management.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":"75 2","pages":"272 - 285"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142542754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Socioeconomic Status and Local Biodiversity as Predictors of Attitudes towards Nature among High School Students in a Latin American Metropolis 社会经济地位和当地生物多样性是拉美大都市高中生对自然态度的预测因素。
IF 2.7 3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Management Pub Date : 2024-10-27 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-024-02077-y
Catalina B. Muñoz-Pacheco, Claudia Cerda, Nélida R. Villaseñor
{"title":"Socioeconomic Status and Local Biodiversity as Predictors of Attitudes towards Nature among High School Students in a Latin American Metropolis","authors":"Catalina B. Muñoz-Pacheco,&nbsp;Claudia Cerda,&nbsp;Nélida R. Villaseñor","doi":"10.1007/s00267-024-02077-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00267-024-02077-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Urbanization and biodiversity loss disconnect humans from nature and may limit pro-environmental actions. Although, a growing body of knowledge exists on people’s attitudes towards nature, the majority focuses on the influence of socio-environmental factors. Significant variations in socioeconomic and educational levels in urban areas affect access to biodiversity. In this study, we aim to identify the socio-environmental variables that are associated with people’s attitudes towards nature (student’s knowledge about urban birds and their participation in conservation actions). We collected data on local biodiversity, socioeconomical status, and high school students’ attitudes towards nature (15 schools, <i>n</i> = 175 students) in a large Latin American capital city. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was utilized to identify relationships among all variables. Socioeconomic characterization was assessed using levels of socio-materiality and school performance scores. Definitions of ecological complexity were based on bird species richness and vegetation density. Knowledge of urban birds was evaluated using two indicators: urban bird identification (recognition of names) and identification of the biogeographic origin of urban birds (native or exotic). Participation in conservation actions by students was assessed based on implementation scale and implementation frequency. According to our results, respondents’ knowledge of birds was poor: 42% of students identified only two species (the domestic pigeon and the monk parakeet, both exotic). Only 26% of total students participated in conservation actions. SEM analysis revealed that socioeconomic status was positively associated with the ecological complexity of surrounding areas. In turn, ecological complexity showed a positive relationship with students’ knowledge on urban birds. Finally, students’ knowledge of urban birds showed a positive influence on conservation actions. Our findings suggest that, the improvement of students’ knowledge about local biodiversity and ensuring equitable access to biodiversity could be an effective way to foster students’ involvement in conservation actions, especially in neighborhoods of lower socioeconomic levels.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":"75 3","pages":"623 - 637"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142492534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A Nature-based Solutions Framework for Embedding Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation into Urban Land Use Plans through Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) 通过战略环境评估 (SEA) 将减缓和适应气候变化纳入城市土地利用规划的基于自然的解决方案框架。
IF 2.7 3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Management Pub Date : 2024-10-26 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-024-02073-2
Amarilis Lucia Casteli Figueiredo Gallardo, Alan Bond
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Investigating Taste and Odour Characteristics in a Drinking Water Source: A Comprehensive 3-Year Monitoring Study. 调查饮用水源的味道和气味特征:为期 3 年的综合监测研究
IF 2.7 3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Management Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-024-02071-4
Zuhal Zengin, Latife Köker, Emine Gözde Ozbayram, Meriç Albay, Reyhan Akçaalan
{"title":"Investigating Taste and Odour Characteristics in a Drinking Water Source: A Comprehensive 3-Year Monitoring Study.","authors":"Zuhal Zengin, Latife Köker, Emine Gözde Ozbayram, Meriç Albay, Reyhan Akçaalan","doi":"10.1007/s00267-024-02071-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-024-02071-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The monitoring of drinking water quality is a vital public health concern together with taste and odour (T&O) episodes, an emerging global problem causing a loss of public trust to the quality of water. Our objective was to monitor water quality of an important drinking water source and also the production dynamics of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol (2-MIB) which cause taste and odour problems in the lake. The trophic status of the lake was classified as mesotrophic. 2-MIB was positively correlated temperature while geosmin was positively correlated with depth. Other physicochemical parameters related with water quality did not show significant correlation with geosmin and 2-MIB. The highest 2-MIB and geosmin concentrations were detected during the thermal stratification period in 2016 and 2018 by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Cyanobacteria and Actinobacteria were detected in geosmin & 2-MIB detected samples as potential taste and odour producers by PCR. Selected samples were analysed with metabarcoding and Planktothrix, Pseudanabaena, Cyanobium, Streptomyces, and Nocardioides were detected as potential geosmin & 2-MIB producers. Micrococcus, Rhodococcus, Acinetobacter, Comamonas, Novosphingobium, Sphingopyxis, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, Stenotrophomonas and Flavobacterium were identified as potential geosmin & 2-MIB degraders. The results highlighted the significant role of the autochthonous bacterial community, temperature and thermal stratification in the taste and odour dynamics of a drinking water source.</p>","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142492531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Effects of Biochar on Arsenic-Contaminated Soil: Chemical Fractionation, Vegetation Growth, and Oral Bioaccessibility 生物炭对砷污染土壤的影响:化学分馏、植被生长和口腔生物可及性。
IF 2.7 3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Management Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-024-02067-0
Jacqueline Zanin Lima, Valéria Guimarães Silvestre Rodrigues
{"title":"Effects of Biochar on Arsenic-Contaminated Soil: Chemical Fractionation, Vegetation Growth, and Oral Bioaccessibility","authors":"Jacqueline Zanin Lima,&nbsp;Valéria Guimarães Silvestre Rodrigues","doi":"10.1007/s00267-024-02067-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00267-024-02067-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Contamination by arsenic (As) is a pressing environmental and public health issue requiring urgent remediation strategies. One cost-effective and eco-friendly method involves adding stabilizing agents to soils to reduce As mobility. However, remediation projects must also address potential ecotoxicological effects. These effects may include harmful impacts on both aquatic and terrestrial organisms, including plants, disruption of ecosystem balance, and the potential bioaccumulation of toxic substances in the food chain. Biochar from organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) shows promise for As-contaminated soil remediation. Pot experiments were conducted with soil contaminated with As (100 mg kg<sup>−1</sup>) and amended with biochar produced at three different temperatures (300, 500, and 700 °C) and addition rates (1 and 5%, w/w). Chemical fractionation showed higher As concentration in a less accessible fraction (F4). Biochar amendments did not significantly differ from the control in As immobilization, but enhanced maize (<i>Zea mays</i>) growth and reduced As uptake, with the most promising results seen with 1% of biochar produced at 700 °C. The bioaccumulation factor (BCF) and translocation factor (TF) were both lower than 1, indicating a low absorption of As and minimal translocation from the root to the shoot. The bioaccessible percentage was higher in the samples treated with biochar compared to the control. According to the results, biochar showed no satisfactory potential for As immobilization and its approach of pretreatment/modification should be tested regarding possible improvements in the immobilization performance of As. Since most contaminations involve multiple contaminants simultaneously, it is essential to test the interactions between arsenic and other pollutants to understand the effects of biochar in such complex scenarios, which will be explored in future studies.</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div><div><p>Graphical abstract</p></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":"75 2","pages":"392 - 401"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142492530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Long-term surveys of ungulates’ effects on tree and shrub species in mountainous forests –outcomes and potential limits 有蹄类动物对山区森林树木和灌木物种影响的长期调查--结果和潜在限制。
IF 2.7 3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Management Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-024-02063-4
U. Nopp-Mayr, W. Lechner, S. Reimoser, F. Reimoser
{"title":"Long-term surveys of ungulates’ effects on tree and shrub species in mountainous forests –outcomes and potential limits","authors":"U. Nopp-Mayr,&nbsp;W. Lechner,&nbsp;S. Reimoser,&nbsp;F. Reimoser","doi":"10.1007/s00267-024-02063-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00267-024-02063-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ungulate herbivory might induce different effects on the diversity and growth of trees and shrubs. The density, distribution, and the species of ungulates as well as plant communities’ composition and other factors determine whether ungulate herbivory promotes or limits plants’ diversity and growth. The impacts of ungulates on woody plants are commonly surveyed with exclosure-control approaches. In practice, such surveys frequently only cover short periods of time, addressing immediate management needs. Long-term surveys, documenting lasting effects of ungulate herbivory, are highly needed, but still rare. However, the general transferability of outcomes of long-term surveys might be limited due to different disturbing factors. This study addresses two basic aspects of long-term monitoring in mountainous forests, based on a unique 30-year data set: (1) Possible long-term effects of herbivores on forest vegetation (e.g., species/structural diversity of woody plants) and (2) potential differences between short-term and long-term surveys in terms of height growth patterns. In our study, diversity of woody plant species showed great variability with no significant impact of ungulate herbivory. The presence of ungulates had a significantly negative effect on the vertical structural diversity and growth of trees. Due to the slower growth on control plots, it took trees longer to reach a 160 cm height-threshold with their terminal shoots than on exclosure plots. Our long-term control-exclosure data set indicated that long-term survey data indeed might differ from growth patterns represented by short-term surveys. This can be induced by several factors, like site-specific growth patterns of trees, occurrences of natural abiotic disturbances that influence the functional life of exclosures, and others.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":"74 6","pages":"1190 - 1206"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00267-024-02063-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142492532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mapping and Identification of Ecosystem Services Hotspots in the Brazilian Pampa Biome 绘制并确定巴西潘帕生物群落的生态系统服务热点。
IF 2.7 3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Management Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-024-02069-y
Cássia Fernanda Martins da Silva, Murillo César Céspedes Campos, Diógenes Félix da Silva Costa, Fabiana Schneck, Luiz Ubiratan Hepp
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