Mapping Ecosystem Services of Forest Stands: Case Study of Maamora, Morocco
The concept of ecosystem services (ES) is increasingly used to analyze the relationships and interactions between humans and nature. Understanding the ecosystem services’ flow and the ecosystems’ capacity to generate these services is an essential element in considering the sustainability of ecosyst...
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Lomonosov Moscow State University
2022-03-01
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| author | Abdelkader Benabou Said Moukrim Said Laaribya Abderrahman Aafi Aissa Chkhichekh Tayeb El Maadidi Ahmed El Aboudi |
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| description | The concept of ecosystem services (ES) is increasingly used to analyze the relationships and interactions between humans and nature. Understanding the ecosystem services’ flow and the ecosystems’ capacity to generate these services is an essential element in considering the sustainability of ecosystem uses and the development of ecosystem accounts. For such purpose, we conduct spatially explicit analyses of nine ecosystem services in the Maamora forest, Morocco. The ecosystem services included are timber and industry wood harvest, firewood harvest, cork gathering, forage production, acorn gathering, forest carbon storage, and recreational hiking. Results make it possible to distinguish between the forest capacity to provide ecosystem services from their current use (demand) and assess them quantitatively. It came out that both capacity and flow differ in spatial extent as well as in quantity. Distinguishing capacity and flow of ES also provided an estimate of over-or under-utilization of services, and offer the possibility to map the ecosystem service provision hotspots (SPA) and degraded SPHs. The respective assessment of capacity and flux in a space-explicit manner can therefore support the monitoring of the forest ecosystem use sustainability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-be7befed41c04864a644d148d27decac2024-10-17T12:30:10ZengLomonosov Moscow State UniversityGeography, Environment, Sustainability2071-93882542-15652022-03-0115114114910.24057/2071-9388-2021-047601Mapping Ecosystem Services of Forest Stands: Case Study of Maamora, MoroccoAbdelkader Benabou0Said Moukrim1Said Laaribya2Abderrahman Aafi3Aissa Chkhichekh4Tayeb El Maadidi5Ahmed El Aboudi6Mohammed V University, Faculty of Sciences; Ministerial Department of Water and ForestryMohammed V University, Faculty of SciencesIbn Tofail University Laboratory of territories, environment, and development KenitraNational Forestry School of EngineersRoyal Technical Institute of Water and ForestryMinisterial Department of Water and ForestryMohammed V University, Faculty of SciencesThe concept of ecosystem services (ES) is increasingly used to analyze the relationships and interactions between humans and nature. Understanding the ecosystem services’ flow and the ecosystems’ capacity to generate these services is an essential element in considering the sustainability of ecosystem uses and the development of ecosystem accounts. For such purpose, we conduct spatially explicit analyses of nine ecosystem services in the Maamora forest, Morocco. The ecosystem services included are timber and industry wood harvest, firewood harvest, cork gathering, forage production, acorn gathering, forest carbon storage, and recreational hiking. Results make it possible to distinguish between the forest capacity to provide ecosystem services from their current use (demand) and assess them quantitatively. It came out that both capacity and flow differ in spatial extent as well as in quantity. Distinguishing capacity and flow of ES also provided an estimate of over-or under-utilization of services, and offer the possibility to map the ecosystem service provision hotspots (SPA) and degraded SPHs. The respective assessment of capacity and flux in a space-explicit manner can therefore support the monitoring of the forest ecosystem use sustainability.https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/2334assessmentecosystem accountingmonitoringspatial analysessustainability |
| spellingShingle | Abdelkader Benabou Said Moukrim Said Laaribya Abderrahman Aafi Aissa Chkhichekh Tayeb El Maadidi Ahmed El Aboudi Mapping Ecosystem Services of Forest Stands: Case Study of Maamora, Morocco Geography, Environment, Sustainability assessment ecosystem accounting monitoring spatial analyses sustainability |
| title | Mapping Ecosystem Services of Forest Stands: Case Study of Maamora, Morocco |
| title_full | Mapping Ecosystem Services of Forest Stands: Case Study of Maamora, Morocco |
| title_fullStr | Mapping Ecosystem Services of Forest Stands: Case Study of Maamora, Morocco |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mapping Ecosystem Services of Forest Stands: Case Study of Maamora, Morocco |
| title_short | Mapping Ecosystem Services of Forest Stands: Case Study of Maamora, Morocco |
| title_sort | mapping ecosystem services of forest stands case study of maamora morocco |
| topic | assessment ecosystem accounting monitoring spatial analyses sustainability |
| url | https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/2334 |
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