A multitiered approach for grassland ecosystem services mapping and assessment: The Viva Grass tool
Throughout the second half of the 20th Century, the area of semi-natural grasslands in the Baltic States decreased substantially, due to agricultural abandonment in some areas and intensification in more productive soil types. In order to halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services provided...
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| author | Miguel Villoslada Ivo Vinogradovs Anda Ruskule Kristina Veidemane Olgerts Nikodemus Raimonds Kasparinskis Kalev Sepp Justas Gulbinas |
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| description | Throughout the second half of the 20th Century, the area of semi-natural grasslands in the Baltic States decreased substantially, due to agricultural abandonment in some areas and intensification in more productive soil types. In order to halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services provided by grasslands, the LIFE+ programme funded project, LIFE Viva Grass, aims at developing an integrated planning tool that will support ecosystem-based planning and sustainable grassland management. LIFE Viva Grass integrated planning tool is spatially explicit and allows the user to assess the provision and trade-offs of grassland ecosystem services within eight project case study areas in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
In order to ensure methodological adaptability, the structure of the LIFE Viva Grass integrated planning tool follows the framework of the tiered approach. In a multi-tier system, each consecutive tier entails an increase in data requirements, methodological complexity or both. The present paper outlines the adaptation of the tiered approach for mapping and assessing ecosystem services provided by grasslands in the Baltic States. The first tier corresponds to a deliberative decision process: The matrix approach is used to assess the potential supply of grassland ecosystem services based on expert estimations. Expert values are subsequently transferred to grassland units and therefore made spatially explicit. The data collected in the first tier was further enhanced through a Principal Components Analysis (PCA) in order to explore ES bundles in tier 2. In the third tier, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis is used to target specific policy questions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d39abe8c2d1a409fb77e8c8656cc961d2022-12-21T19:07:51ZengPensoft PublishersOne Ecosystem2367-81942018-08-01312710.3897/oneeco.3.e2538025380A multitiered approach for grassland ecosystem services mapping and assessment: The Viva Grass toolMiguel Villoslada0Ivo Vinogradovs1Anda Ruskule2Kristina Veidemane3Olgerts Nikodemus4Raimonds Kasparinskis5Kalev Sepp6Justas Gulbinas7Estonian University of Life Sciences, Chair of Environmental Protection and Landscape ManagementUniversity of Latvia, Faculty of Geography and Earth SciencesUniversity of Latvia, Faculty of Geography and Earth SciencesUniversity of Latvia, Faculty of Geography and Earth SciencesUniversity of Latvia, Faculty of Geography and Earth SciencesUniversity of Latvia, Faculty of Geography and Earth SciencesEstonian University of Life Sciences, Chair of Environmental Protection and Landscape ManagementBaltic Environmental Forum - LithuaniaThroughout the second half of the 20th Century, the area of semi-natural grasslands in the Baltic States decreased substantially, due to agricultural abandonment in some areas and intensification in more productive soil types. In order to halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services provided by grasslands, the LIFE+ programme funded project, LIFE Viva Grass, aims at developing an integrated planning tool that will support ecosystem-based planning and sustainable grassland management. LIFE Viva Grass integrated planning tool is spatially explicit and allows the user to assess the provision and trade-offs of grassland ecosystem services within eight project case study areas in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In order to ensure methodological adaptability, the structure of the LIFE Viva Grass integrated planning tool follows the framework of the tiered approach. In a multi-tier system, each consecutive tier entails an increase in data requirements, methodological complexity or both. The present paper outlines the adaptation of the tiered approach for mapping and assessing ecosystem services provided by grasslands in the Baltic States. The first tier corresponds to a deliberative decision process: The matrix approach is used to assess the potential supply of grassland ecosystem services based on expert estimations. Expert values are subsequently transferred to grassland units and therefore made spatially explicit. The data collected in the first tier was further enhanced through a Principal Components Analysis (PCA) in order to explore ES bundles in tier 2. In the third tier, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis is used to target specific policy questions.https://oneecosystem.pensoft.net/article/25380/Ecosystem servicesgrasslandstiered approach |
| spellingShingle | Miguel Villoslada Ivo Vinogradovs Anda Ruskule Kristina Veidemane Olgerts Nikodemus Raimonds Kasparinskis Kalev Sepp Justas Gulbinas A multitiered approach for grassland ecosystem services mapping and assessment: The Viva Grass tool One Ecosystem Ecosystem services grasslands tiered approach |
| title | A multitiered approach for grassland ecosystem services mapping and assessment: The Viva Grass tool |
| title_full | A multitiered approach for grassland ecosystem services mapping and assessment: The Viva Grass tool |
| title_fullStr | A multitiered approach for grassland ecosystem services mapping and assessment: The Viva Grass tool |
| title_full_unstemmed | A multitiered approach for grassland ecosystem services mapping and assessment: The Viva Grass tool |
| title_short | A multitiered approach for grassland ecosystem services mapping and assessment: The Viva Grass tool |
| title_sort | multitiered approach for grassland ecosystem services mapping and assessment the viva grass tool |
| topic | Ecosystem services grasslands tiered approach |
| url | https://oneecosystem.pensoft.net/article/25380/ |
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