Provisioning ecosystem services and direct drivers change in wetlands related to groundwater in Iberoamerica and Spain

Wetlands have been recognized as very important habitats to support the ecological processes in ecosystems. They supplie goods and ecosystem services for human well-being. Many wetlands are related to groundwater and depend from of them. This explains that some actions taken in aquifers affect the f...

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Main Authors: Teresita Betancur, Emilia Bocanegra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt 2016-08-01
Series:Biota Colombiana
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Online Access:http://revistas.humboldt.org.co/index.php/biota/article/view/412
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description Wetlands have been recognized as very important habitats to support the ecological processes in ecosystems. They supplie goods and ecosystem services for human well-being. Many wetlands are related to groundwater and depend from of them. This explains that some actions taken in aquifers affect the function of wetlands and can threaten their existence. The UNESCO-IGCP Project 604: Wetlands Related to Groundwater in Iberoamerica, has the objective to generate knowledge about the interaction between groundwater, wetlands and human activitiess in Ibero-America and Spain, by evaluating their main hydrological characteristics, the services these ecosystems provide to humans and the factors that may induce changes in such services. In the framework of this Project, researchers from 13 countries have provided information on the characteristics of 64 wetlands, on the aquifers linked to them, and a summary of their services. In this paper, the results obtained relative to provision of ecosystemic services have been summarized, as well as the main factors that could produce changes in them. The special reference to this type of services is due to the fact that the human socioeconomical activities may have a greater impact on them and produce the most important changes and impacts, especially in what refers to materials extraction, pollution, and land use.
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spelling doaj.art-d475f3d44f324ab2a37a09f8b112bb1f2022-12-21T18:33:18ZengInstituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von HumboldtBiota Colombiana0124-53762539-200X2016-08-0117supl. 110.21068/bc.v17isupl. 1.412412Provisioning ecosystem services and direct drivers change in wetlands related to groundwater in Iberoamerica and SpainTeresita BetancurEmilia BocanegraWetlands have been recognized as very important habitats to support the ecological processes in ecosystems. They supplie goods and ecosystem services for human well-being. Many wetlands are related to groundwater and depend from of them. This explains that some actions taken in aquifers affect the function of wetlands and can threaten their existence. The UNESCO-IGCP Project 604: Wetlands Related to Groundwater in Iberoamerica, has the objective to generate knowledge about the interaction between groundwater, wetlands and human activitiess in Ibero-America and Spain, by evaluating their main hydrological characteristics, the services these ecosystems provide to humans and the factors that may induce changes in such services. In the framework of this Project, researchers from 13 countries have provided information on the characteristics of 64 wetlands, on the aquifers linked to them, and a summary of their services. In this paper, the results obtained relative to provision of ecosystemic services have been summarized, as well as the main factors that could produce changes in them. The special reference to this type of services is due to the fact that the human socioeconomical activities may have a greater impact on them and produce the most important changes and impacts, especially in what refers to materials extraction, pollution, and land use.http://revistas.humboldt.org.co/index.php/biota/article/view/412Cambio ambientalEcosistemas del MilenioEvaluación cualitativa de servicios ambientalesHidrogeología
spellingShingle Teresita Betancur
Emilia Bocanegra
Provisioning ecosystem services and direct drivers change in wetlands related to groundwater in Iberoamerica and Spain
Biota Colombiana
Cambio ambiental
Ecosistemas del Milenio
Evaluación cualitativa de servicios ambientales
Hidrogeología
title Provisioning ecosystem services and direct drivers change in wetlands related to groundwater in Iberoamerica and Spain
title_full Provisioning ecosystem services and direct drivers change in wetlands related to groundwater in Iberoamerica and Spain
title_fullStr Provisioning ecosystem services and direct drivers change in wetlands related to groundwater in Iberoamerica and Spain
title_full_unstemmed Provisioning ecosystem services and direct drivers change in wetlands related to groundwater in Iberoamerica and Spain
title_short Provisioning ecosystem services and direct drivers change in wetlands related to groundwater in Iberoamerica and Spain
title_sort provisioning ecosystem services and direct drivers change in wetlands related to groundwater in iberoamerica and spain
topic Cambio ambiental
Ecosistemas del Milenio
Evaluación cualitativa de servicios ambientales
Hidrogeología
url http://revistas.humboldt.org.co/index.php/biota/article/view/412
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