An interdisciplinary research unit consisting of 30 teams in the
natural, economic and social sciences analyzed biodiversity and
ecosystem services of a mountain rainforest ecosystem in the
hotspot of the tropical Andes, with special reference to past,
current and future environmental changes. The group assessed
ecosystem services using data from ecological field and
scenario-driven model experiments, and with the help of comparative
field surveys of the natural forest and its anthropogenic
replacement system for agriculture.
The book offers insights into the impacts of environmental
change on various service categories mentioned in the Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment (2005): cultural, regulating, supporting and
provisioning ecosystem services. Examples focus on biodiversity of
plants and animals including trophic networks, and abiotic/biotic
parameters such as soils, regional climate, water, nutrient and
sediment cycles. The types of threats considered include land use
and climate changes, as well as atmospheric fertilization. In terms
of regulating and provisioning services, the emphasis is primarily
on water regulation and supply as well as climate regulation and
carbon sequestration. With regard to provisioning services, the
synthesis of the book provides science-based recommendations for a
sustainable land use portfolio including several options such as
forestry, pasture management and the practices of indigenous
peoples. In closing, the authors show how they integrated the local
society by pursuing capacity building in compliance with the
CBD-ABS (Convention on Biological Diversity - Access and Benefit
Sharing), in the form of education and knowledge transfer for
application.
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