Naslov
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENTS: BENEFITS AND THREATS
(Servicios ecosistémicos en áreas de montaña: beneficios y amenazas)

Autori
Pereira, Paulo ; Inacio, Miguel ; Bogunovic, Igor ; Francos, Marcos ; Barceló, Damià ; Zhao, Wenwu

Izvornik
Pirineos (1988-4281) 177 (2022); 1-18

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Mountains ; biotic ; abiotic ; ecosystem services ; drivers of change

Sažetak
Mountain areas have a substantial impact on climate dynamics and are one of the most critical water sources. Mountains were key in human evolution throughout history and supplied essential biotic and abiotic ecosystem services (ES), key for human living. This perspective article will study the importance of mountains to ES supply and the impacts of the different drivers of change, namely habitat change, climate change, overexploitation, pollution, and invasive species. Mountain areas have a high capacity to supply an important number of regulating (global and local climate regulation, air quality regulation, natural hazards regulation, pollination), provisioning (crops, livestock, wild food and fish, biomass for energy and timber, freshwater renewable energy - hydropower, wind, solar and geothermal - and mineral resources) and cultural (recreation and tourism, landscape aesthetics and inspiration, cultural heritage and cultural diversity and knowledge systems). However, changes imposed by habitat change, climate change, overexploitation, pollution, and invasive species can increase the tradeoffs between ES and trigger environmental degradation. Overall, there is a need to balance mountain ES exploitation and reduce the effects of the different drivers of change.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Poljoprivreda (agronomija)

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