Protected Area management: Fusion and confusion with the ecosystem services approach

Christiaan Hummel; Dimitris Poursanidis; Daniel Orenstein; Michael Elliott; Mihai Cristian Adamescu; Constantin Cazacu; Guy Ziv; Nektarios Chrysoulakis; Jaap van der Meer; Herman Hummel

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.033

Protected Area management: Fusion and confusion with the ecosystem services approach

Sci Total Environ. 2019 Feb 15;651(Pt 2):2432-2443. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.033. Epub 2018 Oct 6.

Affiliations

¹ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Yerseke, the Netherlands; VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: christiaan.hummel@nioz.nl.
² Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, N. Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
³ Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
⁴ Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies (IECS), University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK.
⁵ University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
⁶ School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
⁷ VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, Department of Ocean and Coastal Systems, Texel, the Netherlands.
⁸ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Yerseke, the Netherlands.

PMID: 30336433
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.033

Abstract

For many years, Protected Areas (PA) have been an important tool for conserving nature. Recently, also societal aspects have been introduced into PA management via the introduction of the Ecosystem Services (ES) approach. This review discusses the historical background of PAs, PA management, and the ES approach. We then discuss the relevance and applicability of the ES approach for PA management, including the different definitions of ES, different classification methods, and the ways in which ES are measured. We conclude that there are still major challenges ahead in using the ES approach in PA management and so recommendations are given on the way in which the ES approach should be integrated into PA management.

Keywords: Ecosystem services; Management; Nature conservation; Protected Areas.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Conservation of Natural Resources / methods*
Ecosystem*