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The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services

The Science of the total environment, 2018, Vol.610, p.997 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 1879-1026 ;ISSN: 0048-9697 ;EISSN: 1879-1026 ;DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.077

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  • Title:
    The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services
  • Author: Keesstra, Saskia ; Nunes, Joao ; Novara, Agata ; Finger, David ; Avelar, David ; Kalantari, Zahra ; Cerda, Artemi
  • Subjects: Ecosystem services ; Nature based solutions ; SDGs ; System dynamics
  • Is Part Of: The Science of the total environment, 2018, Vol.610, p.997
  • Description: The rehabilitation and restoration of land is a key strategy to recover services - goods and resources-ecosystems offer to the humankind. This paper reviews key examples to understand the superior effect of nature based solutions to enhance the sustainability of catchment systems by promoting desirable soil and landscape functions. The use of concepts such as connectivity and the theory of system thinking framework allowed to review coastal and river management as a guide to evaluate other strategies to achieve sustainability. In land management NBSs are not mainstream management. Through a set of case studies: organic farming in Spain; rewilding in Slovenia; land restoration in Iceland, sediment trapping in Ethiopia and wetland construction in Sweden, we show the potential of Nature based solutions (NBSs) as a cost-effective long term solution for hydrological risks and land degradation. NBSs can be divided into two main groups of strategies: soil solutions and landscape solutions. Soil solutions aim to enhance the soil health and soil functions through which local eco-system services will bemaintained or restored. Landscape solutions mainly focus on the concept of connectivity. Making the landscape less connected, facilitating less rainfall to be transformed into runoff and therefore reducing flood risk, increasing soilmoisture and reducing droughts and soil erosionwe can achieve the sustainability. The enhanced eco-system services directly feed into the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1879-1026
    ISSN: 0048-9697
    EISSN: 1879-1026
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.077
  • Source: SWEPUB Freely available online
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