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The Benefits of Combining Global and Local Data—A Showcase for Valuation and Mapping of Mangrove Climate Regulation and Food Provisioning Services within a Protected Area in Pará, North Brazil

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  • Robin Gutting

    (Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Weberplatz 1, 01217 Dresden, Germany)

  • Ralf-Uwe Syrbe

    (Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Weberplatz 1, 01217 Dresden, Germany)

  • Karsten Grunewald

    (Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Weberplatz 1, 01217 Dresden, Germany)

  • Ulf Mehlig

    (Institute for Coastal Research (IECOS), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Bragança 66075-110, PA, Brazil)

  • Véronique Helfer

    (Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Fahrenheitstr. 6, 28359 Bremen, Germany)

  • Martin Zimmer

    (Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Fahrenheitstr. 6, 28359 Bremen, Germany
    FB02 Biology/Chemistry, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany)

Abstract

Mangrove forests provide a large variety of ecosystem services (ES) to coastal societies. Using a case study focusing on the Ajuruteua peninsula in Northern Brazil and two ES, food provisioning (ES1) and global climate regulation (ES2), this paper proposes a new framework for quantifying and valuing mangrove ES and allow for their small-scale mapping. We modelled and spatialised the two ES from different perspectives, the demand (ES1) and the supply (ES2) side respectively. This was performed by combining worldwide databases related to the global human population (ES1) or mangrove distribution and canopy height (ES2) with locally derived parameters, such as crab catches (ES1) or species-specific allometric equations based on local estimates of tree structural parameters (ES2). Based on this approach, we could estimate that the area delivers the basic nutrition of about 1400 households, which equals 2.7 million USD, and that the mangrove biomass in the area contains 2.1 million Mg C, amounting to 50.9 million USD, if it were paid as certificates. In addition to those figures, we provide high-resolution maps showing which areas are more valuable for the two respective ES, information that could help inform management strategies in the future.

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  • Robin Gutting & Ralf-Uwe Syrbe & Karsten Grunewald & Ulf Mehlig & Véronique Helfer & Martin Zimmer, 2021. "The Benefits of Combining Global and Local Data—A Showcase for Valuation and Mapping of Mangrove Climate Regulation and Food Provisioning Services within a Protected Area in Pará, North Brazil," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-18, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:10:y:2021:i:4:p:432-:d:538405
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    1. Jenny Escandón-Panchana & Rafael Elao Vallejo & Paulo Escandón-Panchana & Andrés Velastegui-Montoya & Gricelda Herrera-Franco, 2022. "Spatial Planning of the Coastal Marine Socioecological System—Case Study: Punta Carnero, Ecuador," Resources, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-17, August.

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