On inclusion of ecosystem services in the assessment of damage from land degradation

In the assessment of damage arising from land degradation at the Training and Experimental Soil–Ecological Center of Moscow State University, the cost of unfulfilled and underfulfilled ecosystem surfaces of soils should be taken into account. The following soil services were considered for the terri...

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Published in:Eurasian soil science 2016-12, Vol.49 (12), p.1443-1449
Main Authors: Tsvetnov, E. V., Makarov, O. A., Yakovlev, A. S., Bondarenko, E. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Biodegradation
Conservation of Soils
Degradation
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Ecological function
Economics
Ecosystem biology
Ecosystem services
Ecosystems
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Land degradation
Land use
Nature conservation
Protection and preservation
Real property
Remediation
Risk assessment
Soil surfaces
Soils
Sustainability management
Sustainable development
Valuation
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Summary:In the assessment of damage arising from land degradation at the Training and Experimental Soil–Ecological Center of Moscow State University, the cost of unfulfilled and underfulfilled ecosystem surfaces of soils should be taken into account. The following soil services were considered for the territory studied: direct provision with resources, protection, maintenance of ecosystem life and cultural services. A relationship between the concepts of ecosystem services and ecological functions of soils is shown. The concept of function is wider in some respect than the concept associated with it. In the definition of ecosystem service, only the manifestation of the soil function, which can have an economic interpretation, is selected. A simulation of ecosystem services proposed in the ecological and economic evaluation of damage arising from land degradation can be a real mechanism of nature conservation and development of systems of sustainable management at various levels of the administrative structure of the country.
ISSN:1064-2293
1556-195X
DOI:10.1134/S1064229316120127