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| Title |
The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services
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| Published in |
Science of the Total Environment, August 2017
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.077 |
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| Authors |
Saskia Keesstra, Joao Nunes, Agata Novara, David Finger, David Avelar, Zahra Kalantari, Artemi Cerdà |
| Abstract |
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 be maintained 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 soil moisture and reducing droughts and soil erosion we can achieve the sustainability. The enhanced eco-system services directly feed into the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 14 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 21% |
| Spain | 2 | 14% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 7% |
| South Africa | 1 | 7% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| Germany | 1 | 7% |
| Sweden | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 4 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 12 | 86% |
| Scientists | 2 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,510 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1510 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 226 | 15% |
| Researcher | 204 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 204 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 125 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 71 | 5% |
| Other | 214 | 14% |
| Unknown | 466 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 379 | 25% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 172 | 11% |
| Engineering | 86 | 6% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 76 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 66 | 4% |
| Other | 179 | 12% |
| Unknown | 552 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 28. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 January 2022.
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#1,420,859
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#1,937
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#27,546
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Outputs of similar age from Science of the Total Environment
#29
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