Investigating the potential impact of ecological restoration strategies on people-landscape interactions through cultural ecosystem services: A case study of Xilin Gol, China

Dou，Yuehan1,2; Zhen，Lin3,4; Bakker，Martha2; Yu，Xiubo4,5; Carsjens，Gerrit J.2; Liu，Junguo1; De Groot，Rudolf6

2022-08-15

10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115185

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT   影响因子和分区

0301-4797

1095-8630

Although cultural ecosystem services (CES) are greatly valued by diverse stakeholders, the full range of CES provided by a landscape is notoriously difficult to estimate. The resulting lack of objective norms for CES may lead to the loss of the multiple non-material factors that contribute to how a landscape is valued and experienced. This is especially true under ecological restoration, which could sharply change how people experience landscapes. Therefore, our aim in this study was to identify and analyze the CES that arise from people's interaction with their landscape, focusing specifically on the influences of different ecological restoration strategies. We carried out semi-structured interviews with the residents of villages in the Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia, China. Regarding the implementation of ecological restoration measures, the people living in typical pastoral zones would be most affected by these measures because their main livelihood (animal husbandry) depends strongly on grasslands. Our results demonstrated that human perception of the CES provided by landscapes is affected not only by the factors related to an individual's cultural worldview (e.g., ethnicity, age, education) but also by the utility of landscape features, which are reflected in the individual's landscape dependence (occupation). Our research provides a cultural perspective for aspects of local well-being in addition to ecological and economic targets. Understanding these other aspects is critical for implementing sustainable ecological restoration.

People-landscape interaction Cultural ecosystem services Ecological restoration Perception Household survey

SCI

英语

第一

Global Dryland Ecosystem Programme[121311KYSB20170004] ; National Key Research and Development (R&D) Program of China[2016YFC0503700]

Environmental Sciences & Ecology

Environmental Sciences

WOS:000832805400002

ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY

2-s2.0-85129608621

Web of Science

1.School of Environmental Science and Engineering,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,518055,China
2.Land Use Planning Group,Wageningen University and Research,Wageningen,6700HB,Netherlands
3.Key Lab for Resources Use & Environmental Remediation,Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,100101,China
4.School of Resource and Environment,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,100049,China
5.Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling,Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,100101,China
6.Environmental Systems Analysis Group,Wageningen University and Research,Wageningen,6700HB,Netherlands

Dou，Yuehan,Zhen，Lin,Bakker，Martha,et al. Investigating the potential impact of ecological restoration strategies on people-landscape interactions through cultural ecosystem services: A case study of Xilin Gol, China[J]. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,2022,316.

Dou，Yuehan.,Zhen，Lin.,Bakker，Martha.,Yu，Xiubo.,Carsjens，Gerrit J..,...&De Groot，Rudolf.(2022).Investigating the potential impact of ecological restoration strategies on people-landscape interactions through cultural ecosystem services: A case study of Xilin Gol, China.JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,316.

Dou，Yuehan,et al."Investigating the potential impact of ecological restoration strategies on people-landscape interactions through cultural ecosystem services: A case study of Xilin Gol, China".JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 316(2022).