Tanács, Eszter and Vári, Ágnes and Bede-Fazekas, Ákos and Báldi, András and Csákvári, Edina and Endrédi, Anett and Fabók, Veronika and Kisné Fodor, Lívia and Kiss, Márton and Koncz, Péter and Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó and Mészáros, János and Pásztor, László and Rezneki, Rita and Standovár, Tibor and Zsembery, Zita and Török, Katalin (2023) Finding the Green Grass in the Haystack? Integrated National Assessment of Ecosystem Services and Condition in Hungary, in Support of Conservation and Planning. SUSTAINABILITY, 15 (11). pp. 1-28. ISSN 2071-1050
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Abstract
Human well-being needs healthy ecosystems, providing multiple ecosystem services. Therefore, the assessment of ecosystems on large scales is a priority action. In Hungary, this work (MAES-HU) took place between 2016 and 2022. Twelve ecosystem services (ES) were mapped and assessed along with several ecosystem condition (EC) indicators. Their integrated spatial analysis aimed to identify patterns of ES multifunctionality, reveal relationships between EC and ES and delineate ES bundles. The results show outstanding multifunctionality of natural ecosystem types compared with the more artificial types, emphasizing the importance of natural areas in order to fulfil human needs. Native forests provide the most varied range of services, which underlines the importance of forest management to consider multiple services. There is a positive correlation between condition and multifunctionality in forests; areas in better condition (in terms of species composition and structure) provide more services at an outstanding level. ES bundles mainly reflect the major ecosystem types, topography and forest condition. Our analysis represents an example of synthesizing national MAES results with a combination of methods. Finding ES hotspots on a national scale and connecting them with an assessment of EC may help in finding optimal strategies to balance conservation targets and competing land uses.
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| Additional Information: | Centre for Ecological Research Institute of Ecology and Botany, Alkotmány u. 2–4, VácrátótH-2163, Hungary Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Budapest, H-1117, Hungary Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada Department of Environmental and Landscape Geography, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Budapest, H-1117, Hungary Centre for Ecological Research Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Centre for Ecological Research, Budapest, H-1113, Hungary Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Conservation Department, Budapest, H-1055, Hungary Department of Climatology and Landscape Ecology, University of Szeged, Szeged, H-6725, Hungary Institute for Soil Sciences Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, H-1022, Hungary Export Date: 26 June 2023 Correspondence Address: Tanács, E.; Centre for Ecological Research Institute of Ecology and Botany, Alkotmány u. 2–4, Vácrátót, Hungary; email: tanacs.eszter@ecolres.hu |
| Subjects: | S Agriculture / mezőgazdaság > SD Forestry / erdőgazdaság |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Mar 2024 07:35 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2024 07:35 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/190346 |
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