Hattam, Caroline and Broszeit, Stefanie and Langmead, Olivia and Praptiwi, Radisti A. and Lim, Voon Ching and Creencia, Lota A. and Hau, Tran Duc and Maharja, Carya and Wulandari, Prawesti and Setia, Tatang Mitra and Sugardjito, Jito and Javier, Jonson and Jose, Edgar and Gajardo, Lea Janine and Then, Amy Yee-Hui and Amri, Affendi Yang and Johari, Sofia and Justine, Eva Vivian and Hussein, Muhammad Ali Syed and Goh, Hong Ching and Hung, Nguyen Phuc and Van Quyen, Nguyen and Thao, Le Ngoc and Tri, Nguyen Hoang and Edwards-Jones, Andrew and Clewley, Daniel and Austen, Melanie (2021) A matrix approach to tropical marine ecosystem service assessments in South East Asia. Ecosystem Services, 51. ISSN 2212-0416, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101346.
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Ecosystem service assessments are increasingly used to support natural resource management, but there is a bias in their application towards terrestrial systems and higher income countries. Tropical marine applications are particularly scarce, especially in SE Asia. Given the growing coastal population and expansion in blue economy sectors in SE Asia, evidence to support effective marine planning, such as ecosystem service assessments, is urgently needed. Data deficiencies for marine systems, especially (but not only) in lower income countries is a significant obstacle for ecosystem service assessments. To overcome this, we develop an ecosystem service potential matrix which combines evidence taken from an extensive literature review together with expert opinion. The matrix includes both natural and modified habitats as the service providing units. The ecosystem service potential for habitats are scored at the macro level (e.g. mangrove) due to insufficient evidence to score micro habitats (e.g. fringe, basin or riverine mangroves). The majority of evidence is available for biogenic habitats (mangroves, coral reefs and seagrass meadows) with comparatively little for sedimentary habitats. While provisioning, regulating and cultural services are scored, published evidence is more readily available for provisioning and regulating services. Confidence scores, indicating the uncertainty in the ecosystem service potential scores are included in the matrix. To our knowledge this is the first attempt to systematically capture the provision of ecosystem services from tropical marine habitats. Although initially developed for four marine biosphere reserves and protected areas in SE Asia, the generic nature of the evidence included suggests that the matrix constitutes a valuable baseline for marine ecosystem service assessments within SE Asia and provides a robust foundation for development in future work.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)[NE/P021107/1], Creative Commons blank world map |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Confidence scores;Evidence gaps;Habitats;Modified;Ecosystem service potential |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GC Oceanography G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Sep 2022 07:17 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2022 07:17 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/34612 |
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