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Published in: Ambio 6/2015

01-10-2015 | Review

The current state of knowledge of ecosystems and ecosystem services in Russia: A status report

Authors: Elena N. Bukvareva, Karsten Grunewald, Sergey N. Bobylev, Dimitry G. Zamolodchikov, Alexey V. Zimenko, Olaf Bastian

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Abstract

This paper focusses on a conceptual overview of ways to address a comprehensive analysis of ecosystem services (ES) in a country as large and heterogeneous as Russia. As a first step, a methodology for assessing the services for the federal subjects of Russia was chosen, i.e., its constituent provinces and similar entities, in physical terms. Russia harbors a great diversity of natural conditions and ecosystems which are suppliers of ES, and likewise a variety of the socio-economic conditions that shape the demand for these services and their consumption. The methodological approach described permits several important tasks to be addressed: the evaluation of the degree of satisfaction of people’s needs for ES, the identification of ecological donor and acceptor regions, and zoning of the country’s territory for ES assessment. The next step is to prepare a prototype of a National Report on ES in Russia, for which we are presenting the planned structure.
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Metadata
Title
The current state of knowledge of ecosystems and ecosystem services in Russia: A status report
Authors
Elena N. Bukvareva
Karsten Grunewald
Sergey N. Bobylev
Dimitry G. Zamolodchikov
Alexey V. Zimenko
Olaf Bastian
Publication date
01-10-2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Ambio / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0044-7447
Electronic ISSN: 1654-7209
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-015-0674-4

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