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The extent of wetland in New Zealand has decreased by approximately 90% since European settlement began in 1840. Remaining
wetlands continue to be threatened by drainage, weeds, and pest invasion. This article presents a rapid method for broad-scale
mapping and prioritising palustrine and estuarine wetlands for conservation. Classes of wetland (lacustrine, estuarine, riverine,
marine, and palustrine) were mapped using Landsat ETM+ imagery and centre-points of palustrine and estuarine sites as ancillary
data. The results shown are for the Manawatu–Wanganui region, which was found to have 3060 ha of palustrine and 250 ha of
estuarine wetlands. To set conservation priorities, landscape indicators were computed from a land-cover map and a digital
terrain model. Four global indicators were used (representativeness, area, surrounding naturalness, and connectivity), and
each was assigned a value to score wetland sites in the region. The final score is an additive function that weights the relative
importance of each indicator (i.e., multicriteria decision analysis). The whole process of mapping and ranking wetlands in
the Manawatu–Wanganui region took only 6 weeks. The rapid methodology means that consistent wetland inventories and ranking
can now actually be produced at reasonable cost, and conservation resources may therefore be better targeted. With complete
inventories and priority lists of wetlands, managers will be able to plan for conservation without having to wait for the
collection of detailed biologic information, which may now also be prioritised. 相似文献
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Tradeoffs between soil, water, and carbon -- a national scale analysis from New Zealand 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Dymond JR Ausseil AG Ekanayake JC Kirschbaum MU 《Journal of environmental management》2012,95(1):124-131
The tradeoffs between the regulation of soil erosion, provision of fresh water, and climate regulation associated with new Pinus radiata forests in New Zealand are explored using national models. These three ecosystem services for which there is strong demand are monetised as commodities (avoided soil erosion is NZ $1 per tonne; water is NZ $1 per cubic metre; and sequestered carbon is assumed to be NZ?$73 per tonne). This permits their summation on a spatial basis to produce a national map of the net benefit of these ecosystem services. Net benefit is spatially variable depending primarily on the relative mix of forest growth rates and demand for irrigation water. New P.?radiata forests (once mature) generally reduce mass-movement erosion by an order of magnitude. This provides significant benefits for erosion control where there are high natural rates of erosion. Benefits are especially large in catchments where high sedimentation is increasing flood risk and degrading aquatic ecosystems. The generally high growth rates of P.?radiata in New Zealand (8.5 tonnesCha(-1)yr(-1) on average for existing forest) add significant environmental benefits of carbon sinks to climate regulation. However, the reduction of water yield associated with new forests (between 30% and 50%) can neutralise these benefits in catchments where there is demand for irrigation water, such as the eastern foothills of the Southern Alps and the tussock grasslands in the South Island. 相似文献
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