17 May 2017
10:30
Session at DNC 2017 // Water and Soil Related Ecosystem Services provided by Forests And Agroforestry Systems
Growing demands to feed more than 7 billion people and provide energy, water, wood and other services, under the threat of climate change, are among the greatest challenges of the 21st century. The sustainable development goals (SDGs) chart a course for meeting this challenge. Forests and agroforestry systems provide substantial economic, environmental and social values. In many regions of the world, water and soil related services (i.e. flood alleviation and erosion control, provision of enough and clean drinking water) are of particular importance.
Session at the Dresden Nexus Conference 2017 "SDGs and Nexus Approach - Monitoring and Implementation", 17-19 May 2017
Increasing efforts have been directed towards strengthening water regulation and soil protection, but mostly in an isolated way and many failed to pay adequate attention to unintended adverse effects on other services. Assessments that lack a holistic perspective on ecosystem services can easily produce land use recommendations that fail to maximise the total value of ecosystems and therefore fall short of optimally contributing to sustainable development. Thus, a comprehensive assessment and management of water and soil related services considering all other services provided by multifunctional land use systems across multiple scales are necessary. This requires a full understanding of their complex interrelations, and the practical techniques to design forest/tree-based landscapes with proper regulation of the structure of forest and agroforestry ecosystems for getting the greatest benefits.
A case study of responses of runoff and sediment yields to different land covers on slope plots of the Loess Plateau, China
PhD Xiaoping ZHANG, Institute of Soil and Wter Conservation, Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University, China 10:40 am
Linking land use pattern and soil water in re-vegetation watersheds in Chinese Loess Plateau
PhD Lei Yang, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 10:50 am
Harmonising ecosystem services in dryland by multifunctional land use
PhD Lulu Zhang, UNU-FLORES, Germany 11:00 am
Impact of agroforestry on hydrological ecosystem services in the transboundary Mara River Basin, East Africa
Hosea Mwangi, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya 11:10 am
Combining sustainable land management technologies to combat land degradation and improve rural livelihoods in semi-arid lands in Kenya
PhD Kevin Mganga, South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU), Kenya 11:20 am
Understanding the Forest-Water Nexus: a monitoring tool
Elaine Springgay, FAO, Italy Source: DNC 2017 website
Objectives and expected outcome
This session will provide a platform to present and discuss multifunctional landscape analysis approaches. It will introduce decision analysis methods in the context of Nexus thinking and considering SDG targets in land use planning with a focus on the management of forest and agroforestry ecosystems. Results are expected to support development decision taking in the face of multiple risks and uncertainty.Target audience
All conference participants, including scientists, practitioners, decision makers and students interested in multifunctional land use, forestry, agroforestry, agriculture, ecosystem services and management are welcome to contribute to this session.Agenda
10:30 amA case study of responses of runoff and sediment yields to different land covers on slope plots of the Loess Plateau, China
PhD Xiaoping ZHANG, Institute of Soil and Wter Conservation, Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University, China 10:40 am
Linking land use pattern and soil water in re-vegetation watersheds in Chinese Loess Plateau
PhD Lei Yang, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 10:50 am
Harmonising ecosystem services in dryland by multifunctional land use
PhD Lulu Zhang, UNU-FLORES, Germany 11:00 am
Impact of agroforestry on hydrological ecosystem services in the transboundary Mara River Basin, East Africa
Hosea Mwangi, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya 11:10 am
Combining sustainable land management technologies to combat land degradation and improve rural livelihoods in semi-arid lands in Kenya
PhD Kevin Mganga, South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU), Kenya 11:20 am
Understanding the Forest-Water Nexus: a monitoring tool
Elaine Springgay, FAO, Italy Source: DNC 2017 website