Ecosystems Interactions - Scaling issues

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The project seeks to define key interactions between ecological systems which need to be taken into account for decision making and will consider the importance of scale. The work specifically focuses on interactions between land management and water quality (as the focus of the Loweswater work) but will also explore the data more fully to look at other key services delivered by landscapes including the delivery of cultural services (see e.g. Smart et al 2010, Norton et al 2011). The project builds on work already carried out under the CS Integrated Assessment investigating water quality impacts and ecosystem service trade-offs under different water quality scenarios. Work draws on the RELU study at Loweswater (and work with catchment stakeholders including Natural England, Environment Agency, National Trust and the Lake District National Park) to understand key interactions between institutional frameworks and impacts on policy and delivery.

The project complements other work being conducted in this area under such programmes as BESS and the VNN and works alongside Knowledge Exchange Networks on ecosystem (Defra) and catchment (NERC) studies to explore synergies and identify common approaches for successful integrated service delivery.

本报告收录了可用于开放式政府许可下的数据。该项目旨在界定生态系统中需考虑的关键交互作用，并将探讨规模的重要性。研究具体聚焦于土地利用管理与水质（以Loweswater工作为焦点）之间的交互作用，但亦将更全面地探究数据，以审视景观提供的其他关键服务，包括文化服务的提供（参见例如Smart等，2010年；Norton等，2011年）。项目基于CS综合评估已开展的工作，研究在不同水质情景下水质影响与生态系统服务权衡。研究借鉴了Loweswater的RELU研究（以及与自然英格兰、环境署、国家信托和湖区国家公园等流域利益相关者的合作），以理解制度框架与政策及实施影响之间的关键交互作用。项目补充了在此领域进行的其他工作，如BESS和VNN项目，并与生态系统（Defra）和流域（NERC）研究中的知识交流网络协作，以探索协同效应并确定成功集成服务交付的共同方法。