Linking ecosystem service supply to stakeholder concerns on both land and sea: An example from Guanica Bay watershed, Puerto Rico.

ABSTRACT: Policies to protect coastal resources may lead to greater social, economic, and ecological returns when they consider potential co-benefits and trade-offs on land. In Guánica Bay watershed, Puerto Rico, a watershed management plan is being implemented to restore declining quality of coral reefs due to sediment and nutrient runoff. However, recent stakeholder workshops indicated uncertainty about benefits for the local community. A total of 19 metrics were identified to capture stakeholder concerns, including 15 terrestrial ecosystem services in the watershed and 4 metrics in the coastal zone. Ecosystem service production functions were applied to quantify and map ecosystem service supply in 1) the Guánica Bay watershed and 2) a highly engineered upper multi-watershed area connected to the

SUBMITTER: Smith A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8889628 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature