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标题：Restoration planning for climate change mitigation and adaptation in the city of Durban, South Africa
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作者：Lutendo F. Mugwedi ; Jayanti Ray-Mukherjee ; Kathryn E. Roy 等
期刊名称：Ecosystems and People
印刷版ISSN：2639-5908
电子版ISSN：2639-5916
出版年度：2018
卷号：14
期号：1
页码：132-144
DOI：10.1080/21513732.2018.1483967
语种：English
出版社：Taylor & Francis Group
摘要：Effective planning of a large-scale restoration project is challenging, because of the range of factorsthat need to be considered (e.g. restoration of multiple habitats with varying degradation levels,multiple restoration goals and limited conservation resources). Ecological restoration planningstudies typically focus on biodiversity and ecosystem services, rather than employment and otherco-benefits. Robust Offsetting (RobOff), a restoration planning tool, was used in a forest restorationproject in Durban, South Africa, to plan forest restoration considering a mosaic of habitats withvarying levels of degradation, diverse restoration actions, a limited budget and multiple (biodiversity, carbon stock and employment) goals. To achieve this, the restoration action currently beingimplemented (= current action) was compared to three restoration alternatives. The three restoration alternatives included (1) natural regeneration action; (2) carbon action; and (3) biodiversity action.The results supported biodiversity action as most beneficial in terms of maximizing biodiversity,carbon storage and job creation. Results showed that investing in biodiversity action is preferable tothe status quo. RobOff ensured optimal allocation of limited resources to actions and habitats thathave a potential to achieve higher biodiversity, carbon storage and job creation.
关键词：Biodiversity prioritization;carbon stock;conservationresource allocation;decision-making tool;creating employment;RobOff software;treeplanting