Economic value of ecosystem services in Protected Landscape Areas n the Czech Republic

0485098 - ÚVGZ 2018 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Daněk, Jan - Vačkář, David - Lorencová, Eliška
Economic value of ecosystem services in Protected Landscape Areas n the Czech Republic.
Beskydy. Roč. 10, 1-2 (2017), s. 99-112. ISSN 1803-2451
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LO1415
Institutional support: RVO:67179843
Keywords : ecosystem services * economic valuation * Protected Landscape Areas * forest ecosystems
OECD category: Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

This study aims to explore spatially explicit economic values of ecosystem services
provided by ecosystems and habitats in 25 Protected Landscape Areas (PLAs) in the Czech
Republic, with a more detailed overview of three selected PLAs (Beskids Mountains,
Český les Mountains and Odra River Basin). In the methodology, combination of the
Consolidated Layer of Ecosystems of the Czech Republic (CLES) and the EKOSERV
database allowed us to utilize the ecosystem and economic valuation data in a specific
geographic context using a GIS-based approach. The total value of ecosystem services
in all 25 PLAs reached € 51 billion/year, with the surface area significantly influencing
the total average value of a particular PLA. When transformed to value per unit area, the
values varied from €1.2 to €6.5 million/km2/year. The results suggest a dominant role
of forest ecosystems in the composition of the economic value provided by ecosystem
services in the PLAs. Economic valuation of benefits provided by protected areas can
help to realize the social importance of these sites and to support policy and decisionmaking
processes.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0280189