O'Farrell, Patrick JDe Lange, Willem JLe Maitre, David CReyers, BBlignaut, JNMilton, SJAtkinson, DEgoh, Benis NMaherry, AColvin, CCowling, RM2011-03-072011-03-072011-01O’Farrell, PJ, De Lange, WJ, Le Maitre, DC et al. 2011. The possibilities and pitfalls presented by a pragmatic approach to ecosystem service valuation in an arid biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Arid Environments, Vol. 75(6), pp 612-6230140-1963http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6WH9-526MY5V-1-1&_cdi=6845&_user=958262&_pii=S0140196311000231&_origin=gateway&_coverDate=06%2F30%2F2011&_sk=999249993&view=c&wchp=dGLbVzz-zSkWb&md5=3575d77fe821642a2ffcd732c291d837&ie=/sdarticle.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/4893Copyright: 2011 Elsevier. This is a post print version of the work. The definitive version is published in the Journal of Arid Environments, Vol. 75(6), pp 612-623Arid regions are home to unique fauna, flora, and vulnerable human populations, and present a challenge for sustainable land-use management. The authors undertook an assessment and valuation of three key services, grazing, tourism and water supply in the arid Succulent Karoo biome in western South Africa - a globally recognised biodiversity hotspot. They were looking for ways and values that could be used to promote conservation in this region through the adoption of sustainable land-use practices which have human welfare benefits. Their study adopted a variety of methods in valuing these services in developing ranges of values for these services. At the biome level, total annual values ranged from $19 - 114 million for grazing, $2 - $20 million for tourism, and $300 - 3120 million for water. These values are generally low compared with values derived for other biomes and regions and do not adequately reflect known dependence and the importance of ecosystem services to the residents of this biome. The ecosystems here provide small but critical benefits enabling communities to sustain themselves and small changes in service levels can have major welfare effects. Highlighting these sensitivities will require finding more appropriate ways to link ecological and social factors.enConservationArid environmentsEcosystemSustainable land-useLand-use managementBiodiversityArid biodiversityKaroo biomeArticleO'Farrell, P. J., De Lange, W. J., Le Maitre, D. C., Reyers, B., Blignaut, J., Milton, S., ... Cowling, R. (2011). The possibilities and pitfalls presented by a pragmatic approach to ecosystem service valuation in an arid biodiversity hotspot. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4893O'Farrell, Patrick J, Willem J De Lange, David C Le Maitre, B Reyers, JN Blignaut, SJ Milton, D Atkinson, et al "The possibilities and pitfalls presented by a pragmatic approach to ecosystem service valuation in an arid biodiversity hotspot." (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4893O'Farrell PJ, De Lange WJ, Le Maitre DC, Reyers B, Blignaut J, Milton S, et al. The possibilities and pitfalls presented by a pragmatic approach to ecosystem service valuation in an arid biodiversity hotspot. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4893.TY - Article AU - O'Farrell, Patrick J AU - De Lange, Willem J AU - Le Maitre, David C AU - Reyers, B AU - Blignaut, JN AU - Milton, SJ AU - Atkinson, D AU - Egoh, Benis N AU - Maherry, A AU - Colvin, C AU - Cowling, RM AB - Arid regions are home to unique fauna, flora, and vulnerable human populations, and present a challenge for sustainable land-use management. The authors undertook an assessment and valuation of three key services, grazing, tourism and water supply in the arid Succulent Karoo biome in western South Africa - a globally recognised biodiversity hotspot. They were looking for ways and values that could be used to promote conservation in this region through the adoption of sustainable land-use practices which have human welfare benefits. Their study adopted a variety of methods in valuing these services in developing ranges of values for these services. At the biome level, total annual values ranged from $19 - 114 million for grazing, $2 - $20 million for tourism, and $300 - 3120 million for water. These values are generally low compared with values derived for other biomes and regions and do not adequately reflect known dependence and the importance of ecosystem services to the residents of this biome. The ecosystems here provide small but critical benefits enabling communities to sustain themselves and small changes in service levels can have major welfare effects. Highlighting these sensitivities will require finding more appropriate ways to link ecological and social factors. DA - 2011-01 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Conservation KW - Arid environments KW - Ecosystem KW - Sustainable land-use KW - Land-use management KW - Biodiversity KW - Arid biodiversity KW - Karoo biome LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2011 SM - 0140-1963 T1 - The possibilities and pitfalls presented by a pragmatic approach to ecosystem service valuation in an arid biodiversity hotspot TI - The possibilities and pitfalls presented by a pragmatic approach to ecosystem service valuation in an arid biodiversity hotspot UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4893 ER -