Landscape management strategies for multifunctionality and social equity

Margot Neyret (), Sophie Peter, Gaëtane Provost, Steffen Boch, Andrea Larissa Boesing, James M. Bullock, Norbert Hölzel, Valentin H. Klaus, Till Kleinebecker, Jochen Krauss, Jörg Müller, Sandra Müller, Christian Ammer, François Buscot, Martin Ehbrecht, Markus Fischer, Kezia Goldmann, Kirsten Jung, Marion Mehring, Thomas Müller, Swen C. Renner, Peter Schall, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Catrin Westphal, Tesfaye Wubet and Peter Manning
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Margot Neyret: Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Sophie Peter: Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Gaëtane Provost: Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Steffen Boch: WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute
Andrea Larissa Boesing: Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
James M. Bullock: UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Norbert Hölzel: University of Münster
Valentin H. Klaus: ETH Zürich
Till Kleinebecker: Justus Liebig University Giessen
Jochen Krauss: Biocenter, University of Würzburg
Jörg Müller: Biocenter, University of Würzburg
Sandra Müller: University of Freiburg
Christian Ammer: University of Göttingen
François Buscot: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
Martin Ehbrecht: University of Göttingen
Markus Fischer: University of Bern
Kezia Goldmann: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
Kirsten Jung: Institute Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics
Marion Mehring: Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Thomas Müller: Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Swen C. Renner: Natural History Museum
Peter Schall: University of Göttingen
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen: University of Freiburg
Catrin Westphal: University of Göttingen
Tesfaye Wubet: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Peter Manning: Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre

Nature Sustainability, 2023, vol. 6, issue 4, 391-403

Abstract: Abstract Increasing pressure on land resources necessitates landscape management strategies that simultaneously deliver multiple benefits to numerous stakeholder groups with competing interests. Accordingly, we developed an approach that combines ecological data on all types of ecosystem services with information describing the ecosystem service priorities of multiple stakeholder groups. We identified landscape scenarios that maximize the overall ecosystem service supply relative to demand (multifunctionality) for the whole stakeholder community, while maintaining equitable distribution of ecosystem benefits across groups. For rural Germany, we show that the current landscape composition is close to optimal, and that most scenarios that maximize one or a few services increase inequities. This indicates that most major land-use changes proposed for Europe (for example, large-scale tree planting or agricultural intensification) could lead to social conflicts and reduced multifunctionality. However, moderate gains in multifunctionality (4%) and equity (1%) can be achieved by expanding and diversifying forests and de-intensifying grasslands. More broadly, our approach provides a tool for quantifying the social impact of land-use changes and could be applied widely to identify sustainable land-use transformations.

Date: 2023
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