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Stakeholder perceptions of wildfire management strategies as nature-based solut...
Lecina-Diaz, Judit; Campos, João C.; Pais, Silvana; Carvalho-Santos, Cláudia; Azevedo, João; Fernandes, Paulo M.; Gonçalves, João FranciscoIncreased large and high-intensity wildfires cause large socioeconomic and ecological impacts, which demand improved landscape management approaches in which both ecological and societal dimensions are integrated. Engaging society in fire management requires a better understanding of stakeholder perceptions of wildfires and landscape management. We analyze stakeholder perceptions about wildfire-landscape intera...
Climate- and fire-smart landscape scenarios call for redesigning protection reg...
Iglesias, Miguel Cánibe; Hermoso, Virgilio; Campos, João C.; Carvalho-Santos, Cláudia; Fernandes, Paulo M.; Freitas, Teresa R.; Honrado, João P.Integrated management of biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) in heterogeneous landscapes requires considering the potential trade-offs between conflicting objectives. The UNESCO's Biosphere Reserve zoning scheme is a suitable context to address these trade-offs by considering multiple management zones that aim to minimise conflicts between management objectives. Moreover, in Mediterranean ecosystems, manag...
On the development of a regional climate change adaptation plan: Integrating mo...
Gonçalves, Catarina; Honrado, João P.; Cerejeira, João; Sousa, Rita; Vaz, Ana Sofia; Alves, Manuela; Araújo, Miguel; Carvalho-Santos, CláudiaClimate change is expected to have strong social-ecological implications, with global but especially regional and local challenges. To assess the climatic vulnerability of a given territory, it is necessary to evaluate its exposure to climate change and its adaptive capacity. This study describes the development of an Action Plan for Adapting to Climate Change in the Tâmega and Sousa Region, a mountainous inter...
Progress in grassland cover conservation in Southern European Mountains by 2020...
Monteiro, Antonio; Carvalho-Santos, Cláudia; Lucas, Richard; Rocha, Jorge; Marques Da Costa, Nuno; Giamberini, Mariasilvia; Marques da Costa, EduardaConservation and policy agendas, such as the European Biodiversity strategy, Aichi biodiversity (target 5) and Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), are overlooking the progress made in mountain grassland cover conservation by 2020, which has significant socio-ecological implications to Europe. However, because the existing data near 2020 is scarce, the shifting character of mountain grasslands remains poorly charac...
Impacts of climate change on reservoir water availability, quality and irrigati...
Rocha, João; Carvalho-Santos, Cláudia; Diogo, Paulo; Beça, Pedro; Keizer, Jan Jacob; Nunes, João PedroFuture climate for the Mediterranean climatic region is expected to bring an increase in temperatures, decrease in the precipitation quantity and shifts in the seasonal precipitation pattern. Although the impacts of climate change on water resources have been relatively well explored for the Mediterranean climatic region, the specific consequences for reservoirs and, in particular, water availability and irriga...
Impacts of climate change on reservoir water availability, quality and irrigati...
Rocha, João; Carvalho-Santos, Cláudia; Diogo, Paulo; Beça, Pedro; Keizer, Jan Jacob; Nunes, João PedroFuture climate for the Mediterranean climatic region is expected to bring an increase in temperatures, decrease in the precipitation quantity and shifts in the seasonal precipitation pattern. Although the impacts of climate change on water resources have been relatively well explored for the Mediterranean climatic region, the specific consequences for reservoirs and, in particular, water availability and irriga...
Surface vs. groundwater: the effect of forest cover on the costs of drinking water
Lopes, Ana Faria; Macdonald, Jacob L.; Quinteiro, Paula; Arroja, Luís; Carvalho-Santos, Cláudia; Cunha-e-Sá, Maria A.; Dias, Ana CláudiaForests worldwide provide a variety of ecosystem services including carbon sequestration, soil protection and water purification. In particular, the minimal use of pesticides and fertilizers in forest operations coupled with the tree root system are associated with higher drinking water quality. However, forest coverage is expected to have a more influential impact in groundwater quality rather than surface as ...
Forests as promoters of water ecosystem services: insights from Portugal
Carvalho-Santos, Cláudia; Lopes, Ana Faria; Sil, Ângelo Filipe; Azevedo, João; Nunes, João Pedro; Honrado, João P.Forests provide multiple ecosystem services, with relevance for the ones related to water. It is widely accepted that forests greatly influence the water cycle, promoting evapotranspiration, improving infiltration, reducing surface runoff and consequently soil erosion, although sometimes at expenses of a reduction in total water yield. In fact, forests are targeted for several measures to restore freshwater and...
Approaches and methods for ecosystem services assessment in the North of Portug...
Azevedo, João; Sil, Ângelo Filipe; Honrado, João P.; Carvalho-Santos, Cláudia; Nunes, João; Pérez-Rodríguez, FernandoIn the last decades, ecosystems services (ES) in the North of Portugal have been assessed typically for sets of ES addressed individually based on indicators (e.g., LULC) but also through mechanistic and non-mechanistic modeling (e.g., hydrological modeling, InVEST). Economic evaluation has been applied based mostly on the combination of ES supply in biophysical units with market prices or value attributed by o...
Climate change impacts on water resources and reservoir management: uncertainty...
Carvalho-Santos, Cláudia; Monteiro, António T.; Azevedo, João; Honrado, João P.; Nunes, João PedroReservoirs often play an important role in mitigating water supply problems. However, the implications of climate change are not always considered in reservoir planning and management. This study aimed to address this challenge in the Alto Sabor watershed, northeast Portugal. The study analysed whether or not the shortage of water supply can be effectively addressed through the construction of a new reservoir (...