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oa Application of Geoinformation Technologies for Implementation of the Concept of Ecosystem Services in Ukraine
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, Geoinformatics, May 2021, Volume 2021, p.1 - 6
Abstract
The concept of ecosystem services is based on the need of co-evolutionary development of ecological and economic components. It is reflected in the national policy and legislation of many countries, it has become the foundation for a number of international agreements and it is included in the summary documents of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development “Rio+20”. The European Biodiversity Strategy requires all EU member-countries to establish and assess the ecosystems with their services at the national level, as well as to integrate the obtained results into the overall system of ecological-economic calculations. In Ukraine, the ecosystem approach should be implemented in territorial management, while the Ukrainian legislation should be harmonized with the European one in this sphere. The application of geoinformation technologies plays an important role in implementing the concept of ecosystem services. The goal of the given research work is identifying and characterizing the ecosystems of Ukraine that are of particular importance for rendering the ecosystem services. In order to select and calculate the areas of ecosystems on landscapes, to create cartographic material, the software products ArcGis and Mapinfo Professional were used, as well as Google satellite images and electronic vector layers of the topographic map of Ukraine at the scale of 1:200 000.