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oa Economic Value of Ecosystem Services in the Landscapes of Ukraine
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 17th International Conference Monitoring of Geological Processes and Ecological Condition of the Environment, Nov 2023, Volume 2023, p.1 - 5
Abstract
The comparative characteristics of valuation methods of ecosystem services have been made. Research methods are based on the system and landscape approaches to the study of ecosystems. Within the conducted research, the software products like ArcGis and Mapinfo Professional, as well as electronic vector layers of the topographic map of Ukraine with a scale of 1:200000 have been used to calculate sizes and areas of ecosystems in Ukraine. The ratio of ecosystems areas providing ecosystem services in Ukraine has been obtained.
Mountain Carpathian landscapes have a very high and high (relative to ecosystem services in other landscapes) economic value of ecosystem services in landscapes; floodplain landscapes of mountains and floodplain landscapes; part of forest-steppe landscapes; part of the mountainous Crimean landscapes. Their area is about 27% of the territory of Ukraine. The average economic value of ecosystem services in landscapes has conifer-broad-leaved landscapes; part of forest-steppe landscapes; part of the mountainous Crimean landscapes. Their area is about 36% of the territory of Ukraine.
Low and very low economic value of ecosystem services in landscapes is found in steppe landscapes. Their area is about 37% of the territory of Ukraine.