H23G:
Ecosystem Services: Linking Biophysical Processes to Livelihoods and Economies at Local to Global Scales II Posters

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Session ID#: 13509

Session Description:
There is increasing demand for management and enhancement of ecosystem services ranging from water supply for irrigation to climate stabilization in rural, urban, forest, grassland, and other ecosystems. Linking biophysical processes to their benefits for people; exploring synergies and tradeoffs; and considering the needs of diverse users remain major research needs. A particular focus has been incentive-based policies that link upstream water producers with downstream water consumers through “Payments for Watershed Services” (PWS). Limited understanding of the complex interactions and feedbacks within coupled PWS-social-ecological systems has hampered ability to achieve watershed sustainability goals, and contributed to scrutiny over their effectiveness as policy tools. This session encourages submissions with a holistic and management-oriented focus; interdisciplinary research aimed at understanding the integrated drivers that underpin PWS and other ecosystem service programs; and emerging approaches for design, monitoring, and evaluation. We hope that papers will evolve into a special interdisciplinary journal issue.
Primary Convener:  Kate A Brauman, University of Alabama, Global Water Security Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Conveners:  David A Kaplan, University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, Heidi Asbjornsen, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States and Elizabeth Anderson, Florida International University, Earth and Environment, Miami, FL, United States
Chairs:  Kate A Brauman, University of Alabama, Global Water Security Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Heidi Asbjornsen, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, David A Kaplan, University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States and Elizabeth Anderson, Florida International University, Earth and Environment, Miami, FL, United States
OSPA Liaison:  David A Kaplan, University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States
Co-Organized with:
Public Affairs, Biogeosciences, Global Environmental Change, and Public Affairs

Cross-Listed:
  • PA - Public Affairs
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

0485 Science policy [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1632 Land cover change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]
6329 Project evaluation [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Andrew N Pilant1, Keith Endres2, Sam Pardo3, Akhilesh Khopkar3, Daniel Rosenbaum4, Chelsea Fizer3, Stephanie Panlasigui5 and Anne Carolyn Neale6, (1)US Environmental Protection Agency, Durham, NC, United States, (2)US Environmental Protection Agency, Sensing and Spatial Analysis Branch, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States, (3)Student Services Contractor to EnviroAtlas, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States, (4)Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States, (5)Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, EPA EnviroAtlas, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (6)Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
Liana Prudencio and Sarah E Null, Utah State University, Department of Watershed Sciences, Logan, UT, United States
Delong Li and Shuangcheng Li, Peking University, Beijing, China
Yatong Zhang and Shuangcheng Li, Peking University, Beijing, China
Carlos G Ochoa, Oregon State University, Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, Steven J Guldan, New Mexico State University, Alcalde Science Center, Alcalde, NM, United States, Vincent Carroll Tidwell, Sandia Natl Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States and Tim Deboodt, Oregon State University, Extension, Prineville, OR, United States
Wun-Tao Ke, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan and Herve Capart, National Taiwan University, Dept of Civil Engineering and Hydrotech Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
Yoonsun Park, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Meredith Richardson Martin, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States and Praveen Kumar, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States
Kate A Brauman, University of Alabama, Global Water Security Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Alexandra Ponette-González, University of North Texas, Geography, Denton, TX, United States, Leah Bremer, University of Hawaii, Department of Botany, Manoa, HI, United States, Perrine Hamel, Stanford University, The Natural Capital Project, Stanford, CA, United States, Martina Floerke, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany, Humberto Rocha, Universidade de São Paulo USP, São Paulo, Brazil and Christof Schneider, University of Kassel, Center for Environmental Systems Research, Kassel, Germany
Juan Carlos Rocha, Katja Malmborg and Line Gordon, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Marilyn R Buchholtz ten Brink1, Kristina Heineman2, Gary J. Foley3, Eric Ruder4, Nadav Tanners4, Andrea Bassi5 and Joseph Fiksel6, (1)US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, NHEERL, Atlantic Ecology Division, Narragansett, RI, United States, (2)US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, New York, NY, United States, (3)US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States, (4)Industrial Economics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States, (5)KnowlEdge Srl, Castellanza, Italy, (6)Ohio State University, Integrated Systems Engineering, Columbus, OH, United States
Grace C. Wu, University of California Santa Barbara, Environmental Studies, Santa Barbara, United States and Margaret S Torn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States
Alexander K Fremier1, Kate A Brauman2, Mark Mulligan3, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer4, Line Gordon5, Eike Luedeling6, Sarah K Jones3,7 and Fabrice DeClerck7, (1)Washington State University, School of the Environment, Pullman, WA, United States, (2)University of Alabama, Global Water Security Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (3)King's College London, London, United Kingdom, (4)Natural Capital Project, Stanford University, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford, CA, United States, (5)Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, (6)World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya, (7)Bioversity International, Rome, France
William McLarney1, Maribel Mafla Herrera2, Ana Maria Arias Moreno2 and Marcia N Snyder3, (1)ANAI, INC, Franklin, NC, United States, (2)Asociacion ANAI, Sabanilla, Costa Rica, (3)Environmental Protection Agency Corvallis, Corvallis, OR, United States
Costanza Rampini, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Daniela Rosero-Lopez1, Alexander Flecker2 and Todd Walter1, (1)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, (2)Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, NY, United States
Neiva Araujo1, Evandro Mateus Moretto2, Daniel Rondinelli Roquetti2, Liviam Cordeiro Beduschi2, Amanda Praia2, Sergio Pulice2, Evandro Albiach3 and Simone Athayde4, (1)University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, (2)USP University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, (3)INPE National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, (4)University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
Kelsie A Timpe, University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States and David A Kaplan, University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States
Philip Martin Fearnside, INPA National Institute of Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil
Henrique O Sawakuchi1,2, Dailson Jose Bertassoli Jr3, Alvaro M Silveira1, Bettina S. Bozi4, Jandessa S. de Jesus4, Andre O Oliveira Sawakuchi5, Nicholas D Ward6, David Bastviken7, Alex V Krusche1 and Jeffrey E Richey2, (1)CENA Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, Piracicaba, Brazil, (2)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States, (3)University of Sao Paulo, School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, Sao Paulo, Brazil, (4)Federal University of southern and southeastern of Pará, Marabá, Brazil, (5)USP University of Sao Paulo - IGc, São Paulo, Brazil, (6)University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, (7)Linköping University, Department of Thematic Studies – Environmental Change, Linköping, Sweden
Bruce Forsberg, National Institute of Amazonian Research, Manaus, Brazil, John M Melack, University of California Santa Barbara, Earth Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Thomas Dunne, University of California Santa Barbara, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Ronaldo B. Barthem, Emilio Goeldi Museum, Belem, Brazil, Rodrigo C. D. Paiva, Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, United States, Mino Sorribas, UFRGS Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Institute of Hydraulic Research, Porto Alegre, Brazil and Urbano L. Silva Jr., National Center for Research and Conservation of Amazonian Biodiversity - ICMBio, Manaus, Brazil
Maria Alice Lima1, David A Kaplan2 and Carolina Rodrigues da Costa Doria1, (1)University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, (2)University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States

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