Building an economically sustainable restoration and monitoring plan for forested watersheds in Northern Arizona

为亚利桑那州北部的森林流域制定经济上可持续的恢复和监测计划

• 批准号: 1038842
• 负责人: Abraham Springer
• 金额: $ 14.98万
• 依托单位: Northern Arizona University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1038842&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; economically; sustainable; restoration; monitoring

This research links watershed and forest management metrics with ecological economics to devise a conceptual model for a watershed services market that offsets costs of large-scale ecological restoration of forested ponderosa pine forest in Northern Arizona. The purpose of this study is to develop the basis for an innovative market for watershed services provided by the Forest Service in Northern Arizona. Projected benefits of forest restoration include 1) increased water quality and quantity, 2) reduced threats to existing watershed services from catastrophic fires, and 3) lowered uncertainty for water yield for climate change. A successful water market with downstream stakeholders paying for watershed management benefits would support the maintenance, monitoring, and restoration of forest health while also providing sustainable water resources. This project has direct importance for society in terms of understanding society's willingness to pay for ecosystem services that result from forest restoration in the semi-arid Southwestern U.S. Little research exists connecting economic valuation to watershed services in the Southwestern United States, an area where: 1) water conservation and optimization are essential for expanding populations, 2) overgrown forested Ponderosa pine watersheds are degraded and in need of ecological restoration, and 3) increasing droughts and a warming climate further exacerbate threats to watershed services. If successful, the payments for ecosystems services and applications identified in this project will be transferred to millions of acres of forests in the entire Southwestern United States.

这项研究将分水岭和森林管理指标与生态经济学联系起来，为分水岭服务市场设计了一个概念模型，该市场抵消了亚利桑那州北部森林的Ponderedosa Pine Forest的大规模生态恢复的成本。这项研究的目的是为亚利桑那州森林服务部提供的流域服务创新市场开发基础。森林修复的预计益处包括1）增加水质和数量，2）减少了灾难性火灾对现有流域服务的威胁，以及3）降低了气候变化水产量的不确定性。一个成功的水市场，下游利益相关者为流域管理福利付费将支持维护，监测和恢复森林健康，同时还提供可持续的水资源。 该项目在理解社会愿意支付生态系统服务的意愿方面对社会具有直接重要性3）增加干旱和温暖的气候进一步加剧了对流域服务的威胁。如果成功，该项目中确定的生态系统服务和应用的付款将转移给整个美国西南部的数百万英亩的森林。