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Connecting biodiversity and human dimensions through ecosystem services: The Numto Nature Park in West Siberia

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An assessment of the socio-ecological system of the Nature Park “Numto” in West Siberia was carried out based on ecosystem services (ES) mapping, applying a “cascade approach” which was modified according to the specific conditions of low commercial land-use by Indigenous Peoples and adopted with a focus on making it practicable and understandable by decision-makers. The ES values were defined through stakeholder analysis, while the mapping was based on the biophysical traits of the ecosystems and related spatial distribution of ecosystem functions. The mapped ecosystem values differ from the perceived ones. The assessment identified conflicting land uses and groups of stakeholders, including Indigenous Peoples vulnerable to future climate change-induced deficits in access to ES. The ES that are important for climate change mitigation and adaptation are not valued highly by Indigenous Peoples. ES mapping is suggested as an appropriate method for the development of straightforward recommendations for Nature Park management.

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Acknowledgements

The work was supported by a grant from the Yugra State University (№ 17-02-07/63, 11.09.2020), the AWERRS project "Arctic Wetlands Ecosystems—Resilience through Restoration & Stewardship"—a joint project of the Belmont Forum (CRA Arctic II) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Research Project 20-54-71002); a grant from the Government of Tyumen region in accordance with the Program of the World-Class West Siberian Interregional Scientific and Educational Center (National Project "Nauka"); The Finnish Academy Project (grant №333231) and a grant from the Government of the Khanty- Mansiysk Autonomous region (Research Project 18-44-860017). The authors developed and tested the method in several projects funded by Wetlands International during the period 2009-2015.

The authors are grateful to the Numto National Park administration and Surgutneftegaz LTD for the information provided, Y. Dukarev for data on GHG fluxes, N. Avetov, S. Trofimov, E. Shyshkonakova for soil data and soil map.

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  1. Institute of Forest Science RAS, Sovetskaya st., 21, Uspenskoye, Moscow Region, Russian Federation, 143030

    Tatiana Yu. Minayeva, Anastasia V. Markina & Andrey A. Sirin

  2. Yugra State University, Chekhov St. 16, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation, 628012

    Tatiana Yu. Minayeva, Ilya V. Filippov, Stanislav B. Kiselev & Elena D. Lapshina

  3. Care for Ecosystems UG, Steinweg 2, 02826, Goerlitz, Germany

    Tatiana Yu. Minayeva

  4. Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA

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    Maria S. Tysiachniouk

  6. St Petersburg State University, St Petersburg, Russian Federation

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  7. University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland

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TM: conceptualization, methodology, writing, review and editing, supervision; IF: methodology, data curation, investigation, writing; MT: methodology, data curation, investigation, writing; AM: investigation; data management, data curation; SK: data curation, methodology, writing; EL: data curation, investigation; AS: data curation, editing.

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Minayeva, T., Filippov, I., Tysiachniouk, M. et al. Connecting biodiversity and human dimensions through ecosystem services: The Numto Nature Park in West Siberia. Ambio 50, 2009–2021 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01625-8

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