Modeling of Ecosystem Services based on Land Cover Change and Land Use Using InVEST Software in Jahannama Conservation Area (Case: Carbon Sequestration Ecosystem Service)

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Ph.D. Student in Environment, Department Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Malayer University, Malayer, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Malayer University , Malayer, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environment, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Several benefits that humans get from ecosystems are called ecosystem services. Carbon sequestration as an eco- regulation service is declining, due to the transformation and destruction of the earth used to recompense the burgeoning human needs for development. In the present study, a pilot landscape of hyrcanian forests, protected area in Jahannama was selected. By examining the land use / cover changes during 2001 to 2018, future condition of the land will be set to determine the carbon storage and carbon sequestration model in 2036. The amount of carbon in the four carbon storage sources including biomass, underground biomass, soil and organic matter along with IPCC reports facilities, field studies and sampling was extracted. Deterioration trend in forest lands and grassland with remarkable role in carbon sequestration was sharpened. The reduction trend will be predicted to reach as much as 40 per cent which will be equivalent to 400859 tons per land. With the same rate in land deterioration, a considerable decrease in ecosystem storage and carbon sequestration’ potentiality will be expected present study indicated that the integration of the concept of the ecosystem services in land planning discourse and land use management via the provision of spatial maps of ecosystem services on a regional scale, along with the rational development of human use, ecological hazards should be minimized, as a result better decision will be made in planning the land. It is also suggested that to enhance the quality of Jahannama ecosystem services in development plans and review within the protected boundaries and the principled management of land use within the protective boundaries.

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Town and Country Planning
Volume 12, Issue 1
Spring & Summer
April 2020
Pages 153-173

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  • Receive Date: 18 December 2019
  • Revise Date: 28 February 2020
  • Accept Date: 28 February 2020

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