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Vol. 3 No. 02 (2022)

Articles

Mapping Ecosystem Service: Challenges and Solutions

https://doi.org/10.38094/jastt302172

Published 2022-07-30

  • Mosa Asaad Ibrahim
    • ,
  • Hazhir Karimi
    • ,
  • Yaseen T. Mustafa
    • ,
  • Mohammad Khalid Hassan

Mosa Asaad Ibrahim
Forestry Department, College of Agricultural Engineering Science, University of Duhok, Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq

Hazhir Karimi
Deptarment of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, University of Zakho, Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq

Yaseen T. Mustafa
Deptarment of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, University of Zakho, Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq; Center of Applied Remote Sensing and GIS, University of Zakho, Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq

Mohammad Khalid Hassan
Forestry Department, College of Agricultural Engineering Science, University of Duhok, Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq

Abstract

The concept of ecosystem service (ES) was originally developed to illustrate the benefits that natural ecosystems generate for society and to raise awareness for biodiversity and ecosystem conservation. In recent years, geographical information systems (GIS) have become a powerful tool for mapping (ES) within a landscape, which visualizes spatial and temporal patterns and changes in ecosystems and their services. Mapping (ES) is necessary for the progress of strategies that will guarantee their future supply and to support the policies in a more effective way. The comprehensive literature review was conducted using international databases such as Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, and Google Scholar. We used key terms including 'mapping','maps’, ‘ES or ecosystem service, ‘ecosystem functions’, ‘landscape functions’, ‘evaluation of ES’, and ‘assessment of services’.  To identify mapping ecosystem services and their challenges and opportunities. In total, 65 research papers were found first, of which 34 were selected for review. The most important challenges are insufficient generation of ES in the context of managed systems, the need to estimate associations among indicators of (ES) incomplete understanding of the nature of associations among services, and the lack of a general numerical outline to address these relations.

Keywords

Ecosystem Services, Human Welfare, GIS, Mapping

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Author Biography

Yaseen T. Mustafa

Deptarment of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, University of Zakho, Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq;

Center of Applied Remote Sensing and GIS, University of Zakho, Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq

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