The role of biogeochemical hotspots, landscape heterogeneity, and hydrological connectivity for minimizing forestry effects on water quality
0106 biological sciences
Conservation of Natural Resources
Skogsvetenskap
Geography, Planning and Development
01 natural sciences
Article
Minimizing forestry effects
Water Quality
Environmental Chemistry
Biomass
14. Life underwater
Groundwater
Ekologi
Sweden
Ecology
Forest Science
Landscape heterogeneity
Forestry
15. Life on land
Miljövetenskap
Hydrological connectivity
6. Clean water
Biogeochemical hotspots
Environmental Policy
Water quality
13. Climate action
Environmental Sciences
Environmental Monitoring
DOI:
10.1007/s13280-015-0751-8
Publication Date:
2016-01-07T11:03:11Z
AUTHORS (9)
ABSTRACT
Protecting water quality in forested regions is increasingly important as pressures from land-use, long-range transport of air pollutants, and climate change intensify. Maintaining forest industry without jeopardizing sustainability of surface water quality therefore requires new tools and approaches. Here, we show how forest management can be optimized by incorporating landscape sensitivity and hydrological connectivity into a framework that promotes the protection of water quality. We discuss how this approach can be operationalized into a hydromapping tool to support forestry operations that minimize water quality impacts. We specifically focus on how hydromapping can be used to support three fundamental aspects of land management planning including how to (i) locate areas where different forestry practices can be conducted with minimal water quality impact; (ii) guide the off-road driving of forestry machines to minimize soil damage; and (iii) optimize the design of riparian buffer zones. While this work has a boreal perspective, these concepts and approaches have broad-scale applicability.
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