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Conservation impact on ecosystem services
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
P E S
Impact
+3
+2
+1
-1
-2
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Figure 19: Impact of conservation on ecosystem services (ES)
in all study sites. P: production services, E: ecological services,
S: socio-cultural services. Negative numbers: negative contributions
to changes in ES (-3: >50%, -2: 10-50%; -1: 0-10%);
positive numbers: positive contributions to changes in ES (3:
>50%, 2: 10-50%; 1: 0-10%).
area under conservation measures with positive impacts
on ecosystem services was found in cultivated land. At the
same time, the effectiveness of conservation measures in
cultivated land was reported to be high (in 20% of the cultivated
area under conservation) (section 1.5.2). This implies
that if conservation measures are effective in remediating
land degradation processes, this does not necessarily entail
positive changes in the level of ecosystem services provided
by the land. Obviously there is scope for improving contributions
from SLM to ecosystem services in cultivated land.
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