POTENCIÁL PRÍRODNÉHO KAPITÁLU POSKYTOVAŤ PRODUKČNÉ EKOSYSTÉMOVÉ SLUŽBY V REGIÓNOCH SR
THE POTENTIAL OF NATURAL CAPITAL TO PROVIDE PROVISIONING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN SLOVAK REGIONS

Author(s): Jarmila Makovníková, Boris PÁLKA, Stanislav Kološta, Filip Flaška
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Political Ecology, Environmental interactions, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: provisioning ecosystem services; assessment; evaluation; potential;
Summary/Abstract: Provisioning ecosystem services are directly related to people's living standards, and their degradation reduces the quality of human well-being. Evaluation and mapping the individual ecosystem services is one of the main objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy 2030 within the EU. The aim of the paper is to provide an alternative perspective on the evaluation and assessment of the potential of natural capital to provide provisioning ecosystem services in four model regions of the Slovak Republic with diverse natural and geographical characteristics. The evaluation was based on the cartographic layer of ecosystems in model districts and a modified matrix of ecosystem services. The Brezno and Michalovce regions had a significantly higher point and monetary value of the potential of the region's natural capital to provide provisioning ecosystem services.

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