Tropical wetland ecosystem service assessments in East Africa; A review of approaches and challenges

• Published in: Environmental modelling & software : with environment data news Vol. 102; pp. 260 - 273
• Main Authors: Langan, Charlie, Farmer, Jenny, Rivington, Mike, Smith, Jo U.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2018; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Aquatic ecosystems; Assessments; climate; Climate change; Climate variability; Computer simulation; Decision making; East Africa; Eastern Africa; Ecological function; Ecological monitoring; Ecosystem assessment; Ecosystem management; Ecosystem services; Environment models; Food production; Human influences; humans; Land management; Modelling; Poverty; social welfare; Social-ecological systems; System dynamics; temporal variation; Tropical; Wetland management; Wetlands; East Africa; Eastern Africa; Tropical; Modelling; Ecosystem services; East Africa; Wetlands

East African wetlands are hotspots of ecosystem services, particularly for climate regulation, water provision and food production. We review the ability of current approaches to ecosystem service assessments to capture important social-ecological dynamics to provide insight for wetland management a...