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Broader perspective on ecosystem sustainability: consequences for decision making.

Roy C Sidle1, William H Benson, John F Carriger

  • 1Ecosystems Research Division, National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency-ORD, Athens, GA 30605, USA. sidle.roy@epa.gov

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Ecosystem sustainability must account for dynamic changes, including resilience, tipping points, and natural resets. Current decision-making often overlooks these crucial factors for effective environmental management.

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Area of Science:

  • Ecology
  • Environmental Science
  • Geosciences

Background:

  • Ecosystem sustainability is traditionally viewed statically, neglecting dynamic processes.
  • Ecosystems exhibit resilience, tipping points, and episodic resetting due to natural and anthropogenic changes.
  • Dynamic system components may not revert to their original state after disturbances.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore ecosystem sustainability assessments from dynamic perspectives: resilience, tipping points, and episodic resetting.
  • To highlight the limitations of static perspectives in contemporary sustainable decision-making.
  • To integrate dynamic ecosystem behaviors into sustainability assessments.

Main Methods:

  • Reviewing ecological and geophysical concepts of ecosystem resilience.
  • Analyzing the mechanisms and consequences of ecosystem tipping points.
  • Examining case studies of ecosystem resetting from natural disasters.
  • Evaluating sustainability assessments using examples from the Gulf Coast, Yunnan, and Japan.

Main Results:

  • Dynamic perspectives (resilience, tipping points, resetting) are crucial for understanding ecosystem sustainability.
  • Chronic changes can push ecosystems past thresholds, leading to permanent functional collapse (tipping points).
  • Episodic natural disasters can cause long-term ecosystem changes (resetting), influenced by factors like urban development.

Conclusions:

  • Contemporary sustainable decision-making needs to incorporate dynamic ecosystem behaviors.
  • Understanding the interplay of disturbances, resilience, tipping points, and resetting is vital for effective environmental management.
  • Integrating these dynamic aspects is essential for robust ecosystem sustainability assessments and planning.