Ecosystem Services of Headwater Catchments (eBook)

 Josef Krecek, Ph.D. is the founder and managing co-director of the UNESCO-recognized ‘International Association for Headwater Control‘, and former President of ‘EFC/FAO Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds‘ . He is Associate Professor of Czech Technical Univerity in Prague, teaching courses on Applied Hydrology and Climatology. Josef’s current work includes research on hydrological processes related to impacts of the climate change and acid atmospheric deposition, as well as the participatory waterhsed management. He is experienced with several international projects in Europe and Asia, and coordinated a number of publications on watershed management and headwater restoration. Martin Haigh, Ph.D., is Emeritus Professor of Geography at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK. Formerly, he was (Vice-)President of the ‘World Association for Soil and Water Conservation’. He is a Co-Founder of the UNESCO-recognised ‘International Association for Headwater Control’ and co-organiser of most of its international conferences. He is a UK National Teaching Fellow and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In 2010, he was awarded the Royal Geographical Society’s ‘Taylor and Francis Award for Excellence in Geography Teaching (Higher Education)’. Martin’s current work includes environmental education as well as technical research in landslide prediction and landscape reconstruction in mining and mountainous areas.Thomas Hofer is Forestry Officer and leader of the Watershed Management and Mountains Team at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Since 2006, he serves as the secretary of the ‘EFC/FAO Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds‘. He has vast field project experience in Asia and Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America. He has coordinated the development of a number of flagship publications on watershed management, sustainable mountain development and forest hydrology.Eero Kubin, Ph.D. is former president of ‘EFC/FAO Working Party on theManagement of Mountain Watersheds‘, and Management Committee Member of EU COST Action 725. Over 15 years he served as director of the Muhos Research Unit of the Finnish Forest Research Institute, and he is leader of long term research projects on phenology, and environmental aspects of forestry practices. As docent of the Oulu University and Helsinki University he is lecturer on forest ecology and superviser of several doctoral thesis.   Catrin Promper is employee at the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management working on natural hazard risk management. She holds a PhD in Geography from university of Vienna and gained international work experience in the Watershed Management and Mountains Team at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). v>

Part I: Headwater Environment and Natural Resources1. Headwater Catchments: Foundation Pillars for Ecosystem Services2. Technical and Ecological Methods to Control the Water Cycle in Mountain Watersheds3. Ecosystem Services Supporting Water Supply Systems4. Ecosystem Services in Headwaters of the Boreal Environment5. Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in a Snow-dominated Watershed of Northern Japan6. Ecohydrological-based Forest Management in Semi-arid Climate7. Ecosystem Services in African HeadwatersPart II: Enhancing Environmental Services in Headwaters8. Protective Stands: Lessons from the Past and Today’s Challenges9. Headwaters Management Constraints within the Kinneret Ecosystem Services10. Mitigation of Natural Hazards in Mountain Watersheds of Japan11. Environmental Management in the Headwater Catchments of Kiliki River, Nagaland, North East India12. Agro-environmental Sustainability of the Yuanyang Rice Terraces in Yunnan Province, China13. Environmental Security and Headwater Control in BrazilPart III: Environmental Services in the Changing World14. Maintaining Environmental Services in Mountain Watersheds15. Prioritizing Adaptation Needs for Ecosystem Services: A Regional Case Study in the Eastern Alps16. Environmental Services in Mountain Catchments Affected by the Acid Atmospheric Deposition17. Impacts of Reclaimed Opencast Coal-Land on Headwater Ecosystem Services18. The Effect of Land Degradation on Ecosystem Services19. Extreme Climate Events and Erosion Control in Headwater Catchments of SerbiaPart IV: New Challenges for Environmental Education and Active Citizenship20. Ecosystem Services, European Union Policies, and Stakeholders’ Participation21. Water Conservation Business Arising from Company’s Environmental Responsibility22. Natural Protective Services in Mountain Catchments: Provision, Transaction and Consumption23. Citizens Participation in Ecosystem Services24. Watershed Ecosystem Services and Academic Programmes on Environmental EducationConclusion: Headwater ControlIndex