SRR ConceptualModel

Relationship of Ecosystem Services to Sustainability and Indicator Based

Monitoring

A Model of What?

The Slinky Experiment

Your Health

Linkage between questions and measurements

Important Rangeland QuestionsSustainability

Develop conceptual model

Identify Key Processes

Identify Indicators

Are Indicators Useful Over Time?

Indicator Development

Develop the Indicators based upon issues

Framework

Need for a conceptual framework for interpretation

Determine if the indicator set would address critical questions

Conceptual Model

SRR Conceptual Model is not a predictive or mathematical model.

Framework for Evaluating the validity of the SRR indicator

set Explaining what the indicators mean Explaining how they integrate

States and Processes

The “State” boxes refer to the current status as assessed by the indicators tracked.

Processes are the ongoing activities and interactions within and between biophysical and socio-economic systems

Indicators used to measure processes

Producers

Consumers

Recycled

Recycled

Residuals

Residuals

Discharged

Discharged

GoodsRaw Materials

CurrentBiophysicalConditions

NaturalResource

Capital

Social Capacity & Economic

Capital

CurrentHuman

ConditionState t0

Processes

CurrentBiophysicalConditions

NaturalResource

Capital

Social Capacity & Economic

Capital

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Tier 1 SRR Rangeland Sustainability Evaluation Framework

Interacting Socio-Economic and Biophysical Processes

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Current Biophysical Condition

Air, Water, Soils, Plant/Animal,

Rocks

Current Biophysical Condition

Air, Water, Soils, Plant/Animal,

Rocks

Natural Resource Capital

Total Biomass Biodiversity*

Social Capacity & Economic Capital

Assets/LiabilitiesOpportunities/ Constraints

Current Human Condition

Values, Norms, Income, Health,

Security

SRR Conceptual Model

*Reproduction, Growth, Death, Decomposition

Succession Migration

Adaptation Competition

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Disturbance

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Soil Erosion/Genesis

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Water/Nutrient Cycling

Social Processes

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Population

Cultural

Educational

Governance

Markets

Legal System

Social Interaction

Family

Natural Resource Capital

Total Biomass Biodiversity*

Social Capacity & Economic Capital

Assets/LiabilitiesOpportunities/ Constraints

Current Human Condition

Values, Norms, Income, Health,

Security

Demand

Management & Social Regulation

Trade

Use of Goods

Investment

Production of Goods & Services

Extraction

Ecosystem Services

Use of Ecosystem

Services

Waste Discharge

Consumption

Conclusions

The SRR Conceptual Model needs to address interactions between ecological, social and economic components

Indicators as identified in the booklet need to be evaluated for their ability to address temporal and spatial inventory and monitoring questions

QUESTIONS?