Abstract
The capacity of ecosystems to provide ecosystem services (hereinafter referred to as ES) depends on the state of their structure, processes, and functions, which is determined by interactions with other systems. These interactions are complex and take place in different climatic areas, and have different impacts on ecosystems and the use of ES. As the most sensitive part of the Lithuanian shore zone to climate change is the seaside zone or the coastal zone, which includes the Curonian Lagoon and the sea coast, the said area was therefore chosen for research. The case study examined those ES that were specific to the study area, without attempting to account for absolutely all ES. With an emphasis on the representation of different perspectives (in the process of assessing and preserving the potential of ES), the empirical study involved representatives of different (public and private) sectors. The public sector was represented by elders and eldership employees, the private sector by farmers and businesspeople. Respondents were selected purposefully to reflect the entire existing totality of the existing area. The evaluation of the obtained theoretical and practical results of the research identified the potential of the existing area ecosystem services and perspectives for the implementation of services by assessing their use according to respondents’ opinions, regional climate change, and national scale in EU environmental policy.
Highlights
Accepted: 16 April 2021Ecosystems are the basis for the entire life and activities of a person
Analysis of the potential of ecosystem services for the period from 2020 to 2030 revealed that groups of farmers and entrepreneurs both in the past and in the present should be dominated by supply services; cultural ecosystem services were named in the first position by the public sector representatives (1.9 points); regulatory and support services were in the second place; cultural services remained in the third position; supply services were named in the third position by the eldership employees
Please mark from 1–5 (1-most significant) which types of ecosystem services are most significant in your area?”) it has been found out that, in terms of supply services, they saw the biggest future potential in growing foodstuffs of plant origin (1.92 points) and foodstuffs of animal origin (2.14 points)
Summary
Accepted: 16 April 2021Ecosystems are the basis for the entire life and activities of a person. Still, when planning the methods of adaptation, one must not forget that there are no universal adaptation measures that would be suitable for the entire territory of the European Union (hereinfater–the EU), because different measures are used under varying local conditions. For this reason, in order to determine effective impact measures for the preservation of ecosystems and the services they provide, a feasibility study must be conducted on the adaptation of human activities to the ecosystem services in a specific location
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