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Capacity of land to provide other ecosystem services
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Carbon sequestration | Cultural (non-material) services | ||||
The capacity of the land held by the industry to provide other ecosystem services in addition to the production of food and fibre.
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‘Other’ ecosystem services include biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration and cultural or non-material services. Additional components can be added as necessary.
Desired outcome
Maintain or enhance capacity to provide other ecosystem services in addition to the production of food and fibre.
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Assuming the capacity to produce food and fibre is unchanged, an increase in the capacity to provide other ecosystem services increases the value of the industry’s bio-physical assets and hence Australia’s natural capital. Conversely, a decrease in the capacity to provide other ecosystem services decreases the value of Australia’s natural capital.
Indicator
A composite of the results for each sub-component.
Summary measure
To be developed.
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One possibility is a multivariate summary measure in which individual summary measures from the sub-components are displayed as kite diagram as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Example of a kite diagram
Results
Summary measures are available for some sub-components. Refer to the component tree.
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Data
See individual sub-components.
Responses
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See individual sub-components.
Interactions with other components
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Changes in the capacity to provide other ecosystem services may affect the capacity to produce food and fibre.
External drivers
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Increasing recognition of the importance of various ecosystem services and society’s demand for them. See individual sub-components.
