Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOW205
The Role of Common Lands in Provision of Ecosystem Services of Pollination and Recreation in Triglav National Park in Slovenia
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Mateja Šmid Hribar and Daniela Ribeiro
Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Slovenia
In this paper, we explore the role of the Slovenian common lands managed by agrarian communities in providing ecosystem services. Our study focuses on the Triglav National Park (TNP) area with a high prevalence of common lands. We assessed the ecosystem service carbon sequestration, using MODIS Net Primary Production (NPP) as a proxy, downscaled to a spatial resolution of 10 m per pixel. Despite the moderate overall carbon sequestration capacity of common lands, their forest commons, covering 21% of TNP, play an important role due to their higher potential. As Slovenia’s forests have experienced a decline in sequestration capacity since 2014, improved management by private owners, including agrarian communities, supported by national and EU funds, is key to strengthening this vital ecosystem service.
