Hila Sagie

Short biography

Hila Sagie is a PhD student in Urban and Regional planning. She recently submitted her PhD on the evolution and adoption of the conceptual framework of Ecosystem Services in different scales. Hila Grauduated her M.A. studies in Sde Boker campus – Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies. Currently works as open space coordinator in the Galil Elion Regional Council.

Title of thesis/dissertation

The Proliferation of a Scientific Idea: Diffusion and Implementation of the Ecosystem Services Concept – an Investigation at the Regional, National, and Global Scales

Research interests

Socio-ecology, open space conservation, nature conservation organizations, agroecology

Other interests

Yoga

 

Publications

Sagie, H., & Orenstein, D. E. (2022). Benefits of Stakeholder integration in an ecosystem services assessment of Mount Carmel Biosphere Reserve, Israel. Ecosystem Services, 53, 101404.

Sagie, H., Gutman, J., Ramon, U., Egozi, R. & Garb, Y. Farmers’ Perceptions of Barriers to Adoption of Soil Conservation Practices in Israel. Submitted to Land Degradation & Development (24/12/19).

Negev, M., Sagie, H., Orenstein, D. E., Shamir, S. Z., Hassan, Y., Amasha, H., … & Wittenberg, L. (2019). Using the ecosystem services framework for defining diverse human-nature relationships in a multi-ethnic biosphere reserve. Ecosystem Services, 39, 100989.

Raviv, O., Sagie, H., Negev, M., Izhaki, I., Mazor-tregerman, M., Collins-Kreiner, N., Zemah Shamir, S., Lotan, A., Mansfeld, Y., (2020). The socioeconomic value of multiple ecosystem types in a biosphere reserve as a baseline for one, holistic conservation plan. Ecosystem services, 41,101043, 2020.

Sagie, H. and Ramon, U. (2015). Using an Agroecosystem Services Approach to Assess Tillage Methods: A Case Study in the Shikma Region, Land 2015, 4, 938-956.

Sagie, H., Morris, A., Rofè, Y., Orenstein, D. E., and Groner, E. (2013). Cross-cultural perceptions of ecosystem services: a social inquiry on both sides of the Israeli–Jordanian border of the Southern Arava Valley Desert. Journal of Arid Environments, 97, 38-48.

Sagie, H., Orenstein, D. E., Groner, E., Morris, A., Strom, M. and Rofè, Y., 2012. Trans-border perceptions of ecosystem services: A social inquiry in the Southern Arava Valley“. Hebrew Journal: “Ecology and the Environment”, 2012, 1, 22-32.

 

Non-academic publications in Hebrew:

Regional ecosystem services assessment in the Mount Carmel Biosphere Reserve. Lead author of the Cultural services chapter and in charge of stakeholder integration. Published (March, 2019) funded by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Israel.

Coordinator of a project, led by the Open Landscape Institute, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, a researcher from BGU and an economist called: “The challenges that farmers face in implementation of conservation tillage, and how to improve implementation”. Leading a survey and interviewing farmers. The project was funded by Nekudat Chen Fund.

Israeli National Ecosystem Assessment Report – One of the lead authors of the “Agricultural Ecosystems” chapter. Hamaarag. Final report (2019).

מערכות אקולוגיות ורווחת האדם – הערכה לאומית – דו”ח סופי –2019. מחברת מובילה בפרק “המערכות האקולוגיות החקלאיות“. המארג – הערכת מצב הטבע.

דוחות פרויקט: ” מחקר חלוץ ליישום גישת שירותי המערכת האקולוגית בתכנון ובניהול מרחב שקמה”: 2015-2016. מכון דש”א.

Sagie, H., Erez, H., Ramon, U. Sagi, Y., & Weil, K. (2016). A guidebook for the application of the ecosystem services approach For questions of planning and management of open spcace. Part of the pioneering project: “Using the Ecosystem Services approach as a tool in decision making in regional planning and management of open space in Shikma basin in the Northern Negev”. Open landscape Institute.

  1. מדריך ליישום גישת שירותי המערכת האקולוגית בשאלות תכנון וניהול

 

  1. השפעת פריסת מתקנים לייצור אנרגיה חשמלית מאור השמש (פוטו-וולטאית) על שירותי המערכת האקולוגית במרחב שקמה 

 

  1. השפעת ממשקים חקלאיים שונים בשדות הבעל במרחב שקמה על שירותי המערכת האקולוגית