Accounting for Nature's Benefits: The Dollar Value of Ecosystem Services

Holzman, David C.

doi:10.1289/ehp.120-a152

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“…The goal of this exercise was to generate the same type of quantitative data collected in the transects through determining the social use value (SUV) of the identified agroforestry systems. The SUV refers to woody plants used for potential commercial purposes and subsistence needs, which are based on the relative density values: the number of times a plant species for a specific use (provisional ecosystem service [27]) was collected from a certain agroforestry system, and as a percentage of the total number of all registered plant individuals perceived to be important for the economic ecosystem services above-mentioned.…”

Section: Social Research Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Home gardens (HG): farmers use 58 species from the HG, the highest number of differently used species belonging to six provisional services. The subsistence value was mainly determined by the high number of species used for ornamental (27), food (13), and medicinal (12) woody species. Benefits of both medicinal and ornamental plants are socially perceived to be the most abundant in HG (Table 4).…”

Section: Social Use Value (Suv) In Terms Of Ecosystem Goods and Servimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Floristic Diversity and Cultural Importance in Agroforestry Systems on Small-Scale Farmer’s Livelihoods in Central Veracruz, México

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Abstract:México is a cultural and biological megadiverse country with an increased anthropogenic pressure on its tropical landscapes. The study area was the ejido "Los Ídolos", Misantla, Central Veracruz, Mexico. The main objective of this research was to identify how the woody plant diversity of agroforestry systems contributed to the cultural, economic, and subsistence security of local farmers. Five different agroforestry systems were identified: forest gardens (FG), home gardens (HG), plantation crop combination with perennial cultivates (PC), plantation crop combinations with annual cultivates (AC), and trees on pastures (TP). FG systems had the highest floristic diversity, followed by HG and TP. Interviews with farmers showed that FG, HG, and PC systems were important for maintaining cultural identity and secure subsistence needs, while PC and TP systems were important for improving the economic situation of farmers. The FG systems contained only native species, while the proportion of exotic plants differed among the other systems. Useful exotic plants were found in the HG system. This study demonstrated that agroforestry systems such as FG were not used to their full potential, despite their high diversity of useful plants. It is recommended that farmers-assisted by institutions and representatives of local product chains-conduct feasibility studies on the marketing and promotion of products derived from specific agroforestry systems.

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Section: Social Research Methodsmentioning

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Section: Social Use Value (Suv) In Terms Of Ecosystem Goods and Servimentioning

confidence: 99%

Floristic Diversity and Cultural Importance in Agroforestry Systems on Small-Scale Farmer’s Livelihoods in Central Veracruz, México

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“…Scholars argue that the ecological transition has already "reached the tipping point phase" (Rockstrom et al 2009, Schellnhuber 2009). Holzman (2012) argues that every year we lose 3-5 trillion dollars in natural capital, an amount greater http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol21/iss4/art15/ than the yearly monetary costs of the global economic crisis. The socioecological perspective thereby frames the economic crisis as a symptom of the underlying ecological debt as a result of an economic system based on growth in a world without ecological limits.…”

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The economic crisis as a game changer? Exploring the role of social construction in sustainability transitions

Loorbach¹,

Avelino²,

Haxeltine³

et al. 2016

E&S

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ABSTRACT. Continuing economic turbulence has fuelled debates about social and political reform as much as it has stimulated actions and initiatives aimed at a more fundamental transition of dominant economic systems. This paper takes a transition perspective to explore, from a Western European viewpoint, how the economic crisis is actually viewed through a variety of interpretations and responded to through a range of practices. We argue that framing societal phenomena such as the economic crisis as "symptoms of transition" through alternative narratives and actions can give rise to the potential for (seemingly) short-term pressures to become game changers. Game changers are then defined as the combination of: specific events, the subsequent or parallel framing of events in systemic terms by engaged societal actors, and (eventually) the emergence of (diverse) alternative narratives and practices (in response to the systemic framing of events). Game changers, when understood in these terms, help to orient, legitimize, guide, and accelerate deep changes in society. We conclude that such dynamics in which game changers gain momentum might also come to play a critical role in transitions. Therefore, we argue for developing a better understanding of and methodologies to further study the coevolutionary dynamics associated with game changers, as well as exploring the implications for governance.

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“…Preluată, cu modificări minore, în codurile ulterioare (2008 respectiv 2015), această prevedere este în continuare expresia unui "protocronism ecologic" dacă e să ne raportăm la ceea ce s-a făcut efectiv în lume, în această direcție. Cu excepția plăților compensatorii pentru siturile Natura 2000 și a creditelor de carbon, literatura în domeniu mai face referire la câteva proiecte pilot din America Latină, menite a conserva biodiversitatea (Van Hecken și Bastiaensen 2010), la plățile compensatorii oferite de celebra producătoare de ape minerale Vitel fermierilor pentru a renunța la folosirea de fertilizanți ce contaminează pânza freatică (Guterl 2005), sau suma de peste un miliard de dolari plătită anual de primăria New York fermierilor din bazinul hidrografic ce aprovizionează marea metropolă (Holzman 2012), pentru ca aceștia să nu administreze în-grășăminte minerale și organice în cantități ce ar putea pune în pericol pânza freatică.…”

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Plata serviciilor ecosistemice: context legal si metode consacrate de evaluare, cu aplicatie la paduri

Drăgoi¹,

Cirnu²

2016

Bucov. For.

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Abstract. This review attempts to present the most important problems raised by ecosystem services evaluation, together with the juridical framework needed for endorsing a long run system of payments. In Romania the legal framework wherein the payments for ecosystem services shall be implemented has been created by the all three Forest Acts adopted by the Parliament since 1996 and the article highlights the pitfalls of the legal provisions referring to these payments. The key-word of the two law articles referred to by the study is the fair price of the ecosystem services, a price which cannot be captured by the market since such a market doesn't exist neither in Romania nor in other similar countries. Another important issue we have brought into discussion is the inappropriateness of any system of payments in the context of illegal cuttings, simply because the opportunity costs that shall be compensated doesn't exist when illegal cuttings occur. Some methodological details are also presented in order to demonstrate that a fair price always depends on the context of evaluation and the statistical imprecision is inherent as long as the any evaluation is carried out on sample of data. However these monetary assessments can be used as economic arguments in any public debate or bargain between ecosystem services providers and users. Keywords ecosystem services, payment IntroducereServiciile ecosistemice, cunoscute în practica amenajării pădurilor drept funcții de protecție (FP), au cele două atribute ale bunurilor publice perfecte: non-rivalitatea și non-exclusivitatea. Non-rivalitatea înseamnă că același bun poată fi folosit simultan de mai mulți oameni, iar non-exclusivitatea presupune ca utilizarea unui astfel de bun să nu fie condiționată în niciun fel de ofertant sau producător. Învăță-mântul primar și securitatea națională intră în categoria serviciilor publice perfecte (Farley și Costanza 2010).

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Accounting for Nature's Benefits: The Dollar Value of Ecosystem Services

Cited by 36 publications

References 11 publications

Floristic Diversity and Cultural Importance in Agroforestry Systems on Small-Scale Farmer’s Livelihoods in Central Veracruz, México

Floristic Diversity and Cultural Importance in Agroforestry Systems on Small-Scale Farmer’s Livelihoods in Central Veracruz, México

The economic crisis as a game changer? Exploring the role of social construction in sustainability transitions

Plata serviciilor ecosistemice: context legal si metode consacrate de evaluare, cu aplicatie la paduri

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