Assessing, mapping, and quantifying cultural ecosystem services at community level

Plieninger, Tobias; Dijks, Sebastian; Oteros‐Rozas, Elisa; Bieling, Claudia

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.12.013

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“…For instance, the fringe between the economic and the social approach is not well distinguished, leading to the frequent use of econometric methods to assess social preferences on ecosystem services. In other instances, the social approach is only implemented to assess cultural ecosystem services, disregarding the rest of the services (such as regulating, supporting, and provisioning) (Newton et al 2012;Plieninger et al 2013). The omission of the other types of services in the social valuation of ecosystem services might be due, among other reasons, to the expertise and amount of time that these methods require, and to the usual confusion between the category of socio-cultural ecosystem services [i.e., ''the nonmaterial benefits people obtain from ecosystems through spiritual enrichment, cognitive development, reflection, recreation, and aesthetic experiences '' (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) 2005, p. 40] and the social approach of ecosystem services (which evaluates all ecosystem services).…”

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A framework for the social valuation of ecosystem services

Felipe‐Lucia

Comı́n

Escalera-Reyes

2014

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Methods to assess ecosystem services using ecological or economic approaches are considerably better defined than methods for the social approach. To identify why the social approach remains unclear, we reviewed current trends in the literature. We found two main reasons: (i) the cultural ecosystem services are usually used to represent the whole social approach, and (ii) the economic valuation based on social preferences is typically included in the social approach. Next, we proposed a framework for the social valuation of ecosystem services that provides alternatives to economics methods, enables comparison across studies, and supports decision-making in land planning and management. The framework includes the agreements emerged from the review, such as considering spatial-temporal flows, including stakeholders from all social ranges, and using two complementary methods to value ecosystem services. Finally, we provided practical recommendations learned from the application of the proposed framework in a case study.

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A framework for the social valuation of ecosystem services

Felipe‐Lucia

Comı́n

Escalera-Reyes

2014

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“…An instrumental non-monetary valuation of CES following the method described in Plieninger et al (2013) is used to assess patterns of services. A deliberative process of value elicitation is used to extract and give form to the communities' traditional knowledge of the landscape.…”

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“…It is still work in progress as the research community continues its efforts on developing a set of useful, practical guidelines to capture them (Brown and Reed 2012;Plieninger et al 2013;Ives et al 2017;Ramírez-Gómez et al 2017).…”

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“…For instance, Plieninger et al (2013) focused on the spatial representation of a wide range of CES, whilst Norton et al (2012) integrated quantitative and qualitative data on eight CES. Although many scholars (Norton and Noonan 2007) are unconvinced when it comes to quantifying CES, combining it with participatory mapping and other methods that go beyond the conventional can encourage a better understanding and management of CES (Ulloa 2009;Hirons et al 2016).…”

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“…The services identified were valued using a number of indicators discussed and agreed with those involved in the study (researchers and community members). The data recorded were combined with a set of social landscape metrics (Brown and Reed 2012), estimated following the method described in (Plieninger et al 2013). It has the potential to widen the scope of the discussion to address the full range of values affecting the sustainability of the region, as it provides the means to link the CES valued with other relevant ES, and build a model to simulate policy scenarios, highlighting trade-offs across the full spectrum of ES applicable to the region (ASSETS 2012), thereby helping to inform public decision-making.…”

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Assessing, mapping, and quantifying cultural ecosystem services at community level

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