Empowering nature conservation in Japanese rural areas: a planning strategy integrating visual and biological landscape perspectives

Natori, Yoji; Fukui, Wataru; Hikasa, Mutsumi

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2003.10.025

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“…However, many ESPs are difficult to study experimentally and it remains a challenge to develop a clear link between the ESPs, ecosystem functions measured in experiments and the services they provide (Costanza et al, 1997;Schläpfer et al, 1999;Schwartz et al, 2000). Some conservation assessments move beyond the mapping of services, setting targets for them and selecting areas which achieve ecosystem service and biodiversity targets (Nagendra, 2001;Phua and Minowa, 2005;Natori et al, 2005). Others use them as a form of trade off analysis, mapping areas important to biodiversity and those important to ecosystem services and assessing the spatial congruence or conflict potential (Faith et al, 2001;Faith and Walker, 2002;Bojorquez-Tapia et al, 1995;Polasky et al, 2005).…”

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Integrating ecosystem services into conservation assessments: A review

Egoh

Rouget

Reyers

et al. 2007

Ecological Economics

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A call has been made for conservation planners to include ecosystem services into their assessments of conservation priority areas. The need to develop an integrated approach to meeting different conservation objectives and a shift in focus towards human wellbeing are some of the motivations behind this call. There is currently no widely accepted approach to planning for ecosystem services. This study contributes towards the development of this approach through a review of conservation assessments and the extent to which they include ecosystem services. Of the 476 conservation assessments identified by a set of search terms on the Web of Science, 100 were randomly selected for this review. Of these only seven had included ecosystem services, while another 13 had referred to ecosystem services as a rationale for conservation without including them in the assessment. The majority of assessments were based on biodiversity pattern data while 19 used data on ecological processes. A total of 11 of these 19 assessments used processes, which could be linked to services. Ecosystem services have witnessed an increase in attention received in conservation assessments since the year 2000, however trends were not apparent beyond this date. In order to assess which types of ecosystem services and how they have been accounted for in conservation assessments, we extended our review to include an additional nine conservation assessments which included ecosystem services. The majority included cultural ecosystem services, followed by regulatory, provisioning and supporting services respectively. We conclude with an analysis of the constraints and opportunities for the integration of ecosystem services into conservation assessments and highlight the urgent need for an appropriate framework for planning for ecosystem services.

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Section: Through Mapping Ecosystem Servicesmentioning

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Integrating ecosystem services into conservation assessments: A review

Egoh

Rouget

Reyers

et al. 2007

Ecological Economics

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“…Nature conservation efforts are often reactive to encroaching development plans (Natori et al, 2005). Systematic conservation planning that is integral with development is not only uncommon but is often fraught with difficulties even where it is actually attempted (Hackel, 2001).…”

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Challenging the developmental state: Nature conservation in Singapore

Neo

2007

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

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Nature conservation efforts are often reactive to encroaching development plans and systematic conservation planning that is integral with development is not only uncommon, but is often fraught with difficulties even where it is actually attempted. Such obstacles to conservation are especially apparent in developmental states where state legitimacy is largely derived from the state's ability to develop the country. Among other things, developmental states place a premium on physical and economic development. This paper critiques, through the standpoint of nature conservation, the inadequate conceptualisation of 'development' in the developmental state thesis. Specifically, this paper argues that the seemingly value-free (but ultimately economically based) underpinnings of development goals pushed by the developmental state needs to be tempered with a broader concern for the ethics of development. To that end, I draw on two case studies of nature conservation tussles in Singapore to show how alternative extra-economic visions of development have been articulated, notwithstanding the developmental state's monopoly on the discourse (and practice) of progress and development. The case studies, set in the heady economic growth of the early 1990s, will critique two related aspects of the developmental state: its 'amoral' economistic conception of development and its use of growth and materialism as legitimacy.Singapore is a small city-state with 660 sq km of land, which is about the size of the City of H. Neo

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“…First, with its exclusionary models of land management through the establishment of "national parks," the conservation paradigm denied indigenous peoples their rights (Colchester, 2004). all too often, social, economic, and biological decisions in the overall development policy are taken with limited research and information (Dear & Myers, 2005;Kamppinen & Walls, 1999;Natori, Fukui, & Hikasa, 2005;Pullin & Knight, 2003;Slattery, 2002;Valutis & Mullen, 2000).…”

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Nature Conservation and Human Well-Being in Bhutan

Rinzin

Vermeulen

Wassen

et al. 2009

The Journal of Environment & Development

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Bhutan's nature conservation policy aims to integrate nature conservation and economic development. This policy is guided by a Buddhist attitude that places coexistence with nature over exploitation of nature for economic gain. We looked at how nature conservation policy affected everyday life and economic activities of local communities and what this may imply for the country's long-term socioeconomic development. The study includes a field survey involving 210 local residents in two national parks. The results indicated that there is support for nature conservation in local communities despite the significant restrictions on the use of non-timber forest products and the loss of crops to wild animals. However, the compensation schemes are inadequate which may lead to depopulation and the abandonment of land in rural areas.

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Empowering nature conservation in Japanese rural areas: a planning strategy integrating visual and biological landscape perspectives

Cited by 12 publications

References 18 publications

Integrating ecosystem services into conservation assessments: A review

Integrating ecosystem services into conservation assessments: A review

Challenging the developmental state: Nature conservation in Singapore

Nature Conservation and Human Well-Being in Bhutan

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