Lessons from the integrated valuation of ecosystem services in a developing country: Three case studies on ecological, socio-cultural and economic valuation

Villegas-Palacio, Clara; Berrouet, Lina; López, Connie; Ruiz, Aura; Upegui, Alba

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.10.017

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“…By working together with the forces of nature well designed measures need less maintenance, are more cost effective, and if constructed in a good way, may even be more effective over a long time span because nature's forces increase the efficiency of the structure (e.g. build up of terrace like structures upslope from lines of vegetation, naturally meandering rivers, wetlands, resprouting species in wild fire effected areas) and the contribution to the sustainable economy and society of the region (Kabisch et al, 2016;Villegas-Palacio et al, 2016;Schaubroeck, 2017).…”

Section: Nature-based Solutions For a Sustainable Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services

Keesstra

Nunes

Novara

et al. 2018

Science of The Total Environment

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The rehabilitation and restoration of land is a key strategy to recover services -goods and resources- ecosystems offer to the humankind. This paper reviews key examples to understand the superior effect of nature based solutions to enhance the sustainability of catchment systems by promoting desirable soil and landscape functions. The use of concepts such as connectivity and the theory of system thinking framework allowed to review coastal and river management as a guide to evaluate other strategies to achieve sustainability. In land management NBSs are not mainstream management. Through a set of case studies: organic farming in Spain; rewilding in Slovenia; land restoration in Iceland, sediment trapping in Ethiopia and wetland construction in Sweden, we show the potential of Nature based solutions (NBSs) as a cost-effective long term solution for hydrological risks and land degradation. NBSs can be divided into two main groups of strategies: soil solutions and landscape solutions. Soil solutions aim to enhance the soil health and soil functions through which local eco-system services will be maintained or restored. Landscape solutions mainly focus on the concept of connectivity. Making the landscape less connected, facilitating less rainfall to be transformed into runoff and therefore reducing flood risk, increasing soil moisture and reducing droughts and soil erosion we can achieve the sustainability. The enhanced eco-system services directly feed into the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

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Section: Nature-based Solutions For a Sustainable Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services

Keesstra

Nunes

Novara

et al. 2018

Science of The Total Environment

714

336

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“…Recent examples include the valuation of ecosystem service bundles provided by the Oku Aizu forest reserve in Japan [100], the Bapahai Wetland in China [101], eelgrass ecosystems in Sweden [102], and the multiple non-use values of lesser known aquatic species in Ontario, Canada [103]. The movement towards the environmental valuation of ES bundles co-aligns with trends for integrated valuations of ecosystem services, both as a means of accessing and increasing the value plurality associated with ecosystem services but also with the objectives of fostering better management practices and policies [32,104,105].…”

Section: A Focus On Ecosystems and Bundled Ecosystem Servicesmentioning

confidence: 98%

The Value Landscape in Ecosystem Services: Value, Value Wherefore Art Thou Value?

Hejnowicz

Rudd

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:Ecosystem services has risen to become one of the preeminent global policy discourses framing the way we conceive and articulate environment-society relations, integral to the form and function of a number of far-reaching international policies such as the Aichi 2020 Biodiversity Targets and the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals. Value; its pursuit, definition, quantification, monetization, multiplicity and uncertainty, both in terms of meaning and attribution, is fundamental to the economic foundations of ecosystem services and a core feature driving its inclusion across multiple policy domains such as environmental management and conservation. Distilling current knowledge and developments in this arena are thus highly prescient. In this article, we cast a critical eye over the evidence base and aim to provide a comprehensive synthesis of what values are, why they are important and the methodological approaches employed to elicit them (including their pros and cons and the arguments for and against). We also illustrate the current ecosystem service value landscape, highlight some of the fundamental challenges in discerning and applying values, and outline future research activities. In so doing, we further advance ecosystem valuation discourse, contribute to wider debates linking ecosystem services and sustainability and strengthen connections between ecosystem services and environmental policy.

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“…on the other hand. These benefits and services are very crucial for the survival of human beings and other organisms on the earth (MEA, 2003; de Groot et al, 2002;Villegas-Palacio et al, 2016). Ecosystem services are generated as a consequence of interaction and complex exchange between biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem (Singh et al, 2002).…”

Section: Economic Value Of Community Forest To Local Users : a Case Smentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic value of community forest to local users : A case study from Barandabhar Protected Forest, Chitwan, Nepal

Lamichhane

Sedhain

Maharjan

2019

Banko

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Barandabhar Protected Forest (PF) has provided numerous goods and services to the people living around the forest. Integrated evaluation of this PF along with its ecological and economic value is required for the conservation and sustainable management of its forest resource. The field study was carried out in two community-managed forests around the Barandabhar PF Market Price Method and Contingent Valuation Method were used to estimate the use and non-use values of the forest. Determination of the local users' willingness to pay for sustainable management and conservation of the natural resources was done through Contingent Valuation Survey. It was administered to 142 users. Multiple Regression Model was used to analyze the factors affecting the users' willingness to pay (WTP) value. The WTP value for the conservation and sustainable management of forest was found to be affected by the income and gender of the users and their time to reach the forest. The study revealed that the women were more willing to pay for the environmental services provided by the forest. Based on the household (HH) survey, the average HH-consumption of the forest products (timber, fodder and fuelwood) was estimated to be worth of NRs. 5,246 (US$ 46. 69) per HH per year and the specific use value of the forest was estimated to be NRs. 15,160,940 (US$134,931. 82) per year. The total WTP value for the sustainable management and conservation of the forests was estimated to be NRs. 1,341,153 (US$11,936. 20) per year; the users' average WTP value for the conservation and sustainable management of the Barandabhar PF being NRs. 589 (US$ 5. 24) per HH per year.

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Lessons from the integrated valuation of ecosystem services in a developing country: Three case studies on ecological, socio-cultural and economic valuation

Cited by 46 publications

References 25 publications

The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services

The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services

The Value Landscape in Ecosystem Services: Value, Value Wherefore Art Thou Value?

Economic value of community forest to local users : A case study from Barandabhar Protected Forest, Chitwan, Nepal

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