Notes from the field: Lessons learned from using ecosystem service approaches to inform real-world decisions

Ruckelshaus, Mary; McKenzie, Emily; Tallis, Heather; Guerry, Anne D.; Daily, Gretchen C.; Kareiva, Peter; Polasky, Stephen; Ricketts, Taylor H.; Bhagabati, Nirmal; Wood, Spencer A.; Bernhardt, Joanna R.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.07.009

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“…The academic setting of the study therefore effectively restricted the potential impact of the ecosystem service assessments conducted. Ruckelshaus et al (2015) proposed a framework for detailing the ways through which biodiversity and ecosystem service information can successfully have impact by informing decisions and creating change in real-world situations. They identified four pathways and levels of impact (i) conduct research (ii) change perspective (iii) generated action and (iv) produce outcomes.…”

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Testing the ecosystem service cascade framework and QUICKScan software tool in the context of land use planning in Glenlivet Estate Scotland

Dick

Verweij

Carmen

et al. 2017

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Servic

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The concept of ecosystem services has been extensively studied in recent decades. Most studies have focused on describing the specific aspects such as production, spatial extent, valuation of services and the trade-off between services. Few studies however assess the practitioners' views on the frameworks, models or tools developed. In this paper, we report on a multi-stakeholder workshop where two tools were tested (i) the ecosystem service cascade framework was tested as a means to frame the issues and (ii) a participatory-spatial modelling method, QUICKScan, was tested as an aid to support discussion over natural resource management and planning in a multi-use landscape. A focused group discussion was utilised to determine stakeholders' views of the cascade framework and pre-and postworkshop questionnaires quantified the stakeholders' views of the QUICKScan method. The stakeholders identified both positive and negative aspects of both tools. The diversity of views expressed were associated with (i) the past experience of the individual with the issues discussed, (ii) the technical aspects of the tools i.e. the ability with GIS and (iii) the level of new shared knowledge they reported acquiring on the day which was related to their initial knowledge of the issue and area studied. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Testing the ecosystem service cascade framework and QUICKScan software tool in the context of land use planning in Glenlivet Estate Scotland

Dick

Verweij

Carmen

et al. 2017

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Servic

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“…This finding highlights the need for a strategic approach to ES and for the inclusion of explicit ES-related objectives in urban plans, an aspect still mostly neglected in current planning documents (Cortinovis and Geneletti 2018). Simply providing ES knowledge as part of the information base for urban plans is not enough to guarantee that it is used to guide decisions, if it is not perceived as relevant to the problem at stake (Cash et al 2003, Saarikoski et al 2016. Formulating objectives and targets for ES provision helps to identify the values against which the effectiveness of planning actions should be measured, hence also to clarify the possible role(s) of ES knowledge within the process.…”

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“…The use of ES knowledge to assess alternative scenarios poses specific requirements to ES assessments. First, appropriate indicators for measuring the expected outcomes of planning actions in terms of changes in human well-being must be identified, which is still a challenge for ES science (Ruckelshaus et al 2015). Second, while most ES assessments focus on the supply of a single ES , evaluating planning scenarios requires assessing the consequences of planning interventions on both the supply and the demand of multiple ES, addressing potential trade-offs between different ES and competing land uses (Kain et al 2016, Sanon et al 2012, Woodruff and BenDor 2016.…”

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Mapping and assessing ecosystem services to support urban planning: A case study on brownfield regeneration in Trento, Italy

Cortinovis¹,

Geneletti²

2018

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This study explores the use of ecosystem service (ES) knowledge to support urban planning in the assessment of future scenarios. The case study concerns the prioritszation of brownfield regeneration interventions in the city of Trento (Italy). Alternative planning scenarios considering the conversion of existing brownfields into new urban parks are assessed and compared. The assessment focuses on two ES of critical importance for the city, namely microclimate regulation and nature-based recreation. The benefits of the different scenarios are quantified based on the number of expected beneficiaries broken down into different vulnerability classes and then compared through a multi-criteria analysis. Three combinations of criteria and weights reflect different planning objectives and related decision-makers' orientations about what ES and beneficiary groups should be prioritised. The application demonstrates the potential for ES assessments to support urban planning processes in the specific phase of assessment and selection of alternatives, by meeting the requirements in terms of both sensitivity to small-scale changes in land uses or management activities and capacity to capture simultaneous variations in supply and demand of multiple ES. convey information about ES in planning decisions. Multi-criteria analysis is an effective way to integrate multiple ES assessments with other information about costs and benefits of planning scenarios, exploring diverse stakeholder perspectives and balancing competing objectives in a rational and transparent way.

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“…For this purpose, a corresponding further development of ecological planning approaches, environmental and welfare balancing, financial and subsidy policy in the context of the value discussion, and the comparison of alternatives are needed (Grunewald and Bastian 2015). While these evaluations may not constitute any patent recipes, they may nonetheless contribute to overcoming the lack of an economic perception of nature that has often lead to mistaken political and economic decisions and ultimately to the destruction of nature, ecosystems, and biological diversity, and will continue to do so in the future (Ruckelshaus et al 2013).…”

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The current state of knowledge of ecosystems and ecosystem services in Russia: A status report

Bukvareva

Grunewald

Бобылев

et al. 2015

Ambio

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This paper focusses on a conceptual overview of ways to address a comprehensive analysis of ecosystem services (ES) in a country as large and heterogeneous as Russia. As a first step, a methodology for assessing the services for the federal subjects of Russia was chosen, i.e., its constituent provinces and similar entities, in physical terms. Russia harbors a great diversity of natural conditions and ecosystems which are suppliers of ES, and likewise a variety of the socio-economic conditions that shape the demand for these services and their consumption. The methodological approach described permits several important tasks to be addressed: the evaluation of the degree of satisfaction of people's needs for ES, the identification of ecological donor and acceptor regions, and zoning of the country's territory for ES assessment. The next step is to prepare a prototype of a National Report on ES in Russia, for which we are presenting the planned structure.

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Notes from the field: Lessons learned from using ecosystem service approaches to inform real-world decisions

Cited by 477 publications

References 46 publications

Testing the ecosystem service cascade framework and QUICKScan software tool in the context of land use planning in Glenlivet Estate Scotland

Testing the ecosystem service cascade framework and QUICKScan software tool in the context of land use planning in Glenlivet Estate Scotland

Mapping and assessing ecosystem services to support urban planning: A case study on brownfield regeneration in Trento, Italy

The current state of knowledge of ecosystems and ecosystem services in Russia: A status report

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