Participatory assessment and mapping of ecosystem services in a data-poor region: Case study of community-managed forests in central Nepal

Paudyal, Kiran; Baral, Himlal; Burkhard, Benjamin; Bhandari, Santosh P.; Keenan, Rodney J.

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.01.007

Cited by 141 publications

(150 citation statements)

References 56 publications

(79 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

133

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…An assessment matrix proposed and applied by Burkhard et al (2010) is becoming influential in assessing the landscape's capacity to supply ecosystem services (Sohel et al, 2014). Recent studies by Sohel et al (2014) and Paudyal et al (2015) applied 'assessment matrix' for assessing the land cover's capacity to supply ES. In this method, expert's opinion or professional judgments are considered.…”

Section: Ecosystem Services and Land Cover Assessment Matrixmentioning

confidence: 99%

Implications of land cover change on ecosystems services and people’s dependency: A case study from the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal

Chaudhary

Chettri

Uddin

et al. 2016

Ecological Complexity

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Ecosystem Services and Land Cover Assessment Matrixmentioning

confidence: 99%

Implications of land cover change on ecosystems services and people’s dependency: A case study from the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal

Chaudhary

Chettri

Uddin

et al. 2016

Ecological Complexity

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Officially, Nepal met the MDG target for forest cover. This expansion of forest area has been attributed to the growth of the community forestry system [82,84,88,90,91], and to the migration of populations from forested to urban areas, releasing forests from harvesting pressure and increasing land abandonment and subsequent invasion by tree and shrub species [92,93].…”

Section: Forest Covermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, the adequacy of 'forest cover' as a sole indicator of forest quality, carbon sequestration, or ecosystem health is contestable [85][86][87][88]. Decline in forest cover does not necessarily mean deforestation or forest degradation; it can be a result of sustainable forest management (e.g., prescribed clearcutting) or natural succession [85,89].…”

Section: Forest Covermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Only then can indicators influence management strategies and policy reforms. Participatory ecosystem services valuation has been proposed by a number of local experts to improve these ground-level forest quality assessments, through which forest managers and local communities can be made aware of the broader implications of forest degradation [84,85,88].…”

Section: Forest Covermentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Critical Review of the Millennium Project in Nepal

Vaidya

Mayer

2016

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

"Our Common Future" harmonized development policies around a new sustainable development (SD) paradigm, and experts also emphasize the importance of a democratic and equitable approach to define and achieve sustainable development. However, SD targets and indicators are often defined by a suite of experts or a few stakeholder groups, far removed from on-the-ground conditions. The most common expert-led development framework, the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), promoted one set of targets and indicators for all developing countries. While progress towards these targets was routinely reported at the national scale, these targets may not reflect context-specific sustainable development. We evaluated the relevance and comprehensiveness of MDG 7 (environmental sustainability) for Nepal. Although Nepal has met most of the MDG 7 (e.g., forest cover, protected areas coverage, water and sanitation), on closer inspection these indicators do not provide adequate context for ensuring that these targets provide the intended levels of development. Simple forest cover and protected area indicators belie the dearth of ecological conservation on the ground, and water and sanitation indicators do not reflect the inequality of access based on poverty and regions. While the Millennium Development Goals align with broad sustainability concerns in Nepal, these indicators do not reveal its true development conditions.

show abstract

“…Various studies have aimed to provide detailed information on provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural services [4] to identify correlations among said services and factors that influence them [5] and to assist stakeholders in making rational decisions [6,7]. In terms of research methodology, ecosystem service studies are different from other ecological studies, since the participants' perspectives are reflected in converting an ecosystem into market value [8].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Performing Ecosystem Services at Mud Flats in Seocheon, Korea: Using Q Methodology for Cooperative Decision Making

Lee

Kim

et al. 2017

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract:The concept of ecosystem services, which are the direct and indirect benefits of nature to humans, has been established as a supporting tool to increase the efficiency in decision-making regarding environmental planning. However, preceding studies on decision-making in relation to ecosystem services have been limited to identifying differences in perception, whereas few studies have reported cooperative alternatives. Therefore, this study aimed to present a method for cooperative decision-making among ecosystem service stakeholders using Q methodology. The results showed three perspectives on ecosystem services of small mud flat areas: ecological function, ecotourism, and human activity. The perspectives on cultural services and regulating services were diverse, whereas those on supporting services were similar. Thus, supporting services were considered crucial for the cooperative assessment and management of small mud flat ecosystems as well as for the scientific evaluation of regulating services. Furthermore, this study identified practical implementation measures to increase production through land management, to manufacture related souvenirs, and to link them to ecotourism. Overall, our results demonstrated the ideal process of cooperative decision-making to improve ecosystem services.

show abstract

Participatory assessment and mapping of ecosystem services in a data-poor region: Case study of community-managed forests in central Nepal

Cited by 141 publications

References 56 publications

Implications of land cover change on ecosystems services and people’s dependency: A case study from the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal

Implications of land cover change on ecosystems services and people’s dependency: A case study from the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal

Critical Review of the Millennium Project in Nepal

Performing Ecosystem Services at Mud Flats in Seocheon, Korea: Using Q Methodology for Cooperative Decision Making

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About