Valuing cultural ecosystem services: Agricultural heritage in Chiloé island, southern Chile

Barrena, José; Nahuelhual, Laura; Báez, Andrea; Schiappacasse, Ignacio; Cerda, Claudia

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.12.005

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“…Although GIAHSs have many disadvantages in terms of economic benefits at present, they have so many advantages in natural and cultural ecosystem services, for instance, higher indirect economic values in agricultural landscapes, water, and soil conservation, purifying the environment, etc. [3,22,23]. However, these advantages did not generate economic benefits for the people in GIAHS sites.…”

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A Conservation Approach of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): Improving Traditional Agricultural Patterns and Promoting Scale-Production

Zhang

Min

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Abstract:Heritage conservation is an important recurring research theme on agricultural heritage systems. Improving the income of farmers from agriculture is regarded as an effective conservation approach. This study examined how the improved rice-fish-duck coculture (IRFDC) promotes the protection of the Honghe Hani Rice Terraced System (HHRTS) by keeping farmers farming in their hometowns. A semi-structural interview and a questionnaire survey were used to collect data on agricultural input-outputs and household employment in HHRTS. As a result, a fairly large proportion of HHRTS rice terraces were used for the hybrid rice monoculture (HRM) with chemical inputs, and most of these rice terraces were wasted for half a year on account of being left unused; the IRFDC requires considerable time input for farming and breeding, but barely needs any chemical inputs. IRFDC entails a higher cost than HRM, but also has a higher return than HRM. Driving a family to do full-time farming requires extra more than 0.71 ha rice terraces for IRFDC. In conclusion, Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHSs) can be used for protecting terraces from abandonment and destruction by improving agricultural economic benefits for farmers. At present, a shortage of laborers in HHRTS sites is false. Agricultural heritage sites do not actual need so many people if peasant households can do large-scale farming.

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A Conservation Approach of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): Improving Traditional Agricultural Patterns and Promoting Scale-Production

Zhang

Min

et al. 2017

Sustainability

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“…In this paper, the constituents of good social relations for urban residents are measured by indices of frequency of ecotourism and satisfaction with the natural landscape. Agroecosystem fosters specific agricultural cultures which include agricultural production activities and rural lifestyles [67] and also the link between humans and nature as well as humans and society [44]. In China, farmers are strongly attached to their agricultural land.…”

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“…Fortunately, such losses in human well-being have received increasing attention in economic analysis and public policy making, based on the ecosystem services functions as well as human well-being indicators made in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Experiment Method (CE), etc. [44][45][46]. However, these methods have some inherent defects, to be more specific, CVM can only estimate a well-being change caused by one certain state of environmental change and the accuracy of its result is affected by more than ten kinds of inherent latent deviations such as hypothetical deviation, partial-global deviation, strategic deviation, etc.…”

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How does the Ecological Well-Being of Urban and Rural Residents Change with Rural-Urban Land Conversion? The Case of Hubei, China

2018

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Human well-being can be affected by the loss of ecosystem services from conversion of agricultural lands. Uncovering negative ecological consequences of rural-urban conversion is important for regulating rural-urban land conversion. This paper evaluates the impacts of rural-urban land conversion on the ecological well-being of different interest groups in China and makes policy recommendations for mitigating them. This research empirically quantifies and compares changes in the ecological well-being of rural and urban residents due to rural-urban land conversion and examines how transformation factors affect such changes in Hubei, China using the Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation Model. Results show that compared with urban residents, rural resident ecological well-being level declines more obviously with rural-urban land conversion. Two socio-demographic characteristics, age and education level, as well as zoning characteristics, influence both rural and urban resident well-being changes. It is argued that there is a need for quantitative measurement of agricultural ecosystem services changes and that the construction of ecological compensation policies in areas undergoing rural-urban land conversion is essential for regulating rural-urban land conversion and for maintaining resident ecological well-being.

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“…Many previous studies of CES have used statedpreference methods; for example, Newton et al (2012) in the River Frome, Dorset, Southern England, and Barrena et al (2014) in Chiloé Island, southern Chile. These methods can be divided into two main groups: contingent valuation and choice modelling techniques.…”

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Comparison of methods for a landscape-scale assessment of the cultural ecosystem services associated with different habitats

Gosal

Newton

Gillingham

2018

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Servic

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Cultural ecosystem services (CES) are widely acknowledged as important but are often neglected by ecosystem service assessments, leading to a representational bias. This reflects the methodological challenges associated with producing robust and repeatable CES valuations. Here we provide a comparative analysis of three approaches for non-monetary valuation of CES, namely a structured survey, participatory GIS (PGIS) and GPS tracking methods. These were used to assess both recreation and aesthetic value of habitats within the New Forest National Park, UK. The association of CES with habitats enabled results of all three methods to be visualised at the landscape scale using maps, strengthening their value to conservation management. Broadleaved woodland and heathland habitats were consistently valued highly for both CES, whereas agricultural land tended to be associated with low values. Results obtained by the different methods were positively correlated in 6 out of 10 comparisons, indicating a degree of consistency between them. The spatial distribution of CES values at the landscape scale was also generally consistent between the three methods. These results highlight the value of comparative analyses of CES for identifying robust results, providing a way forward for their inclusion in land management decision-making. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Valuing cultural ecosystem services: Agricultural heritage in Chiloé island, southern Chile

Cited by 70 publications

References 49 publications

A Conservation Approach of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): Improving Traditional Agricultural Patterns and Promoting Scale-Production

A Conservation Approach of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): Improving Traditional Agricultural Patterns and Promoting Scale-Production

How does the Ecological Well-Being of Urban and Rural Residents Change with Rural-Urban Land Conversion? The Case of Hubei, China

Comparison of methods for a landscape-scale assessment of the cultural ecosystem services associated with different habitats

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