A framework for the social valuation of ecosystem services

Felipe‐Lucia, María R.; Comı́n, Francisco A.; Escalera-Reyes, Javier

doi:10.1007/s13280-014-0555-2

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“…While pollution and the forestry industry have a more prolonged effect, events such as earthquakes and tsunamis have a shorter duration, making it possible that people with a long history in the location understand that these disturbances occur at certain time intervals and that measures to address them must be developed [13]. This assessment of the perceptions of drivers of loss could be used to manage actions related to conservation, preservation, and the restoration of the system [61] by considering that the opinion of the population is a fundamental element in the current territorial management instruments.…”

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Social Perception of Ecosystem Services in a Coastal Wetland Post-Earthquake: A Case Study in Chile

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Natural disasters can cause abrupt disturbances in coastal wetlands, affecting the social perception of ecosystem services (ES). The Tubul-Raqui coastal wetland is one of the most important wetlands in south-central Chile. Rich in biodiversity, these wetlands provide ES to a population of 2238 inhabitants. The recent M W = 8.8 earthquake of 2010 caused a coastal uplift of 1.4 m and substantial morphological, social, and environmental changes. This paper analyzes the social perceptions of the inhabitants of the village of Tubul-Raqui following a large earthquake disturbance with regards to ES provision frequency and their future changes. A statistically representative semi-structured survey was conducted (175 valid surveys) and the data interpreted through factor analysis and statistical tests for independent categorical variables. The perception of cultural and regulating services was significantly greater than that of provisioning services, which were probably the most affected by the earthquake. Residents identified habitat for species, recreation, and hazard regulation as the most important ES. Perception was influenced by the categorical variables of gender, age, and ethnicity; for example, hazard regulation services varied strongly by gender. According to the respondents, the availability of ES will remain stable (50%) or decrease (40%) in the next 50 years, mainly due to anthropogenic drivers; the effect of natural disasters was not mentioned among the main drivers of change.

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Social Perception of Ecosystem Services in a Coastal Wetland Post-Earthquake: A Case Study in Chile

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“…In a review on the social evaluation of ESS, Felipe-Lucia et al (2015) [64] found that 22.9% of the reviewed studies focused on preference rankings for ESS, while only 7.2% provided a comparison between the present and future provision of ESS. This study adds to the lacking numbers of ESAs for future scenarios and is the first to do so for rubber production systems.…”

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Assessing Ecosystem Services in Rubber Dominated Landscapes in South-East Asia—A Challenge for Biophysical Modeling and Transdisciplinary Valuation

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Blagodatsky

Häuser³

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Abstract:The concept of ecosystem services (ESS) has been increasingly recognized for its potential in decision making processes concerning environmental policy. Multidisciplinary projects on rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) cultivation, integrating research on a variety of ESS, have been few and far between. More than three years of iterative workshops with regional stakeholders resulted in the development of future land use scenarios for our study area in Xishuangbanna, PR China. We used the InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs) modeling framework to analyze their impact on sediment retention, water yield, habitat quality, and carbon sequestration and developed a model for assessing rubber yields. We investigated the percentage deviations of integrated ESS indices in each scenario, as compared to the initial state of 2015 and as a novelty used different statistical weighting methods to include rankings for the preference of ESS from three contrasting stakeholder groups. The business-as-usual scenario (BAU, continuous rubber expansions) revealed an increase in rubber yields trading off against all other ESS analyzed. Compared to BAU, the measures introduced in the balanced-trade-offs scenario (reforestation, reduced herbicide application, riverine buffer zones, etc.) reduced the total amount of rubber yield but enhanced habitat quality and regulating ESS. The results show that the integrated indices for the provisioning of ESS would be overestimated without the inclusion of the stakeholder groups. We conclude that policy regulations, if properly assessed with spatial models and integrated stakeholder feedback, have the potential to buffer the typical trade-off between agricultural intensification and environmental protection.

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“…Our study used a multidisciplinary approach to incorporate multiple different views in the weighting of ES to calculate the RAVES index. However, studies aiming at assessing RAVES to maximize social–ecological values could implement other tools to weight ES, such as performing interviews to a broader range of stakeholders (Felipe‐Lucia, Comín, & Escalera‐Reyes, ). For instance, previous work in our study area identified that ES are used and valued differently by each stakeholder group (Felipe‐Lucia, Martín‐López, et al., ).…”

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Prioritizing sites for ecological restoration based on ecosystem services

Comı́n

Miranda²,

Sorando³

et al. 2018

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Restoration ecology that maximizes ecosystem services (ES) requires planning at large spatial scales, which are often the most meaningful for ecosystem functioning and ES supply. As economic resources to undertake ecological restoration at large scales are scarce, prioritizing sites to enhance multiple ES supply is critical. We present the Relative Aggregated Value of Ecosystem Services (RAVES) index, to prioritize sites for ecological restoration based on the assessment of multiple ES. We tested the spatial heterogeneity of ES to identify the relevant scale to managing ES and to apply the RAVES index using a local case study. We also used the RAVES index to compare three alternative restoration scenarios to enhance ES based on the availability of socio‐economic resources. The highest RAVES values were found in areas with natural vegetation and in gorges with riparian forests. The lowest values were found in crop fields, steep slopes and river stretches without riparian forest. The multiscale spatial analysis indicated that most ES showed significant heterogeneity at multiple spatial scales, especially at broad (20–30 km) and very broad (40–50 km) scales. For spatial scales smaller than 2 km, only biological control showed significant heterogeneity. The optimal socio‐economic conditions to enhance ES supply were met when both private and public land, together with economic funds, were available to implement ecological restoration. As most areas with low RAVES were in private lands, even with limited funds restoration of private lands would result in a large increase in RAVES. Synthesis and applications. The Relative Aggregated Value of Ecosystem Services (RAVES) index is a practical tool to hierarchically prioritize sites for ecological restoration across large spatial scales. The RAVES index integrates both ecological information and societal values by weighting ecosystem services (ES) via a multicriteria analysis and can be used in scenario analysis to identify optimal management scenarios. We highlight the importance of analysing the spatial heterogeneity of ES to identify the most relevant scale to applying the RAVES index and to managing ES via ecological restoration.

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A framework for the social valuation of ecosystem services

Cited by 70 publications

References 50 publications

Social Perception of Ecosystem Services in a Coastal Wetland Post-Earthquake: A Case Study in Chile

Social Perception of Ecosystem Services in a Coastal Wetland Post-Earthquake: A Case Study in Chile

Assessing Ecosystem Services in Rubber Dominated Landscapes in South-East Asia—A Challenge for Biophysical Modeling and Transdisciplinary Valuation

Prioritizing sites for ecological restoration based on ecosystem services

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