ASFORESEE: A Harmonized Model for Economic Evaluation of Forest Protection against Rockfall

Accastello, Cristian; Bianchi, Ettore; Blanc, Simone; Brun, Filippo

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“…Mountain and forest ecosystems play a key role, recognised both at the EU level with the new EU Forest Strategy 2030 (Aggestam and Giurca, 2021) -a flagship initiative of the European Green Deal -and internationally with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Goal 15) (Marín et al, 2021;Rimal et al, 2021). This recognition can be attributed to the services offered, among which, the provision of drinking water (Piaggio and Siikamäki, 2021), CO2 storage (Blanc et al, 2019), protection against natural hazards (Scheidl et al, 2020), mental and physical wellbeing, and recreational tourism activities (Liu et al, 2021) are growing in importance.…”

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“…Previous studies attempted to identify the demand for Forest Ecosystem Services (FES) and the willingness of civil society to pay for some of these services (Soto et al, 2018;Jo et al, 2021). Others have tried to estimate their value (Accastello et al, 2019;Rijal et al, 2021) or to provide spatial-based tools capable of quantifying, mapping, and valuing FES (Khalfaoui et al, 2020) or assessing payments for such services (Grilli et al, 2020;Sacchelli et al, 2021). However, few researchers have attempted to ask civil society to identify a ranking of ES.…”

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Civil society’s perception of forest ecosystem services. A case study in the Western Alps

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Forest Ecosystem Services (FES) are widely recognised by the society nowadays. However, no study in the literature has analysed a ranking of FES after the pandemic. This paper investigated civil society’s perception and knowledge toward these services; in addition, the presence of attitudinal or behavioural patterns regarding individual’s preference, was assessed. A choice experiment was conducted using the Best-Worst Scaling (BWS) method on a sample of 479 individuals intercepted in the Argentera Valley, in the Western Italian Alps. Results, showed a strong interest in biodiversity, aesthetic landscape quality and psychophysical health and a lower interest in provisioning services. Based on the individual preferences, civil society was clustered into five groups for FES, named “Hedonistic,” “Individualist with cultural and health interests,” “Sensitive to regulatory and utilitarian functions,” “Climate change sensitive” and “Livelihood and hedonistic wellbeing.” In general, there was a growing appreciation by civil society for the intangible services offered by the forest, driven by modern lifestyles and an interest in learning more about the provided services. Based on these elements, we believe that similar research should be extended to other mountain contexts to validate the results or to find new insights, and that it is now necessary to study how to involve civil society in decision-making processes of forest planning and management at a local level.

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“…Several studies have used this methodology to assess forest ES values. Bianchi et al (2018), for instance, carried out a literature review on the use of different methodologies to measure the value of protection services against rock falls, avalanches and landslides and for investment in flood protection in the Alps, in which RC proved its effectiveness (see also Notaro and Paletto 2012;Häyhä et al 2015;Getzner et al 2017;Accastello et al 2019). Grilli et al (2015) assessed the values of different forest ES in Italian alpine valleys.…”

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Assessing the Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Mountain Forests: A Literature Review

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2021

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The effects of climate change are increasingly more visible on natural ecosystems. Being mountain forest ecosystems among the most vulnerable and the most affected, they appear to be, at the same time, the most suitable for the assessment of climate change effects on ecosystem services. Assuming this, we review the literature on the economic assessment of climate change impacts on European mountain forests. Initially, the trends in the provision of mountain forest ecosystem services are discussed. We, then, considered the effects on forest structure and tree physiology, these two being strictly associated with the capability of the ecosystem to provide ecosystem services. The results have been grouped into a table that displays the trend, the quality and the quantity of the information found. Subsequently, the main methods that can be employed to assess the economic value of the different ecosystem services have been described. For each method, some implementation examples have been introduced to better understand its functioning. Concluding, the main gaps still existing in literature concerning the effects of climate change on ecosystem services provided by mountain forests have been highlighted. Finally, some more considerations about the existing methods for the economic valuation of ecosystem services have been done.

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“…Risk-based approaches have been developed to estimate the economic value of mountain forests' protective functions and effects by reducing the risk from natural hazards that endanger people and assets, considering all three risk components, hazard, exposure, and vulnerability (see chapter [3] of this book). These studies were conducted at different spatial scales from local [12][13][14][15] to regional [16,17] as well as national evaluations ( [18]; see also chapters [19][20][21] of this book). Other studies integrated Eco-DRR in hazard and risk models into more complex online DSS, for example, Grandjean et al [22] created a multirisk tool for identifying management strategies to reduce potential impacts of global change by considering short-and long-term changes in land use, climate change scenarios, and alternative socio-economic development pathways.…”

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Risk-Based Decision Support for Protective Forest and Natural Hazard Management

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Protective Forests as Ecosystem-Based Solution for Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-Drr)

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Protective forests are an effective Forest-based Solution (FbS) for Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) and are part of an integrated risk management (IRM) of natural hazards. However, their utilization requires addressing conflicting interests as well as considering relevant spatial and temporal scales. Decision support systems (DSS) can improve the quality of such complex decision-making processes regarding the most suitable and accepted combinations of risk mitigation measures. We introduce four easy-to-apply DSS to foster an ecosystem-based and integrated management of natural hazard risks as well as to increase the acceptance of protective forests as FbS for Eco-DRR: (1) the Flow-Py simulation tool for gravitational mass flows that can be used to model forests with protective functions and to estimate their potential for reducing natural hazards’ energy, (2) an exposure assessment model chain for quantifying forests’ relevance for reducing natural hazard risks, (3) the Rapid Risk management Appraisal (RRA), a participatory method aiming to identify IRM strengths and points for improvement, and (4) the Protective Forest Assessment Tool (FAT), an online DSS for comparing different mitigation measures. These are only a few examples covering various aims and spatial and temporal scales. Science and practice need to collaborate to provide applied DSS for an IRM of natural hazards.

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ASFORESEE: A Harmonized Model for Economic Evaluation of Forest Protection against Rockfall

Cited by 8 publications

References 43 publications

Civil society’s perception of forest ecosystem services. A case study in the Western Alps

Civil society’s perception of forest ecosystem services. A case study in the Western Alps

Assessing the Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Mountain Forests: A Literature Review

Risk-Based Decision Support for Protective Forest and Natural Hazard Management

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