Assessing and mapping cultural ecosystem services at community level in the Colombian Amazon

Angarita-Baéz, Jenny A.; Pérez-Miñana, Elena; Vargas, Julio Eduardo Beltrán; Agudelo, César Augusto Ruiz; Ortiz, Andres Perez; Palacios, Erwin; Willcock, Simon

doi:10.1080/21513732.2017.1345981

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“…These results are like those reported by Lara-Pulido, Guevara-Sanginés, and Arias-Martelo (2018) for Mexico. Although opportunities for recreation and tourism was the most common ES studied in Colombia, other cultural ESs are little considered in the Colombian literature, thus, pointing to a relevant research gap for a multiethnic and multicultural country (Angarita-Baéz et al 2017;Ruiz-Agudelo et al 2020) where the tourist potential is important, but ethnic diversity indicates a variety of values relevant for the Colombian territorieś sustainable management.…”

Section: The Economic Valuation Of Ess In Colombia: Current Statusmentioning

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The economic valuation of ecosystem services in Colombia. Challenges, gaps and future pathways

Agudelo

Suárez

Gutiérrez-Bonilla

et al. 2022

Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy

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This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the economic values for ecosystem services (ESs) in Colombia. Were analyzed 154 studies that estimated economic values for 21 ESs in 18 general ecosystems. In total, 502 values were coded and classified according to the Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services -CICES. Despite being a technique that is not based on primary economic valuation information, Benefits transfer was the most common method used to estimate the value of ESs in Colombia, followed by market prices and contingent valuation. Opportunities for recreation and tourism, climate regulation, habitat conservation, and water have been the most valued ESs. Many important ESs remain unnoticed and are not adequately accounted (e.g. pollination). Additionally, 53% of the information available on the economic values of ESs is concentrated in only 5 of the 32 Colombian departments. Finally, this review highlights the multiple challenges of Colombian academics and practitioners to improve the economic valuation practice and complement and recognize the multiple social relationships and the multiple views in terms of the values nature has.

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Section: The Economic Valuation Of Ess In Colombia: Current Statusmentioning

confidence: 99%

The economic valuation of ecosystem services in Colombia. Challenges, gaps and future pathways

Agudelo

Suárez

Gutiérrez-Bonilla

et al. 2022

Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy

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“…The coupling of the nonindigenous researchers and stakeholders' knowledge with that of the indigenous communities may inform sustainable management practices that are respectful of indigenous perspectives and intellectual property rights. Nevertheless, there are ontological, epistemological, political, and financial obstacles and limitations that must be addressed in transdisciplinary research projects that link the academic, technical, and indigenous knowledge systems for environmental and economic management (Athayde et al 2016, Angarita-Baéz et al 2017. Both in the indigenous and scientific perspectives, diversity is a key aspect to maintain exotic and native species in balance, thus avoiding major competition and their extinction.…”

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Land use planning in the Amazon basin: challenges from resilience thinking

Agudelo¹,

Mazzeo²,

Díaz³

et al. 2020

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Amazonia is under threat. Biodiversity and redundancy loss in the Amazon biome severely limits the long-term provision of key ecosystem services in diverse spatial scales (local, regional, and global). Resilience thinking attempts to understand the mechanisms that ensure a system's capacity to recover in the face of external pressures, trauma, or disturbances, as well as changes in its internal dynamics. Resilience thinking also promotes relevant transformations of system configurations considered adverse or nonsustainable, and therefore proposes the simultaneous analysis of the adaptive capacity and the transformation of a system. In this context, seven principles have been proposed, which are considered crucial for social-ecological systems to become resilient. These seven principles of resilience thinking are analyzed in terms of the land use planning and land management of the Amazonian biome. To comprehend its main conflicts, challenges, and opportunities, we reveal the key aspects of the historical process of Latin America's land management and the Amazon basin's past and current land use changes. Based on this review, the Amazon region shows two concrete challenges for resilience: (1) the natural system's fragmentation, as a consequence of land use limiting key ecological processes, and (2) the cultural and institutional fragmentation of land use projects designed and partially implemented in the region. In addition, the region presents challenges related to institutional design, the expansion and strengthening of real participation spaces, and the promotion of social learning. Finally, polycentric and adaptive governance is itself a major, urgent need for this region and its socialecological complexity.

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“…It's important to notice, that some practical site-specific CES assessment studies choose to examine those ecosystem services that are most characteristic for the study area, without seeking to account for absolutely all aspects of ecosystem services [31][32][33][34][35][36][37].…”

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Cultural Ecosystem Services: The Case of Coastal-Rural Area (Nemunas Delta and Curonian Lagoon, Lithuania)

Marcinkevičiūtė

Pranskūnienė

2020

Sustainability

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The benefits or harms of external and internal consequences for the viability of ecosystems are revealed through the impact on the quality of human life. The issues of assessing these benefits or harms are significant for the whole society and are therefore analyzed from both theoretical and practical perspectives. The article seeks to theoretically examine the coherence between humans and ecosystems, ensuring the social and economic well-being of present and future generations in the context of cultural ecosystem services (CES). As well, the article seeks to present the empirical research, carried out on the possibilities of adapting human activities to CES in the specific area, i.e., coastal-rural area, evaluating the past, present and future CES potential in the Lithuanian coastal zone, Nemunas Delta and Curonian Lagoon in Lithuania. Elderships located near the Curonian Lagoon or within the protected area of the Nemunas Delta Regional Park were selected for the study. For this purpose, the empirical study involved representatives of different (public and private) sectors and stakeholders. The research was carried out in local tourism cultural centers and elderships with four group respondents (tourists, farmers, entrepreneurs, eldership employees). The research revealed the past and the current situation of CES potential and showed the possible CES potential future development directions. The article described the opportunities for the rural population (a potential supply of cultural ecosystems) to achieve diversification of economic activities and the needs of tourists (a potential demand for cultural ecosystems) to achieve service differentiation. Therefore, the recommendations have been formulated on how to exploit future CES of a specific territory by “employing” available natural resources, i.e., the ecosystems.

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Assessing and mapping cultural ecosystem services at community level in the Colombian Amazon

Cited by 27 publications

References 74 publications

The economic valuation of ecosystem services in Colombia. Challenges, gaps and future pathways

The economic valuation of ecosystem services in Colombia. Challenges, gaps and future pathways

Land use planning in the Amazon basin: challenges from resilience thinking

Cultural Ecosystem Services: The Case of Coastal-Rural Area (Nemunas Delta and Curonian Lagoon, Lithuania)

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