Assessment of Ecosystem Services provided by Italian forests: first results from Life+ Making Good Natura project

Marino, Davide; Schirpke, Uta; Gaglioppa, Pierluca; Guadagno, Rossella; Marucci, Angelo; Palmieri, Margherita; Pellegrino, Davide; Comini, Bruna; Concetti, Benedetta

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“…The EU-LIFE program is the EU's funding instrument for the environment and climate action (Lehmann et al 2005;Marino et al 2014;European Union 2016). The general goal is the implementation, updating, and development of EU environmental and climate policy.…”

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Evaluation of environmental actions by local citizens – a choice modeling application

Guimarães

Nunes

Rodrigues

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Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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Little is known about citizens' judgment of nature conservation actions financed by public funds. The present work contributes to this topic with empirical evidence coming from a Choice Modeling (CM) study designed in an innovative mode. Using the participatory budget format, a CM exercise elicited respondents' choice between the allocation of public funds for nature conservation actions versus other actions (e.g. social or economic interventions). The case study comprises an EU-LIFE project managed by a Portuguese municipality. Results highlight the importance of awareness of and accessibility to environmental goods, as those that are more willing to pay use the area for leisure activities and have a greater knowledge about it. In addition, we suggest that CM can be used as a tool to uncover citizens' preferences regarding public budget allocation which can contribute to a democratization of decision making at this level.

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Evaluation of environmental actions by local citizens – a choice modeling application

Guimarães

Nunes

Rodrigues

et al. 2021

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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“…Including the ES and their value in the planning and programming tools of protected areas would allow reducing the risk of a decrease in the stock of natural capital and the flow of goods and services [45,46].…”

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Comparison between Demand and Supply of Some Ecosystem Services in National Parks: A Spatial Analysis Conducted Using Italian Case Studies

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In recent decades, modeling approaches of ecosystem services (ES) have been used extensively at the international level, providing useful tools during the decision-making process by integrating both physical and economic information, thus improving its management. The relationship between supply and demand may impact social welfare: for example, a deficit in ES could negatively influence demand (either potential or effective). For this reason, the relational study between supply and demand is necessary for the sustainable management of natural resources; particularly since the demand for some ES must be fulfilled not only on a local scale but also globally (as in the case of regulatory ES). This paper proposes an ES analysis framework that links the flow of services (supply) generated by the interaction between natural, human and social capital with consumption (demand) connected to potential beneficiaries. Specifically, we analyze three ES: Forage production, regulation of local climate (PM10), and carbon sequestration in three national parks (Aspromonte National Park, Circeo National Park, and Appennino Tosco Emiliano National Park). The use of synthetic (biophysical) indicators, on a spatial basis, made it possible to quantify the supply and demand of specific catchments with the aim of accounting for the surplus/deficit through the calculation of the ES supply and demand ratio (ESDR). In fact, sustainable land management requires a balance between supply and demand in relation to the different needs of the stakeholders and local community. The relationship between supply and demand of ES can help identify resource use trade-offs, thus rendering the achievement of management and protection objectives more efficient. Lastly, through the use of monetary coefficients, it was possible to calculate the benefits of increasing the awareness of public decision-makers of ES’s value and the importance of implementing integrated strategies for environmental protection and enhancement.

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“…The expected outcome is the promotion of "boundary objects" (Black 2013), representing socially constructed understanding of local social-ecological systems to share among people with different roles in the management or maintenance of ecosystems (Abson et al 2014). Our approach builds on the experiencesconducted in the European project LIFE+ "Making Good Natura" (Marino et al 2014;Schirpke et al 2017; for details about the project see www.lifemgnserviziecosistemici.eu).…”

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Enhancing Ecosystem Services Management in Protected Areas Through Participatory System Dynamics Modelling

Scolozzi

Schirpke

Geneletti

2019

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Ecosystem services (ES) depend on coupled ecological and socioeconomic processes. We propose participatory modelling as a tool for sharing and co-creating knowledge about processes supporting (or eroding) local ES. The proposal consists of an open library of introductory ES dynamic models to be tailored for each case study. Such a library is illustrated by two ES examples and five models, published in an open-access web-platform. The results can contribute to the improvement of both analysis and deliberation, helping managers to design better policies and stakeholders to better formulate expectations.

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Assessment of Ecosystem Services provided by Italian forests: first results from Life+ Making Good Natura project

Cited by 4 publications

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Evaluation of environmental actions by local citizens – a choice modeling application

Evaluation of environmental actions by local citizens – a choice modeling application

Comparison between Demand and Supply of Some Ecosystem Services in National Parks: A Spatial Analysis Conducted Using Italian Case Studies

Enhancing Ecosystem Services Management in Protected Areas Through Participatory System Dynamics Modelling

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