2022
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1000043
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Civil society’s perception of forest ecosystem services. A case study in the Western Alps

Abstract: 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 t… Show more

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“…This division of the entire sample into homogeneous classes (Clusters) was enabled by Latent Class Analysis (LCA) [62]. LCA does not allow the number and size of clusters to be known beforehand [63]. The software returns a number of possible subdivision combinations, but the best number of clusters is chosen, in agreement with Massaglia et al [56], by looking for the lower value of the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) and the associated Log-Likelihood (LL) according to [64].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This division of the entire sample into homogeneous classes (Clusters) was enabled by Latent Class Analysis (LCA) [62]. LCA does not allow the number and size of clusters to be known beforehand [63]. The software returns a number of possible subdivision combinations, but the best number of clusters is chosen, in agreement with Massaglia et al [56], by looking for the lower value of the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) and the associated Log-Likelihood (LL) according to [64].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this regard, training activities for forest entrepreneurs, operators, and technicians seem to be a key factor in improving resource utilization and gaining competitive advantage. Considering the paired favourable factors, training activities should go beyond traditional technical skills to include the management and valorisation of non-market goods (i.e., ecosystem services) and related communication and marketing skills, in order to take advantage of the "raising civil society's awareness of ecosystem services" (Bruzzese et al, 2022a(Bruzzese et al, , 2022b This approach could, however, raise some feasibility issues that should be carefully considered. In particular, leveraging opportunities is often contingent on the availability of financial resources.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In contrast to the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the national economy in general, a considerable increase in the number of forests visits was observed, as confirmed by several studies in Europe, such as in Germany ( 66 ) and Slovakia ( 67 ). A study in the Western Italian Alps also reported that forest cultural service was gaining more attention than the provisioning function after the pandemic ( 68 ), implying the potential recreational service development for improving human wellbeing. In the Czech Republic, a study by Jarský et al ( 69 ) reported that the average forest attendance in 2020 (amidst the COVID-19 movement restrictions) in the selected forest sites increased significantly compared to 2019.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%