Cultural Ecosystem Services of Rattan Garden: The Hidden Values

Afentina, Afentina; McShane, Paul; Plahe, Jagjit Kaur; Wright, Wendy

doi:10.14207/ejsd.2017.v6n3p360

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“…Moreover, He et al (2019) found that farmlands would increasingly provide recreational services in areas near the city center compared to aesthetic services in rural areas. Some scholars have argued that societies in urban areas become more dependent on nonmaterial services than on provision and regulation services (Afentina et al, 2017;Bolund and Hunhammar, 1999;Hirons et al, 2016;Petway et al, 2020). Nevertheless, how CESs change to satisfy the increased demand for CESs after development has yet to be explored.…”

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“…Following further urbanization with new buildings and parks, CESs in urbanized areas tended to become more concentrated in the largest core areas. Although many studies have emphasized the importance of CESs given their irreplaceable characteristics (Afentina et al, 2017;La Rosa et al, 2016;Plieninger et al, 2013), CESs in this study area were not only replaced but also rebuilt with new content and components. In the Changyang case, CESs were reassembled in the newly built parks adjacent to the new residential communities, with the loss of CESs provided by traditional spaces and buildings (e.g., village center, cemetery, old mill) in the original villages.…”

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Understanding the dynamics and factors affecting cultural ecosystem services during urbanization through spatial pattern analysis and a mixed-methods approach

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Lin

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Journal of Cleaner Production

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Understanding the dynamics and factors affecting cultural ecosystem services during urbanization through spatial pattern analysis and a mixed-methods approach

Wang

Lin

et al. 2021

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Boafo et al [49] also pointed out cultural ecosystem services are also used by people to perform rituals and religious ceremonies. Humans especially in rural areas also use the plants that are provided by ecosystems to make traditional medicines or rituals, and they know which plants are dangerous and which plants can be eaten [50]. However, Small et al [51], on the other hand, believe that the value people place on cultural ecosystem services is not straightforward because if they had to choose between income and cultural identity, they would choose income.…”

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Ecosystem Services: A Systematic Review of Provisioning and Cultural Ecosystem Services in Estuaries

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It is widely argued that humans deteriorate and vandalize ecosystems, yet little is known about the advantages they receive from the same. The study employs the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) approach to identify studies on the value of ecosystems, with a focus on estuaries between the years 2000 to 2021. The review included a total of 61 studies, which highlighted: (a) the importance of estuarine ecosystem services; (b) the stress placed on estuaries as a result of human activity; and (c) the importance of ecosystem services to human well-being. These studies aid in our understanding of the provisioning and cultural services that ecosystems provide to humans, as well as how the ecosystem services assist individuals in diversifying their livelihoods. Our systematic review revealed that: (a) estuaries provide benefits to humans and are used for survival, (b) cultural ecosystem services are important and valuable; however, (c) as a result of human activities and climate change, ecosystem services face numerous threats such as pollution, overexploitation of resources, and poor water quality, among others. Future research should focus on how estuary users perceive the ecosystem services that estuaries provide, and there should be more publications and studies on the benefits that estuaries provide. The systematic review highlighted that most studies are outdated, there are few to no new studies on ecosystem services and estuaries, and those that are available do not directly address the importance of estuaries.

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“…Transformed rattan resources have always displayed some cultural value with the potential of generating income from high quality offshoots products: either as raw cane or furniture in the export and national markets. Currently, the global rattan trade is generating 6.5 billion US dollars per year [8]. Unfortunately; most of this trade is from Indonesia and Asia whereas most African countries and Cameroon in particular are missing out potential lucrative business and conservation opportunities.…”

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Problematic of Rattan Resource Management: Conservation and Post-harvest Concerns in Bamenda Town and Its Environs

Mofor

Temgoua

Thomas

2020

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The use of durable forest resources in urban areas has raised the question of link between conservation and usage patterns. Population growth in Cameroon urban areas has continued to trigger constant demand for forest resources notably for rattan resources. Owing to the thriving domestic use and trade indicators, it is observed that, the furniture processors have been experiencing considerable demand of rattan products. It was pathetic to observe that, though the whole chain of rattan dependable activities have become an integral part of livelihood strategy for many urban communities, it is without any regulatory rearmament. Such scenario has until recently been ostensibly clear that in Bamenda town is an epitome for non-awareness of the exact species used, ecological attitudes, post-harvest losses, innovative technologies and trade letdown. In the context of such lack of awareness, most socioeconomic and conservation benchmarks have remained trapped in inappropriate operations. It is in this light that, Bamenda town displays a range of concerns about the rattan resources management stakes and challenges. Thus, the main objective of this paper attempts to harness suitable socioeconomic and ecological strategies to ensure sustainability with significant potential for the rattan sources to the thriving investors’ livelihood. The study therefore, explores the stakeholders’ treasure on rattan resources derivatives and perceptions on conservation and socioeconomic standing in Bamenda town, which is a heavily dealing place. The study made use of primary and secondary sources to collect necessary data. The results indicate that, they are a chain of rattan resource investors, multiples sources of raw materials and local rattan workspaces. In addition, the paper established that, there are no conservation awareness and visions, no innovative technologies, insufficient basic knowledge about self-regulatory mechanism for informal trade on a sound rattan management as well as no veritable institutional support structures to strengthen the rattan sector. Therefore, imperiling this activity into a blur future given the gaps observed in the sector. Based on these challenges, the study has proposed pertinent concerns, which have some supportive regimented policies to awareness, sustainable conservation, production and trading trends management for livelihood of the rattan dealers in Bamenda town and beyond.

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Cultural Ecosystem Services of Rattan Garden: The Hidden Values

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Understanding the dynamics and factors affecting cultural ecosystem services during urbanization through spatial pattern analysis and a mixed-methods approach

Understanding the dynamics and factors affecting cultural ecosystem services during urbanization through spatial pattern analysis and a mixed-methods approach

Ecosystem Services: A Systematic Review of Provisioning and Cultural Ecosystem Services in Estuaries

Problematic of Rattan Resource Management: Conservation and Post-harvest Concerns in Bamenda Town and Its Environs

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