Ecosystem services and landscape management: three challenges and one plea

Setten, Gunhild; Stenseke, Marie; Moen, Jon

doi:10.1080/21513732.2012.722127

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“…The landscape planning literature emphasizes that the management of the environment must be considered in parallel to societal values, such as human well-being and cultural heritage (Setten et al 2012;Plieninger et al 2015a, b). Further, ecosystem services, particularly cultural services, should not be externalized using monetary valuations, but rather embrace a range of understandings of human-environment relationships (Raymond et al 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To thoroughly understand the discourse, the terms 'landscape' and 'stewardship' first need to be understood separately. Landscape is seen as a holistic dimension where physical elements, socio-economical qualities, and institutional components interact with value systems, tradition, and knowledge (Conrad et al 2011;Setten et al 2012). It includes a mosaic of different rural and urban environments and habitats, and it is an area in which physical, immaterial, and social-cultural aspects interact (Fry 2001;Lindborg et al 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A commonly agreed characteristic of landscape is spatial variation. Setten et al (2012) state that ''a landscape can be described as an arena where various societal projects and land-use interests coincide in space and time with physical structures and nonhuman flows'' (p. 307).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The farmer as a landscape steward: Comparing local understandings of landscape stewardship, landscape values, and land management actions

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“…An improved general awareness of ESs does not necessarily have to lead to a higher appreciation of ESs. Instead, use of and experience with the ecosystem may be more important for the appreciation of certain ESs (Setten et al 2012;Pröpper and Haupts 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

Public Support for Wetland Restoration: What is the Link With Ecosystem Service Values?

Scholte¹,

Todorova²,

Teeffelen³

et al. 2016

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Fostering public support for wetland restoration is essential for long-term sustainable management and use of wetland areas. This paper explores the socio-cultural dimension of wetland restoration, by looking at the importance of wetland ecosystem services for different user groups. We try to better comprehend such values by evaluating the awareness people have of ecosystem services and the direct benefits people obtain from the ecosystems in their surroundings. In addition, we study how the values people assign to ecosystem services are related to wetland restoration attitudes. We identified four perspectives towards wetland restoration, which could partially be explained by corresponding values for ecosystem services: an eco-centric, a cultural, an economic and a negative perspective. To gather public support for wetland restoration it is important to take into account the different motivations people have to support such initiatives.

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“…The valuation of urban land uses is often based on other logics, although attempts have been made to integrate a broader range of values into land and geographical areas for decision making, for instance, the so-called ecosystem services approach (Setten, Stenseke & Moen 2012). Even if such schemes were developed and used, it is important to highlight that the conflicts over how to use land would not disappear.…”

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Preservation of Agricultural Land as an Issue of Societal Importance

Slätmo

2017

Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History

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Based on concerns about food security and food sovereignty, it is appropriate to scrutinise societal measures for protecting agricultural land from conversion to other uses. Changes from agricultural to urban land use are particularly problematic, as they are largely irreversible. By analysing relevant Swedish policy, the present study investigated how the protection of agricultural land is framed as an issue of societal importance. Protection of agricultural land is enshrined in Swedish law, but its use is still continually changing to housing and other constructions. In a structured policy analysis, two questions were examined: (1) what are the societal motives for protecting agricultural land in Sweden, and (2) how do these motives influence the governance of agricultural land? The meaning of 'national importance', 'suitable for cultivation' and 'significant national interests' in Swedish land-use law was also analysed. The results showed that formulations in the law reflect the ambivalent discourses on agricultural land preservation and that the Swedish authorities view other land uses as more important than agriculture.The Swedish governance system is currently built on trust that municipal institutions will make satisfactory decisions concerning land and water use. However, it has been shown that these decisions have not been satisfactory concerning the protection of agricultural land, and it is important to acknowledge that the sum of local decisions can be degrading for these life-supporting resources. The present analysis revealed a looming conflict between the preservation of soils for food production, on one hand, and local participation in decision making, on the other. This raises the question of whether it is more important to defend subsidiarity or to preserve certain resources which are important for food security, such as agricultural land.

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Ecosystem services and landscape management: three challenges and one plea

Cited by 49 publications

References 42 publications

The farmer as a landscape steward: Comparing local understandings of landscape stewardship, landscape values, and land management actions

The farmer as a landscape steward: Comparing local understandings of landscape stewardship, landscape values, and land management actions

Public Support for Wetland Restoration: What is the Link With Ecosystem Service Values?

Preservation of Agricultural Land as an Issue of Societal Importance

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