Environmental liability: A missing use for ecosystem services valuation

Phelps, Jacob; Jones, Carol; Pendergrass, J.H.; Gómez-Baggethun, Erik

doi:10.1073/pnas.1514893112

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“…For commodity-dependent developing nations, one of the longstanding concerns is that both forward and backward linkages created within the context of mining are often weak [67]. Similar experiences have been noted in Ghana, Tanzania and Mali, where economic development through backward linkages was found to be negligible and the multiplier effects insignificant [8].…”

Section: Mining and Socioeconomic Well-being At Locality: A Brief Reviewmentioning

confidence: 70%

Fool’s Gold: Understanding Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts from Gold Mining in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam

2018

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Extractive industries are often claimed to contribute to both poverty reduction and economic growth. Yet, there is also a body of research that suggests natural resource dependence can result in limited development, environmental degradation and social upheaval. This paper examines differences in the socioeconomic and environmental state of mining and non-mining communities in rural Vietnam in order to understand the extent to which mining contributes to livelihood development and socioeconomic well-being. In particular, we examine the role that "corporate social responsibility" (CSR) plays in supporting community development in Phuoc Son and Phu Ninh districts, Quang Nam province. Content analysis of newspapers, government documents and mining company reports provided a contextual overview of mining operations and community relations in each study area. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect information from local and regional stakeholders to further understand perceived impacts of mining operations on local communities. Our study finds that in comparison to non-mining communities, communities with active mines demonstrated increased job development, decreased poverty rates, enhanced infrastructure and social development along with increased incidences of CSR initiatives. However, a number of adverse effects from mining activities were reported including environmental degradation (e.g., deforestation, water pollution, etc.) increased criminal activity and drug addiction. Dependence on mine-related employment in local communities becomes acutely apparent when temporary mine closures result in widespread unemployment. Local governments may be the greatest beneficiaries of mining with increased tax revenues and enhanced management potential of leased land. Non-mining communities without direct benefits from mining activities maintained economic diversity and were therefore more resilient to economic shocks such as nearby mine closures.

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Section: Mining and Socioeconomic Well-being At Locality: A Brief Reviewmentioning

confidence: 70%

Fool’s Gold: Understanding Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts from Gold Mining in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam

2018

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“…However, two of the five decision contexts suggested by Jacobs et al (2018) were not covered by any of the included studies, namely litigation and accounting. The lack of applications on litigation reflects the general scarcity of ES approaches in legal issues (Phelps et al 2015;Jacobs et al 2016), and a particular under-representation of sociocultural values (Kroeger and Casey 2007). How sociocultural value can be recognised in litigation, is currently still a prevailing issue, some advances include first concepts (e.g.…”

Section: Decision Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sociocultural valuation of ecosystem services for operational ecosystem management: mapping applications by decision contexts in Europe

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Sociocultural valuation (SCV) of ecosystem services (ES) discloses the principles, importance or preferences expressed by people towards nature. Although ES research has increasingly addressed sociocultural values in past years, little effort has been made to systematically review the components of sociocultural valuation applications for different decision contexts (i.e. awareness raising, accounting, priority setting, litigation and instrument design). In this analysis, we investigate the characteristics of 48 different sociocultural valuation applications-characterised by unique combinations of decision context, methods, data collection formats and participants-across ten European case studies. Our findings show that raising awareness for the sociocultural value of ES by capturing people's perspective and establishing the status quo, was found the most frequent decision context in case studies, followed by priority setting and instrument development. Accounting and litigation issues were not addressed in any of the applications. We reveal that applications for particular decision contexts are methodologically similar, and that decision contexts determine the choice of methods, data collection formats and participants involved. Therefore, we conclude that understanding the decision context is a critical first step to designing and carrying out fit-for-purpose sociocultural valuation of ES in operational ecosystem management.

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“…Ecosystem services are becoming increasingly threatened globally (Wingfield et al, ; Keesstra et al, ), a trend which can be partially attributed to a lack of resource valuation in management decisions (Mamat et al, ; Ayanu et al, ). Ecosystem Services Valuation (ESV) is the process of assessing the contributions of ecosystem services while accounting for sustainable scale, fair distribution, and efficient allocation (Costanza et al, ; Phelps et al, ). Valuation of ecosystem services is one of the fastest‐growing areas of research in ecological economics (Zhang et al, ; Schmidt et al, ).…”

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Land‐Use Change and its Effects in Charchan Oasis, Xinjiang, China

et al. 2016

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Changes in land use and land cover are known to impact ecosystem services and functions. In this study, land use characteristics were combined with global and China‐specific ecosystem coefficients to quantify land‐use and ecosystem service changes in Charchan Oasis. Results indicated that: (i) the total values of ecosystem services in Charchan Oasis were increased 8·4 M$ from 1972 to 2013; (ii) the aggregated ecosystem service values for water bodies, grasslands, forest lands, and barren lands were 98·90% of the total value for all land types; (iii) waste treatment, soil formation, biodiversity protection, and water supply were ecological functions with the highest service values, contributing approximately 65% of the total service values; and (iv) ecosystem service values estimated in this study were inelastic with respect to the value coefficients, therefore, the estimation results were believable. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Environmental liability: A missing use for ecosystem services valuation

Cited by 15 publications

References 2 publications

Fool’s Gold: Understanding Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts from Gold Mining in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam

Fool’s Gold: Understanding Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts from Gold Mining in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam

Sociocultural valuation of ecosystem services for operational ecosystem management: mapping applications by decision contexts in Europe

Land‐Use Change and its Effects in Charchan Oasis, Xinjiang, China

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