Shared ecological knowledge and wetland values: A case study

Abstract

HighlightsWe analyze citizens' shared ecological knowledge (SEK) of wetlands functions to describe its nature, its relation with the official knowledge, the relation between the motivations outlined by SEK and those expected by the standard economic model. Wetlands functions' SEK is related to wetlands living proximity and unexpectedly diminishing for some long since acquired critical services There is a separation between official knowledge and SEK on crucial aspects like wetlands' climate change role. This approach helps to transfer a socio-cultural complex capital into a public decision making processes. AbstractThe estimation of wetlands' non-use values to build up a total economic evaluation can be based on stated preference methods, which derives from the standard economic model that assumes a rational assessment of the consequence of preferences on personal utility. The paper describes the citizens' shared ecological knowledge (SEK) of wetlands functions. It descibes SEK nature, SEK relation with the official knowledge, the relation between the motivations outlined by SEK and those expected by the standard economic model. The

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