Valuation of the ecosystem services: A psycho-cultural perspective

Kumar, Manasi; Kumar, Pushpam

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.05.008

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“…Much of the debate regarding the value of ecosystem services is driven by economic approaches. In fact until recently, much of the undervaluing of services is the result of using traditional cost-benefit ratios and valuing procedures that do not account for non-dollar values associated with the existence of ecosystems (Kumar and Kumar 2007). As the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2003,2005) reminded us, without ecosystem services, there would be no human life, much less human society, economies, or well-being.…”

Section: Economic Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review of the Elements of Human Well-Being with an Emphasis on the Contribution of Ecosystem Services

Summers

Smith

Case

et al. 2012

AMBIO

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Natural ecosystems perform fundamental lifesupport services upon which human civilization depends. However, many people believe that nature provides these services for free and therefore, they are of little or no value. While we do not pay for them, we pay significantly for their loss in terms of wastewater treatment facilities, moratoriums on greenhouse gases, increased illnesses, reduced soil fertility and losses in those images of nature that contribute to our basic happiness. Little is understood about the well-being benefits of the natural environment and its ecosystem services. The interwoven relationship of ecosystems and human well-being is insufficiently acknowledged in the wider philosophical, social, and economic well-being literature. In this article, we discuss an approach to examine human well-being and the interactions of its four primary elements-basic human needs, economic needs, environmental needs, and subjective wellbeing-and ecosystem services.

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Section: Economic Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review of the Elements of Human Well-Being with an Emphasis on the Contribution of Ecosystem Services

Summers

Smith

Case

et al. 2012

AMBIO

311

156

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“…Learning about perceptions requires adapted survey protocols [51][52][53][54][55], which purposely combine closed questions in order to establish typologies and open questions in order to analyze the spontaneous perceptions of interviewees. The questionnaire design took into account this recommendation.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Local Knowledge of Pond Fish-Farming Ecosystem Services: Management Implications of Stakeholders’ Perceptions in Three Different Contexts (Brazil, France and Indonesia)

Mathé

Rey‐Valette

2015

Sustainability

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This article addresses ecosystem service perceptions in the case of pond fish-farming systems in Brazil, France and Indonesia. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment vision suggests a more integrated reflection on environmental policies with greater adaptability to local knowledge and the development of social learning processes, which tend to promote more sustainable changes in behavior and practice than do sanctions. This study considers a part of the identification of ecosystem services. It shows that perceptions differ with the context, and found few differences depending on the type of stakeholders (fish farmers and other stakeholders). From a methodological viewpoint, this paper opens up new prospects for valuing ecosystem services through a perception study.

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“…In regard to the first point, while publications about high interdependency of all species (e.g., Kumar & Kumar, 2008), empirical evidence of mass extinctions shows that a purely economic approach to biodiversity conservation is inadequate (Redford & Adams, 2009). Empirical evidence also shows that humans can be largely sustained by monocultures, implying that some biodiversity is dispensable, because no negative side effects for people ensue when they are gone (Kareiva, Lalasz, & Marvier, 2011;Marris, 2011).…”

Section: The Anthropocene Parkmentioning

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Future Scenarios and Environmental Education

Kopnina

2014

The Journal of Environmental Education

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This article explores a number of questions about visions of the future and their implications for environmental education (EE). If the future were known, what kind of actions would be needed to maintain the positive aspects and reverse the negative ones? How could these actions be translated into the aims of EE? Three future scenarios are discussed: the limits to growth (the great tragedy and demise); sustainable development and ecological modernization (hope and innovation); and the Anthropocene park. These scenarios are linked to corresponding EE/ESD approaches and instrumentalism in education is argued as a morally justifiable goal. Finally, education for deep ecology is advocated in order to address the ethical implications of the last scenario.

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Valuation of the ecosystem services: A psycho-cultural perspective

Cited by 335 publications

References 20 publications

A Review of the Elements of Human Well-Being with an Emphasis on the Contribution of Ecosystem Services

A Review of the Elements of Human Well-Being with an Emphasis on the Contribution of Ecosystem Services

Local Knowledge of Pond Fish-Farming Ecosystem Services: Management Implications of Stakeholders’ Perceptions in Three Different Contexts (Brazil, France and Indonesia)

Future Scenarios and Environmental Education

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