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{"title":"Economic valuation of pest regulation benefits provided by arthropods in the UK","authors":"Peter King ,&nbsp;Theresa Robinson ,&nbsp;Charlotte Howard ,&nbsp;Tom D. Breeze ,&nbsp;Martin Dallimer","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101776","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101776","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The role of arthropods as regulators of crop pests has gone underexamined in comparison to those species that are crop pollinators. While pollination services have been widely studied, the economic value of pest regulation provided by natural enemies remains underexplored. The suppression of insect crop pests by these natural enemies may provide substantial value to agriculture in reduced crop losses. Here, we estimate the economic value of pest regulation services provided by arthropod natural enemies in the UK for wheat (<em>Triticum</em> spp.), barley (<em>Hordeum vulgare</em>), and oilseed rape (<em>Brassica napus</em>) crops. We used a structured literature search to parameterise an economic production function to estimate the average annual value of pest regulation provided by arthropod natural enemies in the UK. We then simulated changes in economic benefits across different levels of natural enemy presence. A marginal 10% reduction from a full community of natural enemies had an estimated value per hectare between £108.98 − £171.13 for barley, £36.93 − £73.97 for oilseed rape, and £0.74 − £9.60 for wheat. We performed sensitivity analysis to evaluate how robust these benefits were across field management strategies. There are areas of uncertainty around the efficacy of natural enemies, crop yield response, economic thresholds, and field management. Resolving these sources of uncertainty and quantifying the economic value of pest regulation could inform sustainable pest management strategies and wider insect conservation practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101776"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145061742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Valuing and accounting for water-related ecosystem services for water pricing and management: An Australian case study","authors":"Yuqing Chen ,&nbsp;Paul Wyrwoll ,&nbsp;Peter Burnett ,&nbsp;R. Quentin Grafton ,&nbsp;Michael Vardon","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101771","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101771","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>By demonstrating the value of ecosystem services (ES), ecosystem accounting addresses the water crises by providing insights from both supply and demand perspectives. This requires ES valuation and an understanding of how valuation methods, accounting treatments, and water availability affect ES values. Using the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), we valued water-related ES using multiple methods, two accounting treatments, and produced monetary ES accounts for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) to evaluate how accounting can support water pricing and management. We found that ES values varied significantly across valuation methods, accounting treatments, and water availability, ranging from AUD −10 to 998 million in the ACT. The huge range highlights the importance of selecting appropriate methods and accounting treatments when using the SEEA. Our approaches to ES valuation were: (1) ES value is embedded within economic transactions and ES value is a subset of these, and (2) ES value is unrecognised in economic transactions and proxy methods are used. Using the second approach, methods that use prices from similar markets and replacement cost extend the production boundary of the System of National Accounts (SNA) and provide additional information on economic value. Using ACT data, we demonstrate how ES valuation and accounting can be applied to current water pricing to better reflect ES use, water scarcity, and to spread costs overtime. Accounting for ES value may justify price increases to limit short-term demand, and fund catchment management activities (‘nature-based solutions’) as well as water supply infrastructure. Together, these tools and actions can mitigate the challenges of sustainably meeting water demands within socio-ecological constraints.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101771"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145048852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding spatial patterns of ecosystem service supply and demand in Savannakhet Province, Laos","authors":"Sandra Eckert ,&nbsp;Phetsaphone Thanasack ,&nbsp;Cornelia Hett ,&nbsp;Julie G. Zaehringer","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101769","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101769","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We spatially assess supply of and demand for key ecosystem services (ES) across the diverse landscapes of Savannakhet province in Laos. We used InVEST models and spatial statistics to model ES supply, and assessed ES demand by means of a survey. We analyse the spatial distribution of ES supply and demand, and identify spatial hot and cold spots of overall ES supply and ES demand, respectively. In addition, we derive synergies and trade-offs among ES. All analyses are conducted in relation to ecological zonation, socio-economic orientation, conservation efforts, and remoteness. Our results suggest that ES supply is relatively high in areas with high shares of forest and shifting cultivation systems, except the supply of the ES <em>Food</em>, which is relatively high in the western lowlands, with high shares of paddy rice and agriculture in general. Compared to supply, ES demand is much more evenly spread throughout the province. We identified a slight trade-off between <em>Food</em> and <em>Species</em>. Synergies were found for <em>Water quality</em>, <em>Water</em>, and <em>Tourism</em>. ES supply hotspots are found in less intensely used landscapes, mainly in healthy, well-functioning ecosystems, while ES supply cold spots occur near urban areas. Demand hotspots are found in all landscapes. Demand cold spots are found in urban and in remote or protected areas. ES supply increases along the ecological gradient, except for <em>Food,</em> which decreases. ES demand tends to decrease along the ecological gradient. ES supply varies widely by indicator and landscape type, while ES demand seems more balanced across landscapes and peoples’ socio-economic orientation. Our results underline the importance of maintaining multifunctional landscapes, which are rapidly transforming into intensely used monocultures. The baseline presented here can guide interventions to improve ES supply towards those places in Savannakhet where they might yield the best outcome in terms of satisfying land users’ demands.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101769"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144996124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mapping emergent costs and benefits of ecosystem service flows in Senegal’s small-scale fishery supply chain","authors":"Charis Chalkiadakis ,&nbsp;John Virdin ,&nbsp;Menno-Jan Kraak ,&nbsp;Evangelia G. Drakou","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101767","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101767","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research aims to model and map flows of ecosystem contributions to society across distances and spatial scales in a marine social-ecological system (SES). We spatially assess Ecosystem Service (ES) flows from small-scale fisheries by considering environmental costs and benefits emerging across the fisheries supply chain, and by investigating the role and contributions of intermediaries from the point of supply up to reception of the final benefit. While the existing literature on fisheries SES has predominantly focused on either the supply or demand side, in limited cases researchers examine flows by considering their spatial attributes across different spatial scales. We address this gap by defining benefit flows within the fisheries SES through the development of an ES flow index, integrating socioeconomic and environmental system attributes. Also, geographical accessibility is embedded in the index to account for access to resources, i.e. the ability to benefit from things. ES flow is assessed through plural costs and benefits emerging across intermediate activities of the supply chain. Costs are assessed as carbon emissions from catching, processing, and transportation, while benefits are those accruing to beneficiaries through nutritional benefits to jobs generated. All data and the final index are developed in a spatially explicit manner which allows for visualizing the flow of ES to both adjacent and distant to the supplying ecosystem, beneficiaries. The maps reveal distinct patterns for coastal regions compared to the regions that receive benefits away from the coast, indicating a spatial variability with a dependence on the distance from the providing ecosystem. The results of the study have implications for understanding how access to marine natural resources can impact regional beneficiaries, while revealing potential ES supply-flow and flow-demand mismatches in the distribution of marine resources, particularly in areas with communities in need and limited infrastructure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101767"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144996125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A comprehensive framework for automated identification of cultural ecosystem services","authors":"Richard Kovárník,&nbsp;Jitka Janová,&nbsp;David Hampel","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101770","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101770","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cultural ecosystem services (CES) represent intangible values, making them inherently challenging to analyze. In this study, we present a framework that combines web scraping, text mining, and statistical analysis to gain deeper insights into how people perceive valuable ecosystems and the benefits they derive from them. A total of 4,760 public reviews were collected from the Google Maps platform using dynamic web scraping techniques. Machine learning-based topic modelling was then applied to identify key themes related to CES in selected national parks and protected areas across the Czech Republic. Finally, we tested the hypothesis that the relative frequency of specific topics varies significantly between locations. The proposed approach proved effective in the automated evaluation of CES and in highlighting the distinctive features of the studied sites.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101770"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144988253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Benefits Knowledges Learning Framework: a tool for learning across diverse knowledge systems in ecosystem valuation","authors":"Kristin R. Hoelting ,&nbsp;Doreen E. Martinez ,&nbsp;Lucas S. Bair ,&nbsp;Rudy M. Schuster ,&nbsp;Michael C. Gavin","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101759","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101759","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainable and just environmental management depends on meaningful consideration of the plural values of nature, as they arise in association with diverse worldviews and understandings of well-being. To achieve value pluralism in decision-making, we must also attend to knowledge pluralism, in terms of recognizing the validity and decision relevance of a broader suite of knowledge forms that convey diverse understandings of well-being and benefit. In this article, we outline a social learning tool – the Benefits Knowledges Learning Framework – that supports expanded thinking about decision-relevant, actionable knowledge, and the associated spectrum of available opportunities to learn from these diverse knowledge forms across phases of decision-making. It does so through: 1) cultivation of reflexivity and mutual learning about the knowledge systems of diverse actors involved in the decision process; 2) identification of diverse benefits knowledge forms that are available to inform decision-making; and 3) identification of opportunities to learn from these knowledge forms. Diverse forms of benefits knowledge include both knowledge products (documentation) and knowledge practices (lived and embodied). The framework can be applied to retrospective case analysis to understand and learn from constraints and enabling factors in past decision processes. It can also be applied to assess on-going decision-making and identify current opportunities for improvement. The framework begins with a start-up phase that encourages those applying the framework to address any concerns raised by stakeholders and rightsholders and determine whether framework application is appropriate in a particular context.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101759"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144917706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reckoning with historical injustices: Relational values in ecosystem services and environmental justice in the Mapuche-forestry conflict in Chile","authors":"Sophie Johanna Lampert ,&nbsp;Anne Kathrine Kjær Bruun ,&nbsp;Rajiv Maher","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101758","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101758","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article examines the longstanding conflict between the Mapuche people and the forestry industry in Chile through a dual framework of Environmental Justice (EJ) and historical analysis. By situating recognition, procedural, and distributive justice within the context of colonial legacies, we highlight how ahistorical EJ approaches fail to address socio-environmental trade-offs in settler colonial contexts. Our fieldwork, which included interviews and observations in Mapuche communities affected by forestry, reveals contrasting perceptions of ecosystem services (ES) among stakeholders. While forestry companies prioritize provisioning services like timber production, Mapuche communities emphasize relational values tied to native forests, such as spiritual fulfillment and cultural heritage preservation. These divergences underscore systemic recognition injustices and procedural exclusions that perpetuate distributive inequities. We argue that meaningful engagement with Indigenous knowledge and histories is crucial for fostering equitable ES governance. By integrating EJ perspectives into ES frameworks, our study contributes to the decolonization of ES research and offers insights into resolving socio-ecological conflicts in Indigenous territories.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101758"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144913155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ecosystem service tradeoff and synergy mechanisms in the Central Asian terminal lake basin based on Bayesian Networks","authors":"Jiaxin Li ,&nbsp;Wenwu Zhao ,&nbsp;Xiaofei Ma ,&nbsp;Geping Luo ,&nbsp;Paulo Pereira","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101768","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101768","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent years, the shrinkage of terminal lakes in Central Asia has triggered environmental degradation and disrupted the supply of critical ecosystem services (ES). Understanding the tradeoffs and synergies among ES in these basins is essential for promoting sustainable regional development and enhancing ecological resilience. This study quantified the spatiotemporal dynamics of five major ES: soil conservation, sand fixation, water yield, carbon storage, and habitat quality using process-based ecosystem models. A Bayesian Network model was constructed to disentangle the effects of natural and anthropogenic influences on ES and identify their dominant drivers. To further characterise ES interactions, we developed a directional tradeoff/synergy strength index that captures both the intensity and directionality of inter-ES relationships. The results revealed spatially heterogeneous tradeoff patterns, with certain ES pairs exhibiting strong conflicts despite sharing similar drivers. Scenario-based optimisation highlighted regional differences in ES priorities, for instance, balancing carbon storage and water yield in the Amu Darya Basin, and managing the interplay of sand fixation, water yield, and soil conservation in the Ili River Basin. These findings provide a decision-support basis for targeted ecosystem management in arid terminal lake regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101768"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144913159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The economic value of improving the ecological condition of the Saskatchewan River Delta, Canada","authors":"Elisabeta Lika ,&nbsp;Ken Belcher ,&nbsp;Tim Jardine ,&nbsp;Sabine Liebenehm ,&nbsp;Patrick Lloyd-Smith ,&nbsp;Graham Strickert","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101763","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101763","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>River deltas around the world have experienced ecological decline due to upstream development and human activities. However, assessing the monetized benefits of ecosystem restoration is challenging due to the less tangible nature of many values that people hold for these natural areas. This paper quantifies the non-use values for river delta ecological conservation using a stated preference survey. The empirical application is the Saskatchewan River Delta in Canada where we develop and administer a national survey to elicit people’s preferences for restoration scenarios with changing fish and wildlife population levels and changes in the extent of habitat in good ecological condition. We find that Canadians are willing to pay for river delta restoration improvements, and preferences for restoration options are heterogeneous across the population. Models with nonlinear attribute levels fit the choice data better than linear attribute specifications suggesting the presence of diminishing marginal willingness to pay as ecological improvements increase. The annual monetized benefits for Saskatchewan River Delta future scenarios are estimated to be $79 to $223 per household depending on the level of restoration efforts. This study contributes to the empirical evidence that the benefits of nature accrue to people that live far away from natural areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101763"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144779847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mitigating typhoon damage with wetlands: estimating the typhoon protection value of intertidal and inland wetlands in China","authors":"Shufang Feng ,&nbsp;Ruiyan Peng ,&nbsp;Peihong Wang ,&nbsp;Benrong Peng","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101761","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101761","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>For decades, China has been suffering from frequent typhoon strikes. To protect population and property in coastal areas from typhoon-induced losses, wetlands are of great importance. Wetlands mitigate the impact of typhoons by surge energy absorption and flood regulation. However, currently there are only a few comprehensive studies on the protection value of intertidal and inland wetlands against typhoons. In this study, we used two economic regression models to evaluate 92 typhoon cases that occurred in China from 2000 to 2020 and the economic losses they caused. The results indicate that both intertidal and inland wetlands can effectively reduce the economic losses. In addition, we compared the typhoon protection value of intertidal wetlands with that of inland ones. The results show that the average marginal values of intertidal and inland wetlands against typhoons are respectively CNY 23.652 million/km² and 1.261 million/km² (with median values of CNY 10.537 million/km² and 0.605 million/km², respectively). We also analyzed the typhoon protection value of wetlands at the city level. Although inland wetlands provide relatively lower value compared to intertidal wetlands, they still play an important role in mitigating the economic losses caused by typhoons and thus should not be overlooked. Wetland conservation is not only a cost-effective way to largely reduce typhoons damage, but also provides many other valuable ecosystem services.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101761"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144779848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}