Ecosystem ServicesPub Date : 2024-03-13DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101612
Eeva Primmer , Eeva Furman
{"title":"How have measuring, mapping and valuation enhanced governance of ecosystem services?","authors":"Eeva Primmer , Eeva Furman","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101612","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In 2012 we sought to operationalize ecosystem services for governance, and asked in our Ecosystem Services paper (<span>Primmer and Furman, 2012</span>): “Do measuring, mapping and valuing integrate sector-specific knowledge systems?” Since our paper, much operationalization and innovation work has been done toward integration. In this paper, we analyze articles addressing governance of ecosystem services and measuring, mapping and valuation from 2013 to today. Our review shows that much of the research addressing governance does it in relatively distanced ways, suggesting analytical and operational tools and improvements, rather than analyzing governance in-depth. Yet, it is apparent that over the ten years, inventorying of ecosystem services has given way to meaningfully integrated assessments and trade-off analyses as well as to in-depth analyses of stakeholder perceptions and argumentation. Participatory approaches, stakeholder mapping and actors’ roles have been integrated with more technical mapping, grounding analyses in decision-making. Valuation has become routine, yet also more explorative and in-depth, feeding to specific decision-making situations and general policy discussions. Based on the still existing gaps, we suggest that while measuring, mapping and governance should continue to be integrated into governance processes, also the political and administrative processes driving governance need a strong message from the scientific community analyzing ecosystem services governance; so strong that it is on par with the alarming messages about the state and trends of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Governance research has already produced the core message: Securing sustainability of ecosystem service provision, together with safeguarding ecosystem functions and the biodiversity that those functions rely on, requires knowledge integrating locally adapted tools and engaging transparent policy processes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041624000184/pdfft?md5=dba1eeb213fff7b3ea93e9419a6c1786&pid=1-s2.0-S2212041624000184-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140113533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ecosystem ServicesPub Date : 2024-03-07DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101609
Paula Meli , Juan Carlos Imio , Fulgencio Lisón
{"title":"Tradeoffs in people’s perceptions about ecosystem services and disservices related to bats: Implications for managing agroecosystems and conserving bats","authors":"Paula Meli , Juan Carlos Imio , Fulgencio Lisón","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101609","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Understanding the potential tradeoffs in the social perceptions of ecosystem services (ED) and disservices (EDS) may help decision-making when managing human-modified landscapes like agroecosystems. These tradeoffs are critical when ES and EDS come from the same “provider”. Using bats as a provider example, we show how understanding tradeoffs between ES and EDS may assist in exploring management actions to mitigate human-bat conflicts and thus promote bat conservation. We used a socio-cultural approach consisting of focus groups and individual stakeholder interviews. People noticed more EDS than ES related to the presence of bats, mainly personal security (fear of attacks) and health (risk of disease transmission). Suppression of insect agricultural pests was the most frequently mentioned service. Incomplete and distorted information from mass media sources strongly influences people’s perceptions of bats. Avoiding human-bat contact may help counteract the fear, insecurity and unpleasantness people perceive from bats. Innovative management interventions, such as bat boxes and other artificial roosts, may help to favour bat conservation and their role in the agroecosystem, while other management actions (e.g., educational programs to reinforce ES) help balance ES and EDS tradeoffs. Nevertheless, balancing the tradeoffs in people’s perceptions of ES and EDS related to bats and collaboration among public and private institutions is necessary to facilitate conservation, management, and environmental education. Our findings recognise society’s challenges and how best to identify, protect, and conserve critical human and ecosystem health services in agroecosystems and human-modified landscapes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140052252","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}
Ecosystem ServicesPub Date : 2024-03-07DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101610
Roy P. Remme , Megan Meacham , Kara E. Pellowe , Erik Andersson , Anne D. Guerry , Benjamin Janke , Lingling Liu , Eric Lonsdorf , Meng Li , Yuanyuan Mao , Christopher Nootenboom , Tong Wu , Alexander P.E. van Oudenhoven
{"title":"Aligning nature-based solutions with ecosystem services in the urban century","authors":"Roy P. Remme , Megan Meacham , Kara E. Pellowe , Erik Andersson , Anne D. Guerry , Benjamin Janke , Lingling Liu , Eric Lonsdorf , Meng Li , Yuanyuan Mao , Christopher Nootenboom , Tong Wu , Alexander P.E. van Oudenhoven","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101610","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In an increasingly urbanized world, the concepts of ecosystem services and nature-based solutions can help tackle grand challenges. However, ambiguity in their definitions and in the relationship between the two concepts complicates comprehensive research efforts as well as their effective application in policy and planning in urban systems. This paper presents a framework to clarify and explicitly relate the two concepts, enhancing their applicability in the management of urban challenges. Within the framework, addressing urban challenges serves as the starting point for the development and implementation of nature-based solutions. Nature-based solutions alter the flows of ecosystem services that are produced by an ecosystem by altering the performance of the ecosystem or by changing how people engage with the ecosystem. This results both in changes in the target ecosystem services, as well as non-targeted ecosystem services, leading to benefits. Using two illustrative case studies, we show how the framework can be applied to two urban challenges that are expected to increase in intensity in cities across the world: stormwater management and urban heat stress. Moreover, we highlight key research topics that will benefit from more integrated use of nature-based solutions and ecosystem services. The framework helps emphasize co-benefits, and can be used to help make co-benefits and multifunctionality explicit in urban decision-making and planning processes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041624000160/pdfft?md5=70bfe7a6e579b6755ea688ee2cca246a&pid=1-s2.0-S2212041624000160-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140052253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ecosystem ServicesPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101606
L.M. Brander , R. de Groot , J.P. Schägner , V. Guisado-Goñi , V. van 't Hoff , S. Solomonides , A. McVittie , F. Eppink , M. Sposato , L. Do , A. Ghermandi , M. Sinclair , R. Thomas
{"title":"Economic values for ecosystem services: A global synthesis and way forward","authors":"L.M. Brander , R. de Groot , J.P. Schägner , V. Guisado-Goñi , V. van 't Hoff , S. Solomonides , A. McVittie , F. Eppink , M. Sposato , L. Do , A. Ghermandi , M. Sinclair , R. Thomas","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101606","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper presents a global synthesis of economic values for ecosystem services provided by 15 terrestrial and marine biomes. Information from over 1,300 studies, yielding over 9,400 value estimates in monetary units, has been collected and organised in the Ecosystem Services Valuation Database (ESVD). This is a substantial expansion of data since the de Groot et al. (2012) description of the ESVD and provides an important juncture to explore developments in the use of valuation methods and the contexts in which valuations are conducted. In this paper we provide summary values for 23 ecosystem services from 15 biomes to represent the magnitude, variation and gaps in economic values. To enable the comparison and synthesis of values, estimates in the ESVD are standardised to a common set of units (Int$/ha/year at 2020 price levels). This data provides a basis for value transfers to inform decision-making in current policy contexts but requires due consideration and adjustment for context specific determinants of value.</p><p>Although the coverage of the ESVD is global, the geographic distribution of data is not even. There is a particularly high representation of European ecosystems and relatively little information for Russia, Central Asia and North Africa. Therefore, the data are not globally representative of biophysical and socio-economic contexts. The distribution of data across ecosystem services is also far from even, with some services very well represented (e.g. recreation, wild fish and wild animals, ecosystem and species appreciation, air filtration and global climate regulation) and others with almost no value estimates (e.g. disease control, water baseflow maintenance, rainfall pattern regulation).</p><p>In the past decade, there has been a notable increase in demand for information on the economic value of ecosystem services from both public and private institutions to improve the conservation and management of natural capital. The literature is developing to meet this demand but there is a need for targeted and refined valuation research to ensure sufficient certainty, comparability, and representativeness of the data, and to enable transferability and fill knowledge gaps. This paper concludes by identifying avenues for future development to further increase the amount, quality, representativeness and application of data on economic values for ecosystem services.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041624000123/pdfft?md5=ac7a054bcd1a41c3f9070f66fd482293&pid=1-s2.0-S2212041624000123-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139999604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ecosystem ServicesPub Date : 2024-02-24DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101608
Aracely Burgos-Ayala , Amanda Jiménez-Aceituno , Megan Meacham , Daniel Rozas-Vásquez , María Mancilla García , Juan Rocha , Alexander Rincón-Ruíz
{"title":"Mapping ecosystem services in Colombia: Analysis of synergies, trade-offs and bundles in environmental management","authors":"Aracely Burgos-Ayala , Amanda Jiménez-Aceituno , Megan Meacham , Daniel Rozas-Vásquez , María Mancilla García , Juan Rocha , Alexander Rincón-Ruíz","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101608","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ecosystem services (ES) have gained significant attention in recent years from the global environmental initiatives that involve science and policy. Multiple scholars have analyzed how ES are integrated with environmental policies, plans, and strategic assessments. However, there is a lack of information on how countries translate these policies, plans and assessments into concrete environmental management actions that integrate an explicit ES approach. To help fill this gap, we analyze how the Colombian Regional Autonomous Corporations (CARs) have used the ES approach in their environmental management projects implemented between 2004 and 2015. This study aims to analyze the type and diversity of ES managed by the CARs, as well as the synergies, trade-offs, and bundles of ES prioritized by them. We used content analysis of the CARs reports and statistical analysis to explore whether CARs explicitly use the ES concept. Our results showed that provisioning, regulating, and cultural ES were similarly prioritized by the CARs, however, explicit mention of ES was limited. Regulating services showed remarkable potential for synergies, and there was a pattern of trade-offs between cultural and some regulating and provisioning services. We found three bundles of ES: “Restoration and conservation of agrosystems”, “Mosaic of services” and “Farming and fibers” occupying, respectively, 9, 36 and 55% of the total area of Colombia. Our findings show that multiple ES are targeted and affected by environmental management actions.</p><p>The contribution of this study has the potential to inform adequately policy decisions to be used in environmental management and planning practices to prioritize areas for maximizing ES provision.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139945095","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}
Ecosystem ServicesPub Date : 2024-02-24DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101607
Haojie Chen , Robert Costanza
{"title":"Valuation and management of desert ecosystems and their services","authors":"Haojie Chen , Robert Costanza","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101607","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Based on different definitions, deserts may constitute 13% to 33% of the global terrestrial surface. This is larger than the area of tropical forests and all types of wetlands combined. However, desert ecosystems are among the least studied in terms of their ecosystem services (ES), especially those that arise from species and processes unique to deserts. There are numerous research gaps that need to be filled including: (1) ignorance of unique desert ES, as well as deserts’ special effects on ES; (2) limited application of sophisticated approaches for economic valuation of desert ES; and (3) lack of diverse approaches to values and valuation. Moreover, payment for ecosystem services (PES) schemes are often used to combat desertification rather than for conserving well-functioning deserts. Valuation of desert ES is crucial to implementation of PES through raising awareness of overlooked deserts, motivating investment, designing payment amounts, and estimating the social benefit-cost ratios of payments. In addition to market-based voluntary PES, common asset trusts (CATs) following Ostrom’s eight core design principles may also contribute to sustainable management of desert ecosystems. Future research should explore unique desert ES, investigate the relationships between desert ES and geosystem services, improve accuracy of economic valuation of desert ES, and integrate diverse perspectives of values. The research results may potentially aid in both combatting desertification and conserving important deserts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041624000135/pdfft?md5=17836ce0d72f346a99c6e8d5f05f205c&pid=1-s2.0-S2212041624000135-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139942596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ecosystem ServicesPub Date : 2024-02-20DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101605
Jihwan Kim , Wonhyeop Shin , Seunguk Kim , Hyeyeong Choe , Toshinori Tanaka , Youngkeun Song
{"title":"Use of ecosystem services and land ownership to prioritize conservation areas on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea","authors":"Jihwan Kim , Wonhyeop Shin , Seunguk Kim , Hyeyeong Choe , Toshinori Tanaka , Youngkeun Song","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101605","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the face of ecological challenges, sustainable implementation of conservation strategies necessitates a delicate balance between ecosystem services, biodiversity, land ownership, and cost considerations. This study presents a conservation strategy for Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, an area renowned for its unique ecological features. We developed the strategy by evaluating 12 scenarios involving the establishment of protected areas (PAs) and the use of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs). The purpose of this evaluation was not to enhance ecosystem services and biodiversity directly but rather to identify strategies that could achieve these goals in a financially feasible way, considering the various cost and land ownership factors. Our findings revealed that conservation prioritization targets are primarily located in the central and eastern regions of Jeju Island, where ecosystem services are concentrated, and levels of biodiversity are high. The expansion of conservation targets from 17% to 30% entailed increased costs, largely due to the increased inclusion of private lands and agricultural areas. The introduction of OECMs provided a means to improve ecological network and representation within conservation networks. We also found that applying penalties to improve the boundary lengths of PAs could lead to more cost-effective conservation strategies. Although expanding conservation targets to 30% led to significant shifts in land ownership patterns and increased conservation costs, the benefits to biodiversity and provision of ecosystem services were substantial. This study provided valuable insights into the determination of conservation planning through the harmonization of biodiversity prot ection, provision of ecosystem services, and consideration of economic costs related to patterns of land use and ownership. The results can aid policymakers and stakeholders in making informed decisions about resource allocation in biodiversity conservation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139907757","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}
Ecosystem ServicesPub Date : 2024-02-19DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101603
Carme Tuneu-Corral , Xavier Puig-Montserrat , Carles Flaquer , Vanessa A. Mata , Hugo Rebelo , Mar Cabeza , Adrià López-Baucells
{"title":"Bats and rice: Quantifying the role of insectivorous bats as agricultural pest suppressors in rice fields","authors":"Carme Tuneu-Corral , Xavier Puig-Montserrat , Carles Flaquer , Vanessa A. Mata , Hugo Rebelo , Mar Cabeza , Adrià López-Baucells","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101603","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Rice represents the main staple food for more than half of the world’s population, playing an essential role in food security and economic growth. One of the major pests affecting this crop is the striped rice stem borer moth (<em>Chilo suppressalis</em>), a widespread species found in Australasia, Asia and southern Europe. Bats are paramount insect consumers and their role as natural pest controllers in agriculture has been increasingly acknowledged, including in rice paddies. In this study we quantify, for the first time in Europe, the economic value of the ecosystem services provided by insectivorous bats as suppressors of a rice pest through exclusion experiments in rice plantations in Spain. Our study design included exclosures that prevented bats from hunting over some experimental areas, combined with molecular analyses of bat guano. By assessing the crop damage levels caused by <em>C. supressalis</em> inside and outside the exclosures, we showed that pest impact almost doubled in the absence of bats (94.5 % of damage increase). We estimated that bats were preventing crop losses of almost 70 kg of rice per hectare on average, which in economic terms would imply savings of 56€/ha. If we extrapolate our results to the national level, these values could reach up to 7.6 tonnes of rice, or more than 6 million euros saved by bats per year in Spain. Our findings highlight the importance of implementing management measures that favour bat populations in agrosystems as part of the Integrated Pest Management strategies to fight harmful insects, thereby increasing yields and land productivity in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041624000093/pdfft?md5=298a4889ce25d029b43b0ea7d024c3a3&pid=1-s2.0-S2212041624000093-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139907758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ecosystem ServicesPub Date : 2024-02-19DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101604
Marta Sylla
{"title":"The application of ecosystem accounting principles at the local scale for a protected landscape: A case study of the Sleza Landscape Park in Poland","authors":"Marta Sylla","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101604","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper presents the application of the ecosystem service assessment and valuation of three ecosystem services to the local municipalities, which host the protected area. The protected area in this study is a <em>peri</em>-urban Sleza mountain providing perfect opportunities for one-day hiking for families. The case study area represents five municipalities that are part of the Sleza Landscape Park in Poland. Three ecosystem services (crop provision, pollination, and nature-based tourism) were mapped and attributed to the benefiting sectors. The assessment follows the guidelines of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting—Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) for recognising the contribution of ecosystem services (ES) to the economy and human well-being. The analysis relates to the years 2014 and 2021 and includes ecosystem extent and flow accounts. Thanks to the local character of our case study, ecosystems and beneficiaries could be precisely located, and the contribution of selected ES to the local economy could be presented in a spatially explicit way. The applicability of ecosystem accounting to spatial planning and local governance is discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221204162400010X/pdfft?md5=f6eafe9928866ec4f20d7a18eb5e2b2d&pid=1-s2.0-S221204162400010X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139901292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ecosystem ServicesPub Date : 2024-02-09DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101602
Astrid Zabel , Raushan Bokusheva , Martina Bozzola
{"title":"Dealing with negative monetary ecosystem services values in environmental and economic accounting","authors":"Astrid Zabel , Raushan Bokusheva , Martina Bozzola","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101602","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The concept of exchange values refers to the theoretical notion of an exchange happening for ecosystem services between an ecosystem asset and an economic agent. The United Nations System of Environmental Economic Accounting recommends using market prices as exchange values whenever possible, or otherwise, exchange value estimates that conceptually come close to market prices. However, in countries with highly regulated access to natural resources, the observable market prices or exchange value estimates for ecosystem services may often be distorted or even negative. When exchange values are used for decision support or as evidence base for policy making, negative values can be misleading.</p><p>To address this issue, we present ideas on how to include the institutional resource regime that governs ecosystem services into the computation of exchange values. This analysis can help identify policy interventions that increase or decrease exchange values from free-market levels and can provide guidance on how to correct for distorted value estimates. Further it can help to better understand negative exchange value estimates as well as reasons why society may be willing to accept, and eventually, compensate for them. We argue that the insurance value of ecosystems can be one such reason. To exemplify the application of the extended framework, we present a case study on the monetary valuation of water for hydropower production in Switzerland.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041624000081/pdfft?md5=4838a0013d17eb2445e022f5fe94f433&pid=1-s2.0-S2212041624000081-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139714756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}