scholarly journals A spatial analysis of cultural ecosystem service valuation by regional stakeholders in Florida: a coastal application of the social values for ecosystem services (SolVES) tool

Fact Sheet ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alisa W. Coffin ◽  
Robert A. Swett ◽  
Zachary D. Cole
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Social Values ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ecosystem Service Valuation ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Service

scholarly journals A Spatial Analysis of Cultural Ecosystem Service Valuation by Regional Stakeholders in Florida—A Coastal Application of the Social Values for Ecosystem Services (SolVES) Tool

EDIS ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alisa W. Coffin ◽  
Robert A. Swett ◽  
Zachary D. Cole
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Coastal Development ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Services ◽  
Geographic Information System Application ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sarasota Bay ◽  
Ecosystem Service Valuation ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Service

How can we measure how Sarasota Bay residents value their area’s cultural ecosystem services? This 4-page fact sheet describes a project to use a geographic information system application, SolVES 2.0, to assess, map and quantify environmental benefits to people to assist in coastal development decision making. Written by Alisa Cofin, Robert Swett, and Zachary Cole, and published by the UF Department of Sea Grant, November 2012.  Retired from EDIS September 2018.

scholarly journals Comparing the social values of ecosystem services in US and Australian marine protected areas

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 100919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana N. Johnson ◽  
Carena J. van Riper ◽  
Maria Chu ◽  
Sophia Winkler-Schor
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Social Values ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Quantifying the Economic Value of Ecosystem Services in Oil Palm Dominated Landscapes in Riau Province in Sumatra, Indonesia

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ando Aulia ◽  
Harpinder Sandhu ◽  
Andrew Millington
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Cultural Services ◽  
Total Economic Value ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Service ◽  
Farming Households ◽  
Provisioning Services

Ecosystem services in oil palm plantations owned by smallholders in four villages in the Riau Province, Indonesia were identified and valued. Nine provisioning, three regulating and maintenance, one cultural ecosystem service, and a single ecosystem dis-service, were identified from interviews with 62 farming households. Direct and indirect market valuation methods were used to estimate the total economic value (TEV) of these services, which averaged USD 6520 ha−1 year−1 (range = USD 2970–7729 ha−1 year−1). The values of provisioning services were USD 4331 ha−1 year−1 (range = USD 2263–5489 ha−1 year−1), regulating and maintenance services were valued at USD 1880 ha−1 year−1 (range of USD 707–3110 ha−1 year−1), and cultural services were USD 309 ha−1 year−1. We conclude that identifying and valuing ecosystem services offers an opportunity to improve the environmental and economic sustainability of smallholders in oil palm landscapes in Indonesia.

scholarly journals Heterogeneity in Ecosystem Service Values: Linking Public Perceptions and Environmental Policies

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Pan ◽  
Yue Che ◽  
Stuart Marshall ◽  
Lorraine Maltby
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Service ◽  
The City

One way of linking research and environmental policies is to increase public participation and identify ecosystem services valued by society, but the reasons influencing ecosystem values can vary. Our study investigates the reasons influencing ecosystem service values at the third largest freshwater lake in China, Lake Tai (Taihu). We interviewed 257 rural and 257 urban respondents in four cities and their respective rural regions surrounding the lake. Respondents were more willing to pay to protect a provisioning ecosystem service than a cultural ecosystem service, and those emotionally attached to the lake may value it more highly. There is also spatial heterogeneity in respondents’ ecosystem values. Rural communities ranked directly used ecosystem services higher than urban communities. The city that respondents lived in also significantly affected the amount they were willing to pay for ecosystem services. Identifying potential reasons behind ecosystem service values can provide insights into linking public perception and policy making, helping to form environmental policies that reflect societal values.

Developing a Technical Framework for Integrating Ecosystem Service into Strategic Environmental Assessment

2014 ◽  
Vol 1010-1012 ◽  
pp. 339-343
Author(s):  
Run He Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Evaluation Procedure ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Scales ◽  
Biological Resources ◽  
Survival And Development ◽  
Ecosystem Service Valuation

Ecosystem services (ES) of the biological resources are the foundation for human survival and development, but due to frequent interferences of human activities and high rate of population increasing, biological resources have been severely damaged. The occupation of the value of ecosystem services makes the biodiversity receiving more and more threats. Therefore, protection and management of ecosystem services has become more and more urgent. Through evaluation of the values of ecosystem services at the spatial and temporal scales in a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) framework, we may assess the influences of government policies, programs and plans on ecosystem services more efficiently. In this paper we presented on the method for ecosystem service valuation and involving stakeholders and decision-makers in SEA Processes. Then put forward the evaluation procedure framework of integrating ecosystem service into strategic environmental assessment.

scholarly journals Assessing urban recreation ecosystem services through the use of geocache visitation and preference data: a case-study from an urbanised island environment

One Ecosystem ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. e24490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario V Balzan ◽  
Iain Debono
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Stated Preference ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Service ◽  
Direct And Indirect Benefits

Recreation is an important cultural ecosystem service and is one way in which communities experience the direct and indirect benefits arising from the experiential use of their environment. The recent rise in popularity of Global Positioning System (GPS) game applications, which combine information technology with an activity that increases mobility and encourages outdoor enjoyment, provides ecosystem service practitioners with an opportunity to make use of this georeferenced data to assess recreational ecosystem services. Geocaching is one such worldwide outdoor game. It has fixed points of incursion where people can hide and look for caches. This study explores the possibility of using geocaching data as a proxy for recreational ecosystems services in the Maltese Islands. A quantitative analysis of the georeferenced caches was used together with their visit rates and number of favourite points. This was supplemented by two questionnaires that investigated the preferences and experiences of both geocache placers (n=39) and hunters (n=21). Results show that the highest number of caches were placed and searched for in urban areas and that geocaching is strongly associated with the presence and accessibility of urban green infrastructure. The number of geocachers who stated preference for experiences in nature did not translate into high visit rates to sites of high conservation value (protected areas) but landscape value was significantly associated with recreational ecosystem services flow. The results presented here provide evidence that geocaching spatial data can act as an indicator for assessing and mapping recreational ecosystem services in urban environments and in cultural landscapes.

scholarly journals The influence of landscape context on the production of cultural ecosystem services

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Christie Zoeller ◽  
Georgina G. Gurney ◽  
Graeme S. Cumming
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Species Recognition ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Services ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Service ◽  
Biophysical Attributes

Abstract Context: Recent efforts to apply sustainability concepts to entire landscapes have seen increasing interest in approaches that connect socioeconomic and biophysical aspects of landscape change. Evaluating these connections through a cultural ecosystem services lens clarifies how different spatiotemporal scales and levels of organisation influence the production of cultural benefits. Currently, however, the effects of multi-level and multi-scale ecological variation on the production of cultural benefits have not yet been disentangled.Objectives: To quantify the amount of variation in cultural ecosystem service provision by birds to birders that is due to landscape-level attributes.Methods: We used data from 293 birding routes and 101 different birders in South African National Parks to explore the general relationships between birder responses to bird species and environmental conditions, bird-related observations, the biophysical attributes of the landscape and their effect on bird-related cultural benefits.Results: Biophysical attributes (particularly biome, vegetation type, and variance in elevation) significantly increased the percentage of variance explained in birder benefits from 57–65%, demonstrating that birder benefits are derived from multi-level (birds to ecosystems) and multi-scale (site to landscape) social and ecological interactions.Conclusions: Landscape attributes influence people’s perceptions of cultural ecosystem service provision by individual species. Recognition of the complex, localised and inextricable linkage of cultural ecosystem services to biophysical attributes can improve our understanding of the landscape characteristics that affect the supply and demand of cultural ecosystem services.

A GIS application for assessing, mapping, and quantifying the social values of ecosystem services

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 748-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benson C. Sherrouse ◽  
Jessica M. Clement ◽  
Darius J. Semmens
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Gis Application ◽  
The Social
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