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Nature's care: Diarrhea, watershed protection, and biodiversity conservation in Flores, Indonesia

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Pattanayak, SK; Wendland, KJ
Published in: Biodiversity and Conservation
September 1, 2007

Part of the puzzle surrounding biodiversity loss lies in an incomplete understanding of how humans value the functions and services that flow from biodiversity conservation projects. This paper takes a closer look at the links between the conservation of biodiversity and the livelihoods of rural people who live on the fringes of the parks and protected areas. We revisit some of the key aspects of ecosystem valuation-purpose, methodology, and policy design and implementation-because the links between biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, and human welfare are obscured by considerable smoke and mirrors. Using a biodiversity conservation project (Ruteng Park) on Flores Island in Indonesia as a case study, we build a concrete empirical example of ecosystem valuation. This conservation project has resulted in spatially patchy watershed protection that allows us to identify and estimate the impacts of watershed services on human health (diarrhea prevalence) in the buffer zone of the park. We conclude by offering a plan of research to improve the design of conservation interventions for protecting biodiversity and providing ecosystem services. These recommendations include developing more conceptual knowledge on the linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem services; scaling up valuation efforts of underappreciated services such as health; shifting focus from valuing services individually to valuing multiple benefits from the same area; and conducting conservation policy experiments to identify causal outcomes (including defensible estimates of ecosystem values). © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

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Biodiversity and Conservation

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EISSN

1572-9710

ISSN

0960-3115

Publication Date

September 1, 2007

Volume

16

Issue

10

Start / End Page

2801 / 2819

Related Subject Headings

  • Ecology
  • 4104 Environmental management
  • 4102 Ecological applications
  • 3103 Ecology
  • 0602 Ecology
  • 0502 Environmental Science and Management
  • 0501 Ecological Applications
 

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Pattanayak, S. K., & Wendland, K. J. (2007). Nature's care: Diarrhea, watershed protection, and biodiversity conservation in Flores, Indonesia. Biodiversity and Conservation, 16(10), 2801–2819. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-007-9215-1
Pattanayak, S. K., and K. J. Wendland. “Nature's care: Diarrhea, watershed protection, and biodiversity conservation in Flores, Indonesia.” Biodiversity and Conservation 16, no. 10 (September 1, 2007): 2801–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-007-9215-1.
Pattanayak SK, Wendland KJ. Nature's care: Diarrhea, watershed protection, and biodiversity conservation in Flores, Indonesia. Biodiversity and Conservation. 2007 Sep 1;16(10):2801–19.
Pattanayak, S. K., and K. J. Wendland. “Nature's care: Diarrhea, watershed protection, and biodiversity conservation in Flores, Indonesia.” Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 16, no. 10, Sept. 2007, pp. 2801–19. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s10531-007-9215-1.
Pattanayak SK, Wendland KJ. Nature's care: Diarrhea, watershed protection, and biodiversity conservation in Flores, Indonesia. Biodiversity and Conservation. 2007 Sep 1;16(10):2801–2819.
Journal cover image

Published In

Biodiversity and Conservation

DOI

EISSN

1572-9710

ISSN

0960-3115

Publication Date

September 1, 2007

Volume

16

Issue

10

Start / End Page

2801 / 2819

Related Subject Headings

  • Ecology
  • 4104 Environmental management
  • 4102 Ecological applications
  • 3103 Ecology
  • 0602 Ecology
  • 0502 Environmental Science and Management
  • 0501 Ecological Applications