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Where are cultural and social in ecosystem services? A framework for constructive engagement

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Chan, KMA; Guerry, AD; Balvanera, P; Klain, S; Satterfield, T; Basurto, X; Bostrom, A; Chuenpagdee, R; Gould, R; Halpern, BS; Hannahs, N ...
Published in: BioScience
August 1, 2012

A focus on ecosystem services (ES) is seen as a means for improving decisionmaking. In the research to date, the valuation of the material contributions of ecosystems to human well-being has been emphasized, with less attention to important cultural ES and nonmaterial values. This gap persists because there is no commonly accepted framework for eliciting less tangible values, characterizing their changes, and including them alongside other services in decisionmaking. Here, we develop such a framework for ES research and practice, addressing three challenges: (1) Nonmaterial values are ill suited to characterization using monetary methods; (2) it is difficult to unequivocally link particular changes in socioecological systems to particular changes in cultural benefits; and (3) cultural benefits are associated with many services, not just cultural ES. There is no magic bullet, but our framework may facilitate fuller and more socially acceptable integrations of ES information into planning and management. © 2012 by American Institute of Biological Sciences. All rights reserved.

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BioScience

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0006-3568

Publication Date

August 1, 2012

Volume

62

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8

Start / End Page

744 / 756

Related Subject Headings

  • Ecology
  • 41 Environmental sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 06 Biological Sciences
  • 05 Environmental Sciences
 

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Chan, K. M. A., Guerry, A. D., Balvanera, P., Klain, S., Satterfield, T., Basurto, X., … Woodside, U. (2012). Where are cultural and social in ecosystem services? A framework for constructive engagement. BioScience, 62(8), 744–756. https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2012.62.8.7
Chan, K. M. A., A. D. Guerry, P. Balvanera, S. Klain, T. Satterfield, X. Basurto, A. Bostrom, et al. “Where are cultural and social in ecosystem services? A framework for constructive engagement.” BioScience 62, no. 8 (August 1, 2012): 744–56. https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2012.62.8.7.
Chan KMA, Guerry AD, Balvanera P, Klain S, Satterfield T, Basurto X, et al. Where are cultural and social in ecosystem services? A framework for constructive engagement. BioScience. 2012 Aug 1;62(8):744–56.
Chan, K. M. A., et al. “Where are cultural and social in ecosystem services? A framework for constructive engagement.” BioScience, vol. 62, no. 8, Aug. 2012, pp. 744–56. Scopus, doi:10.1525/bio.2012.62.8.7.
Chan KMA, Guerry AD, Balvanera P, Klain S, Satterfield T, Basurto X, Bostrom A, Chuenpagdee R, Gould R, Halpern BS, Hannahs N, Levine J, Norton B, Ruckelshaus M, Russell R, Tam J, Woodside U. Where are cultural and social in ecosystem services? A framework for constructive engagement. BioScience. 2012 Aug 1;62(8):744–756.
Journal cover image

Published In

BioScience

DOI

ISSN

0006-3568

Publication Date

August 1, 2012

Volume

62

Issue

8

Start / End Page

744 / 756

Related Subject Headings

  • Ecology
  • 41 Environmental sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 06 Biological Sciences
  • 05 Environmental Sciences