An Analysis of the Worldwide Research on the Socio-Cultural Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services

The socio-cultural valuation of forest ecosystem services is a useful tool to generate knowledge and help balance the different interests of stakeholders with respect to the management of these services. The aim of this study is to analyse the evolution of global research on the economic valuation o...

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Päätekijät: Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco, Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel, Schoenemann, Marina, López Felices, Belén
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Linkit:http://hdl.handle.net/10835/13305
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author Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco
Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel
Schoenemann, Marina
López Felices, Belén
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Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel
Schoenemann, Marina
López Felices, Belén
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description The socio-cultural valuation of forest ecosystem services is a useful tool to generate knowledge and help balance the different interests of stakeholders with respect to the management of these services. The aim of this study is to analyse the evolution of global research on the economic valuation of forest ecosystem services through a review of the existing literature on this topic. The results show that socio-cultural valuation has gained importance in recent years. There is a wide disparity between the countries conducting the research and those being studied. Inconsistency has been observed in the definition and classification of services provided by forests, as well as a lack of unanimity on the reference framework to be applied. The main methodological approaches in the socio-cultural valuation of forest services are participatory mapping, social media analysis, the Q method and free listing. For the collection of primary information, the dominant methodologies are focus groups, semi-structured interviews and online surveys. Finally, this study demonstrates that socio-cultural valuation has great potential to improve the legitimacy of forest ecosystem management decisions and to promote consensus building.
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spelling oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-133052023-11-03T10:08:03Z An Analysis of the Worldwide Research on the Socio-Cultural Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel Schoenemann, Marina López Felices, Belén sustainability natural resources management protected area natural park national park forest ecosystem silvicultural ecosystem multifunctional ecosystem The socio-cultural valuation of forest ecosystem services is a useful tool to generate knowledge and help balance the different interests of stakeholders with respect to the management of these services. The aim of this study is to analyse the evolution of global research on the economic valuation of forest ecosystem services through a review of the existing literature on this topic. The results show that socio-cultural valuation has gained importance in recent years. There is a wide disparity between the countries conducting the research and those being studied. Inconsistency has been observed in the definition and classification of services provided by forests, as well as a lack of unanimity on the reference framework to be applied. The main methodological approaches in the socio-cultural valuation of forest services are participatory mapping, social media analysis, the Q method and free listing. For the collection of primary information, the dominant methodologies are focus groups, semi-structured interviews and online surveys. Finally, this study demonstrates that socio-cultural valuation has great potential to improve the legitimacy of forest ecosystem management decisions and to promote consensus building. 2022-02-23T18:17:31Z 2022-02-23T18:17:31Z 2022-02-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2071-1050 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/13305 10.3390/su14042089 en https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/4/2089 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI
spellingShingle sustainability
natural resources management
protected area
natural park
national park
forest ecosystem
silvicultural ecosystem
multifunctional ecosystem
Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco
Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel
Schoenemann, Marina
López Felices, Belén
An Analysis of the Worldwide Research on the Socio-Cultural Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services
title An Analysis of the Worldwide Research on the Socio-Cultural Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services
title_full An Analysis of the Worldwide Research on the Socio-Cultural Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services
title_fullStr An Analysis of the Worldwide Research on the Socio-Cultural Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services
title_full_unstemmed An Analysis of the Worldwide Research on the Socio-Cultural Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services
title_short An Analysis of the Worldwide Research on the Socio-Cultural Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services
title_sort analysis of the worldwide research on the socio-cultural valuation of forest ecosystem services
topic sustainability
natural resources management
protected area
natural park
national park
forest ecosystem
silvicultural ecosystem
multifunctional ecosystem
url http://hdl.handle.net/10835/13305
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