1. (Dis) integrated valuation - Assessing the information gaps in ecosystem service appraisals for governance support
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Paula A. Harrison, Graciella Rusch, Pam Berry, Jan Dick, Fabio Masi, Raktima Mukhopadhyay, David N. Barton, David M. Lapola, G. García Blanco, Sanna-Riikka Saarela, D. Odee, Erik Gómez-Baggethun, György Pataki, G. Martines Pastur, Laurence Carvalho, Eeva Primmer, Sandra Luque, J. Van Dijk, M. García Llorente, J. Tjalling Van Der Wal, Rui Santos, C.M.A. Hendriks, Joerg A. Priess, Diana Silaghi, Vesa Yli-Pelkonen, Sander Jacobs, Robert Dunford, Peter Mederly, Johannes Langemeyer, Eszter Kelemen, Ignacio Palomo, Francesc Baró, Angheluţă Vădineanu, Mette Termansen, Francis Turkelboom, Berta Martín-López, Heli Saarikoski, Environmental Sciences, Urban Ecosystems, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), European Commission, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences and Solvay Business School, Geography, Sociology, Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research, Faculty of Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Constructions, NINA NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH OSLO NOR, Partenaires IRSTEA, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), ESSRG BUDAPEST HUN, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology [Bangor] (CEH), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG DEU, Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR), Aarhus University [Aarhus], IMIDRA MADRID ESP, SYKE FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE HELSINKI FIN, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE INSTITUTE OXFORD GBR, NINA NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH TRONHEIM NOR, BC3 LEIOA ESP, UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES FIN, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), CONSTANTINE THE PHILOSOPHER UNIVERSITY NITRA SVK, UFZ HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LEIPZIG DEU, Territoires, Environnement, Télédétection et Information Spatiale (UMR TETIS), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-AgroParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia = School of Science & Technology (FCT NOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa = NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA), CORVINUS UNIVERSITY OF BUDAPEST HUN, CADIC CONICET USHUAIA ARG, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION BIZKAIA ESP, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN FORESTRY VOLUNTARI ROM, MTA CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH VACRATOT HUN, IRIDRA FIRENZE ITA, UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST DEPARTMENT OF SYSTEM ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY ROM, IBRAD KOLKATA IND, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho = São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Environmental Social Science Research Group (ESSRG Ltd.), Corvinus University of Budapest, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Environmental Research (Alterra), Aarhus University, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona (N-II), Finnish Environment Institute, Environmental Change Institute, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Maclean Building, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, Edifici Z (ICTA-ICP), Marine Research (IMARES), Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, UMR TETIS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC CONICET), C/Geldo, National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry 'Marin Dracea', MTA Centre for Ecological Research, IRIDRA Srl, University of Bucharest – Research Center in Systems Ecology and Sustainability, IBRAD (Indian Institute of Bio Social Research and Development), and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Computer science ,Bos- en Landschapsecologie ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Eccosystem services cascade ,010501 environmental sciences ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,Ecosystem services ,context ,integrated valuation ,ecosystem service appraisal ,11. Sustainability ,Silvicultura ,Forest and Landscape Ecology ,uncertainty ,Valuation (finance) ,Global and Planetary Change ,Corporate governance ,Uncertainty ,ecosystem services cascade ,tool ,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Wageningen Marine Research ,Ecosystem service appraisal ,Economic valuation ,cascade ,Ecosystem services cascade ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences ,Information gap ,Information costs ,Vegetatie, Bos- en Landschapsecologie ,ecology ,valuation ,Ecosystem service governance ,management ,ecosystem service governance ,ta1172 ,information costs ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Sustainability Science ,Ecology and Environment ,Decision context ,12. Responsible consumption ,framework ,Vegetatie ,1172 Environmental sciences ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Vegetation ,15. Life on land ,Environmental economics ,Integrated valuation ,Valuation ,decisions ,CIENCIAS AGRÍCOLAS ,13. Climate action ,purl.org/becyt/ford/4.1 [https] ,Vegetation, Forest and Landscape Ecology ,Agricultura, Silvicultura y Pesca ,ecosystem services ,economic valuation ,purl.org/becyt/ford/4 [https] - Abstract
Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:17:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-02-01 The operational challenges of integrated ecosystem service (ES) appraisals are determined by study purpose, system complexity and uncertainty, decision-makers’ requirements for reliability and accuracy of methods, and approaches to stakeholder–science interaction in different decision contexts. To explore these factors we defined an information gap hypothesis, based on a theory of cumulative uncertainty in ES appraisals. When decision context requirements for accuracy and reliability increase, and the expected uncertainty of the ES appraisal methods also increases, the likelihood of methods being used is expected to drop, creating a potential information gap in governance. In order to test this information gap hypothesis, we evaluate 26 case studies and 80 ecosystem services appraisals in a large integrated EU research project. We find some support for a decreasing likelihood of ES appraisal methods coinciding with increasing accuracy and reliability requirements of the decision-support context, and with increasing uncertainty. We do not find that information costs are the explanation for this information gap, but rather that the research project interacted mostly with stakeholders outside the most decision-relevant contexts. The paper discusses how alternative definitions of integrated valuation can lead to different interpretations of decision-support information, and different governance approaches to dealing with uncertainty. Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Gaustadalléen 21 Environmental Social Science Research Group (ESSRG Ltd.), Rómer Flóris u.38 Department of Decision Sciences Corvinus University of Budapest, Fővám tér 8 Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik Leuphana University of Lüneburg Faculty of Sustainability Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research, Scharnhorststraβe 1 Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), P.O. Box 5003, N-1432 Ås Research Group Nature and Society Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Kliniekstraat 25 Wageningen University and Research Environmental Research (Alterra), P.O. Box 47 ENVS Aarhus University Department of Applied Research and Agricultural Extension Madrid Institute for Rural Agricultural and Food Research and Development (IMIDRA) Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona (N-II), KM. 38.200, 28802 Alcalá de Henares Finnish Environment Institute, P.O. Box 140 Environmental Change Institute, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Postboks 5685 Torgarden Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, Sede Building 1, 1st Floor Department of Environmental Sciences, P.O. Box 65, FI-00014 University of Helsinki Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) Edifici Z (ICTA-ICP), Carrer de les Columnes s/n, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès Wageningen University and Research Marine Research (IMARES), P.O. Box 57, 1780 AB, Den Helder, Wageningen Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1 Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Permoserstraße 15 National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture IRSTEA UMR TETIS, 500 rue JF BRETON CENSE – Centre for Environmental and Sustainability Research Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Universidade Nova de Lisboa Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), P.O. Box 20412-0200 Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC CONICET), Houssay 200, Ushuaia (9140) Tierra del Fuego Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation Energy and Environment Division Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia C/Geldo, Edificio 700 National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry “Marin Dracea”, Eroilor Blvd 128 Institute of Ecology and Botany MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány u. 2-4. IRIDRA Srl, Via La Marmora, 51 University of Bucharest – Research Center in Systems Ecology and Sustainability, Splaiul Independentei 91-95 IBRAD (Indian Institute of Bio Social Research and Development), VIP Road, Kestopur, Prafulla Kanan UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista Ecology Department – LabTerra, Av.24-A, 1515 CEP, 13506-900 UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista Ecology Department – LabTerra, Av.24-A, 1515 CEP, 13506-900
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