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Non-monetary techniques for the valuation of ecosystem services

Non-monetary techniques for the valuation of ecosystem services Download the pdf version ... just one aspect of importance amongst others e.g. symbolic, cultural, ecological and spiritual. Non-monetary valuation (NMV) has a ...

Wijnja - 15/05/2017 - 13:20

Students in Brazil test Ecosystem Service Mapping App developed by OpenNESS

... Systems', students have been testing the smartphone-based ecosystem service mapping application (ESM-App) developed by OpenNESS ... exercise with students to capture demands for mainly cultural ecosystem services in urban and rural contexts at case study ...

Wijnja - 01/10/2014 - 16:20 - 0 comments

Classification of Ecosystem Services

Classification of Ecosystem Services Download the pdf version » ... Whether ecosystem services are only those ecosystem service outputs that are dependent (to some extent) on living processes or ... categories like ‘provisioning’, ‘regulating’ and ‘cultural’. These definitions are covered in the discussion of the cascade ...

Wijnja - 16/09/2016 - 15:25

Social Justice

Ecosystem Services and Social Justice Download the pdf ... be rather subjective, often dependent on specific social or cultural contexts. For example, Sandel (2009) identifies two general approaches ... important to recognise that the way in which the ecosystem service concept itself is framed has justice implications, and to consider ...

Wijnja - 15/02/2017 - 21:47

Case 10 - Ecosystem Services in Multifunctional Mediterranean Landscapes: Sierra Nevada protected area case, southeast Spain

... Please read the OpenNESS case study booklet ' Ecosystem services in operation ' for the final outcomes of the cases. More ... considered in the process, such as irrigation communities, cultural associations and nature tourism enterprises. ...

Wijnja - 07/10/2016 - 16:18

OpenNESS represented in ESP Africa regional conference

... different stakeholders in the process of putting the ecosystem service concept into practice. Secondly, in partnership ... as a low-cost visual tool to evaluate and infer nature-based cultural ecosystem services . The tool was seen as especially important in ...

Wijnja - 10/02/2017 - 12:41 - 0 comments

Public Goods

Public Goods and Ecosystem Services Download the pdf version » ... Assessment describes a public good as “a good or service in which the benefit received by any one party does not diminish the ... to local conditions and to local social, economic, and cultural contexts. This then relates to a further issue, which is the ...

Wijnja - 12/05/2017 - 17:01

Oppla all set to serve European projects

There’s a great need in European projects on ecosystem services and nature-based solutions for sharing good practice, ... demonstration projects related to nature-based solutions and cultural heritage, Oppla was recognized as a well-functioning, readily ...

Wijnja - 09/12/2016 - 16:28 - 0 comments

Effectiveness

... and rationale The ultimate goal for managing ecosystem services is contributing to human well-being . To analyse how ... effectiveness also has something to do with personal or cultural disposition. Effectiveness and hence its assessment are thus ...

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Case 09 - Cairngorms National Park management

... Please read the OpenNESS case study booklet ' Ecosystem services in operation ' for the final outcomes of the cases. More ... for recreational activities, considering the main natural, cultural and social features, characteristics and infrastructures (Figure 2a); ...