(Dis) integrated valuation – Assessing the information gaps in ecosystem service appraisals for governance support

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dc.contributor.authorBarton, D. N.
dc.contributor.authorKelemen, E.
dc.contributor.authorDick, J.
dc.contributor.authorMartin-Lopez, B.
dc.contributor.authorGómez-Baggethun, E.
dc.contributor.authorJacobs, S.
dc.contributor.authorHendriks, C. M.A.
dc.contributor.authorTermansen, M.
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Llorente, M.
dc.contributor.authorPrimmer, E.
dc.contributor.authorDunford, R.
dc.contributor.authorHarrison, P. A.
dc.contributor.authorTurkelboom, F.
dc.contributor.authorSaarikoski, H.
dc.contributor.authorvan Dijk, J.
dc.contributor.authorRusch, G. M.
dc.contributor.authorPalomo, I.
dc.contributor.authorYli-Pelkonen, V. J.
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, L.
dc.contributor.authorBaró, F.
dc.contributor.authorLangemeyer, J.
dc.contributor.authorvan der Wal, J. Tjalling
dc.contributor.authorMederly, P.
dc.contributor.authorPriess, J. A.
dc.contributor.authorLuque, S.
dc.contributor.authorBerry, P.
dc.contributor.authorSantos, R.
dc.contributor.authorOdee, D.
dc.contributor.authorPastur, G. Martines
dc.contributor.authorGarcía Blanco, G.
dc.contributor.authorSaarela, S. R.
dc.contributor.authorSilaghi, D.
dc.contributor.authorPataki, G.
dc.contributor.authorMasi, F.
dc.contributor.authorVădineanu, A.
dc.contributor.authorMukhopadhyay, R.
dc.contributor.authorLapola, D. M.
dc.contributor.institutionADAPTACIÓN AL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-24T12:14:20Z
dc.date.available2024-07-24T12:14:20Z
dc.date.issued2018-02
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2017 Elsevier B.V.
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by the European Union EU FP7 project OpenNESS (Grant agreement no. 308428). MGL was fund by a grant from the Spanish National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology (INIA), which is co-funded by the Social European Fund.
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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dc.identifier.citationBarton , D N , Kelemen , E , Dick , J , Martin-Lopez , B , Gómez-Baggethun , E , Jacobs , S , Hendriks , C M A , Termansen , M , García-Llorente , M , Primmer , E , Dunford , R , Harrison , P A , Turkelboom , F , Saarikoski , H , van Dijk , J , Rusch , G M , Palomo , I , Yli-Pelkonen , V J , Carvalho , L , Baró , F , Langemeyer , J , van der Wal , J T , Mederly , P , Priess , J A , Luque , S , Berry , P , Santos , R , Odee , D , Pastur , G M , García Blanco , G , Saarela , S R , Silaghi , D , Pataki , G , Masi , F , Vădineanu , A , Mukhopadhyay , R & Lapola , D M 2018 , ' (Dis) integrated valuation – Assessing the information gaps in ecosystem service appraisals for governance support ' , Ecosystem Services , vol. 29 , pp. 529-541 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.10.021
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.10.021
dc.identifier.issn2212-0416
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11556/4463
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85039460157&partnerID=8YFLogxK
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEcosystem Services
dc.relation.projectIDEuropean Union EU FP7, 308428
dc.relation.projectIDSpanish National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology
dc.relation.projectIDEuropean Social Fund, ESF
dc.relation.projectIDInstituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria, Uruguay, INIA
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.keywordsEccosystem services cascade
dc.subject.keywordsEcosystem service appraisal
dc.subject.keywordsEcosystem service governance
dc.subject.keywordsInformation costs
dc.subject.keywordsIntegrated valuation
dc.subject.keywordsUncertainty
dc.subject.keywordsValuation
dc.subject.keywordsGlobal and Planetary Change
dc.subject.keywordsGeography, Planning and Development
dc.subject.keywordsEcology
dc.subject.keywordsAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
dc.subject.keywordsNature and Landscape Conservation
dc.subject.keywordsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law
dc.title(Dis) integrated valuation – Assessing the information gaps in ecosystem service appraisals for governance supporten
dc.typejournal article
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