Gunton, RM, Van Asperen, EN, Basden, A et al. (6 more authors) (2017) Beyond ecosystem services: valuing the invaluable. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32 (4). pp. 249-257. ISSN 0169-5347
Abstract
The ecosystem services framework (ESF) is advantageous and widely used for itemising and quantifying ways in which humans benefit from natural places. However, it suffers from two important problems: (i) incoherence of definitions and (ii) a narrow approach to valuation, inadequate to represent the full range of human motives for conservatio n and the diverse interests of different stakeholders. These shortcomings can lead to a range of problems including doublecounting, blind spots and unintended consequencest. Here we propose an ecosystem valuing framework (EVF) as a broader and more rigorous way to deliver the benefits currently sought from the ESF, without the conceptual problems.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | aspectual analysis; cognitive; communal; ecological; ideological; multicriterion assessment; natural capital; value theory |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2017 09:57 |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2018 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.01.002 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier (Cell Press) |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.tree.2017.01.002 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:110774 |