Martínez-Jauregui, Maria, White, Piran Crawfurd Limond orcid.org/0000-0002-7496-5775, Touza, Julia M. orcid.org/0000-0001-8170-1789 et al. (1 more author) (2019) Untangling perceptions around indicators for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services. Ecosystem Services. 100952. ISSN 2212-0416
Abstract
Biodiversity indicators are commonly monitored to ensure the sustainable management of ecosystems and the conservation of multiple ecosystem goods and services. Indicators are important for tracking the ecological outcomes of conservation programmes, but they are also important in a wider context such as monitoring progress towards broader sustainability goals and serving to generate public support and funding for these programmes. Little attention is usually given to the social and cultural dimensions of biodiversity indicators. In this paper, using a discrete choice experiment, we compare the impact of within-species, between-species and within-ecosystem level biodiversity indicators on public preferences for conservation programmes in Spanish pine forests. Specifically we show that preferences towards conservation programmes are significantly affected by the interaction between indicators and their perceived role in delivering ecosystem services. Genetic variation, the number of invasive species and keystone elements were associated equally frequently with provisioning, regulating and cultural ecosystem services, whereas population structure, the number of native species and the area of land conserved were more variable in how they were associated with different ecosystem services. Our results highlight the importance of considering the perceived social relevance of indicators alongside their ecological suitability in the design of conservation programmes and monitoring.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Funding Information: This study is framed within the INIA projects ref. RTA2013-00048-C03-01 and ref. RTI2018-096348-R-C21, funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness , Spain. We thank Jesús de Miguel for his inputs on the graphical design of the choice experiment. We also thank two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions. Appendix A Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Elsevier B.V. |
Keywords: | Ecosystem-based management,Forest conservation,Forest management,Choice experiment,Biodiversity indicators,Public perception |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Environment and Geography (York) The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Social Policy and Social Work (York) > York Environmental Sustainability Institute |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 11 Jun 2019 11:10 |
Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2025 00:08 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100952 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100952 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:147195 |
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