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

• Autores: Barton, D.N.; Kelemen, E.; Dick, J.; Martin Lopez, B.; Gómez Baggethun, Erik; 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. Tjalling; Mederly, P.; Priess, J.A.; Luque, S.; Berry, P.; Santos, R.; Odee, D.; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José; García Blanco, G.; Saarela, S. R.; Silaghi, D.; Pataki, G.; Masi, F.; Vădineanu, A.; Mukhopadhyay, R.; Lapola, D.M.
• Año de publicación: 2018
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: ECCOSYSTEM SERVICES CASCADE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE APPRAISAL; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE GOVERNANCE; INFORMATION COSTS; INTEGRATED VALUATION; UNCERTAINTY; VALUATION
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

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.
Fil: Barton, D.N.. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research; Noruega
Fil: Kelemen, E.. University of Budapest; Hungría. Environmental Social Science Research Group; Hungría
Fil: Dick, J.. Centre for Ecology and Hidrology; Reino Unido
Fil: Martin Lopez, B.. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg; Alemania
Fil: Gómez Baggethun, Erik. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research; Noruega. Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Noruega
Fil: Jacobs, S.. Research Institute for Nature and Forest; Bélgica
Fil: Hendriks, C.M.A.. Wageningen University and Research; Países Bajos
Fil: Termansen, M.. University Aarhus; Dinamarca
Fil: García Llorente, M.. Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural, Agrario y Alimentario; España
Fil: Primmer, E.. Finnish Environment Institute; Finlandia
Fil: Dunford, R.. Environmental Change Institute; Reino Unido. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Maclean Building; Reino Unido
Fil: Harrison, P.A.. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; Reino Unido
Fil: Turkelboom, F.. Research Institute for Nature and Forest. Research Group Nature and Society; Bélgica
Fil: Saarikoski, H.. Finnish Environment Institute; Finlandia
Fil: van Dijk, J.. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research; Noruega
Fil: Rusch, G.M.. Universidad del País Vasco; España
Fil: Palomo, I.. Universidad del País Vasco; España
Fil: Yli Pelkonen, V.J.. University of Helsinski; Finlandia
Fil: Carvalho, L.. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; Reino Unido
Fil: Baró, F.. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; España
Fil: Langemeyer, J.. Wageningen University and Research; Países Bajos
Fil: van der Wal, J. Tjalling. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; Reino Unido
Fil: Mederly, P.. Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre; Eslovenia
Fil: Priess, J.A.. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research; Alemania
Fil: Luque, S.. Territoire Environnement Teledetection Information Spatiale; España. Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture; Francia
Fil: Berry, P.. Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Portugal
Fil: Santos, R.. Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Portugal
Fil: Odee, D.. Kenya Forestry Research Institute; Kenia. Corvinus University of Budapest; Hungría
Fil: Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: García Blanco, G.. Fundación Tecnalia; España
Fil: Saarela, S. R.. Finnish Environment Institute; Finlandia
Fil: Silaghi, D.. National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry “Marin Dracea”; Rumania
Fil: Pataki, G.. Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Ecology and Botany; Hungría
Fil: Masi, F.. IRIDRA Srl; Italia
Fil: Vădineanu, A.. University of Bucharest; Rumania
Fil: Mukhopadhyay, R.. Indian Institute of Bio Social Research and Development; India
Fil: Lapola, D.M.. Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho; Brasil