Institutional challenges in putting ecosystem service knowledge in practice

• Autores: Saarikoski, Heli; Primmer, Eeva; Saarela, Sanna-Riikka; Antunes, Paula; Baró, Francesc; Berry, Pam; Garcia Blanko, Gemma; Gómez-Baggethun, Erik; Carvalho, Lawrence; Dick, Jan; Dunford, Robert; Hanzu, Mihail; Harrison, Paula A.; Izakovicova, Zita; Kertész, Miklós; Kopperoinen, Leena; Köhler, Berit; Langemeyer, Johannes; Lapola, David; Liquete, Camino; Luque, Sandra; Mederly, Peter; Niemelä, Jari; Palomo, Ignacio; Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José; Peri, Pablo Luis; Preda, Elena; Priess, Jörg A.; Santos, Rui Ferreira Dos; Schleyer, Christian; Turkelboom, Francis; Vadineanu, Angheluta; Verheyden, Wim; Vikström, Suvi; Young, Juliette; Aszalós, Réka
• Año de publicación: 2018
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Fuente: Ecosystem Services 29, Part C : 579-598 (February 2018)
• Materia: Servicios de los Ecosistemas; Agroecosistemas; Instituciones de Investigación; Ecosystem Services; Agroecosystems; Research Institutions; Servicios Ecosistémicos
• Institución: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria

The promise that ecosystem service assessments will contribute to better decision-making is not yet proven. We analyse how knowledge on ecosystem services is actually used to inform land and water management in 22 case studies covering different social-ecological systems in European and Latin American countries. None of the case studies reported instrumental use of knowledge in a sense that ecosystem service knowledge would have served as an impartial arbiter between policy options. Yet, in most cases, there was some evidence of conceptual learning as a result of close interaction between researchers, practitioners and stakeholders. We observed several factors that constrained knowledge uptake, including competing interests and political agendas, scientific disputes, professional norms and competencies, and lack of vertical and horizontal integration. Ecosystem knowledge played a small role particularly in those planning and policy-making situations where it challenged established interests and the current distribution of benefits from ecosystems. The factors that facilitated knowledge use included application of transparent participatory methods, social capital, policy champions and clear synergies between ecosystem services and human well-being. The results are aligned with previous studies which have emphasized the importance of building local capacity, ownership and trust for the long-term success of ecosystem service research.
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Fil: Saarikoski, Heli. Finnish Environment Institute; Finlandia
Fil: Primmer, Eeva. Finnish Environment Institute; Finlandia
Fil: Saarela, Sanna-Riikka. Finnish Environment Institute; Finlandia
Fil: Antunes, Paula. Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Centre for Environmental and Sustainability Research; Portugal
Fil: Baró, Francesc. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institute of Environmental Science and Technology; España. Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute; España
Fil: Berry, Pam. University of Oxford. Environmental Change Institute; Gran Bretaña
Fil: Garcia Blanko, Gemma. Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation. Energy and Environment Division. Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia; España
Fil: Gómez-Baggethun, Erik. Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Department of International Environment and Development Studies; Noruega. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA); Noruega
Fil: Carvalho, Lawrence. Center for Ecology and Hydrology; Gran Bretaña
Fil: Dick, Jan. Center for Ecology and Hydrology; Gran Bretaña
Fil: Dunford, Robert. University of Oxford. Environmental Change Institute; Gran Bretaña. Lancaster Environment Centre. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; Gran Bretaña
Fil: Hanzu, Mihail. Romanian National Institute for Research and Development in Silviculture; Rumania
Fil: Harrison, Paula A. Lancaster Environment Centre. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; Gran Bretaña
Fil: Izakovicova, Zita. Slovak Academy of Science. Institute of Landscape Ecology; Eslovaquia
Fil: Kertész, Miklós. Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Centre for Ecological Research. Institute of Ecology and Botany; Hungría
Fil: Kopperoinen, Leena. Finnish Environment Institute; Finlandia
Fil: Köhler, Berit. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA); Noruega
Fil: Langemeyer, Johannes. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institute of Environmental Science and Technology; España. Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute. Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability; España
Fil: Lapola, David. Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Center for Meteorological and Climatic Studies Applied to Agriculture (CEPAGRI); Brasil
Fil: Liquete, Camino. Joint Research Centre (JRC). European Commission; Italia
Fil: Luque, Sandra. National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture; Francia
Fil: Mederly, Peter. Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Eslovaquia
Fil: Niemelä, Jari. University of Helsinki. Department of Environmental Sciences; Finlandia
Fil: Palomo, Ignacio. University of the Basque Country. Basque Centre for Climate Change; España.
Fil: Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas; Argentina
Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica; Argentina
Fil: Preda, Elena. University of Bucharest. Research Center in Systems Ecology and Sustainability; Rumania
Fil: Priess, Joerg A. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research; Alemania
Fil: Santos, Rui Ferreira Dos. Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Centre for Environmental and Sustainability Research; Portugal
Fil: Schleyer, Christian. Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt. Institute of Social Ecology; Austria. University of Kassel. Section of International Agricultural Policy and Environmental Governance; Alemania
Fil: Turkelboom, Francis. Research Institute for Nature and Forest; Bélgica
Fil: Vadineanu, Angheluta. University of Bucharest. Research Center in Systems Ecology and Sustainability; Rumania
Fil: Verheyden, Wim. Research Institute for Nature and Forest; Bélgica
Fil: Vikström, Suvi. Finnish Environment Institute; Finlandia
Fil: Young, Juliette. Center for Ecology and Hydrology; Gran Bretaña
Fil: Aszalós, Réka. Institute of Ecology and Botany, MTA Centre for Ecological Research; Hungría