Participatory multi-criteria decision aid: Operationalizing an integrated assessment of ecosystem services

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• dc.contributor.author Langemeyer, Johannes
• dc.contributor.author Palomo, Ignacio
• dc.contributor.author Baraibar, Sergio
• dc.contributor.author Gómez-Baggethun, Erik
• dc.date.accessioned 2018-10-31T08:35:54Z
• dc.date.issued 2018
• dc.description.abstract Ongoing ecosystem alterations underscore the need for ecosystem service assessment to urgently enterpolicy-making. Participatory methods and a systematic inclusion of stakeholders are crucial yet underde-veloped cornerstones of environmental decision making. This study aims at conducting a transparent andlegitimized integrated assessment of ecosystem services that rigorously involves stakeholder knowledgeand values in environmental decision making. To this end, participatory multi-criteria decision aid wasapplied to the case of declining vineyard ecosystems surrounding the National Park of Doñana insouth-west Spain. Data was gained by means of a survey (n = 178), interviews (n = 21), and three stake-holder workshops (each with 15–21 participants). We found that stakeholder engagement improved allsteps of decision making, including problem structuring, policy evaluation, and operationalization. Ourresults thereby reinforce two major arguments for adopting participatory methods in integrated ecosys-tem service assessments: (1) the inclusion of stakeholders and their objectives adds legitimacy to deci-sion making; (2) the integration of stakeholder knowledge provides important information for decisionmaking
• dc.description.sponsorship This research was funded by European Commission project OpenNESS (FP7-Grant agreement: 308428308428), by a Juan de la Cierva Formación grant from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness to I.P. and by a grant of the talent development program of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) to E.G.B..
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• dc.identifier.citation Langemeyer J, Palomo I, Baraibar S, Gómez-Baggethun E. Participatory multi-criteria decision aid: Operationalizing an integrated assessment of ecosystem services. Ecosystem Services. 2018; 30: 49–60. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.01.012
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.01.012
• dc.identifier.issn 2212-0416
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/35680
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Elsevier
• dc.relation.ispartof Ecosystem Services. 2018;30:49–60
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/308428
• dc.rights © Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.01.012
• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.subject.other Ecosistemes -- Gestió
• dc.subject.other Gestió del medi ambient
• dc.title Participatory multi-criteria decision aid: Operationalizing an integrated assessment of ecosystem services
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
• dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion