Making ecosystem services flexible: Why a whole new framework is a bad idea for practitioners

Two economists working in the field of ecosystem services and conservation discuss why a flexible approach to using any of the existing frameworks is probably better than creating a new and “ideal” framework. They describe work they have both done with NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuari...

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Published inWiley interdisciplinary reviews. Water Vol. 8; no. 6; pp. e1553 - n/a
Main Authors Raheem, Nejem, Schwarzmann, Danielle
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.11.2021
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Subjects
Conservation
Ecological conditions
economics
Ecosystem services
Ecosystems
federal agencies
Frameworks
Marine ecosystems
policy
Sanctuaries
Water conservation
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Summary:Two economists working in the field of ecosystem services and conservation discuss why a flexible approach to using any of the existing frameworks is probably better than creating a new and “ideal” framework. They describe work they have both done with NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries as an example of how to modify an ecosystem services framework to suit a range of cultural and ecological conditions. This article is categorized under: Water and Life > Conservation, Management, and Awareness Members of the Chumash community paddle a traditional redwood plank canoe (tomol) at sunrise. National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. Photo Credit (Left to Right): Robert Schwemmer/NOAA Greg McFall/NOAA.
ISSN:2049-1948
2049-1948
DOI:10.1002/wat2.1553