Ethical considerations in on-ground applications of the ecosystem services concept
Luck, Gary W. (Institute for Land, Water and Society)
Chan, Kai M. A. (Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability)
Eser, Uta (Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen. Office for Economics and Environment)
Gómez-Baggethun, Erik (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Matzdorf, Bettina (Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research)
Norton, Bryan (Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Public Policy)
Potschin, Marion B. (University of Nottingham. Centre for Environmental Management)

Fecha:	2012
Resumen:	The ecosystem services (ES) concept is one of the main avenues for conveying society's dependence on natural ecosystems. On-ground applications of the concept are now widespread and diverse and include its use as a communication tool, for policy guidance and priority setting, and for designing economic instruments for conservation. Each application raises ethical considerations beyond traditional controversies related to the monetary valuation of nature. We review ethical considerations across major on-ground applications and group them into the following categories: anthropocentric framing, economic metaphor, monetary valuation, commodification, sociocultural impact, changes in motivations, and equity implications. Different applications of the ES concept raise different suites of ethical issues, and we propose methods to address the issues most relevant to each application. We conclude that the ES concept should be considered as only one among various alternative approaches to valuing nature and that reliance on economic metaphors can exclude other motivations for protecting ecosystems.
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Materia:	Commodification ; Mercantilització ; Conservation policy ; Polítiques de conservació de la natura ; Ecosystem management ; Gestió dels ecosistemes ; Gestió de les comunitats biòtiques ; Environmental ethics ; Ètica mediambiental ; Equity ; Equitat
Publicado en:	Bioscience, Vol. 62, No. 12 (December 2012) , p. 1020-1029, ISSN 0006-3568

DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.12.4

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