Ecosystem Services Flows: Why Stakeholders' Power Relationships Matter.

ABSTRACT: The ecosystem services framework has enabled the broader public to acknowledge the benefits nature provides to different stakeholders. However, not all stakeholders benefit equally from these services. Rather, power relationships are a key factor influencing the access of individuals or groups to ecosystem services. In this paper, we propose an adaptation of the "cascade" framework for ecosystem services to integrate the analysis of ecological interactions among ecosystem services and stakeholders' interactions, reflecting power relationships that mediate ecosystem services flows. We illustrate its application using the floodplain of the River Piedra (Spain) as a case study. First, we used structural equation modelling (SEM) to model the dependence relationships among ecosystem services. S

SUBMITTER: Felipe-Lucia MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4511803 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature