Estimating societal benefits from Nordic catchments: An integrative approach using a final ecosystem services framework.

ABSTRACT: Nordic catchments provide a variety of ecosystem services, from harvestable goods to mitigation of climate change and recreational possibilities. Flows of supplied ecosystem services depend on a broad range of factors, including climate, hydrology, land management and human population density. The aims of this study were: 1) to quantify the total economic value (TEV) of consumed ecosystem services across Nordic catchments, 2) to explain variation in ecosystem service value using socio-geographic and natural factors as explanatory variables in multiple linear regression, and 3) to determine which societal groups benefit from these ecosystem services. Furthermore, we tested the scientific rigour of our framework based on the concept of final ecosystem services (FES). We used a spatially expl

SUBMITTER: Immerzeel B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8168860 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature