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TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
Volume 32, Issue 4, Pages 249-257Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.01.002
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- Marsh Christian Trust
- West Yorkshire School of Christian Studies
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The ecosystem services framework (ESF) is advantageous and widely used for itemising and quantifying ways in which humans benefit from natural places. However, it suffers from two important problems: (i) incoherence of definitions and (ii) a narrow approach to valuation, inadequate to represent the full range of human motives for conservation and the diverse interests of different stakeholders. These shortcomings can lead to a range of problems including doublecounting, blind spots and unintended consequences. In this opinion article, we propose an ecosystem valuing framework as a broader and more rigorous way to deliver the benefits currently sought from the ESF, without the conceptual problems.
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