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(Dis) integrated valuation – Assessing the information gaps in ecosystem service appraisals for governance support
Ecosystem Services ( IF 7.6 ) Pub Date : 2017-12-15
D.N. Barton, E. Kelemen, J. Dick, B. Martin-Lopez, E. Gómez-Baggethun, S. Jacobs, C.M.A. Hendriks, M. Termansen, M. García- Llorente, E. Primmer, R. Dunford, P.A. Harrison, F. Turkelboom, H. Saarikoski, J. van Dijk, G.M. Rusch, I. Palomo, V.J. Yli-Pelkonen, L. Carvalho, F. Baró, J. Langemeyer, J. Tjalling van der Wal, P. Mederly, J.A. Priess, S. Luque, P. Berry, R. Santos, D. Odee, G. Martines Pastur, G. García Blanco, S-R. Saarela, D. Silaghi, G. Pataki, F. Masi, A. Vădineanu, R. Mukhopadhyay, D.M. Lapola

The operational challenges of integrated ecosystem service (ES) appraisals are determined by study purpose, system complexity and uncertainty, decision-makers’ requirements for reliability and accuracy of methods, and approaches to stakeholder–science interaction in different decision contexts. To explore these factors we defined an information gap hypothesis, based on a theory of cumulative uncertainty in ES appraisals. When decision context requirements for accuracy and reliability increase, and the expected uncertainty of the ES appraisal methods also increases, the likelihood of methods being used is expected to drop, creating a potential information gap in governance. In order to test this information gap hypothesis, we evaluate 26 case studies and 80 ecosystem services appraisals in a large integrated EU research project. We find some support for a decreasing likelihood of ES appraisal methods coinciding with increasing accuracy and reliability requirements of the decision-support context, and with increasing uncertainty. We do not find that information costs are the explanation for this information gap, but rather that the research project interacted mostly with stakeholders outside the most decision-relevant contexts. The paper discusses how alternative definitions of integrated valuation can lead to different interpretations of decision-support information, and different governance approaches to dealing with uncertainty.



中文翻译:

(Dis)综合评估–评估生态系统服务评估中的信息差距以提供治理支持

综合生态系统服务(ES)评估的操作挑战取决于研究目的,系统复杂性和不确定性,决策者对方法的可靠性和准确性的要求以及不同决策环境中利益相关者与科学互动的方法。为了探索这些因素,我们基于ES评估中的累积不确定性理论定义了信息缺口假说。当决策上下文对准确性和可靠性的要求增加,并且ES评估方法的预期不确定性也增加时,使用方法的可能性有望降低,从而在治理中造成潜在的信息鸿沟。为了检验这种信息缺口假说,我们在一个大型综合欧盟研究项目中评估了26个案例研究和80个生态系统服务评估。我们发现,随着决策支持环境的准确性和可靠性要求的提高以及不确定性的增加,ES评价方法的可能性越来越小。我们没有发现信息成本是造成这种信息鸿沟的原因,而是研究项目在与决策最相关的环境之外,主要与利益相关者进行了互动。本文讨论了综合估值的替代定义如何导致对决策支持信息的不同解释,以及对付不确定性的不同治理方法。我们没有发现信息成本是造成这种信息鸿沟的原因,而是研究项目在与决策最相关的环境之外,主要与利益相关者进行了互动。本文讨论了综合估值的替代定义如何导致对决策支持信息的不同解释,以及对付不确定性的不同治理方法。我们没有发现信息成本是造成这种信息鸿沟的原因,而是研究项目在与决策最相关的环境之外,主要与利益相关者进行了互动。本文讨论了综合估值的替代定义如何导致对决策支持信息的不同解释,以及对付不确定性的不同治理方法。

更新日期:2017-12-15
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