Exploring how values are assigned to cultural ecosystem services of peatlands, this paper draws on a process perspective that incorporates relational and pragmatist approaches to conceptualising value. These approaches emphasise how value is established through cultural practices and everyday lived experiences of communities who are interacting with landscapes in dynamic and novel ways. The research proposes a framework for valuing temporal dimensions of cultural ecosystem services to incorporate the dynamic and evolving nature of people’s relationships with natural environments. Using a mixed methods approach, this research reveals how participants assigned value through active processes of remembering the past, engaging and interacting with peatlands in the present, and restoring value for the future through community conservation activities. These experiences influence the formation of memories, identities, values, and emotional connections to places, and thus help in understanding people’s motivations to protect the natural environment. Research evidence is drawn from three Irish peatland case study sites which are recognised for their scientific and community value. The results demonstrate the importance of peatlands for local communities: as carriers of personal and collective memories and histories; as social spaces for health and well-being; and as learning contexts for building social and ecological capacities. Recommendations are made to support inclusion of local, contextual knowledge and cultural and temporal value dimensions of landscapes. This approach represents a broader range of values, recognising new associations between people and peatlands, and supporting communities negotiating the transition to more sustainable futures.

探讨如何为泥炭地的文化生态系统服务分配价值，本文借鉴了一个过程视角，该视角结合了关系和实用主义方法来概念化价值。这些方法强调如何通过文化实践和社区以动态和新颖的方式与景观互动的日常生活体验来建立价值。该研究提出了一个评估文化生态系统服务时间维度的框架，以纳入人们与自然环境关系的动态和不断发展的性质。本研究采用混合方法，揭示了参与者如何通过回忆过去、与现在泥炭地互动和互动以及通过社区保护活动为未来恢复价值的积极过程来分配价值。这些经历影响记忆、身份、价值观和与地方的情感联系的形成，从而有助于理解人们保护自然环境的动机。研究证据来自三个爱尔兰泥炭地案例研究地点，这些地点因其科学和社区价值而得到认可。结果证明了泥炭地对当地社区的重要性：作为个人和集体记忆和历史的载体；作为健康和福祉的社会空间；并作为建设社会和生态能力的学习环境。建议支持纳入当地的、背景知识以及景观的文化和时间价值维度。这种方法代表了更广泛的价值观，认识到人与泥炭地之间的新联系，