Ecosystem services, a globalizing discourse referring to benefits humans gain from ecosystems, has been rapidly mainstreamed into scientific and political thinking of environmental management. However, non-material benefits, also known as cultural services, have been rather subsumed within the dominant ecosystem services discourse. This paper explores local cultural services in the Mai Pokhari, a Ramsar site of Nepal, and adopts a multi-scalar analysis to explore the implications of global policy making at the local scale.The research, informed by political ecology, applies mixed methods. At the local scale, spirituality, sense of place and traditional practices were identified as important local cultural values within ecosystem management. But such local values were found to be marginalized in conservation policy making at national and global levels. The Ramsar listing at the case study site resulted in restrictions on community activities and opened the possibility of resettlement, creating disenchantment among the local community whose access to cultural services was curtailed. The study emphasizes the need to recognise and value local cultural services in policy-making at all levels. This is important not only for refining and improving global conservation policy initiatives based on ecosystem services, but also for securing just and sustainable conservation and development goals.

生态系统服务是一种全球化的话语，涉及人类从生态系统中获得的利益，现已迅速纳入环境管理的科学和政治思想的主流。但是，非物质利益（也称为文化服务）已经被归入占主导地位的生态系统服务话语中。本文探讨了尼泊尔拉姆萨尔（Ramsar）遗址迈波卡里（Mai Pokhari）的地方文化服务，并采用多尺度分析来探讨全球政策制定对地方规模的影响。在地方一级，精神，位置感和传统习俗被确定为生态系统管理中重要的当地文化价值。但是，在国家和全球层面的保护政策制定中，发现这些地方价值被边缘化了。在案例研究站点上列出的拉姆萨尔市限制了社区活动，并开辟了重新安置的可能性，在当地社区减少了获取文化服务的机会，从而使他们产生了失望。该研究强调在各级决策中必须承认和重视当地文化服务。这不仅对于完善和改善基于生态系统服务的全球保护政策举措很重要，而且对于确保公正和可持续的保护与发展目标也很重要。在减少了获得文化服务机会的当地社区中造成了失望。该研究强调在各级决策中必须承认和重视当地文化服务。这不仅对于完善和改善基于生态系统服务的全球保护政策举措很重要，而且对于确保公正和可持续的保护与发展目标也很重要。在减少了获得文化服务机会的当地社区中造成了失望。该研究强调在各级决策中必须承认和重视当地文化服务。这不仅对于完善和改善基于生态系统服务的全球保护政策举措很重要，而且对于确保公正和可持续的保护与发展目标也很重要。