An operational model for mainstreaming ecosystem services for implementation

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dc.contributor.authorCowling, R M
dc.contributor.authorEgoh, B
dc.contributor.authorKnight, A T
dc.contributor.authorO\'Farrell, PJ
dc.contributor.authorReyers, B
dc.contributor.authorRouget, M
dc.contributor.authorRoux, D J
dc.contributor.authorWelz, A
dc.contributor.authorWilhelm-Rechman, A
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-08T07:15:54Z
dc.date.available2021-10-08T07:15:54Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractResearch on ecosystem services has grown markedly in recent years. However, few studies are embedded in a social process designed to ensure effective management of ecosystem services. Most research has focused only on biophysical and valuation assessments of putative services. As a mission-oriented discipline, ecosystem service research should be user-inspired and user-useful, which will require that researchers respond to stakeholder needs from the outset and collaborate with them in strategy development and implementation. Here we provide a pragmatic operational model for achieving the safeguarding of ecosystem services. The model comprises three phases: assessment, planning, and management. Outcomes of social, biophysical, and valuation assessments are used to identify opportunities and constraints for implementation. The latter then are transformed into user-friendly products to identify, with stakeholders, strategic objectives for implementation (the planning phase). The management phase undertakes and coordinates actions that achieve the protection of ecosystem services and ensure the flow of these services to beneficiaries. This outcome is achieved via mainstreaming, or incorporating the safeguarding of ecosystem services into the policies and practices of sectors that deal with land- and water-use planning. Management needs to be adaptive and should be institutionalized in a suite of learning organizations that are representative of the sectors that are concerned with decision-making and planning. By following the phases of our operational model, projects for safeguarding ecosystem services are likely to empower stakeholders to implement effective on-the-ground management that will achieve resilience of the corresponding social-ecological systems.
dc.identifier.apacitationCowling, R. M., Egoh, B., Knight, A. T., , Reyers, B., Rouget, M., ... Wilhelm-Rechman, A. (2008). An operational model for mainstreaming ecosystem services for implementation. <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America</i>, 105(28), 9483 - 9488. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34719en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCowling, R M, B Egoh, A T Knight, , B Reyers, M Rouget, D J Roux, A Welz, and A Wilhelm-Rechman "An operational model for mainstreaming ecosystem services for implementation." <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America</i> 105, 28. (2008): 9483 - 9488. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34719en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCowling, R.M., Egoh, B., Knight, A.T., , Reyers, B., Rouget, M., Roux, D.J. & Welz, A. et al. 2008. An operational model for mainstreaming ecosystem services for implementation. <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.</i> 105(28):9483 - 9488. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34719en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0027-8424
dc.identifier.issn0744-2831
dc.identifier.issn1091-6490
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Cowling, R M AU - Egoh, B AU - Knight, A T AU - O\'Farrell, PJ AU - Reyers, B AU - Rouget, M AU - Roux, D J AU - Welz, A AU - Wilhelm-Rechman, A AB - Research on ecosystem services has grown markedly in recent years. However, few studies are embedded in a social process designed to ensure effective management of ecosystem services. Most research has focused only on biophysical and valuation assessments of putative services. As a mission-oriented discipline, ecosystem service research should be user-inspired and user-useful, which will require that researchers respond to stakeholder needs from the outset and collaborate with them in strategy development and implementation. Here we provide a pragmatic operational model for achieving the safeguarding of ecosystem services. The model comprises three phases: assessment, planning, and management. Outcomes of social, biophysical, and valuation assessments are used to identify opportunities and constraints for implementation. The latter then are transformed into user-friendly products to identify, with stakeholders, strategic objectives for implementation (the planning phase). The management phase undertakes and coordinates actions that achieve the protection of ecosystem services and ensure the flow of these services to beneficiaries. This outcome is achieved via mainstreaming, or incorporating the safeguarding of ecosystem services into the policies and practices of sectors that deal with land- and water-use planning. Management needs to be adaptive and should be institutionalized in a suite of learning organizations that are representative of the sectors that are concerned with decision-making and planning. By following the phases of our operational model, projects for safeguarding ecosystem services are likely to empower stakeholders to implement effective on-the-ground management that will achieve resilience of the corresponding social-ecological systems. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town IS - 28 J1 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2008 SM - 0027-8424 SM - 0744-2831 SM - 1091-6490 T1 - An operational model for mainstreaming ecosystem services for implementation TI - An operational model for mainstreaming ecosystem services for implementation UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34719 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/34719
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCowling RM, Egoh B, Knight AT, , Reyers B, Rouget M, et al. An operational model for mainstreaming ecosystem services for implementation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2008;105(28):9483 - 9488. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34719.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciences
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Science
dc.sourceProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
dc.source.journalissue28
dc.source.journalvolume105
dc.source.pagination9483 - 9488
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0706559105
dc.subject.otherConservation of Natural Resources
dc.subject.otherEcosystem
dc.subject.otherEnvironment
dc.subject.otherPlanning Techniques
dc.subject.otherResearch
dc.subject.otherSocioeconomic Factors
dc.titleAn operational model for mainstreaming ecosystem services for implementation
dc.typeJournal Article
uct.type.publicationResearch
uct.type.resourceJournal Article
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