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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Justice
  • Sustainable Development

Background:

  • Ecosystem service (ES) approaches are promoted for sustainable development.
  • Critics highlight ES approaches' limitations in addressing diverse values and justice concerns, particularly power dynamics and inter-/intra-generational equity.
  • Existing ES frameworks often overlook core environmental justice principles.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide guidance on integrating justice into ecosystem service research and practice.
  • To address the need for a more holistic perspective in ecosystem service assessments.
  • To enhance the capacity of ES approaches to account for diverse values and knowledge systems.

Main Methods:

  • The study advocates for deep engagement with stakeholders and rights holders.
  • It emphasizes disentangling contextual factors influencing justice outcomes in socio-political interventions related to ES attribution and appropriation.
  • A qualitative, interdisciplinary approach is suggested to integrate diverse knowledge and values.

Main Results:

  • Integrating justice requires understanding power dimensions and capabilities.
  • Stakeholder engagement is crucial for identifying and addressing justice issues in ES.
  • A holistic perspective is necessary for transformative ES assessments and management.

Conclusions:

  • Incorporating justice into ES research and practice is essential for sustainable development.
  • Transformative ES assessments require integrating values and knowledge plurality.
  • Enhanced governance structures informed by justice principles can foster human agency in managing and enjoying ES for wellbeing.