生物物理措施支持存在价值的分析和传播
James Boyd1, Robert J Johnston2, Paul Ringold3
1Resources for the Future, Washington, DC.
概括
识别反映存在价值的生态系统服务需要公众可以理解的指标,并且可以在生态尺度上进行测量. 没有单一的指标可以通用,需要社会和生物物理科学家之间的合作.
科学领域:
- 生态系统服务研究研究
- 环境经济学环境经济学
- 保护科学 保护科学
背景情况:
- 生态系统服务研究越来越多地侧重于将生物物理结果与社会福利联系起来.
- 在确定存在值 (非使用值) 的生物物理指标方面存在重大差距.
研究的目的:
- 定义存在值指标的理想特征.
- 确定最可能与存在价值相关的生态系统结果.
主要方法:
- 经济和生态文献的审查.
- 区分分类型和生态景观的指标.
- 分析指标特征:可理解性,感官感知,规模相关性,全面性和可量化性.
主要成果:
- 存在价值的理想关联指标应该是可以理解的,可感知的,可扩展的,全面的和可量化的.
- 指标可以按种群或生态景观进行分类.
- 没有一套普遍的指标存在于所有情况下.
结论:
- 一般原则指导存在价值指标的选择.
- 选择指标是非常具体的情况.
- 社会和生物物理科学家之间的持续合作对于选择适当的指标至关重要.
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