Participatory mapping reveals biocultural and nature values in the shared landscape of a Nordic UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

[摘要] 1. Making the right decisions for sustainable development requires sound knowledge of the values and spatial distribution of the services co-produced by ecosystems and people. UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere programme and associatedBiosphere Reserves (BRs) are key learning sites or model regions for sustainabledevelopment providing key entry points for transdisciplinary work on sustainabledevelopment. However, there is limited research exploring spatial distribution ofsocio-cultural Ecosystem Service (ES) values in BRs and how those values varyaccording to the BR zonation.2. We used a transdisciplinary approach to design and implement a public participation geographical information systems (PPGIS) survey in a recently designated BRto (a) asses the spatial distribution of ES values in the different zones, (b) identifyhotspots of ES values, (c) identify spatial bundles of ES values and (d) assess thesocial-ecological characteristics that determine the distribution of those values.3. We found that stakeholders identify high biocultural ES values, mapping predominantly places for outdoor recreation, biodiversity, agricultural products and cultural heritage. Buffer zones had high agricultural and cultural heritage values whileextractive values were largely absent from cores zones. We identified five spatialES-value bundles highlighting distinct places important for ES values related to‘multifunctional landscapes’ located close to settlements, ‘cultural landscapes’ associated with agricultural land, ‘wild animal resources’ along the coastlines, ‘outdoor recreation and biodiversity’ and ‘passive cultural values’ widely distributed inhigh and moderately populated areas.

[学科分类] 护理学

[关键词] Biosphere Reserve;ecosystem services;Man and the Biosphere programme;nature's contributions to people;public participation geographical information systems;sustainable development;transdisciplinarity