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Rapid economic valuation of ecosystem services in man and biosphere reserves in Africa: A review
Azadi, Hossein; Van Passel, Steven; Cools, Jan
2021In Global Ecology and Conservation, 28, p. 01697
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Keywords :
Ecological indicators; Economic valuation approaches; Environmental perception; Monetary and non-monetary valuation; Systematic review; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Ecology; Nature and Landscape Conservation
Abstract :
[en] Ecosystem services (ESs) include the benefits people receive from ecosystems that support the socio-economic requirements and human well-being. The Man and Biosphere (MAB) programs are a scientific plan in the African context that is linked to governments and attempts to create a systematic ground to enhance the relationship between individuals and their environments. Using economic valuation methods, the main objective of this study was to perform a systematic review on studies undertaken in African countries in order to expose the role of MAB programs in conserving ESs in these countries. Based on the results, MAB programs offer both the protection of cultural ecosystem services and the improvement of livelihoods. Moreover, the MAB programs enable biosphere reserves to help national governments find solutions to the pressing challenges in Africa. In conclusion, policymakers should be aware of the main goal of ESs valuation approaches. In other words, the main goal should focus on the creation of prevention rather than rehabilitation activities in order to avoid the loss of ecosystem services mainly at the cost of users. Overall, the findings of this study underlined that economic valuation methods should provide evidence to underpin the development of policy instruments for the conservation of ESs in African countries. More importantly, ESs conservation strategies should consider various measures to reduce human impacts while also considering their well-being. In this context, the study's main implication is that human well-being is determined not only by the quantity but also by the quality of ESs.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Azadi, Hossein  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre > Modélisation et développement ; Department of Geography, Ghent University, Belgium ; Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Van Passel, Steven;  Department of Engineering Management, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Cools, Jan;  Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Rapid economic valuation of ecosystem services in man and biosphere reserves in Africa: A review
Publication date :
August 2021
Journal title :
Global Ecology and Conservation
eISSN :
2351-9894
Publisher :
Elsevier
Volume :
28
Pages :
e01697
Peer reviewed :
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