Identifying which ecosystem services are relevant to different stakeholders and
understanding stakeholders' perceptions of such services is useful for making informed …

Evaluations about social preferences for ecosystem services do not always include human
well-being. Using a case study in South-Central Chile, we showed how the human well …

Previous studies have recognized the importance of social dimensions of ecosystem
services and their incorporation into planning processes. However, understanding how …

Ecosystem service assessments have increasingly been used to support environmental
management policies, mainly based on biophysical and economic indicators. However, few …

Biodiversity conservation strategies that overlook the interests of local people are prone to
create conflicts. The ecosystem service approach holds potential for more comprehensively …

Combining socio-cultural valuations of ecosystem services with ecological and monetary
assessments is critical to informing decision making with an integrative and multi-pronged …

Stakeholder groups are not homogeneous across individuals and through time, especially in
relation to the importance of ecosystem services. However, the approaches commonly used …

Despite the term ecosystem services (ES) being important for the study of the relationship
between ecosystems and society, it is still not clear how to incorporate the socio-cultural …

Ecosystem services studies currently lack information regarding stakeholders' socio-cultural
values. This information is highly relevant to human well-being, which is the motivation of …

In spatial planning and management of protected areas, increased priority is being given to
research that integrates social and ecological data. However, public viewpoints of the …