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Fraser, James A.; Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK; james.angus.fraser@gmail.com; Narmah, Woulay; College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Liberia, Capitol Hill, Monrovia, Liberia; narmahwoulay@yahoo.com; Guilavogui, Kaman; IRAG, CRA, Seredou, Guinea; guilavoguikm@yahoo.fr; de Foresta, Hubert; IRD, UMR AMAP, Montpellier, France; hubert.de.foresta@ird.fr. |
The cultural valuation of biodiversity has taken on renewed importance over the last two decades as the ecosystem services framework has become widely adopted. Conservation initiatives increasingly use ecosystem service frameworks to render tropical forest landscapes and their peoples legible to market-oriented initiatives such as REDD+ and biodiversity offsetting schemes. Ecosystem service approaches have been widely criticized by scholars in the social sciences and humanities for their narrow focus on a small number of easily quantifiable and marketable services and a reductionist and sometimes simplistic approach to culture. We address the need to combine methods from each of the “three cultures” of natural science, quantitative... |
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Anthropogenic landscapes; Conservation science; Cultural heritage; Ecosystem services; Sacred forests; Secondary forests. |
Ano: 2016 |
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