Insights into the importance of ecosystem services to human well-being in reservoir landscapes

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationKing's College Londonen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity Internationalen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSNV Netherlands Development Organisationen_US
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystemsen_US
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Fasoen_US
cg.coverage.countryGhanaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BFen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GHen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierSarah K. Jones: 0000-0002-9422-5563en_US
cg.creator.identifierFabrice DeClerck: 0000-0002-3631-8745en_US
cg.creator.identifierNatalia Estrada-Carmona: 0000-0003-4329-5470en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100987en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2212-0416en_US
cg.journalEcosystem Servicesen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.bioversitySMALLHOLDERSen_US
cg.subject.bioversityECOSYSTEM SERVICESen_US
cg.subject.bioversityWATER RESERVOIRSen_US
cg.subject.bioversitySOCIAL WELFAREen_US
cg.volume39en_US
dc.contributor.authorJones, S.K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBoundaogo, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDeClerck, Fabrice A.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorEstrada-Carmona, Nataliaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMirumachi, N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMulligan, M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-30T09:28:02Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-08-30T09:28:02Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/103472en_US
dc.titleInsights into the importance of ecosystem services to human well-being in reservoir landscapesen_US
dcterms.abstractSmallholder farmers in West Africa use multiple ecosystem services (ES) in their day-to-day lives. The contribution that these services make to human well-being (HWB), and therefore to development outcomes, is not well understood. We analyse smallholder farmer perceptions of ES, ecosystem disservices (ED), and their HWB importance around community-managed reservoirs in four semi-arid landscapes in West Africa, using participatory mapping, focus groups and face-to-face surveys. Farmers identified what nature-based benefits (ES) and problems (ED) they perceived across each landscape and rated the importance of each service and disservice for their HWB. Our results indicate that ES make an important contribution to HWB in our study sites. More than 80% of farmers rated benefits from plant-based foods, domestic and agricultural water supplies, biofuel, medicinal plants, and fertile soil, and problems associated with human disease vectors, as of high or very high importance for HWB. Multiple ES were identified as contributing to each dimension of HWB, and ED as detracting from health and material well-being. Perceptions of the importance of several ES and ED varied significantly with socio-economic group, highlighting the need for careful consideration of trade-offs between HWB outcomes and stakeholders in ecosystem management decisions to support sustainable development.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationJones, S.K.; Boundaogo, M.; DeClerck, F.A.; Estrada-Carmona, N.; Mirumachi, N.; Mulligan, M. (2019) Insights into the importance of ecosystem services to human well-being in reservoir landscapes. Ecosystem Services 39: 100987. ISSN: 2212-0416en_US
dcterms.issued2019-10en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherElsevieren_US
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen_US
dcterms.subjectecosystem servicesen_US
dcterms.subjectwater reservoirsen_US
dcterms.subjectcommunity managementen_US
dcterms.subjectvaluationen_US
dcterms.subjectsustainable developmenten_US
dcterms.subjectsocial welfareen_US
dcterms.subjectecologyen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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