The social distribution of provisioning forest ecosystem services: Evidence and insights from Odisha, India

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University & Researchen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAshoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Indiaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of East Angliaen_US
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.identifierTodd A Crane: 0000-0002-4395-7545en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.04.001en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2212-0416en_US
cg.journalEcosystem Servicesen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriENVIRONMENTen_US
cg.subject.ilriFORESTRYen_US
cg.subject.ilriNRMen_US
cg.volume14en_US
dc.contributor.authorLakerveld, R.P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLele, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCrane, Todd A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFortuin, K.P.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSpringate-Baginski, O.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-24T11:06:08Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-09-24T11:06:08Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/121936en_US
dc.titleThe social distribution of provisioning forest ecosystem services: Evidence and insights from Odisha, Indiaen_US
dcterms.abstractEcosystem services research has highlighted the importance of ecosystems for human well-being. Most of the research, however, focuses only on aggregate human well-being and disregards distributional and equity issues associated with ecosystem services. We review approaches from institutional economics, political ecology and the social sciences in order to develop an analytical framework to understand the distribution of benefits from ecosystems across different socio-cultural groups and the underlying social processes involved. We then present a case study of the distribution of provisioning ecosystem services in a forest-fringe village in Odisha, India. Our analysis shows the unequal distribution of ecosystem services and complex social processes that determine these. We identify the determining factors and processes to include: differential resource-specific needs, different cultural identities, differentiated social status and bargaining power, exclusionary and inclusionary social practices, differential access. Our analysis proves therefore that aggregation of forest ecosystem benefits obscures crucially important patterns of distribution, and the underlying social processes that determine these. This also demonstrates the necessity of applying social science frameworks in such analyses. Our study also shows that most ecosystem services are co-produced through both ecosystem processes and social actions, and so their assessment cannot be separated from the social context in which they are embedded. In conclusion we recommend that ecosystem services research engages more with process-oriented, context-specific and integrated approaches, based on a recognition of the complexity of social-ecological realities.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLakerveld, R.P., Lele, S., Crane, T.A., Fortuin, K.P.J., Springate-Baginski, O. 2015. The social distribution of provisioning forest ecosystem services: Evidence and insights from Odisha, India. Ecosystem Services 14:56-66.en_US
dcterms.extentpp. 56-66en_US
dcterms.issued2015-08en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherElsevieren_US
dcterms.subjectforestryen_US
dcterms.subjectenvironmenten_US
dcterms.subjectnatural resources managementen_US
dcterms.subjectecologyen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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