PubData Leuphana Repository: Plural valuation in southwestern Ethiopia: Disaggregating values associated with ecosystems in a smallholder landscape

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Ressourcentyp	Zeitschriftenartikel
Titel	Plural valuation in southwestern Ethiopia: Disaggregating values associated with ecosystems in a smallholder landscape
DOI	10.48548/pubdata-1468
Handle	20.500.14123/1538
Autor*in	Brück, Maria 0000-0001-8656-8972 Schultner, Jannik 0000-0002-5865-7975 Negash, Birhanu Bekele 0009-0000-9986-7840 Damu, Dadi Feyisa Abson, David J. 0000-0003-3755-785X
Abstract	Recognizing the diversity of preferences for, and values ascribed to, ecosystems in decision-making can help to realize more sustainable and equitable policies for transformative change. The goal of this paper was to assess how rankings of ecosystem products (i.e. their relative importance in people's lives) relate to people's individual characteristics, their social–ecological context and the values they ascribe to each ecosystem product. In our case study in southwestern Ethiopia, we considered 11 ecosystem products and four value types (direct use, exchange, relational, intrinsic). We used descriptive statistics, hierarchical clustering and chi-square tests of independence to analyse the data. On average, maize and teff were ranked as most important, and direct use and relational value were the most important value types. Beneficiaries often ascribed multiple values to each ecosystem product, and direct use and relational values better explained overall importance rankings than exchange or intrinsic values. Five groups of beneficiaries, who each prioritized a different set of ecosystem products, differed in their occupation, and in their social–ecological context, in terms of the villages they lived in and the ecosystem products they produced. Beneficiaries in each of the five groups ascribed different value types to their prioritized ecosystem products, and these did not always align with the value types that were generally judged most important by the group. We recommend that sustainable landscape management should reflect the diversity of people's value ascription, including non-exchange values. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
Sprache	Englisch
Schlagwörter	Disaggregation; Ecosystem; Services; Ethiopia; Plural Valuation; Smallholder Structures; Socio-cultural Values
Jahr der Veröffentlichung in PubData	2024
Art der Veröffentlichung	Zweitveröffentlichung
Publikationsversion	Veröffentlichte Version
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung	2023-11-15
Entstehungskontext	Forschung
Anmerkungen	This publication was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Veröffentlicht durch	Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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