Linking Forest Ecosystem Services to the SDGs: Semi-quantitative Mapping of Perceptions towards Integrated Decision-making.

Pham, Myriam; Pfund, Jean-Laurent (2024). Linking Forest Ecosystem Services to the SDGs: Semi-quantitative Mapping of Perceptions towards Integrated Decision-making. Environmental management, 74(1), pp. 148-158. Springer 10.1007/s00267-023-01915-9

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With this study, we test and present the results of a reproducible semi-quantitative methodological approach, which enables us to map perceptions of complex systems, linking the forest ecosystem services (FES) of a given spatial level to the wider policy domains represented by the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through a participative process, we used integrated forest management and FES as entry point concepts to support and inform dialog towards a normative desired future as framed by the SDGs, taking into account interdependencies across sectors and policy domains. The scales used in the test were national (Switzerland) and international but it is possible to use the approach at any level of integration, especially the landscape one in the case of forest or other ecosystem issues to be transdisciplinary solved. We stress that the semi-quantitative aspects of the approach - be it the ranking of the importance of FES across the different SDGs, or the positive or negative weighting of interactions among these FES in cross-impact matrices - enable the perceptions held by actors to be more explicit and significant for governance or goal prioritization. The results illustrate the perceptions of selected actors on the effects of integrated forest management and provide a basis for multi-actor deliberation on emerging potential synergies or conflicts, thereby genuinely supporting science-policy-practice dialog, which is crucial to foster integrated decision-making.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

10 Strategic Research Centers > Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

UniBE Contributor:

Pham, Myriam

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology

ISSN:

0364-152X

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

05 Dec 2023 10:15

Last Modified:

28 Jun 2024 00:12

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s00267-023-01915-9

PubMed ID:

38047917

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Forest ecosystem services Integrated landscape approaches Policy integration Sustainable development goals

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/189826

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/189826

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