Evaluating social learning in participatory mapping of ecosystem services
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In: Ecosystems and People, Vol. 15, No. 1, 01.11.2019, p. 257-268.
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T1 - Evaluating social learning in participatory mapping of ecosystem services
AU - García-Nieto, Ana P.
AU - Huland, Elias
AU - Quintas-Soriano, Cristina
AU - Iniesta-Arandia, Irene
AU - García-Llorente, Marina
AU - Palomo, Ignacio
AU - Martín-López, Berta
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - Recent studies have shown the opportunities and limitations of participatory mapping for ecosystem services management, although it is an incipient research area. One of the research questions yet to be addressed is whether the composition of stakeholder groups has an effect on the outputs of participatory mapping. In this study, we assessed the influence of group composition on the mapped spatial distribution of ecosystem services. We developed two participatory mapping workshops of the ecosystem service supply and demand in the Nacimiento Watershed (Andalusia, Spain). In workshop 1, stakeholders were uniformly grouped according to their level of influence on land management. In workshop 2, we created mixed groups, with participants having dissimilar levels of influence on land management. The strategy of the second workshop aimed to foster social learning among participants, which was expected to influence the mapping outputs. We compared the outputs regarding the mapped spatial distribution of the ecosystem service supply and demand between the two workshops. Our results suggest that social learning occurred in groups with a mixed composition of participants, affecting the mapped spatial distribution of the supply and demand of ecosystem services. Finally, we discuss that knowledge exchange among participants can be supported through deliberative processes that occur in participatory settings, when stakeholders have different degrees of influence on land management. This can also enrich the assessment of the distribution of ecosystem services.
AB - Recent studies have shown the opportunities and limitations of participatory mapping for ecosystem services management, although it is an incipient research area. One of the research questions yet to be addressed is whether the composition of stakeholder groups has an effect on the outputs of participatory mapping. In this study, we assessed the influence of group composition on the mapped spatial distribution of ecosystem services. We developed two participatory mapping workshops of the ecosystem service supply and demand in the Nacimiento Watershed (Andalusia, Spain). In workshop 1, stakeholders were uniformly grouped according to their level of influence on land management. In workshop 2, we created mixed groups, with participants having dissimilar levels of influence on land management. The strategy of the second workshop aimed to foster social learning among participants, which was expected to influence the mapping outputs. We compared the outputs regarding the mapped spatial distribution of the ecosystem service supply and demand between the two workshops. Our results suggest that social learning occurred in groups with a mixed composition of participants, affecting the mapped spatial distribution of the supply and demand of ecosystem services. Finally, we discuss that knowledge exchange among participants can be supported through deliberative processes that occur in participatory settings, when stakeholders have different degrees of influence on land management. This can also enrich the assessment of the distribution of ecosystem services.
KW - Ecosystems Research
KW - Deliberation
KW - landscape management
KW - participatory GIS
KW - stakeholder diversity
KW - workshop
KW - knowledge exchange
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/73328f98-a8d7-3cbc-8873-31de3064e8f2/
U2 - 10.1080/26395916.2019.1667875
DO - 10.1080/26395916.2019.1667875
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 15
SP - 257
EP - 268
JO - Ecosystems and People
JF - Ecosystems and People
SN - 2639-5908
IS - 1
ER -