TY  - JOUR
A1  - Martin-Lopez, Berta
A1  - Leister, Ines
A1  - Cruz, Pedro Lorenzo
A1  - Palomo, Ignacio
A1  - Gret-Regamey, Adrienne
A1  - Harrison, Paula A.
A1  - Lavorel, Sandra
A1  - Locatelli, Bruno
A1  - Luque, Sandra
A1  - Walz, Ariane
T1  - Nature’s contributions to people in mountains
BT  - a review
JF  - PLoS one
N2  - Mountains play a key role in the provision of nature’s contributions to people (NCP) worldwide that support societies’ quality of life. Simultaneously, mountains are threatened by multiple drivers of change. Due to the complex interlinkages between biodiversity, quality of life and drivers of change, research on NCP in mountains requires interdisciplinary approaches. In this study, we used the conceptual framework of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the notion of NCP to determine to what extent previous research on ecosystem services in mountains has explored the different components of the IPBES conceptual framework. We conducted a systematic review of articles on ecosystem services in mountains published up to 2016 using the Web of Science and Scopus databases. Descriptive statistical and network analyses were conducted to explore the level of research on the components of the IPBES framework and their interactions. Our results show that research has gradually become more interdisciplinary by studying higher number of NCP, dimensions of quality of life, and indirect drivers of change. Yet, research focusing on biodiversity, regulating NCP and direct drivers has decreased over time. Furthermore, despite the fact that research on NCP in mountains becoming more policy-oriented over time, mainly in relation to payments for ecosystem services, institutional responses remained underexplored in the reviewed studies. Finally, we discuss the relevant knowledge gaps that should be addressed in future research in order to contribute to IPBES.
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217847
SN  - 1932-6203
VL  - 14
IS  - 6
PB  - PLoS
CY  - San Fransisco
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schoonover, Heather A.
A1  - Gret-Regamey, Adrienne
A1  - Metzger, Marc J.
A1  - Ruiz-Frau, Ana
A1  - Santos-Reis, Margarida
A1  - Scholte, Samantha S. K.
A1  - Walz, Ariane
A1  - Nicholas, Kimberly A.
T1  - Creating space, aligning motivations, and building trust
BT  - a practical framework for stakeholder engagement based on experience in 12 ecosystem services case studies
JF  - Ecology and society : a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability
N2  - Ecosystem services inherently involve people, whose values help define the benefits of nature's services. It is thus important for researchers to involve stakeholders in ecosystem services research. However, a simple and practicable framework to guide such engagement, and in particular to help researchers anticipate and consider key issues and challenges, has not been well explored. Here, we use experience from the 12 case studies in the European Operational Potential of Ecosystem Research Applications (OPERAs) project to propose a stakeholder engagement framework comprising three key elements: creating space, aligning motivations, and building trust. We argue that involving stakeholders in research demands thoughtful reflection from the researchers about what kind of space they want to create, including if and how they want to bring different interests together, how much space they want to allow for critical discussion, and whether there is a role for particular stakeholders to serve as conduits between others. In addition, understanding their own motivations—including values, knowledge, goals, and desired benefits—will help researchers decide when and how to involve stakeholders, identify areas of common ground and potential disagreement, frame the project appropriately, set expectations, and ensure each party is able to see benefits of engaging with each other. Finally, building relationships with stakeholders can be difficult but considering the roles of existing relationships, time, approach, reputation, and belonging can help build mutual trust. Although the three key elements and the paths between them can play out differently depending on the particular research project, we suggest that a research design that considers how to create the space in which researchers and stakeholders will meet, align motivations between researchers and stakeholders, and build mutual trust will help foster productive researcher–stakeholder relationships.
KW  - cocreated knowledge
KW  - ecosystem services
KW  - participatory research
KW  - research design
KW  - stakeholder engagement
KW  - transdisciplinary research
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10061-240111
SN  - 1708-3087
VL  - 24
IS  - 1
PB  - Resilience Alliance
CY  - Wolfville
ER  -