Social Demand for Ecosystem Services and Implications for Watershed Management

摘要: We performed a sociocultural preference assessment for suite of ecosystem services provided by the Kiamichi River watershed in south-central United States, region with intense water conflict. The goal was to examine how social could be used weigh tradeoffs among resource uses future management and planning. identified beneficiaries groups, analyzed perception maintaining services, assessed differences importance perceived trends explored impact on arising from different scenarios. Results show habitat species regulation were two all agreed important. main discrepancies stakeholder groups found water-related services. identification potential between under flow scenarios promotes dynamic strategy allocating resources, one that mitigates conflicts. While it is widely accepted needs should considered successful incorporation into management, number studies actually using perspective service limited. Our study demonstrates both possible useful quantify demand management.