The Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services of Biodiversity Components in Protected Areas: A Review for a Framework of Analysis for the Gargano National Park

Protected areas play an important role in the conservation and protection of biodiversity of particular territories, especially of ecosystems that provide resources for living organisms, including human beings. Different studies highlight the importance of biodiversity and its associated benefits in...

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Published in:Sustainability 2021-11, Vol.13 (21), p.11726
Main Authors: Pisani, Domenico, Pazienza, Pasquale, Perrino, Enrico Vito, Caporale, Diana, De Lucia, Caterina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Biodiversity hot spots
Biological diversity
Biological diversity conservation
Economic aspects
Economics
Ecosystem services
Ecosystems
Endangered & extinct species
Environmental economics
Evaluation
Extinction
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
National parks
National parks and reserves
Natural resources
Parks & recreation areas
Protected areas
Protection and preservation
Sustainability
Sustainable development
United Kingdom
Valuation
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Summary:Protected areas play an important role in the conservation and protection of biodiversity of particular territories, especially of ecosystems that provide resources for living organisms, including human beings. Different studies highlight the importance of biodiversity and its associated benefits in terms of ecosystem services of protected areas. The economic assessment of ecosystem services and biodiversity becomes a viable solution to help the policy maker to make decisions on the environmental preservation of these areas according to the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. Nonetheless, very few studies provide an economic evaluation of the benefits of protected areas. To advance the current debate on the economic evaluation of the benefits provided by protected areas, the present paper purposes an integrated approach. It presents an overview of main ecosystem services’ mapping techniques currently available to researchers and policy makers and offers a systematic review carried out for the period 2015–2020 at an international level. The main findings are particularly attractive for the Gargano National Park (GNP) in the south of Italy, which is recognised as being a biodiversity hot spot at global level. The current study provides useful guidance for the assessment of trade-offs, the support to policy makers, and the provision of efficient allocation of public resources for protected areas.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su132111726