Social and economic aspects of peatland management in Northern Europe, with particular reference to the English case
Social and economic aspects of peatland management in Northern Europe, with particular reference to the English case
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DOI：
10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.02.022
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发表时间：
2010-01-15
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影响因子：
6.1
通讯作者：
Morris, J.
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作者：
Rawlins, A.;Morris, J.
造成泥炭土退化的大部分压力都与人类干预有关，尤其是农业用地排水。泥炭土储量的恶化和相关生态系统服务流的退化不仅对直接用户产生影响，而且对整个社会产生影响。因此，解决这些问题的战略必须充分整合社会经济因素，因为它们会影响压力，帮助解释影响，并证明适当的干预措施的合理性，以实现泥炭土的可持续管理。在此背景下，结合利益相关者分析和功能、用途和价值框架，探讨了利益相关者对泥炭地功能的偏好，以及泥炭地地区当前的驱动因素和相关应对措施。人们发现，自然保护等非使用价值现在比过去更加普遍，农业经济学也反映了这一点。研究还发现，泥炭地的农业利用及其相关效益受到高度重视。事实上，在最近因全球赤字而导致粮食价格上涨的背景下，人们重新开始关注维持泥炭地的生产能力以进行某些类型的集约化农业。尽管调和不同利益相关者的利益并不容易，但仍有机会制定政策框架，鼓励整个北欧建立明智的泥炭地管理系统。这要求将泥炭地生态系统明确纳入泥炭地管理决策中。 (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. 保留所有权利。
Most of the pressures on peat soils that are responsible for their declining state are associated with human interventions, most notably land drainage for agriculture. Deteriorating stocks of peat soils and degradation of related ecosystem service flows have impacts not only on immediate users but also on society as a whole. It is important therefore that strategies to address these issues fully integrate socio-economic factors as they influence the pressures, help interpret the impacts, and justify suitable interventions to deliver sustainable management of peat soils. In this context, using a combination of stakeholder analysis and the functions, uses and values framework, stakeholder preferences for peatland functions were explored, along with the current drivers and associated responses in peatland areas. It was found that non-use values such as nature conservation are more prevalent now than in the past, and that agricultural economics has reflected this. it was also found that a high value placed is on the agricultural use of peatlands, and its associated benefits. Indeed, in the context of very recent strengthening of food prices in response to global deficits, there is renewed interest in sustaining the productive capacity of peatlands for some types of intensive farming. Although reconciling differing stakeholder interests is not easy, there is opportunity to develop a policy framework to encourage wise peatland management systems across Northern Europe. This requires that peatland ecosystems are explicitly incorporated into peatland management decisions. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.