Cultural Ecosystem Services

The notion of cultural ecosystem services is relevant to Nature Based Solutions and to our discussion of interspecies cultures.

It is an anthropocentric concept in that the notion of cultural ecosystem services aims to capture nonmaterial or intangible benefits humans obtain from ecosystems.

Still, it is relevant as an example of existing work on nature/culture.

Gould, Rachelle K., Joshua W. Morse, and Alison B. Adams. ‘Cultural Ecosystem Services and Decision-Making: How Researchers Describe the Applications of Their Work’. People and Nature 1, no. 4 (2019): 457–75. https://doi.org/10/gk97c7.

Milcu, Andra Ioana, Jan Hanspach, David Abson, and Joern Fischer. ‘Cultural Ecosystem Services: A Literature Review and Prospects for Future Research’. Ecology and Society 18, no. 3 (2013). https://doi.org/10/gbdzrp.

Cabana, David, Frances Ryfield, Tasman P. Crowe, and John Brannigan. ‘Evaluating and Communicating Cultural Ecosystem Services’. Ecosystem Services 42 (2020): 101085. https://doi.org/10/ggmn85.