Communicating and Understanding Ecosystem Services Assessment With Coastal Stakeholders: Obstacles and Opportunities

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dc.contributor.authorDeLorme, Denise E.
dc.contributor.authorStephens, Sonia H.
dc.contributor.authorCollini, Renee C.
dc.contributor.authorYoskowitz, David
dc.contributor.authorHagen, Scott C.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-21T15:31:49Z
dc.date.available2022-09-21T15:31:49Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-12
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports on insights and lessons learned from stakeholder engagement, particularly focus groups, conducted during a multi-year, NOAA-sponsored transdisciplinary project. A major project goal was to demonstrate and communicate benefits of natural and nature-based features (NNBFs) (e.g., barrier islands, dunes, and marshes) in the northern Gulf of Mexico region through the lens of economic impacts and ecosystem services. Overall, the findings indicate economic impacts and ecosystem services can be challenging topics to communicate because of complexity in conceptualization and valuation. From our experiences, we recommend using “ecosystem services assessment” (ESA), a more encompassing, accurate, and understandable term to stakeholders. ESA recognizes the integrated human (or built) and natural ecosystem and holistic benefits provided by and to both. The paper concludes with a discussion of future research opportunities for improving ESA-oriented science and outreach.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDeLorme DE, Stephens SH, Collini RC, Yoskowitz DW and Hagen SC (2021) Communicating and Understanding Ecosystem Services Assessment With Coastal Stakeholders: Obstacles and Opportunities. Front. Commun. 6:656884. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2021.656884en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.656884
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/94052
dc.publisherFrontiers in Communicationen_US
dc.subjectEcosystem Servicesen_US
dc.subjectStakeholder Engagementen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental Communicationen_US
dc.subjectCoupled Natural and Human Systemen_US
dc.subjectCoastal Resilienceen_US
dc.titleCommunicating and Understanding Ecosystem Services Assessment With Coastal Stakeholders: Obstacles and Opportunitiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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