Historical evolution of the social perception on ecosystem services provided by seagrasses through analysis of the written press in North West Spain (1860–2020)

The social recognition of the services delivered by ecosystems takes advantage from knowledge on the historical narratives of their uses and benefits and may facilitate the societal transition towards a more conservation-based perception of natural systems. Historical analysis of ecosystem services...

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Autores: Fernández, Emilio, Barañano, Carlota, Villasante Larramendi, Carlos Sebastián, Méndez, Gonzalo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/42426
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10347/42426
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ecosystem services
Social perception
Conflicts
Historical changes
Seagrass ecosystems
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spelling Historical evolution of the social perception on ecosystem services provided by seagrasses through analysis of the written press in North West Spain (1860–2020)Fernández, EmilioBarañano, CarlotaVillasante Larramendi, Carlos SebastiánMéndez, GonzaloEcosystem servicesSocial perceptionConflictsHistorical changesSeagrass ecosystemsThe social recognition of the services delivered by ecosystems takes advantage from knowledge on the historical narratives of their uses and benefits and may facilitate the societal transition towards a more conservation-based perception of natural systems. Historical analysis of ecosystem services have been barely addressed, possibly because of the lack of available information, especially in the case of uncharismatic habitats such as seagrass meadows. In this investigation, we used the written press to reconstruct the historical narrative of seagrass ecosystems in Galicia (NW Spain), a region where this type of information is not stored in scientific publications or public archives. We assessed the social perception of the ecosystem services provided by marine angiosperms and inferred the main conflicts between seagrasses and users of the Galician estuaries over the last 160 years. The NW Spanish population perceived four provision and regulation ecosystem services from seagrasses throughout this period. A distinct temporal succession of the ecosystem services supplied by seagrasses and perceived by the Galician society was identified. Provisioning services, such as seagrass harvesting for fertilizer use or textile fiber, prevailed until the first quarter of the 1900s, whereas the perception of the nursery effect of Zostera meadows became dominant since the second half of the 1900s. The conflict between shellfishing and seagrasses was recurrent all through the past 160 years. New conflicts related to dredging, filling and navigation emerged in the present century. A positive perception of seagrasses is progressively growing mainly associated with an increasing importance of news referring to research, dissemination and conservation of seagrass ecosystems. Our results show that the information retrieved from the written press helps building the social-ecological memory of ecosystem services provided by seagrass meadows. The public outreach of local traditions associated with these habitats, dissemination of the services they delivered to previous generations and the diffusion of the interactions between Zostera and contemporary human populations may contribute to modify social perceptions on this ecosystem, providing valuable information for the design and implementation of social awareness programs encouraging seagrass conservation needed for ecosystem-based coastal management.ElsevierUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Fundamentos da Análise Económica20222022-01-0120222022-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10347/42426reponame:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostelainstname:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/424262026-06-15T12:47:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Historical evolution of the social perception on ecosystem services provided by seagrasses through analysis of the written press in North West Spain (1860–2020)
title Historical evolution of the social perception on ecosystem services provided by seagrasses through analysis of the written press in North West Spain (1860–2020)
spellingShingle Historical evolution of the social perception on ecosystem services provided by seagrasses through analysis of the written press in North West Spain (1860–2020)
Fernández, Emilio
Ecosystem services
Social perception
Conflicts
Historical changes
Seagrass ecosystems
title_short Historical evolution of the social perception on ecosystem services provided by seagrasses through analysis of the written press in North West Spain (1860–2020)
title_full Historical evolution of the social perception on ecosystem services provided by seagrasses through analysis of the written press in North West Spain (1860–2020)
title_fullStr Historical evolution of the social perception on ecosystem services provided by seagrasses through analysis of the written press in North West Spain (1860–2020)
title_full_unstemmed Historical evolution of the social perception on ecosystem services provided by seagrasses through analysis of the written press in North West Spain (1860–2020)
title_sort Historical evolution of the social perception on ecosystem services provided by seagrasses through analysis of the written press in North West Spain (1860–2020)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fernández, Emilio
Barañano, Carlota
Villasante Larramendi, Carlos Sebastián
Méndez, Gonzalo
author Fernández, Emilio
author_facet Fernández, Emilio
Barañano, Carlota
Villasante Larramendi, Carlos Sebastián
Méndez, Gonzalo
author_role author
author2 Barañano, Carlota
Villasante Larramendi, Carlos Sebastián
Méndez, Gonzalo
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Fundamentos da Análise Económica
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ecosystem services
Social perception
Conflicts
Historical changes
Seagrass ecosystems
topic Ecosystem services
Social perception
Conflicts
Historical changes
Seagrass ecosystems
description The social recognition of the services delivered by ecosystems takes advantage from knowledge on the historical narratives of their uses and benefits and may facilitate the societal transition towards a more conservation-based perception of natural systems. Historical analysis of ecosystem services have been barely addressed, possibly because of the lack of available information, especially in the case of uncharismatic habitats such as seagrass meadows. In this investigation, we used the written press to reconstruct the historical narrative of seagrass ecosystems in Galicia (NW Spain), a region where this type of information is not stored in scientific publications or public archives. We assessed the social perception of the ecosystem services provided by marine angiosperms and inferred the main conflicts between seagrasses and users of the Galician estuaries over the last 160 years. The NW Spanish population perceived four provision and regulation ecosystem services from seagrasses throughout this period. A distinct temporal succession of the ecosystem services supplied by seagrasses and perceived by the Galician society was identified. Provisioning services, such as seagrass harvesting for fertilizer use or textile fiber, prevailed until the first quarter of the 1900s, whereas the perception of the nursery effect of Zostera meadows became dominant since the second half of the 1900s. The conflict between shellfishing and seagrasses was recurrent all through the past 160 years. New conflicts related to dredging, filling and navigation emerged in the present century. A positive perception of seagrasses is progressively growing mainly associated with an increasing importance of news referring to research, dissemination and conservation of seagrass ecosystems. Our results show that the information retrieved from the written press helps building the social-ecological memory of ecosystem services provided by seagrass meadows. The public outreach of local traditions associated with these habitats, dissemination of the services they delivered to previous generations and the diffusion of the interactions between Zostera and contemporary human populations may contribute to modify social perceptions on this ecosystem, providing valuable information for the design and implementation of social awareness programs encouraging seagrass conservation needed for ecosystem-based coastal management.
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