Cultural ecosystem services (CES) of community forests (CFs) contribute to human welfare.
However, limited information is available about the relationship between traditional …

Understanding how local communities perceive and depend on mangrove ecosystem
services (MES) is important for translating and incorporating their benefits, priorities, and …

Given the direct dependence rural communities have on forests, understanding ecosystem
services can empower communities and align stakeholders to define priorities and …

Little attention has been given to local people's perception of and preferences for ES,
especially in developing countries. Such disregard of local community's priorities for …

It is vital to integrate local communities' perception of ecosystem services (ES) into the
management planning of protected areas. We investigated community perceptions of a …

Sacred natural sites (SNS) are multi-functional in nature and provide a variety of ecosystem
services that contribute to human well-being and environmental sustainability. Interest in the …

The tropical dry regions in the Neotropics are under intense anthropogenic pressures,
resulting in changes for local communities related with their life patterns, wellbeing, and their …

Relational values are a way of recognizing and valuing the complex and interconnected
relationships between people and nature, such as caregiving, place attachment and spiritual …

The perceptions and values that local communities have towards protected areas are of
great value for the improvement of these territories' management. Such perceptions and …

Freshwater ecosystems deliver an extensive range of ecosystem services (ESs), which are
the benefits people obtain from their interaction with nature. Increasing pressure on water …