TY - JOUR
T1 - Policy-oriented ecosystem services research on tropical forests in South America: A systematic literature review
AU - Hoff, Richard van der
AU - Nascimento, Nathália
AU - Fabrício-Neto, Ailton
AU - Jaramillo-Giraldo, Carolina
AU - Ambrosio, Geanderson
AU - Arieira, Julia
AU - Nobre, Carlos Afonso
AU - Rajão, Raoni
N1 - Funding Information:
This review is part of a bigger project, entitled “A review of the non-carbon roles of Tropical Forests of South America”, funded by the Climate and Land Use Association (CLUA, grant award: G-1811-55910) and managed by Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Espírito Santo (FAPES, proc. number: 85142522/2019).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - Tropical forests are widely recognized for providing valuable ecosystem services (ES), but their existence is increasingly under pressure. The production of policy-relevant ES science is important to effectively convey their value. The main objective of this review is to insight into the associations between scientific knowledge, policy domains and ES categories to identify gaps for advancing further research and improve ES policy-making. For this purpose, we developed a classification system and conducted a systematic review of publications between 2000 and 2020 that focus on the Amazon, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest, the main tropical forest and tropical savannah biomes of South America. The review results indicated high heterogeneity across the biomes. Valuation studies were least prominent in comparison with other categories, whereas descriptive studies dominated ES science in South America. Scientific contributions tended to cluster around central themes of global environmental governance, including GHG emissions. The research peaks and gaps identified for the three biomes can stimulate new knowledge production efforts and inform regionally specific evidence-based policies for enhancing ES programs and policies in South America.
AB - Tropical forests are widely recognized for providing valuable ecosystem services (ES), but their existence is increasingly under pressure. The production of policy-relevant ES science is important to effectively convey their value. The main objective of this review is to insight into the associations between scientific knowledge, policy domains and ES categories to identify gaps for advancing further research and improve ES policy-making. For this purpose, we developed a classification system and conducted a systematic review of publications between 2000 and 2020 that focus on the Amazon, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest, the main tropical forest and tropical savannah biomes of South America. The review results indicated high heterogeneity across the biomes. Valuation studies were least prominent in comparison with other categories, whereas descriptive studies dominated ES science in South America. Scientific contributions tended to cluster around central themes of global environmental governance, including GHG emissions. The research peaks and gaps identified for the three biomes can stimulate new knowledge production efforts and inform regionally specific evidence-based policies for enhancing ES programs and policies in South America.
KW - Amazon
KW - Atlantic Forest
KW - Cerrado
KW - Ecosystem Services
KW - South America
KW - Systematic literature review
KW - Tropical forests
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101437
DO - 10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101437
M3 - Review article
SN - 2212-0416
VL - 56
SP - 1
EP - 12
JO - Ecosystem Services
JF - Ecosystem Services
M1 - 101437
ER -