1st Edition

The Justices and Injustices of Ecosystem Services

Edited By Thomas Sikor Copyright 2013
224 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Humankind benefits from a multitude of resources and processes that are supplied by ecosystems, and collectively these benefits are known as ecosystem services. Interest in this topic has grown exponentially over the last decade, as biologists and economists have tried to quantify these benefits to justify management interventions. Yet, as this book demonstrates, the implications for justice and... Read more

1. Introduction: Linking Ecosystem Services with Environmental Justice 

Thomas Sikor 

Part 1: Ecosystem Services-based Governance Interventions  

2. Justice Implications of Conditionality in Payments for Ecosystem Services: a Case Study from Uganda 

Janet Fisher 

3. REDD+: Justice Effects of Technical Design 

Thomas Sikor 

4. Just Conservation? On the Fairness of Sharing Benefits 

Adrian Martin, Anne Akol and Jon Phillips 

5. Basin Justice: Using Social Justice to address Gaps in River Basin Management 

Mark Zeitoun and Karis McLaughlin 

Part 2: The Ecosystem Services Framework 

6. Environmentalisms, Justices and the Limits of Ecosystem Services Frameworks 

Sharachchandra Lele 

7. Health, Environment and the Ecosystem Services Framework: A Justice Critique 

Roger Few 

8. A Justice Critique of Environmental Valuation for Ecosystem Governance 

Eneko Garmendia and Unai Pascual 

9. The Justices and Injustices of Ecosystem Services 

Thomas Sikor, Janet Fisher, Roger Few, Adrian Martin and Mark Zeitoun

Biography

Thomas Sikor is Professor of Environment and Development at the University of East Anglia, UK. 

"The book’s lasting influence will stem from the thorough analysis and evaluation of ecosystem services in light of three dimensions of environmental justice: distribution; participation; and recognition ... This book provides a sturdy platform for taking the right course of action."Crosslands Bulletin

"The authors of this book are social scientists describing and convincingly criticizing various types of ecosystem services-based government interventions... I would certainly recommend it to all sorts of readers" - Frederik H. Kistenkas, Wageningen University, in Ecosystem Services journal