Stakeholders’ Opinions towards Water-Related Forests Ecosystem Services in Selected Southeast European Countries (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia)

Even though water-related forest ecosystem services are important for forestry and water management sectors, they have different definitions and are regulated differently in each sector, which makes them poorly recognized. How stakeholders from two main sectors (forestry and water management) percei...

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Autores principales:	Dijana Vuletić, Silvija Krajter Ostoić, Klára Báliková, Mersudin Avdibegović, Kristina Potočki, Špela Pezdevšek Malovrh, Stjepan Posavec, Srđan Stojnić, Alessandro Paletto
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	water-related ecosystem services (WES) stakeholder analysis questionnaire survey payments for ecosystem services (PES) Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:48afed2318d8435e8dcb3ac7fd9ff7922021-11-11T19:39:53ZStakeholders’ Opinions towards Water-Related Forests Ecosystem Services in Selected Southeast European Countries (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia)10.3390/su1321120012071-1050https://doaj.org/article/48afed2318d8435e8dcb3ac7fd9ff7922021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/12001https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050Even though water-related forest ecosystem services are important for forestry and water management sectors, they have different definitions and are regulated differently in each sector, which makes them poorly recognized. How stakeholders from two main sectors (forestry and water management) perceive the importance of water-related forest ecosystem services, the trade-offs between ecosystem services and the effectiveness and implementation of payments schemes related to forest water ecosystem services were our areas of interest. We have conduct surveys with different groups of stakeholders from both sectors in four selected countries (the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia) with a lot of similarities and the potential to learn from each other. The results show that in spite of the spotted differences among analyzed countries, there is a high level of agreement among respondents on all investigated aspects. In addition, even though different payment schemes exist in three of four countries, stakeholders are rarely aware of their existence, or it is better to say that they do not recognize them as payment schemes for ecosystem services because of their names and definitions, which do not clearly define ecosystem services. Mostly, they use bundled services and non-voluntary payments and are designed and implemented by the states. Due to the strong role of states and the low transparency in the existing schemes, we looked at possible conditions reflected through stakeholders’ opinions for overcoming that obstacle for the development of new payment schemes. We found that there is a high level of acceptance of payments schemes as more effective than “command and control” schemes and of the involvement of other stakeholders in decision-making processes as those conditions that can positively influence development of new payment schemes in all four countries. These results give us hope that in spite of the strong role of the state in selected countries, the role of stakeholders will be more acknowledged and, by that, the future schemes will be more harmonized among the sectors and their goals and needs, contributing to its effectiveness as well.Dijana VuletićSilvija Krajter OstoićKlára BálikováMersudin AvdibegovićKristina PotočkiŠpela Pezdevšek MalovrhStjepan PosavecSrđan StojnićAlessandro PalettoMDPI AGarticlewater-related ecosystem services (WES)stakeholder analysisquestionnaire surveypayments for ecosystem services (PES)Environmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12001, p 12001 (2021)
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topic	water-related ecosystem services (WES) stakeholder analysis questionnaire survey payments for ecosystem services (PES) Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	water-related ecosystem services (WES) stakeholder analysis questionnaire survey payments for ecosystem services (PES) Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Dijana Vuletić Silvija Krajter Ostoić Klára Báliková Mersudin Avdibegović Kristina Potočki Špela Pezdevšek Malovrh Stjepan Posavec Srđan Stojnić Alessandro Paletto Stakeholders’ Opinions towards Water-Related Forests Ecosystem Services in Selected Southeast European Countries (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia)
description	Even though water-related forest ecosystem services are important for forestry and water management sectors, they have different definitions and are regulated differently in each sector, which makes them poorly recognized. How stakeholders from two main sectors (forestry and water management) perceive the importance of water-related forest ecosystem services, the trade-offs between ecosystem services and the effectiveness and implementation of payments schemes related to forest water ecosystem services were our areas of interest. We have conduct surveys with different groups of stakeholders from both sectors in four selected countries (the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia) with a lot of similarities and the potential to learn from each other. The results show that in spite of the spotted differences among analyzed countries, there is a high level of agreement among respondents on all investigated aspects. In addition, even though different payment schemes exist in three of four countries, stakeholders are rarely aware of their existence, or it is better to say that they do not recognize them as payment schemes for ecosystem services because of their names and definitions, which do not clearly define ecosystem services. Mostly, they use bundled services and non-voluntary payments and are designed and implemented by the states. Due to the strong role of states and the low transparency in the existing schemes, we looked at possible conditions reflected through stakeholders’ opinions for overcoming that obstacle for the development of new payment schemes. We found that there is a high level of acceptance of payments schemes as more effective than “command and control” schemes and of the involvement of other stakeholders in decision-making processes as those conditions that can positively influence development of new payment schemes in all four countries. These results give us hope that in spite of the strong role of the state in selected countries, the role of stakeholders will be more acknowledged and, by that, the future schemes will be more harmonized among the sectors and their goals and needs, contributing to its effectiveness as well.
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author	Dijana Vuletić Silvija Krajter Ostoić Klára Báliková Mersudin Avdibegović Kristina Potočki Špela Pezdevšek Malovrh Stjepan Posavec Srđan Stojnić Alessandro Paletto
author_facet	Dijana Vuletić Silvija Krajter Ostoić Klára Báliková Mersudin Avdibegović Kristina Potočki Špela Pezdevšek Malovrh Stjepan Posavec Srđan Stojnić Alessandro Paletto
author_sort	Dijana Vuletić
title	Stakeholders’ Opinions towards Water-Related Forests Ecosystem Services in Selected Southeast European Countries (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia)
title_short	Stakeholders’ Opinions towards Water-Related Forests Ecosystem Services in Selected Southeast European Countries (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia)
title_full	Stakeholders’ Opinions towards Water-Related Forests Ecosystem Services in Selected Southeast European Countries (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia)
title_fullStr	Stakeholders’ Opinions towards Water-Related Forests Ecosystem Services in Selected Southeast European Countries (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia)
title_full_unstemmed	Stakeholders’ Opinions towards Water-Related Forests Ecosystem Services in Selected Southeast European Countries (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia)
title_sort	stakeholders’ opinions towards water-related forests ecosystem services in selected southeast european countries (federation of bosnia and herzegovina, croatia, slovenia and serbia)
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/48afed2318d8435e8dcb3ac7fd9ff792
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Stakeholders’ Opinions towards Water-Related Forests Ecosystem Services in Selected Southeast European Countries (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia)

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