Mexico is a country that has experienced a successful process of regional development based on the adoption of intensive agricultural systems. Often, the water withdrawal goes beyond what the aquifer can be replenished by the little rainfall. Mexico, as many countries, relies on its aquifers to provide at least 60% of all irrigation water to produce crops every year. Finally, this study demonstrates that socio-cultural valuation has great potential to improve the legitimacy of forest ecosystem management decisions and to promote consensus building. For the collection of primary information, the dominant methodologies are focus groups, semi-structured interviews and online surveys.
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The main methodological approaches in the socio-cultural valuation of forest services are participatory mapping, social media analysis, the Q method and free listing. Inconsistency has been observed in the definition and classification of services provided by forests, as well as a lack of unanimity on the reference framework to be applied.
There is a wide disparity between the countries conducting the research and those being studied. The results show that socio-cultural valuation has gained importance in recent years. The aim of this study is to analyse the evolution of global research on the economic valuation of forest ecosystem services through a review of the existing literature on this topic. The socio-cultural valuation of forest ecosystem services is a useful tool to generate knowledge and help balance the different interests of stakeholders with respect to the management of these services.
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