Embedding plural values in value chains to enhance sustainability in the management of cork oak landscapes
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Embedding plural values in value chains to enhance sustainability in the management of cork oak landscapes. / Sørensen, Irene Holm; Torralba, Mario; Muñoz-Rojas, José; Kristensen, Lone Søderkvist; Plieninger, Tobias.
In: Landscape Ecology, Vol. 38, 2023, p. 3569–3587.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Embedding plural values in value chains to enhance sustainability in the management of cork oak landscapes
AU - Sørensen, Irene Holm
AU - Torralba, Mario
AU - Muñoz-Rojas, José
AU - Kristensen, Lone Søderkvist
AU - Plieninger, Tobias
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Context: The management of Portuguese agroforestry landscapes is currently focused on specialised cork and cattle production. Sustainable landscape management is increasingly discussed as an effective option to foster the multifunctionality of these landscapes. Such management requires consideration of multiple values connected to the landscape and to the products stemming from it. Objectives: The aim of this study is to (1) assess the importance of specific values related to cork and to the cork production landscapes, (2) analyse how values differ across the value chain actors, and (3) compare the types of values associated to cork and the cork production landscapes. Methods: We combine value chain analysis with the concept of plural valuation in order to illuminate the values amongst value chain actors. We conducted interviews with 62 actors divided across the value chain using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: We found that a broad range of instrumental, intrinsic and relational values were expressed by our respondents. Our results show an imbalance between the perception of the ecosystem health expressed by actors involved in the industrial transformation of cork compared to those directly involved with the landscape. This imbalance shows the necessity to find a common management ideal for cork production landscapes favouring multifunctionality. Conclusions: Our study shows the relevance of considering plural values when planning and implementing sustainable landscape management. Integrated into a landscape approach, value chain analysis is useful in reaching actors in order to uncover different points of view towards a single landscape. Our study suggests that focusing on the multifunctional nature of the cork production landscapes may be key in ensuring a sustainable future for this social-ecological system.
AB - Context: The management of Portuguese agroforestry landscapes is currently focused on specialised cork and cattle production. Sustainable landscape management is increasingly discussed as an effective option to foster the multifunctionality of these landscapes. Such management requires consideration of multiple values connected to the landscape and to the products stemming from it. Objectives: The aim of this study is to (1) assess the importance of specific values related to cork and to the cork production landscapes, (2) analyse how values differ across the value chain actors, and (3) compare the types of values associated to cork and the cork production landscapes. Methods: We combine value chain analysis with the concept of plural valuation in order to illuminate the values amongst value chain actors. We conducted interviews with 62 actors divided across the value chain using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: We found that a broad range of instrumental, intrinsic and relational values were expressed by our respondents. Our results show an imbalance between the perception of the ecosystem health expressed by actors involved in the industrial transformation of cork compared to those directly involved with the landscape. This imbalance shows the necessity to find a common management ideal for cork production landscapes favouring multifunctionality. Conclusions: Our study shows the relevance of considering plural values when planning and implementing sustainable landscape management. Integrated into a landscape approach, value chain analysis is useful in reaching actors in order to uncover different points of view towards a single landscape. Our study suggests that focusing on the multifunctional nature of the cork production landscapes may be key in ensuring a sustainable future for this social-ecological system.
KW - Cork
KW - Landscape approach
KW - Montado
KW - Multifunctionality
KW - Plural values
KW - Value chain
U2 - 10.1007/s10980-023-01730-x
DO - 10.1007/s10980-023-01730-x
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85165195581
VL - 38
SP - 3569
EP - 3587
JO - Landscape Ecology
JF - Landscape Ecology
SN - 0921-2973
ER -
ID: 362148438