Natural Capital Conversations: Cultural Ecosystem Services Connected to Land (2/16/2021)

In another session focusing on the cultural benefits that nature provides to people, panelists will present novel approaches to studying and characterizing land-based cultural services. For example, forest-dwellers, fishers, and birdwatchers’ identities all depend on forests, fish, and birds respectively. We also derive recreational benefits from nature and develop place attachment to certain landscape and seascape characteristics. With examples from farmland in Europe and biological corridors in China and Tanzania, we will discuss participatory methods for characterizing and mapping cultural ecosystem services related to land.

Moderator & Panelist:
- Alejandra Echeverri, Postdoctoral Scholar at the Natural Capital Project, Stanford University (Moderator)
- Nora Fagerholm, Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku, Estonia
- Elisa Oteros-Rozas, Chair on Agroecology and Food Systems, University of Victoria, Canada
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The Natural Capital Conversations is the newest addition to NatCap’s virtual programming. Join us for monthly live conversations with expert panelists from across NatCap’s diverse network of scientists, practitioners, and leaders in government and the private sector.

Our Conversations format is designed to spark engaging discussion, learn from others’ experiences, and promote connections with collaborators old and new.