No. 2 (2023): Ecosystem-based Planning. The contribution of ecosystem services to Urban and Regional Planning innovation
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Da “Servizi Ecosistemici” a “Contributi della Natura alle Persone”: un toolkit per attribuire valore alla natura e supportare processi partecipativi su tematiche ambientali.

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  • Cassandra Fontana,
  • Andrea Testi
Cassandra Fontana
Università di Firenze
Andrea Testi
Università di Firenze
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/contest-14812

Published 2024-05-07

Keywords

  • valore della natura, transizione ecologica, innovazioni democratiche

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Fontana, C., & Testi, A. (2024). Da “Servizi Ecosistemici” a “Contributi della Natura alle Persone”: un toolkit per attribuire valore alla natura e supportare processi partecipativi su tematiche ambientali. Contesti. Città, Territori, Progetti, (2), 16–35. https://doi.org/10.36253/contest-14812

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Affrontare le sfide globali contemporanee richiede una migliore capacità di comunicare e riflettere collettivamente sulle tematiche ambientali e sul delicato rapporto tra natura e società. Il concetto di Servizio Ecosistemico, nato per mettere in luce queste interconnessioni, è stato criticato per l’approccio antropocentrico e tecno-economicista che ne comprometterebbe il potenziale all’interno di un processo partecipativo. La ricerca fa ricorso all’attuale dibattito accademico su questi temi e accoglie la recente proposta di introdurre il complementare concetto di Contributi della Natura alle Persone. Su questa base teorica, il saggio illustra il Collective Ecosystems Toolkit, uno strumento composto di tre componenti: un gioco da tavolo, un’applicazione, e una piattaforma digitale. Lo strumento, concepito per essere utilizzato entro un processo partecipativo su temi ambientali e al momento in fase di sperimentazione, contribuisce al filone di ricerca relativo ai metodi di valutazione del valore della natura da parte delle comunità locali e si pone in linea con i numerosi contributi che sostengono la necessità di ripoliticizzare le questioni ambientali.

Abstract (Eng)

In the face of contemporary global challenges, there is an increasing demand to communicate and reflect on environmental issues and on the delicate relationship between nature and society. The concept of Ecosystem Service, originally conceived to underscore these interconnections, has been criticized for its anthropocentric and techno-economic approach, limiting its potential use within participatory processes. The research draws upon the academic discourse surrounding these topics and acknowledges the recent emergence of the Nature’s Contributions to People concept. On this theoretical basis, the paper introduces the Collective Ecosystems Toolkit, a tool comprising three components: one board game, one application, and one digital platform. The tool has been designed to accompany a participatory process regarding environmental issues and is currently under experimentation. It contributes to the body of research focused on methods for evaluating nature’s values by local communities, and aligns with the numerous studies arguing for the need to repoliticizing environmental issues.

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