Theme 7-2: Capacity, Institutions and Innovations for Sustainable Development--Poster Sessions
Description
The Toolkit for Site-Based Assessment (Landscape) of Ecosystem Services (TESSA) is intended to be an accessible guide for low-cost methods to assess the benefits that people receive from nature at particular sites in order to generate information that can be used to influence decision-making (Pehl et al 2015). However, TESSA does not have defined protocols for grasslands ecosystems. This article focuses on the description and discussion of the lessons learned in the participatory workshops that include engaging with policy and decision-making actors. The work consisted of identifying 1) the area occupied by each coverage or use, 2) the threats and agents of change, 3) the ecosystem services and 4) a detailed description of the most important services in the area. The methodology was applied in the grassland ecosystems in the countries of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay (Schossler et al 2016). A total of 54 livestock farmers, 56 researchers and more than 22 institutions were involved with this study. Results involve the perceptions of the actors involved with the topic of interest in the four countries of interest, in addition to the potential changes and trends presented by the agents of change that most affect the ecosystem. In this paper we discuss the initial steps of the TESSA methodology. The protocols used at the field level and their results will be published as self contained articles within the doctoral thesis of the primary author.
Citation
Schossler, Daniela; Nabinger, Carlos; Boggiano, Pablo; Restrepo-Osorio, Diana L.; and Ribeiro, Claudio, "Application of the TESSA Methodology in a Pilot Protocol for Participatory Evaluation of Ecosystem Services and Agents of Change in the Pampa Grasslands. Method Description and Lessons Learned" (2022). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 4.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/24/7-2/4
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Application of the TESSA Methodology in a Pilot Protocol for Participatory Evaluation of Ecosystem Services and Agents of Change in the Pampa Grasslands. Method Description and Lessons Learned
The Toolkit for Site-Based Assessment (Landscape) of Ecosystem Services (TESSA) is intended to be an accessible guide for low-cost methods to assess the benefits that people receive from nature at particular sites in order to generate information that can be used to influence decision-making (Pehl et al 2015). However, TESSA does not have defined protocols for grasslands ecosystems. This article focuses on the description and discussion of the lessons learned in the participatory workshops that include engaging with policy and decision-making actors. The work consisted of identifying 1) the area occupied by each coverage or use, 2) the threats and agents of change, 3) the ecosystem services and 4) a detailed description of the most important services in the area. The methodology was applied in the grassland ecosystems in the countries of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay (Schossler et al 2016). A total of 54 livestock farmers, 56 researchers and more than 22 institutions were involved with this study. Results involve the perceptions of the actors involved with the topic of interest in the four countries of interest, in addition to the potential changes and trends presented by the agents of change that most affect the ecosystem. In this paper we discuss the initial steps of the TESSA methodology. The protocols used at the field level and their results will be published as self contained articles within the doctoral thesis of the primary author.
