Decision making in a complex world: Using OPTamos in a multi-criteria process for land management in the Cuitzmala watershed in Mexico |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Social Ecology Vienna, Alpen-Adria University, Schottenfeldgasse 29, 1070 Vienna, Austria;2. University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada;1. Centre for Environmental Research Innovation and Sustainability, Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ash Lane, Sligo, Ireland;2. Teagasc Environment Research Centre, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, Ireland;3. Dept. of Agrifood Business and Spatial Analysis, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland;4. Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Agriculture House 3W, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Ireland;1. Environmental Planning Laboratory (LABPLAM), Department of Urbanism and Spatial Planning, University of Granada, Spain;2. Environmental Planning Laboratory (LABPLAM), Department of Urbanism and Spatial, Planning, University of Granada, Spain;3. E.T.S. Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Campus de Fuentenueva s/n, 18071, Granada, Spain, Spain;1. Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, PostGraduate Programme in Forest Science, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil;2. Federal University of Espírito Santo/UFES, Department of Rural Engineering, 29500-000, Alegre, ES, Brazil;3. Federal University Rural of Rio de Janeiro – Institute Três Rios, Department of Environmental Sciences, 25802-100, Três Rios, RJ, Brazil;4. Federal University of Viçosa/UFV, PostGraduate Programme in Agrochemistry, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs; s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil;1. Petroleum – Gas University of Ploiesti, B-dul Bucuresti, No. 39, 100680, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania;2. Valahia University of Targoviste, Lt. Stancu Ion Street, No. 35, Targoviste, Dambovita, Romania;1. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China;2. Water and Development Research Group, Aalto University, 00076 Espoo, Finland;3. Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;4. Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;5. Department of Integrative Biology and Center for Integrative Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA;6. Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97266, Waco, TX 76798-7266, USA;7. Department of Environmental Science, Wachemo University, Hosanna, Ethiopia;8. College of Natural Science, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, 21, Ethioipa |
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| Abstract: | Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) are incentives offered to land owners or managers in exchange for practices that benefit society with ecological goods and/or services. For the success of PES schemes, the involvement of stakeholders, their needs, knowledge, and perspectives has been found beneficial. This paper presents a new approach in engaging stakeholders based on an iterative transdisciplinary framework for a Social Multi-Criteria Evaluation (SMCE) decision-making process. After a comprehensive review of existing options, the paper describes the development and application of a new software, OPTamos, to allow for efficient handling and processing of large volumes of quantitative and qualitative data generated from stakeholder workshops. Applied to a land use related decision in the Cuitzmala watershed, in the state of Jalisco in Mexico, the outcomes from this approach resulted in acceptable land management options for the entire area of the watershed that satisfied criteria generated by the stakeholders themselves and to finally develop an action plan. |
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| Keywords: | Payments for ecosystem services (PES) Decision support Transdisciplinary research Stakeholder participation Social multi-criteria evaluation (SMCE) |
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