@article{fdi:010068254,
  title = {{C}ultural valuation and biodiversity conservation in the {U}pper {G}uinea forest, {W}est {A}frica},
  author = {{F}raser, {J}. {A}. and {D}iabate, {M}. and {N}armah, {W}. and {B}eavogui, {P}. and {G}uilavogui, {K}. and {F}oresta, {H}ubert de and {J}unqueira, {A}. {B}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he cultural valuation of biodiversity has taken on renewed importance over the last two decades as the ecosystem services framework has become widely adopted. {C}onservation initiatives increasingly use ecosystem service frameworks to render tropical forest landscapes and their peoples legible to market-oriented initiatives such as {REDD}+ and biodiversity offsetting schemes. {E}cosystem service approaches have been widely criticized by scholars in the social sciences and humanities for their narrow focus on a small number of easily quantifiable and marketable services and a reductionist and sometimes simplistic approach to culture. {W}e address the need to combine methods from each of the "three cultures" of natural science, quantitative social science, and qualitative social science/humanities in conceptualizing the relationship between cultural valuation and biodiversity conservation. {W}e combine qualitative data with forest inventories and a quantitative index of cultural value to evaluate the relationship between cultural valuation and biodiversity conservation in {U}pper {G}uinea forest in {L}iberia, {W}est {A}frica. {O}ur study focuses on "sacred agroforests," spaces that are associated with {M}ande macro-language speaking groups such as the {L}oma. {W}e demonstrate that sacred agroforests are associated with different cultural values compared with secondary forests. {A}lthough biodiversity and biomass are similar, sacred agroforests exhibit a different species composition, especially of culturally salient species, increasing overall landscape agro-biodiversity. {S}acred agroforests are also shaped and conserved by local cultural institutions revolving around ancestor worship, ritual, and the metaphysical conceptual category "sal epsilon." {W}e conclude that to understand the relationship between cultural valuation and biodiversity conservation, interpretivist approaches such as phenomenology should be employed alongside positivist ecosystem service frameworks.},
  keywords = {anthropogenic landscapes ; conservation science ; cultural heritage ; ecosystem services ; sacred forests ; secondary forests ; {AFRIQUE} {DE} {L}'{OUEST} ; {GUINEE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}cology and {S}ociety},
  volume = {21},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {art. 36 [18 p.]},
  ISSN = {1708-3087},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.5751/es-08738-210336},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010068254},
}