Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Competence Center Foresight, Breslauer Straße 48, 76139, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Institute of Farm Management, University of Hohenheim, Schwerzstraße 44, 70599, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Environ Manage. 2023 Dec;72(6):1163-1188. doi: 10.1007/s00267-023-01860-7. Epub 2023 Jul 26.
This article defines the term valorization of biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) measures, as distinguished from their valuation, and underpins it with an assessment of private valorization examples along the agri-food value chain. Valorization incentivizes measures for promoting BES, while valuation refers to its quantification. Valuation can be a step of valorization but is not indispensable. In scientific literature, the terms valorization and valuation are often used interchangeably. In addition, there is a lack of research on private options versus conventional, public policy options. Therefore, we searched for private valorization options primarily in public sources (gray literature and websites). This led to the identification of four clusters (markets for voluntary services, labeling, and certification, environmental management/CSR, and tradable permits and quotas). Based on these clusters the options were assessed from a legal and systems dynamics perspective. In addition, the viability of selected valorization options in different future scenarios was examined. The analysis revealed a wide range of private valorization options, which in contrast to public policy options that focus almost entirely on the production stage, are spread across the agri-food value chain. Their suitability differs under different future scenarios, legal and systems conditions.
本文定义了生物多样性和生态系统服务（BES）措施的增值（valorization）一词，将其与估值（valuation）区分开来，并对沿农业食品价值链的私人增值示例进行了评估。增值激励促进 BES 的措施，而估值则是指其量化。估值可以是增值的一个步骤，但不是必不可少的。在科学文献中，增值和估值这两个术语经常互换使用。此外，关于私人选择与传统公共政策选择的研究也很少。因此，我们主要在公共资源（灰色文献和网站）中寻找私人增值选择。这导致确定了四个集群（自愿服务市场、标签和认证、环境管理/CSR 以及可交易许可证和配额）。基于这些集群，从法律和系统动态的角度对选项进行了评估。此外，还检查了不同未来情景下选定增值选项的可行性。分析表明，有各种各样的私人增值选择，与几乎完全侧重于生产阶段的公共政策选择不同，这些选择分布在农业食品价值链的各个环节。它们在不同的未来情景、法律和系统条件下的适用性不同。
