摘要：There has been a widespread push to incorporate ecosystem services (ES) in research andpolicy-making, yet ES have remained an expert-driven discourse not well integrated intohands-on planning and management, particularly at the more local levels. We carry outa retrospective investigation of an inter-municipal marine spatial planning (MSP) process inNorthern Norway, where the allocation of new aquaculture locations was a core issue. At thislocal/regional scale, the concept of ES is hardly known. Thus, our approach is to investigatethe documents of public consultation, where different stakeholders operating at differentscales respond to the proposed planning document. By analyzing and ‘translating’ theconsultation statements into the ES nomenclature, we find a rich and diverse basis for ESidentification especially at the local level and within cultural and supporting services. Morethan 208 different ecosystem services were identified, two-thirds of the total number ofservices at the local scale. This supports the debate in the ES-science community, which hassuggested greater inclusion of plural and context-specific perspectives on people’s relationship to the environment. Our findings show that by doing so in MSP, municipal coastalplanners may obtain tools that strengthen local democracy and include greater ES diversityand sustainability.
