Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 51: 177-186, doi: 10.3897/jbgs.e142535
Increasing the uptake of ecosystem services research in decision-making and education: Follow-up discussion on the “Twenty years of ecosystem services research in Bulgaria”
Hristina Prodanova‡, Vanya Stoycheva‡‡ National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Academic editor: Dimitar Simeonov © Hristina Prodanova, Vanya Stoycheva. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Prodanova H, Stoycheva V (2024) Increasing the uptake of ecosystem services research in decision-making and education: Follow-up discussion on the “Twenty years of ecosystem services research in Bulgaria”. Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 51: 177-186. https://doi.org/10.3897/jbgs.e142535 |  |
Abstract
Ecosystem services research in Bulgaria has been actively studying different aspects of this concept and its implementation. Although it is widely recognizable, the concept has still not been sufficiently implemented in Bulgaria’s decision-making process. Following the European and global initiatives for implementing biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) into the decision-making process, we have identified the stakeholders’ perceptions regarding the possible initiatives for improving the uptake and the lack of sufficient education program coverage within secondary and higher education. In this short communication, we suggest practical priorities for the future development of BES activities enabling the uptake in Bulgarian education and policy.
Keywords
Geography, IPBES, IPCC, policy, school, seeds of change, training, university