20.500.12556/RUL-114223 How do stakeholders working on the forest-water nexus perceive payments for ecosystem services? Nowadays, great emphasis is placed on the relationship between forest and water because forests are considered as substantial sources of many water ecosystem services. The aim of this paper is to analyze the stakeholder opinions towards the relationship between forests and water and the potential development of water-related payments for ecosystem services (PES) schemes. The study is developed in the context of COST Action CA15206–PESFOR-W (Forests for Water) aimed at synthesizing current knowledge about the PES schemes across Europe. The stakeholder opinions were mapped out using a structured questionnaire consisting of 20 questions divided into four thematic sections. The data were collected through an online survey. The results showed opinions of 142 stakeholders from 23 countries, mainly from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. In order to analyze the collected data, the stakeholders were grouped in buyers, sellers, intermediaries, and knowledge providers. The survey results indicated that the most important category of water ecosystem services according to our sample of stakeholders is regulating services followed by provisioning services. Further findings pointed out the highest importance that shared values and direct changes in land management can have when designing water-related PES schemes. The role of public authorities and collective collaboration of different stakeholders, with emphasis on local and expert knowledge, are also identified as of crucial importance. The results show that stakeholder opinions can serve as a starting point when designing PES schemes. forest management payments for water ecosystem services stakeholder opinions questionnaire survey COST Action ecosystem services ekosistemske storitve upravljanje z gozdovi plačilo za ekosistemske storitve vodne ekosistemske storitve anketa deležniki true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2020-02-19 13:55:10 2020-02-19 13:55:11 2022-08-26 03:49:50 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2020 0 0 19 str. iss. 1, art. 12 Vol. 11 2020 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno apc 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 630*9:630*6 1999-4907 10.3390/f11010012 5602214 3872166 RAZ_Balikova_Klara_2019.pdf RAZ_Balikova_Klara_2019.pdf 1 0534FC25509BF84F23C4425F782D084A 0ad496214a49ae1edb928f1a8ae9c8c972a43bf9647bb45fb1f0df5d854c89f3 45b1a2ce-41ff-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=150836 https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/1/12 0 3e604254-41ff-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=150835 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0