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Article

Citizens and Scientific Perceptions of Ecosystem Services—Assessing Local Controversies over Climate Mitigation Efforts in Drained Wetlands

by
Thomas Skou Grindsted
1,2,*,
Pernille Almlund
3,
Jesper Holm
1,
Gry Lyngsie
4,
Gary Banta
5,
Kristian Syberg
4,
Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen
1,
Søren Lund
1 and
Simon David Herzog
4
1
Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University, University Road 1, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
2
Department of Technology and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark
3
Department of Communication and Arts, Roskilde University, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
4
Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
5
Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Climate 2025, 13(6), 112; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli13060112
Submission received: 28 March 2025 / Revised: 16 May 2025 / Accepted: 20 May 2025 / Published: 29 May 2025
(This article belongs to the Section Climate and Environment)
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Abstract

Draining wetland landscapes accelerates climate change, and multilateral support is therefore needed to speed up the transition to new land uses. This paper examines perceptions of ecosystem services (ES) in wetland areas in scientific and civic assessments. The case study area is Denmark’s largest drained wetland system, which is notable for its carbon sequestration potential. The area’s transformation efforts involving public participation offer a unique chance to examine differences between scientific and civic perceptions of ES. This exceptional case is ideal for revealing contextual differences, trade-offs, and controversies between scientific and civic perceptions of ES. Millennium ES Assessment and CICES are used as a conceptual framework for understanding and mapping human–nature interactions in a nature park. However, these systems are, in practice, not sufficiently developed to identify how citizens understand and value ES in real life. Therefore, we analyse perceptions using interviews, collaborative mapping, and media analysis. We compare these to scientific ES mappings based on local data, literature reviews, and fieldwork. The paper concludes that (1) scientific ES asymmetries are important; (2) environmental blind spots in scientific ES are due to its approach to knowledge collection; (3) citizens’ blind spots are due to their everyday life focus and tabooing the issue of local climate mitigation; and (4) science-based ES assessments and accounts are disconnected from local ES controversies. We argue that identifying ES controversies through various scientific methods may improve climate mitigation and restoration efforts if community planning becomes involved.
Keywords: ecosystem services; climate mitigation preparedness; wetland transformation; climate adaption planning; controversies; carbon sink ecosystem services; climate mitigation preparedness; wetland transformation; climate adaption planning; controversies; carbon sink

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Grindsted, T.S.; Almlund, P.; Holm, J.; Lyngsie, G.; Banta, G.; Syberg, K.; Hauggaard-Nielsen, H.; Lund, S.; Herzog, S.D. Citizens and Scientific Perceptions of Ecosystem Services—Assessing Local Controversies over Climate Mitigation Efforts in Drained Wetlands. Climate 2025, 13, 112. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli13060112

AMA Style

Grindsted TS, Almlund P, Holm J, Lyngsie G, Banta G, Syberg K, Hauggaard-Nielsen H, Lund S, Herzog SD. Citizens and Scientific Perceptions of Ecosystem Services—Assessing Local Controversies over Climate Mitigation Efforts in Drained Wetlands. Climate. 2025; 13(6):112. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli13060112

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Grindsted, Thomas Skou, Pernille Almlund, Jesper Holm, Gry Lyngsie, Gary Banta, Kristian Syberg, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Søren Lund, and Simon David Herzog. 2025. "Citizens and Scientific Perceptions of Ecosystem Services—Assessing Local Controversies over Climate Mitigation Efforts in Drained Wetlands" Climate 13, no. 6: 112. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli13060112

APA Style

Grindsted, T. S., Almlund, P., Holm, J., Lyngsie, G., Banta, G., Syberg, K., Hauggaard-Nielsen, H., Lund, S., & Herzog, S. D. (2025). Citizens and Scientific Perceptions of Ecosystem Services—Assessing Local Controversies over Climate Mitigation Efforts in Drained Wetlands. Climate, 13(6), 112. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli13060112

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