Da "Servizi Ecosistemici" a "Contributi della Natura alle Persone": un toolkit per attribuire valore alla natura e supportare processi partecipativi su tematiche ambientali.

In the face of contemporary global challenges, there is an increasing demand to communicate and reflect on environmental issues and on the delicate relationship between nature and society. The concept of Ecosystem Service, originally conceived to underscore these interconnections, has been criticized for its anthropocentric and techno-economic approach. The research draws upon the academic discourse surrounding antropocenthese topics and acknowledges the recent emergence of the Nature's Contributions to People concept and explores its potential use within participatory processes. On this theoretical basis, the paper introduces the Collective Ecosystems Toolkit, a tool comprising three components: one board game, one application, and one digital platform. The tool has been designed to accompany a participatory process regarding environmental issues and is currently under experimentation. It contributes to the body of research focused on methods for evaluating nature's values by local communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]