Prof. Dr. Eszter Tormáné Kovács - MATE Research
Overview
Dr. Eszter Tormáné Kovács's research projects are related to the socio-economic aspects of nature conservation and nature friendly farming, covering a wide range of topics including the assessment of ecosystem services at different scales, analysis of conservation conflicts and using participatory methods. She has a 10-year experience in conservation policy as well.
Research keywords:
Publications
Assessment of cosystem services
Understanding the links between ecosystem service trade-offs and conflicts in protected areas
National Ecosystem Services Assessment in Hungary: Framework, Process and Conceptual Questions
InVEST Soil Carbon Stock Modelling of Agricultural Landscapes as an Ecosystem Service Indicator
Value transfer in economic valuation of ecosystem services – Some methodological challenges
Participatory methods in nature conservation
Towards understanding and resolving the conflict related to the Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) conservation with participatory management planning
Why conserve biodiversity? A multi-national exploration of stakeholders’ views on the arguments for biodiversity conservation
Socio-economic aspects of environmentally friendly farming
Comparing farmers’ soil fertility knowledge systems and scientific assessment in Upper Eastern Kenya
Soil fertility management among smallholder farmers in Mount Kenya East region
Farmland biodiversity and agricultural management on 237 farms in 13 European and two African regions
Farmers' perceptions of biodiversity: Lessons from a discourse-based deliberative valuation study
Projects
KEHOP-4.3.0-VEKOP-15-2016-00001) WP on the Hungarian National Ecosystem Services Mapping and Assessment Project (MAES-HU)
Strategic investigations on the long-term preservation and development of natural heritage of community importance and on the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020 objective”,
https://www.termeszetem.hu/en/ecosystem-services/actions
Sustainable Nature Conservation on Natura 2000 sites” project WP3.2. „Professional/public consultation on management proposals”
In WP3.2. the management planning at 12 Natura 2000 sites in the Kiskunság and Mátra regions were facilitated using participatory methods. Interviews were conducted with stakeholders and analysed using qualitative content analysis. The results assisted the moderated consultation forums which were organized in close cooperation with the planners.
FP7-ENV.2011.282743
BESAFE: Biodiversity and ecosystem services: Arguments for our future environment
The general aim of BESAFE is to improve our understanding of the alternative ways in which concepts for the ’value of biodiversity’ can be used to improve biodiversity policy making and governance at local, national and European to global scales. Hungarian researchers contribured with content analysis of policy documents and Q-analysis among policy actors.
EU FP7, KBBE-227161
BioBio “Indicators for Biodiversity in Organic and Low Input Farming Systems
The main objective of the project was to explore and test biodiversity indicators for organic and conventional farming. The Hungarian social science research team coordinated the multi-country comparative assessment of the perceptions of organic and conventional farmers' on biodiversity and the associated values.
OTKA K78514
Participatory Valuation of Agro-ecosystems Services
The project aimed at the identification and socio-cultural valuation of ecosystem services in four agro-ecosystems in Hungary with the involvement of local stakeholders.
http://nyilvanos.otka-palyazat.hu/index.php?menuid=930&num=78514
