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著者
Tsuzuki, Yoichi Health and Environmental Risk Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies
Ohsaki, Haruna Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Kawaguchi, Yawako W. Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Suzuki, Sayaka Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University
Harada, Shogo Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University
Otake, Yurie Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University
Shinohara, Naoto Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University
Katsuhara, Koki R. Graduate School of Environmental, Life, Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
抄録
Recognizing and maintaining locally rooted human–nature interactions is essential for utilizing ecosystem services. Although the general public's awareness of biodiversity and ecosystem services has been examined using various proxies, it remains unclear how local governments—key sectors in creating conservation policies—appreciate them within a solid local context. Here, we focused on the “city flower,” an official symbolic species of Japanese cities, as a new proxy for measuring governmental attitudes toward biota and its services. We aimed to capture temporal changes in the awareness of species with locally relevant value at the city government level by examining the changes in city flowers over more than half a century. Data from the official websites of municipalities, including the names, the adoption years, and the reasons for adoption, revealed two major periods of adoption, with a notable increase in species diversity in and after 1993. This increase could be attributed to a recent reduction in bias toward popular flowers and growing interest in alternative, less popular flowers. Analysis of the reasons for adoption suggested that the temporal change in adopted flower species was related to the increasing emphasis on species with an explicit local context, especially those with instrumental value to the city. Our findings indicate the tendency for local governments to increasingly recognize their biocultural backgrounds and the ecosystem services of plants within their regions. The growing awareness of the local governments regarding their biocultural background is a positive sign for the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
キーワード
awareness of local governments
biocultural diversity
ecosystem services
manual web scraping
temporal trend
発行日
2024-12-25
出版物タイトル
Ecological Research
40巻
4号
出版者
Wiley
開始ページ
463
終了ページ
474
ISSN
0912-3814
NCID
AA10667816
資料タイプ
学術雑誌論文
言語
英語
OAI-PMH Set
岡山大学
著作権者
© 2024 The Author(s).
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publisher
DOI
Web of Science KeyUT
関連URL
isVersionOf https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12540
ライセンス
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Citation
Tsuzuki, Y., Ohsaki, H., Kawaguchi, Y. W., Suzuki, S., Harada, S., Otake, Y., Shinohara, N., & Katsuhara, K. R. (2025). Nationwide diversity of symbolic “city flowers” in Japan is increasing. Ecological Research, 40(4), 463–474. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12540
助成情報
21K17914: 都市環境下における在来植物集団の遺伝的多様性と存続可能性の評価 ( 独立行政法人日本学術振興会 / Japan Society for the Promotion of Science )