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2. People working with nature: a theoretical perspective on the co-production of Nature’s Contributions to People
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Bruno Locatelli, Elena M. Bennett, Matthew J. Colloff, María R. Felipe-Lucia, Russell Gorddard, Ignacio Palomo, and Sandra Lavorel
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David Abson ,Ecosystem services ,social-ecological system ,substitutability ,complementarity ,model ,Human ecology. Anthropogeography ,GF1-900 ,Environmental sciences ,GE1-350 - Abstract
The co-production of Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) is a set of processes in which anthropogenic inputs (i.e. material or non-material actions and the assets supporting these actions) and natural inputs (i.e. ecological structures and processes) interact to produce NCP. An interdisciplinary understanding of NCP co-production can support decision-making on ecosystem management or NCP use, given natural constraints, limited human inputs, possible adverse effects and trade-offs arising from co-production. In this paper, we show that mechanisms of co-production at the ecosystem level and the NCP flow level are fundamentally different. At the level of ecosystems, people manage natural structures and processes to influence the production of potential NCP (e.g. via planting, restoring, fertilizing). At this level, anthropogenic inputs can partially substitute for natural inputs, but natural inputs are necessary whereas anthropogenic inputs are not. At the level of flows, co-production actions convert potential NCP into realized NCP and quality of life (e.g. via harvesting, transporting, transforming, consuming, and appreciating NCP). At this level, anthropogenic inputs are complementary to natural inputs, although some substitutability can occur at the margin. Analysing the substitutability and complementarity between natural and anthropogenic capitals, as well as the adverse effects or mutual enhancement between them, is crucial for informed decision-making on landscape and NCP management. This understanding enables the identification of strategies that can ensure NCP supply and increase human well-being in a sustainable manner.
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3. A quantitative framework for identifying the role of individual species in Nature's Contributions to People.
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Bianco, Giovanni, Manning, Peter, and Schleuning, Matthias
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BIOTIC communities , *CASCADE connections , *SPECIES , *WELL-being , *BIODIVERSITY , *ECOSYSTEM services - Abstract
It is widely acknowledged that biodiversity change is affecting human well‐being by altering the supply of Nature's Contributions to People (NCP). Nevertheless, the role of individual species in this relationship remains obscure. In this article, we present a framework that combines the cascade model from ecosystem services research with network theory from community ecology. This allows us to quantitatively link NCP demanded by people to the networks of interacting species that underpin them. We show that this "network cascade" framework can reveal the number, identity and importance of the individual species that drive NCP and of the environmental conditions that support them. This information is highly valuable in demonstrating the importance of biodiversity in supporting human well‐being and can help inform the management of biodiversity in social‐ecological systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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4. Navigating Sustainability: Revealing Hidden Forces in Social–Ecological Systems.
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Gonzalez-Redin, Julen, Gordon, Iain J., Polhill, J. Gareth, Dawson, Terence P., and Hill, Rosemary
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During the 1992 Rio Conference, the sustainable development agenda envisioned a transformative change for the management of natural resources, where the well-being of human society would be enhanced through the sustainable use of natural capital. Several decades on, relentless economic growth persists at the expense of natural capital, as demonstrated by biodiversity decline, climate change and other environmental challenges. Why is this happening and what can be done about it? We present three agent-based models that explore the social, economic and governance factors driving (un)sustainability in complex social–ecological systems. Our modelling results reinforce the idea that the current economic system fails to safeguard the natural capital upon which it relies, leading to the prevailing decoupling between the economic and natural systems. In attempting to find solutions for such disjunction, our research shows that social–ecological systems are complex, dynamic and non-linear. Interestingly, results also reveal that there are common factors to most social–ecological systems that have the potential to improve or diminish sustainability: the role of financial entities and monetary debt; economic speculation; technological development and efficiency; long-term views, tipping point management and government interventions; and top-down and bottom-up conservation forces. These factors can play a dual role, as they can either undermine or enhance sustainability depending on their specific context and particular conditions. Therefore, the current economic system may not be inherently unsustainable, but rather specific economic mechanisms, decision-making processes and the complex links between economic and natural systems could be at the root of the problem. We argue that short- and medium-term sustainability can be achieved by implementing mechanisms that shift capitalist forces to support environmental conservation. Long-term sustainability, in contrast, requires a more profound paradigm shift: the full integration and accounting of externalities and natural capital into the economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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5. Non‐material contributions of nature expressed by former tourists of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
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Pearson, Jasmine, Gross, Milena, and Hofmann, Johanna
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ECOTOURISM ,BIODIVERSITY conservation ,SOCIAL cohesion ,ECOSYSTEM services ,AESTHETIC experience - Abstract
Nature‐based tourism provides an outlet for people to experience non‐material nature's contributions to people (NCP) and can even promote care for nature. Yet, the literature on NCP is still dominated by studies on regulating and material NCP, with limited research on non‐material contributions.Semi‐structured interviews and photo‐elicitation methods were conducted online with 38 former tourists who have hiked Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, to investigate NCP experiences during their hiking journey. Drawing on the guiding principles of the Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), an interwoven approach was used to link context‐specific NCP expressed by tourists to the generalizing perspective.Ten context‐specific non‐material NCP emerged including Aesthetic experiences; Learning and life‐changing perspectives; New and unique experiences; and Social cohesion and bonding. All context‐specific NCP were linked back to the generalizing perspective, with most NCP falling under the generalizing category of Physical and psychological experiences.This paper reveals the unique and diverse ways that nature contributes to people's lives, promoting the visibility of multiple perspectives and their incorporation into biodiversity conservation and sustainable management strategies. Through an interwoven approach, NCP can be compared on a universal scale while respecting the context‐specificity of human–nature interactions across different social‐ecological contexts. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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6. Venice and its lagoon fin de siecle.
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Tagliapietra, Davide and Umgiesser, Georg
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The recent projections of sea level raising will make the closings of the mobile gate in the inlets of the Venice lagoon, designed to defend the city from high waters, more frequent. At the end of this century, the sea level will force the gates to be closed so often that it will be necessary to definitively separate the lagoon from the sea. It is an unavoidable choice with profound ecological and socio-cultural implications, and finds strong obstacles in the acceptance by the population and policymakers, to which, however, one must reach out. The management of a closed coastal lagoon will be complex but some of the ecological functions that it performs, and the ecological services it offers now, can be provided, on a regional scale, by new lagoons obtained by following the necessary planning and management of the coast. The interventions on the Lagoon of Venice must therefore be inserted in a multi-scale and long-term design that involves the entire North Adriatic coast. However, these dramatic interventions may also provide some opportunities such as, for example on a local scale, the management of sea level within the city and, on a regional scale, the optimization of ecological functions and ecosystem services provided by the nascent lagoons through an oriented and adaptive design. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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7. Integrating social-ecological system into watershed ecosystem services management: A case study of the Jialing River Basin, China
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Yixu Wang, Jie Gong, and Yuehua Zhu
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Ecosystem services ,Social-ecological system ,Relationship ,Jialing River Basin ,Management ,Ecology ,QH540-549.5 - Abstract
A severe decline in ecosystem services (ES) has accompanied the rapid development of human societies. There is a growing interest in considering ES management from a systemic and integrated perspective. Yet, researchers still need to explore effective ways to integrate human and natural systems for strengthening ES. This study proposes an integrating framework that connects the concept of social-ecological system (SES) with ES. We utilize land use types as indicators of basic SES structure and employ the InVEST model to evaluate typical ES in the Jialing River Basin (JRB). By analyzing spatial and temporal characteristics of SES and multiple typical ES, we investigate how ES is related to different SES types. The results reveal that: (1) from 1980 to 2020, the SES of the JRB underwent significant transformations, including a decrease in cropland areas, while construction land and forestland areas increased. Especially, construction land SES experienced an increase as high as 212.53%. (2) Regarding ES, water yield (WY) increased while soil conservation (SC), carbon storage (CS), and habitat quality (HQ) decreased. (3) The relationship analysis demonstrated disparities in levels of ES across various SES types. Construction land SES exhibited the highest average WY but lower SC, CS, and HQ values compared to forestland which had higher average SC, CS, and HQ instead. These findings imply that regional ES will be positively or negatively affected by transformation within SES. In the long run, it is crucial to synthesize both the characteristics of SES and functional benefits provided by ES in the JRB, then control the favorable transformations within SES to enhance a sustainable supply of ES. This study provides a novel methodology for connecting SES and ES comprehensively with new perspectives that will be beneficial for building regional SES management and ES enhancement.
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- 2024
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8. Traditional knowledge’s impact on soil and water conservation in mountain agricultural systems: A case study of Shexian Dryland stone terraced System, China
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Wenjun Jiao, Xiao Yang, and Yuwei Li
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Traditional knowledge ,Nature-based solutions ,Soil and water conservation ,Social-ecological system ,Ecosystem services ,Mountain agricultural system ,Ecology ,QH540-549.5 - Abstract
To explore how traditional knowledge acts in the soil and water conservation in mountain agricultural systems, this study selects the Shexian Dryland Stone Terraced System (SDSTS) as the study area and employs the social-ecological system (SES) framework and ecosystem service (ES) evaluation methods in a joint way. Results of the action mechanism analysis show that local farmers, as the main actors, fully utilize a variety of traditional knowledge, which constitutes a set of action situations at both the field and landscape scales. This has not only improved the soil and water conservation capacity of the SDSTS, but also met the livelihood need of the local people. Evaluation of the action outcomes further displays that the stone terraced fields have a higher capacity for soil and water conservation than other land use types and they also show a superior performance in food production. This has led to the highest comprehensive benefit per unit area found in the stone terraced fields (1.69 × 104 dollars·ha−1), much higher than forests (3.48 × 103 dollars·ha−1) and the grasslands (2.58 × 103 dollars·ha−1) on slopes. The traditional knowledge is proven extremely important for the SDSTS to achieve sustainable development and effective measures are thus needed to promote its inheritance and development. The combination of these two methods makes up for the shortcomings of the current traditional knowledge research, which mainly focuses on qualitative description and is lack of systematic explanation of mechanisms. The con-joint use of them also provides theoretical reference and technical support for more case studies of traditional knowledge in the future.
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- 2024
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9. Reimagining large river management using the Resist–Accept–Direct (RAD) framework in the Upper Mississippi River.
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Ward, Nicole K., Lynch, Abigail J., Beever, Erik A., Booker, Joshua, Bouska, Kristen L., Embke, Holly, Houser, Jeffrey N., Kocik, John F., Kocik, Joshua, Lawrence, David J., Lemon, Mary Grace, Limpinsel, Doug, Magee, Madeline R., Maitland, Bryan M., McKenna, Owen, Meier, Andrew, Morton, John M., Muehlbauer, Jeffrey D., Newman, Robert, and Oliver, Devon C.
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RESISTANCE to change ,WATERSHEDS ,STREAM restoration ,ECOSYSTEM services ,ECOSYSTEMS - Abstract
Background: Large-river decision-makers are charged with maintaining diverse ecosystem services through unprecedented social-ecological transformations as climate change and other global stressors intensify. The interconnected, dendritic habitats of rivers, which often demarcate jurisdictional boundaries, generate complex management challenges. Here, we explore how the Resist–Accept–Direct (RAD) framework may enhance large-river management by promoting coordinated and deliberate responses to social-ecological trajectories of change. The RAD framework identifies the full decision space of potential management approaches, wherein managers may resist change to maintain historical conditions, accept change toward different conditions, or direct change to a specified future with novel conditions. In the Upper Mississippi River System, managers are facing social-ecological transformations from more frequent and extreme high-water events. We illustrate how RAD-informed basin-, reach-, and site-scale decisions could: (1) provide cross-spatial scale framing; (2) open the entire decision space of potential management approaches; and (3) enhance coordinated inter-jurisdictional management in response to the trajectory of the Upper Mississippi River hydrograph. Results: The RAD framework helps identify plausible long-term trajectories in different reaches (or subbasins) of the river and how the associated social-ecological transformations could be managed by altering site-scale conditions. Strategic reach-scale objectives may reprioritize how, where, and when site conditions could be altered to contribute to the basin goal, given the basin's plausible trajectories of change (e.g., by coordinating action across sites to alter habitat connectivity, diversity, and redundancy in the river mosaic). Conclusions: When faced with long-term systemic transformations (e.g., > 50 years), the RAD framework helps explicitly consider whether or when the basin vision or goals may no longer be achievable, and direct options may open yet unconsidered potential for the basin. Embedding the RAD framework in hierarchical decision-making clarifies that the selection of actions in space and time should be derived from basin-wide goals and reach-scale objectives to ensure that site-scale actions contribute effectively to the larger river habitat mosaic. Embedding the RAD framework in large-river decisions can provide the necessary conduit to link flexibility and innovation at the site scale with stability at larger scales for adaptive governance of changing social-ecological systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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10. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICE DELIVERY BETWEEN TWO COASTAL LAGOONS IN GHANA.
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ADU-BOAHEN, Kofi
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ECOSYSTEM services , *COMPARATIVE studies , *SUSTAINABILITY , *SUSTAINABLE development , *NATURAL resources management - Abstract
The integration of ES into global policies represents a significant step towards harmonising sustainability and growth and unifying dialogues on biodiversity and sustainable development to benefit humanity. Consistent assessment of the availability of ES is vital to enable ongoing monitoring and support sustainable natural resource management and decisionmaking. This study was conducted to comparatively analyse the ecosystem service delivery between two coastal lagoons in Ghana. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) and Marine Ecosystem Services Assessment Tool (MESAT) scales were used in the study. The paper was based on the positivist paradigm and employed inferential statistics with SPSS v23 for data analysis. The results indicate no statistical differences between the Fosu and Muni lagoons in terms of their ecosystem service delivery; the null hypothesis is accepted for the two ecosystem service scales used and confirms that Fosu and the Muni Lagoons are similar in their deliveries of ecosystem services. The relationship between ES and human well-being is complex due to the interplay between social and ecological systems. To address coastal issues and develop management plans, the study proposes using MESAT and MEA for evaluation and solution provisioning. It further recommends expanding stakeholder and decision-maker involvement in lagoon management to promote sustainability and enhance stakeholder participation in decision-making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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11. Nature–Human Relational Models in a Riverine Social–Ecological System: San Marcos River, TX, USA
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Christina W. Lopez, Madeline T. Wade, and Jason P. Julian
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social–ecological system ,ecosystem services ,relational models ,environmental values ,Geography (General) ,G1-922 - Abstract
A social–ecological system is a highly connected organization of biophysical and social actors that interact across multiple scales, share resources, and adapt to the actors’ changes. The ways in which humans and nature interact have traditionally been characterized and influenced by competing intrinsic and utilitarian values. However, recently, relational values and relational models have been used to unpack the myriad of values society assigns to nature and create general typologies of nature–human relationships. Here, we investigate the spectrum of environmental values that exist in the San Marcos River (SMR)—a social–ecological system (SES) in which a spring-fed river flows through an urban environment in central Texas (USA) including a university campus that attracts regional and international tourists. Recognizing that scholars have struggled to identify a nuanced understanding of environmental values and how these values shape nature–human relationships in SES, we use the SMR case study to capture the nature–human relational models that exist among social and user groups of the blue space. Analyzing different groups of visitors and stakeholders of the SMR (n = 3145), this study serves as a pilot to apply relational models using a variety of metrics to build a framework for understanding models of nature–human relationships, beyond ecosystem services and dualistic valuations. In our sample, most respondents were classified under the stewardship model (59%). The utilization model (34%) was the second most common, followed by wardship (6%). We found that patterns of place identity emerged to support the development of relational models beyond utilization. Despite the differences among perceptions, values, and some variation in relational models, one commonality was the innate, ubiquitous preference to protect natural habitat, water quality, and the river’s aquifer water source. Our study contributes to the growing literature around relational values and is a pathway to integrate ecosystem services, environmental values, and human–environment interactions into a more holistic approach to environmental valuation.
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12. Ecological restoration for sustainable development in China.
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Fu, Bojie, Liu, Yanxu, and Meadows, Michael E
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RESTORATION ecology , *ECOSYSTEM services , *ENVIRONMENTAL security , *REGIONAL development , *ECOSYSTEM management , *SUSTAINABLE development , *FOREST restoration , *RESEARCH questions - Abstract
Facing the need for transdisciplinary research to promote ecological restoration that achieves both social and ecological benefits, research on past restoration efforts that have directly or indirectly contributed to regional or national sustainable development warrants reassessment. Using China as an example, in this review, we address three basic research questions that can be summarized as follows: ecological restoration—of what, for whom and to what purpose? Accordingly, a 'landscape pattern—ecosystem service—sustainable development' co-evolutionary framework is proposed here to describe landscape-scale ecological restoration and its impact on landscape patterns and ecological processes, ecosystem services for human well-being, sustainable livelihoods and socioeconomic development. From the strategic pattern of national ecological security to the pattern of major projects to protect and restore major national ecosystems, the spatial pattern of China's ecological restoration is more geographically integrative. From major function-oriented zoning to systematic ecological protection and restoration, and for the purpose of achieving the Beautiful China Initiative, there are three stages of ecosystem services management: classification, synergy and integration, respectively. The difference in geographic processes should be considered in the key requirements of ecological restoration for China's five national strategies for regional sustainable-development strategies. Deepening understanding of the relationship between humans and nature in different geographical contexts is a scientific prerequisite to support policymaking related to ecological restoration. To promote greater harmony between humans and nature, we propose four important research directions: (i) understanding coupling processes among key components, (ii) identifying ecosystem service flows, (iii) evaluating social-ecological benefits and (iv) supporting adaptive management for regional sustainable development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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13. Nature–Human Relational Models in a Riverine Social–Ecological System: San Marcos River, TX, USA.
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Lopez, Christina W., Wade, Madeline T., and Julian, Jason P.
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URBAN ecology , *COLLEGE campuses , *TOURISTS , *SOCIAL groups , *STAKEHOLDERS - Abstract
A social–ecological system is a highly connected organization of biophysical and social actors that interact across multiple scales, share resources, and adapt to the actors' changes. The ways in which humans and nature interact have traditionally been characterized and influenced by competing intrinsic and utilitarian values. However, recently, relational values and relational models have been used to unpack the myriad of values society assigns to nature and create general typologies of nature–human relationships. Here, we investigate the spectrum of environmental values that exist in the San Marcos River (SMR)—a social–ecological system (SES) in which a spring-fed river flows through an urban environment in central Texas (USA) including a university campus that attracts regional and international tourists. Recognizing that scholars have struggled to identify a nuanced understanding of environmental values and how these values shape nature–human relationships in SES, we use the SMR case study to capture the nature–human relational models that exist among social and user groups of the blue space. Analyzing different groups of visitors and stakeholders of the SMR (n = 3145), this study serves as a pilot to apply relational models using a variety of metrics to build a framework for understanding models of nature–human relationships, beyond ecosystem services and dualistic valuations. In our sample, most respondents were classified under the stewardship model (59%). The utilization model (34%) was the second most common, followed by wardship (6%). We found that patterns of place identity emerged to support the development of relational models beyond utilization. Despite the differences among perceptions, values, and some variation in relational models, one commonality was the innate, ubiquitous preference to protect natural habitat, water quality, and the river's aquifer water source. Our study contributes to the growing literature around relational values and is a pathway to integrate ecosystem services, environmental values, and human–environment interactions into a more holistic approach to environmental valuation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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14. Why Working with Worldviews and Paradigms?
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Zingoni de Baro, Maria Elena, Newman, Peter, Series Editor, Desha, Cheryl, Series Editor, Sanches-Pereira, Alessandro, Series Editor, and Zingoni de Baro, Maria Elena
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15. Viability of the social–ecological agroecosystem (ViSA)
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Mostafa Shaaban
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Ecosystem services ,Agent-based modeling ,Societal demand ,Agricultural landscapes ,Social–ecological system ,Computer software ,QA76.75-76.765 - Abstract
ViSA is a spatial agent-based model that simulates the decision behaviors of different stakeholders showing demands for ecosystem services in agricultural landscape. The lack of sufficient supply of ecosystem services triggers stakeholders to apply different management options to increase their supply. However, while attempting to reduce the supply–demand gap, conflicts arise among stakeholders due to the tradeoff nature of some ecosystem services. ViSA investigates conditions and scenarios that can minimize such supply–demand gap while reducing the risk of conflicts by suggesting different mixes of management options and decision rules.
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- 2023
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16. Conceptual framework to define management strategies for silvopastoral systems in native forests.
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PERI, PABLO L., ROSAS, YAMINA M., LÓPEZ, DARDO R., LENCINAS, MARÍA V., CAVALLERO, LAURA, and PASTUR, GUILLERMO MARTÍNEZ
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FORESTS & forestry , *SUSTAINABILITY , *ECOSYSTEM management , *HUMAN capital , *LIVESTOCK productivity , *ECOSYSTEM services , *ECOLOGICAL resilience , *SILVOPASTORAL systems - Abstract
Most of the native forests in Argentina are used for livestock production with little sustainable silvopastoral management. Our objective here is to discuss different management strategies where natural and human capital are combined to co-produce ecosystem services (ES) provided by silvopastoral systems in native forests, interacting with different ecosystem functions and biodiversity. Also, we provide perspectives that should be analyzed in a context of socio-ecological approaches in agro-forestry landscapes. Four types of theoretical strategies are proposed (win-win, win-lose, lose-win and lose-lose), which define the social-ecological and economic thresholds that determine the provision of ES and biodiversity in the long term. The evidence of the win-lose strategy occurs when the silvopastoral systems are managed mainly to increase economic profitability through increments in forage biomass aimed to increase livestock production in the medium and long term. Deferred deforestation was presented as a typical example of lose-lose strategy in the Chaco region based on short-term management strategies by only obtaining commodities (crops or livestock products) without considering the negative interactions with other ES and loss of biodiversity. The information provided in this work should assist stakeholders and researchers to identify thresholds of economic profitability and ecological resilience in ecosystems under management. The proposed approaches provide a utilitarian vision of ecosystem services and key aspects of social-ecological resilience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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17. ANGLING IN CULTURAL AND PROVISIONING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES.
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Karpiński, Emil Andrzej
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ECOSYSTEM services ,FISHING ,BODIES of water ,SOCIAL factors ,HUMAN geography - Abstract
Recreational fishing is one of the most common recreational activities in the aquatic environment and a very complex social-ecological system (SES). It provides real benefits to anglers and as such, is considered an ecosystem service (ES). This article seeks to identify the scale and nature of cultural and provisioning ES in angling concerning socio-economic and engagement indicators. It also focuses on affiliation and preferred company of other anglers and preference for fishing in different waterbodies. Cultural service anglers were most numerous (68.5%) in this context and were clearer in their environmental and social preferences and characteristics. Anglers expecting to provision are harder to classify, making their behavior in the environment less certain. Association in organizations/clubs proves to be a key social factor that can influence anglers in the context of final ES choice. Despite uneven distribution, the lakes are the most frequently preferred by anglers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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18. Stakeholder perspectives on nature, people and sustainability at Mount Kilimanjaro.
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Masao, Catherine A., Prescott, Graham W., Snethlage, Mark A., Urbach, Davnah, Torre‐Marin Rando, Amor, Molina‐Venegas, Rafael, Mollel, Neduvoto P., Hemp, Claudia, Hemp, Andreas, and Fischer, Markus
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MAMMAL conservation ,WATERSHED management ,MOUNTAIN ecology ,PARTICIPATION ,ECOLOGICAL economics ,HUMAN ecology ,PLANT ecology ,NATURAL resources management - Abstract
Data exploration and analysis Coding habitat responses Despite a preliminary group discussion about the habitats of Mount Kilimanjaro (see Section 2.2.1), there was a substantial variation among respondents to the "habitat" questionnaire in the naming of these habitats. Stakeholder perceptions of the relationship between nature and people Species diversity and habitats (IPBES component 1) Participants recognized the unique diversity of species of Mount Kilimanjaro and the importance of individual species for their livelihood and well-being. Coding ecosystem services into NCP categories We coded open questions relating to ecosystem services from the "ecosystem services" questionnaire using IPBES standard terminologies for NCP (Table S2 in Supplementary Material S2, Díaz et al., 2018; Martín-López et al., 2019). Keywords: participatory workshops; IPBES; Tanzania; East African mountains; mountain biodiversity; Nature's Contributions to People; ecosystem services; social-ecological system EN participatory workshops IPBES Tanzania East African mountains mountain biodiversity Nature's Contributions to People ecosystem services social-ecological system 711 729 19 06/10/22 20220601 NES 220601 INTRODUCTION Effective approaches to sustainability challenges require both a global perspective and an in-depth understanding of local social-ecological systems (Martín-López et al., 2020), which are traditionally accessed through literature and field measurements. Based on the "habitat" questionnaire, stakeholder groups did not differ significantly in their assessment of changes in habitat area (Table 1) and the interaction between stakeholder group and habitat was not significant either. [Extracted from the article]
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19. Local Residents' Social-Ecological Adaptability of the Qilian Mountain National Park Pilot, Northwestern China.
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Li, Jing, Ma, Guoqiang, Feng, Jinghua, Guo, Liying, and Huang, Yinzhou
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NATIONAL parks & reserves ,BIODIVERSITY conservation ,PROTECTED areas ,BUFFER zones (Ecosystem management) ,SMALL farms ,ETHNIC groups ,ECOSYSTEM services - Abstract
Protected areas are critical for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services. In the last few years, there has been growing recognition of the role of indigenous peoples and local communities in the management of government designated protected areas, and thus their perceptions and adaptability were paid much attention. Drawing on a survey of 487 residents in the Qilian Mountain National Park Pilot of Northwestern China, this study used the adaptive analysis framework to study the adaptability of local residents. The main contribution of this paper is to select a typical social-ecological system to study the adaptability of local residents, and using Elinor Ostrom's Social-Ecological System framework to analyze the adaptability mechanism. The results show that different types of residents had different adaptability to environmental change. People whose income mainly depends on work salary with a small part of herding have the highest level of adaptability, while people whose income mostly comes from farming with a small part of herding have the lowest level. This result is related to people's living location, as people living in the core zone and buffer zone of the reserve mainly earned from grazing, and people living in the experimental zone and peripheral zone earned mainly from outside work. Moreover, people living in the core zone and buffer zone are mostly elders and ethnic groups, while people in the experimental zone and buffer zone are Han people. To improve management effectiveness and to avoid conflict between local residents and managers, this paper suggests that more attention should be paid to these who have lived for a long time in the core zone and buffer zone. They are the most vulnerable groups and show low adaptability in almost all domains. For the long run, education quality should be improved to decrease the population in the reserve. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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20. Understanding Residents' Perceptions of the Ecosystem to Improve Park–People Relationships in Wuyishan National Park, China.
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He, Siyuan and Su, Yang
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NATIONAL parks & reserves ,LAND management ,TEA growing ,PARTICIPATION ,PROTECTED areas ,TRADITIONAL knowledge - Abstract
A healthy park–people relationship depends essentially on the fair and sustainable maintenance of rural livelihood. When a protected area is designated, rural people may face restrictions on access to land and resource use. In Wuyishan of China, we analyzed the role of traditional tea cultivation during consistent protected area management to find ways to maintain the stability of this social-ecological system in the new national park era. Based on the social-ecological system meaning perception, we used an intensive social survey to investigate residents' perception of the ecosystem in terms of tea cultivation and its interaction with conservation policies. Results showed that tea cultivation brought major household income and was associated with multiple cultural services. Protected area management affected land use, and conservation outcomes were more obvious to farmers than economic and social ones. We argue that the multi-functionality of the forest-tea system has the potential to benefit both the local people and the public through conservation-compatible activities at three levels: to regulate biophysical elements in the land plot, to link production and market at the mountain level, and to secure tenure and encourage community participation at the landscape level. This knowledge co-production approach revealed that to avoid a negative park–people relationship, traditional knowledge and people's right to benefit must be respected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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21. Pau-brasil and string instrument bows telecouple nature, art, and heritage.
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Lichtenberg, Silke, Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth, Antonio Reyes-Agüero, Juan, Anhuf, Dieter, and Nehren, Udo
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BOWED stringed instruments , *ECOSYSTEM services , *ENDANGERED species listing , *WORLD Heritage Sites , *POWER (Social sciences) , *VIOLIN makers - Abstract
The wood of the pau-brasil tree (Paubrasilia echinata Lam., formerly Caesalpinia echinata Lam.) is used worldwide as raw material for the construction of high-quality bows for string instruments. Alternative tree species are rarely accepted by professional musicians, or by bow and violin makers. Historical overexploitation of this endemic species in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biome (Mata Atlântica), a global biodiversity hotpot including UNESCO World Natural Heritage Sites, and illegal trade have caused drastic declines in its natural abundance. Pau-brasil is now classified as an endangered species and listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. Traditional bow-making craftsmanship, an intangible cultural heritage, depends heavily on the high-quality pau-brasil wood. This complex situation presents unprecedented cross-continental transdisciplinary challenges. In order to target the protection of this coupled natural/cultural heritage, this work frames and examines the pau-brasil/bow-making cultural-ecological system as a complex telecoupled system linked by cultural ecosystem services provided by the pau-brasil, as well as the relationships and cultural exchanges among key actors. Using historical trajectory analysis, we identify past, present, and potential future trigger events, key drivers, and key system variables that explain the dynamics, feedback, and resilience of this complex multidimensional system. Furthermore, with a cross-scale social and power relations analysis, we examine the level of dependencies and influences of contemporary key actors on the ecosystem services provided by the pau-brasil and their interconnections, in order to ultimately identify their level of disadvantage regarding the pau-brasil. Finally, we discuss the potential of this novel cultural-ecological system approach to (i) interlink science, nature, and art, (ii) reconcile the currently competing protection aims of natural and cultural heritage elements, and (iii) provide future trajectories regarding the resilience and sustainable development of this pau-brasil/bowmaking cultural-ecological system. We advocate for this novel path forward toward sustainable transformation of complex culturalecological systems urgently needed to navigate our increasingly telecoupled world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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22. Urbanization affects how people perceive and benefit from ecosystem service bundles in coastal communities of the Global South.
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Lapointe, Marie, Gurney, Georgina G., and Cumming, Graeme S.
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ECOSYSTEM services , *URBANIZATION ,DEVELOPING countries - Abstract
Urbanization profoundly transforms ecosystems and the bundles of services they provide to people. The relationship between urbanization and how ecosystem services are produced together to form bundles has received increased research interest. However, there is limited understanding of how people's perceptions of the benefits they receive from ecosystem service bundles change with urbanization, particularly in the Global South. Addressing this research gap is critical given perceptions influence how people relate to, use and manage their environment. We used a paired sampling design to contrast urban and rural dwellers' perceptions of ecosystem service bundles associated with local ecosystems in the Solomon Islands, a rapidly urbanizing Small Island Developing State. Interviews from 200 households revealed that urbanization simplified the composition of perceived ecosystem service bundles. Contributions of provisioning and some cultural ecosystem services were reduced in bundles in urban areas, indicating a decrease in the diversity of experiences of nature and ecosystems providing those experiences. Examining changes in perceived ecosystem service bundles offers a valuable perspective on the implications of social-ecological change for ecosystem service demand and human wellbeing. Our approach presents a novel and simple way to identify and analyse bundles, providing insights into how and where people benefit from nature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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23. Combining paleolimnological proxies to understand the long-term social-ecological interactions: A case study in the Erhai basin, Southwest China.
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Xu, Min, Wang, Rong, and Yang, Xiangdong
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FISH diversity , *ECOSYSTEMS , *NUTRIENT cycles , *FISHERY closures , *ECOSYSTEM services - Abstract
Understanding social-ecological interactions is a major research priority for sustainable management. However, the scarcity in multi-decadal records represents a big gap in information that hinders the development of above research. In this paper, we propose a framework to explore the long-term dynamic mechanisms between social and ecological systems, and present a case study in the Erhai basin, southwest China. Using paleolimnological proxies to reconstruct the long-term trends of ecological changes, the social-ecological system (SES) framework links the variations of ecosystem services (ESs) and ecosystem functions with social policies. According to the results of the Erhai basin, there were increasing social demands and wanted provisioning ESs but degraded ecosystem functions over the last 70 years. Typically, the introduction of four major Chinese carps since the 1950s, the construction of hydropower stations on the Xi'er river since the 1970s, and the development of tourism since the 1990s, have been implemented to meet the social demands for wanted fish provisioning, hydroelectricity provisioning, and culture services respectively. Although there were temporary benefits in above desired services, improper strategies have gradually impaired the functions of native fish diversity, hydrodynamic forces, and nutrient cycling. Degraded ecosystem functions threatened the sustainable provision of wanted ESs, which motivated the implementation of subsequent social policies, such as the fishing ban after the 1950s, water level control after the 1970s and restoration projects after the 1990s. By rounds of renewed social drivers/policies, the social system and ecosystem in the Erhai basin are tightly connected in the form of a feedback loop in the SES, rendering dynamic changes in wanted ESs. The current social-ecological trap in the Erhai basin emphasizes the significance of SES framework and advantages of a paleolimnological approach in revealing the long-term SES dynamics, which can help tailor proper management measures in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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24. Historical reconfigurations of a social–ecological system adapting to economic, policy and climate changes in the French Alps.
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Bruley, Enora, Locatelli, Bruno, Vendel, François, Bergeret, Agnès, Elleaume, Nicolas, Grosinger, Julia, and Lavorel, Sandra
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To ensure their quality of life, people adapt to multiple changes by maintaining or transforming the structure and functions of their socio-ecological systems (SES). A better understanding of mechanisms underpinning SES adaptation, especially the contribution of changes in human–nature interactions, is crucial to facilitate adaptation to future challenges. Using a chronosystemic timeline and based on literature, archives and local knowledge of inhabitants, we explored the past trajectory of a mountain SES (Pays de la Meije, French Alps) since 1900 by analysing drivers, impacts and responses. We hypothesised that adaptation has occurred through changes in the co-production of nature's contributions to people (NCP). We identified four historical periods of combined changes in agriculture and tourism with associated changes in NCP. Results show which and how drivers of changes have influenced NCP co-production, how NCP have been mobilised in adaptive responses and how human and natural capitals involved in NCP co-production have been reconfigured for adaptation. We show that drivers of change have been mainly exogenous and out of the control of local actors, like public policies, markets and consumption patterns. These drivers can directly impact the capitals involved in NCP co-production like amount of workforce, knowledge or skills, creating not only threats but also opportunities for the livelihood of the local community. Depending on the intensity of capital reconfiguration and the type of NCP involved, adaptive responses range from resistance to transformation of the governance system and socio-economic sectors. This analysis highlights existing path dependencies that could hinder future adaptation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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25. Fishers perceptions of ecosystem service change associated with climate‐disturbed coral reefs.
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Woodhead, Anna J., Graham, Nicholas A. J., Robinson, James P. W., Norström, Albert V., Bodin, Nathalie, Marie, Stephanie, Balett, Marie‐Corinne, and Hicks, Christina C.
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FISHERS ,ECOSYSTEM services ,CORAL reefs & islands ,HABITATS ,QUALITY of life - Abstract
Understanding ecosystem service change necessitates an understanding of the social and ecological dimensions of ecosystem services and how they contribute to the well‐being of different people. These empirical research gaps persist across the tropics and in coastal environments, posing a challenge for small island states that depend on ecosystem services associated with near‐shore ecosystems like coral reefs.Perception‐based approaches allow for a rapid appraisal of what constitutes ecosystem service change, providing insights into why these changes matter, and how experiences of change differ between individuals. To capture perceptions of change in four ecosystem services associated with coral reefs (habitat, fishery, coastal protection and recreation services), we conducted 41 semi‐structured interviews with coral reef fishers from Seychelles, where reef ecosystems have been severely impacted by climate disturbance. We gathered quantitative and qualitative data to understand (a) if and what changes in reef‐associated ecosystem services have been perceived; (b) if fishers' characteristics are associated with differences in perceived changes and (c) which changes matter most in fishers' lives. Using a three‐dimensional approach to well‐being, we sought to identify whether reasons behind the importance of change connect to fishers' well‐being.There have been noticeable changes across all four ecosystem services investigated. Changes include social, ecological and behavioural dynamics. Every fisher perceived at least one ecosystem service change but fishers who dive/snorkel or work from larger boats perceived a higher number of ecosystem services to have changed. Education, age and participation in snorkelling/diving were associated with fishers who identified changing habitat services as most important, whereas fishers from families with fewer livelihood alternatives and from smaller islands identified changing fishery services as most important. Different aspects of the subjective, relational and material dimensions of well‐being were implicated in why changing services matter.Despite known ecological shifts in reef condition, this research is one of few studies to empirically show how changes across multiple ecosystem services are being perceived. These perceived changes are complex, engage both the social and ecological dimensions of services, and connect in multiple ways to how fishers feel about their lives, their relationships and material well‐being. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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26. Integrating social-ecological system into watershed ecosystem services management: A case study of the Jialing River Basin, China.
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Wang, Yixu, Gong, Jie, and Zhu, Yuehua
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ECOSYSTEM management , *ECOSYSTEM services , *WATERSHEDS , *SOIL conservation , *FORESTS & forestry - Abstract
[Display omitted] • Reframing complex issues through the lens of a socio-ecological system (SES) perspective. • A comprehensive framework was proposed to integrating SES with ecosystem services (ES). • The composition and configuration of the SES structure will result in modification to ES. • Relevant management recommendations are offered for enhancing regional ES in the context of SES. A severe decline in ecosystem services (ES) has accompanied the rapid development of human societies. There is a growing interest in considering ES management from a systemic and integrated perspective. Yet, researchers still need to explore effective ways to integrate human and natural systems for strengthening ES. This study proposes an integrating framework that connects the concept of social-ecological system (SES) with ES. We utilize land use types as indicators of basic SES structure and employ the InVEST model to evaluate typical ES in the Jialing River Basin (JRB). By analyzing spatial and temporal characteristics of SES and multiple typical ES, we investigate how ES is related to different SES types. The results reveal that: (1) from 1980 to 2020, the SES of the JRB underwent significant transformations, including a decrease in cropland areas, while construction land and forestland areas increased. Especially, construction land SES experienced an increase as high as 212.53%. (2) Regarding ES, water yield (WY) increased while soil conservation (SC), carbon storage (CS), and habitat quality (HQ) decreased. (3) The relationship analysis demonstrated disparities in levels of ES across various SES types. Construction land SES exhibited the highest average WY but lower SC, CS, and HQ values compared to forestland which had higher average SC, CS, and HQ instead. These findings imply that regional ES will be positively or negatively affected by transformation within SES. In the long run, it is crucial to synthesize both the characteristics of SES and functional benefits provided by ES in the JRB, then control the favorable transformations within SES to enhance a sustainable supply of ES. This study provides a novel methodology for connecting SES and ES comprehensively with new perspectives that will be beneficial for building regional SES management and ES enhancement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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27. Moving from ecological impacts to social vulnerability in data-scarce places.
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Mastrangelo, Matías E., Villarino, Sebastián H., Sirimarco, M. Ximena, Aguiar, Sebastián, Baldi, Germán, Enrico, Lucas, Huaranca, Laura, and Vallejos, María
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ECOLOGICAL impact , *SOCIAL impact , *SOCIAL groups , *ENVIRONMENTAL management , *MATRIX multiplications - Abstract
Managers need to trace social impacts and vulnerability caused by environmental change all the way to its driving forces to target key system components for intervention. However, most available scientific evidence deals with either the ecological impacts of direct drivers or the value of ecosystem benefits to people. Our matrix-based tool combines these types of evidence to make environmental management problems traceable through a structured yet flexible procedure. The tool consists of a series of matrices that sequentially link direct drivers of environmental change, landscapes, ecological conditions, benefits to people, and stakeholder types. Qualitative matrices result from the integration and synthesis of available evidence from literature reviews, and where data is scarce, these are used to elicit quantitative scores from expert opinion. Expert scoring of links and multiplication of matrices allow for estimating the impacts of each driver of environmental change on each stakeholder type and using this information as input to assess stakeholders' vulnerability through impact-influence diagrams. Applying the tool to the Argentine Gran Chaco, a globally threatened ecoregion, yielded a transparent and reliable picture of this data-scarce place, with important management implications. Tracing stakeholder impacts back to direct drivers confirmed that further encroachment of cleared areas around indigenous lands will increase the vulnerability of this social group. Also, assessing confidence levels for every social-ecological link suggested that incentivizing peasant farmers to restore natural forage supply represents a management opportunity to reverse degradation. Our tool makes interdisciplinary frameworks of linked ecological and social systems operational so managers can use the best available knowledge of a place and account for uncertainty to make environmental management decisions. • Our tool links ecological and social components to obtain a systems overview. • The disaggregated analysis allows considering distribution and equity issues. • Uncertainty and knowledge gaps are made explicit to inform science-policy decisions. • Stakeholder's vulnerability to multiple drivers of environmental change is assessed. • This tool reliably reconstructed social-ecological links for the Argentine Gran Chaco. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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28. Coexistence of people and wild species: A new approach to conservation derived from ecological competition theory.
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Murray, Martyn
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COMPETITION (Biology) ,COEXISTENCE of species ,ECOSYSTEM services ,CONFLICT management ,SUSTAINABLE development ,PROTECTED areas ,SPECIES - Abstract
An approach to stemming the Anthropocene decline in nature is derived from ecological competition theory by seeking conditions for coexistence between people and wild species. It shows how coexistence is attained through a reciprocal process of 'nature exchange' in which people's needs are met from ecosystem services and nature's needs from conservation services. Nature exchange takes place within the 'bioscape', a landscape, seascape or cityscape, in which the human-nature relationship is balanced. The bioscape has several distinguishing features: (a) it introduces competition theory to the exploration of social-ecological systems; (b) it scales in size from local to global; (c) it integrates with other forms of land-use such as protected areas, urban and industrial areas, farmland and wilderness; (d) it contributes to greening of the local economy; (e) it brings people together in managing conflicts over nature; (f) it provides a platform for harmonising intrinsic and utilitarian values of nature; and (g) it constitutes a new tool for halting the global decline in wild species by reducing competition between people and nature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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29. Spatiotemporal determinants of seasonal gleaning.
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Grantham, Ruby, Álvarez‐Romero, Jorge G., Mills, David J., Rojas, Cristian, Cumming, Graeme S., and Belgrano, Andrea
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GLEANING ,MARINE organisms ,COASTAL zone management ,ECOSYSTEM management ,GLOBAL environmental change ,ECOSYSTEM services ,CORAL reef management ,LITTORAL zone - Abstract
Many coastal communities depend on ecosystems for goods and services that contribute to human well‐being. As long‐standing interactions between people and nature are modified by global environmental change, dynamic and diversified livelihood strategies that enable seasonal adaptation will be critical for vulnerable coastal communities. However, the success of such strategies depends on a range of poorly understood influences.Gleaning, the hand‐based collection of marine organisms from littoral habitats, provides an interesting case study of dynamic change in social‐ecological interactions. It is an important coastal livelihood strategy, yet seasonal gleaning dynamics have not been empirically explored in contemporary communities. We examined seasonal gleaning in eight coastal communities on Atauro Island, Timor‐Leste, using household surveys and satellite‐derived maps of shallow‐water benthic habitats. Our analysis explored the factors affecting household decisions to glean in each season, the relationship between gleaning and seafood consumption, and seasonal gleaning pressure on near‐shore coastal resources.Dynamic marine harvesting strategies differed among households and gleaning activity was seasonally heterogeneous. Not all gleaning households gleaned during the season characterised by rough sea conditions despite rough season gleaning being associated with greater seafood consumption stability among seasons. Households also gleaned less regularly, and catches were smaller, in the rough season.Differences in seasonal participation in gleaning were explained mostly by type and extent of shallow habitat proximate to a community. In the calm season, household gleaning was positively related to the total area of shallow habitat, and in the rough season the percentage of hard‐bottom shallow habitat was also an important predictor of gleaning activity.Our findings illustrate how changes in the biophysical environment mediate human–nature interactions at fine scales through time and space. Consequently, this research highlights the importance of context‐specific perspectives for understanding drivers and dynamics in fishing pressure on littoral ecosystems, access to ecosystem benefits and limits to adaptation. Factors influencing when livelihood activities are feasible and desirable are important for evaluating the social impacts of climate change, particularly in the context of rural communities in the Global South. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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30. Nature's contributions to people: coproducing quality of life from multifunctional landscapes.
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Bruley, Enora, Locatelli, Bruno, and Lavorel, Sandra
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QUALITY of life , *ECOSYSTEM management , *LANDSCAPES , *NATURAL capital - Abstract
Nature's contributions to human well-being within social-ecological systems have been widely studied using multiple conceptual frameworks, yet there is a growing need to better articulate how both humans and nature contribute to quality of life. We present an operationalization of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) conceptual framework with an in-depth analysis of the coproduction of nature's contributions to people (NCP) in a mountain social-ecological system. Based on a participatory process questioning stakeholders on nature's contributions to their quality of life, we propose an analysis of NCP coproduction mechanisms in a multifunctional landscape. We refine the consideration of NCP coproduction in the IPBES framework by distinguishing three coproduction types at different steps of the benefits flow from ecosystems to quality of life: (1) ecosystem management; (2) mobilization, harvesting, and physical access; and (3) appropriation, social access, and appreciation. For each of these coproduction types, we describe the types of natural and human-derived capital involved. This approach highlights: nature's key contributions to people as perceived by participants; landscape multifunctionality and interlinkages among NCP induced by their simultaneous coproduction to improve quality of life; and a gradient of natural and human-derived capital among coproduction types and among material, nonmaterial, and regulating NCP. This approach documents how NCP coproduction creates social-ecological trade-offs and synergies among multiple NCP, as well as collaborations and conflicts among beneficiaries at the landscape level. We conclude that the analysis of NCP coproduction can provide new opportunities for ecosystem services research by tackling the involvement of both humans and nature in quality of life objectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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31. Stakeholders' views on sustaining honey bee health and beekeeping: the roles of ecological and social system drivers.
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Fedoriak, Mariia, Kulmanov, Oleksandr, Zhuk, Alina, Shkrobanets, Oleksandr, Tymchuk, Kateryna, Moskalyk, Galyna, Olendr, Tetiana, Yamelynets, Taras, and Angelstam, Per
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HONEYBEES ,BEEKEEPING ,BEEKEEPERS ,ECOSYSTEMS ,SOCIAL systems ,FARMS ,AGRICULTURAL intensification - Abstract
Context: Honey bees provide multiple ecosystem services. Comparisons of coupled social-ecological systems (SES) can improve the understanding of the factors affecting honey bees and beekeeping. Objectives: Stressing the need for SES analyses, we explore beekeepers' perceived factors affecting bees and beekeeping, test the hypothesis that honey bee colony losses are associated to agricultural land use intensity, and discuss the role of beekeeping for rural development. Methods: We used as a case study the steep gradient in SES in Ukraine's Chernivtsi region with three strata: (i) traditional villages, (ii) intermediate and (iii) intensive agriculture. In each stratum, we analysed the social system using five open-ended focus groups. Regarding the ecological system, we analysed data about winter loss rate of honey bee colonies, number of colonies per beekeeper, the average amount of supplemental feeding, and proportion of beekeepers treating against Varroa mite. Results: Thirty-three themes were extracted, of which 73% concerned the social system at multiple levels of governance. The number of themes increased from the traditional stratum with higher winter colony losses to the intensive agriculture stratum with lower losses. This does not support the hypothesis that the intensive agriculture per se affect honey bees negatively. Conclusions: Social system factors dominate over ecological factors, and interact across scales. This requires systems analyses of honey bees and beekeeping. We see beekeeping as a social innovation enhancing stakeholders' navigation in social systems, thus supporting rural development in countries in transition like Ukraine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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32. Understanding Residents’ Perceptions of the Ecosystem to Improve Park–People Relationships in Wuyishan National Park, China
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Siyuan He and Yang Su
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national park ,social-ecological system ,ecosystem services ,tea cultivation ,protected area management ,Agriculture - Abstract
A healthy park–people relationship depends essentially on the fair and sustainable maintenance of rural livelihood. When a protected area is designated, rural people may face restrictions on access to land and resource use. In Wuyishan of China, we analyzed the role of traditional tea cultivation during consistent protected area management to find ways to maintain the stability of this social-ecological system in the new national park era. Based on the social-ecological system meaning perception, we used an intensive social survey to investigate residents’ perception of the ecosystem in terms of tea cultivation and its interaction with conservation policies. Results showed that tea cultivation brought major household income and was associated with multiple cultural services. Protected area management affected land use, and conservation outcomes were more obvious to farmers than economic and social ones. We argue that the multi-functionality of the forest-tea system has the potential to benefit both the local people and the public through conservation-compatible activities at three levels: to regulate biophysical elements in the land plot, to link production and market at the mountain level, and to secure tenure and encourage community participation at the landscape level. This knowledge co-production approach revealed that to avoid a negative park–people relationship, traditional knowledge and people’s right to benefit must be respected.
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33. Pau-brasil and string instrument bows telecouple nature, art, and heritage
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Silke Lichtenberg, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Juan Antonio Reyes-Agüero, Dieter Anhuf, and Udo Nehren
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bow-making ,brazilwood ,cultural-ecological system ,ecosystem services ,intangible cultural heritage ,paubrasilia echinata lam. ,pernambuco wood ,social-ecological system ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 ,Ecology ,QH540-549.5 - Abstract
The wood of the pau-brasil tree (Paubrasilia echinata Lam., formerly Caesalpinia echinata Lam.) is used worldwide as raw material for the construction of high-quality bows for string instruments. Alternative tree species are rarely accepted by professional musicians, or by bow and violin makers. Historical overexploitation of this endemic species in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biome (Mata Atlântica), a global biodiversity hotpot including UNESCO World Natural Heritage Sites, and illegal trade have caused drastic declines in its natural abundance. Pau-brasil is now classified as an endangered species and listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. Traditional bow-making craftsmanship, an intangible cultural heritage, depends heavily on the high-quality pau-brasil wood. This complex situation presents unprecedented cross-continental transdisciplinary challenges. In order to target the protection of this coupled natural/cultural heritage, this work frames and examines the pau-brasil/bow-making cultural-ecological system as a complex telecoupled system linked by cultural ecosystem services provided by the pau-brasil, as well as the relationships and cultural exchanges among key actors. Using historical trajectory analysis, we identify past, present, and potential future trigger events, key drivers, and key system variables that explain the dynamics, feedback, and resilience of this complex multi-dimensional system. Furthermore, with a cross-scale social and power relations analysis, we examine the level of dependencies and influences of contemporary key actors on the ecosystem services provided by the pau-brasil and their interconnections, in order to ultimately identify their level of disadvantage regarding the pau-brasil. Finally, we discuss the potential of this novel cultural-ecological system approach to (i) interlink science, nature, and art, (ii) reconcile the currently competing protection aims of natural and cultural heritage elements, and (iii) provide future trajectories regarding the resilience and sustainable development of this pau-brasil/bow-making cultural-ecological system. We advocate for this novel path forward toward sustainable transformation of complex cultural-ecological systems urgently needed to navigate our increasingly telecoupled world.
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34. A social–ecological framework and toolbox to help strengthening functional agrobiodiversity-supported ecosystem services at the landscape scale.
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Gerits, Frederik, Messely, Lies, Reubens, Bert, and Verheyen, Kris
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ECOSYSTEM services , *LANDSCAPES , *NATURAL resources , *AGROBIODIVERSITY , *INFORMATION sharing , *GARDENS - Abstract
Functional agrobiodiversity (FAB) has severely declined during the last decades. Current efforts to reinforce FAB are mainly focused on single-actor, parcel-based measures, whereas multi-actor landscape approaches are supposed to be more effective. In this paper, we propose a social–ecological framework that structures how different land users at both the parcel and landscape level interact with FAB as a natural resource. Furthermore, we introduce 1 m2 FAB gardens as an interactive multipurpose measurement tool to gather data on ecosystem services in collaboration with land users. The presented action research approach provides new insights on motivations and interests of different land users in FAB and how knowledge exchange can result in a higher motivation to invest in FAB. Using a case study in Flanders, we illustrate the FAB-garden concept and highlight its strengths and necessary considerations to properly complement other research approaches in this social–ecological system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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35. Reconsidering the role of the built environment in human–wildlife interactions.
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Serenari, Christopher and Aiyadurai, Ambika
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CARNIVOROUS animals ,SYMBOLIC interactionism ,WILDLIFE conservation ,HUMAN-animal relationships ,ECOSYSTEM services - Abstract
In facing our greatest challenges, researchers have questioned where the 'wild things' will reside in the future, and large carnivores have been a primary focal area.The built environment plays a critical role in the propagation of countless species including carnivores; however, contemporary conceptualizations of human–nature relations do not satisfactorily attend to where the built environment should be placed within existing human–nature relation frameworks or how it impacts our ability to find space for carnivores.This paper fills this information gap by investigating the role of the built environment in social–ecological systems (SES), specifically wildlife and carnivore conservation.The paper unfolds in four stages: The first reviews empirical efforts to capture the relationship between human–natural–wildlife systems and the built environment. Second, using insights from the built environment literature, I argue that moving away from a common pool resource focus, decoupling wildlife and natural systems, investigating all infrastructure types and their interactions across systems, and considering the notion of hybrid systems offer pathways forward. Third, an explanation of the built environment's linkages to human and carnivore systems is undertaken to illustrate how the built environment facilitates the material and symbolic interactions through a blending of properties from human, wildlife and natural systems. Lastly, the argument is made that attending to the role of the built environment in human–wildlife relations can stimulate new research that reveals unhelpful habitual behaviour, feedbacks and barriers, and may also help explain unintended or unexplained consequences impacting human–carnivore relations not fully considered under existing frameworks. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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36. Power asymmetries in social networks of ecosystem services governance.
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Vallet, Améline, Locatelli, Bruno, Barnaud, Cécile, Makowski, David, Quispe Conde, Yésica, and Levrel, Harold
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POWER (Social sciences) ,ECOSYSTEM services ,SOCIAL networks ,SOCIAL network analysis - Abstract
• Ecosystem services governance is shaped by power asymmetries. • There is a need for novel approaches that unravel the nature and intensity of power asymmetries. • Social network analysis can be used to investigate the different forms of power handled by actors. • Some forms of power, such as domination, strongly increase conflict probability. Power asymmetries affect the governance of natural resources but are rarely considered explicitly in ecosystem services research, which often overlooks the diversity of actors and their interactions. In this paper, we propose an innovative and easily replicable method to analyze two types of power asymmetries, using social network analysis and a power typology which distinguishes between influence and domination. We apply this method to a network of actors involved in the governance of eight ecosystem services in the Peruvian Andes. The results reveal substantial power asymmetries, of different types. Indirect managers of ecosystem services had higher influence and domination than the direct managers and beneficiaries. Businesses showed significantly lower influence than members of civil society, non-governmental organizations, and the public sector (state or decentralized organizations, public enterprises). Compared to other actors, members of the public sector had significantly higher domination, especially national actors. Domination and influence relationships strongly increased conflict probability, along with difference of domination score between two actors. A better interdisciplinary understanding of the determinants of power asymmetries can make the governance of socio-ecological systems more sustainable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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37. Exploring sustainable scenarios in debt-based social–ecological systems: The case for palm oil production in Indonesia.
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Gonzalez-Redin, Julen, Polhill, J. Gareth, Dawson, Terence P., Hill, Rosemary, and Gordon, Iain J.
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PALM oil industry , *ECONOMIC expansion , *ECONOMIC indicators , *CAPITALISM , *ENVIRONMENTAL protection , *ECOLOGICAL resilience , *BIODIVERSITY conservation - Abstract
A debt-based economy requires the accumulation of more and more debt to finance economic growth, while future economic growth is needed to repay the debt, and so the cycle continues. Despite global debt reaching unprecedented levels, little research has been done to understand the impacts of debt dynamics on environmental sustainability. Here, we explore the environmental impacts of the debt-growth cycle in Indonesia, the world's largest debt-based producer of palm oil. Our empirical Agent-Based Model analyses the future effects (2018–2050) of power (im)balance scenarios between debt-driven economic forces (i.e. banks, firms), and conservation forces, on two ecosystem services (food production, climate regulation) and biodiversity. The model shows the trade-offs and synergies among these indicators for Business As Usual as compared to alternative scenarios. Results show that debt-driven economic forces can partially support environmental conservation, provided the state's role in protecting the environment is reinforced. Our analysis provides a lesson for developing countries that are highly dependent on debt-based production systems: sustainable development pathways can be achievable in the short and medium terms; however, reaching long-term sustainability requires reduced dependency on external financial powers, as well as further government intervention to protect the environment from the rough edges of the market economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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38. Traditional knowledge's impact on soil and water conservation in mountain agricultural systems: A case study of Shexian Dryland stone terraced System, China.
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Jiao, Wenjun, Yang, Xiao, and Li, Yuwei
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SOIL conservation , *TRADITIONAL knowledge , *AGRICULTURAL conservation , *SOIL moisture , *STONE , *WATER conservation - Abstract
• The SES framework and the ES evaluation methods are jointly employed. • Farmers creatively utilize traditional knowledge and develop nature-based solutions. • Landscape restructuring lays a foundation for soil and water conservation. • Stone terraced fields have a higher capacity for soil and water conservation. • Traditional knowledge correlates and interacts across scales. To explore how traditional knowledge acts in the soil and water conservation in mountain agricultural systems, this study selects the Shexian Dryland Stone Terraced System (SDSTS) as the study area and employs the social-ecological system (SES) framework and ecosystem service (ES) evaluation methods in a joint way. Results of the action mechanism analysis show that local farmers, as the main actors, fully utilize a variety of traditional knowledge, which constitutes a set of action situations at both the field and landscape scales. This has not only improved the soil and water conservation capacity of the SDSTS, but also met the livelihood need of the local people. Evaluation of the action outcomes further displays that the stone terraced fields have a higher capacity for soil and water conservation than other land use types and they also show a superior performance in food production. This has led to the highest comprehensive benefit per unit area found in the stone terraced fields (1.69 × 104 dollars·ha−1), much higher than forests (3.48 × 103 dollars·ha−1) and the grasslands (2.58 × 103 dollars·ha−1) on slopes. The traditional knowledge is proven extremely important for the SDSTS to achieve sustainable development and effective measures are thus needed to promote its inheritance and development. The combination of these two methods makes up for the shortcomings of the current traditional knowledge research, which mainly focuses on qualitative description and is lack of systematic explanation of mechanisms. The con-joint use of them also provides theoretical reference and technical support for more case studies of traditional knowledge in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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39. Analysis of Olive Grove Destruction by Xylella fastidiosa Bacterium on the Land Surface Temperature in Salento Detected Using Satellite Images
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Teodoro Semeraro, Riccardo Buccolieri, Marzia Vergine, Luigi De Bellis, Andrea Luvisi, Rohinton Emmanuel, and Norbert Marwan
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Agricultural activity replaces natural vegetation with cultivated land and it is a major cause of local and global climate change. Highly specialized agricultural production leads to extensive monoculture farming with a low biodiversity that may cause low landscape resilience. This is the case on the Salento peninsula, in the Apulia Region of Italy, where the Xylella fastidiosa bacterium has caused the mass destruction of olive trees, many of them in monumental groves. The historical land cover that characterized the landscape is currently in a transition phase and can strongly affect climate conditions. This study aims to analyze how the destruction of olive groves by X. fastidiosa affects local climate change. Land surface temperature (LST) data detected by Landsat 8 and MODIS satellites are used as a proxies for microclimate mitigation ecosystem services linked to the evolution of the land cover. Moreover, recurrence quantification analysis was applied to the study of LST evolution. The results showed that olive groves are the least capable forest type for mitigating LST, but they are more capable than farmland, above all in the summer when the air temperature is the highest. The differences in the average LST from 2014 to 2020 between olive groves and farmland ranges from 2.8 °C to 0.8 °C. Furthermore, the recurrence analysis showed that X. fastidiosa was rapidly changing the LST of the olive groves into values to those of farmland, with a difference in LST reduced to less than a third from the time when the bacterium was identified in Apulia six years ago. The change generated by X. fastidiosa started in 2009 and showed more or less constant behavior after 2010 without substantial variation; therefore, this can serve as the index of a static situation, which can indicate non-recovery or non-transformation of the dying olive groves. Failure to restore the initial environmental conditions can be connected with the slow progress of the uprooting and replacing infected plants, probably due to attempts to save the historic aspect of the landscape by looking for solutions that avoid uprooting the diseased plants. This suggests that social-ecological systems have to be more responsive to phytosanitary epidemics and adapt to ecological processes, which cannot always be easily controlled, to produce more resilient landscapes and avoid unwanted transformations.
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40. Services provided by multifunctional agroecosystems : Questions, obstacles and solutions
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Alexia Stokes, Géraldine Bocquého, Pascal Carrere, Raphaël Conde Salazar, Marc Deconchat, Léo Garcia, Antoine Gardarin, Christian Gary, Cédric Gaucherel, Mamadou Gueye, Mickael Hedde, Françoise Lescourret, Zhun Mao, Nicolas Quérou, Gabrielle Rudi, Jean-Michel Salles, Raphael Soubeyran, Julie Subervie, Aude Vialatte, Fabrice Vinatier, Marielle Thomas, Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations (UMR AMAP), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA), AgroParisTech-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Unité Mixte de Recherche sur l'Ecosystème Prairial - UMR (UREP), VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Dynamiques et écologie des paysages agriforestiers (DYNAFOR), École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse (ENSAT), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Agrosystèmes Biodiversifiés (UMR ABSys), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM), Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Agronomie, AgroParisTech-Université Paris-Saclay-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine (LEDa), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Géopolitique de l’Energie et des Matières Premières (LEDA-CGEMP), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, Ecologie fonctionnelle et biogéochimie des sols et des agro-écosystèmes (UMR Eco&Sols), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Unité de recherche Plantes et Systèmes de Culture Horticoles (PSH), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Centre d'Economie de l'Environnement - Montpellier (CEE-M), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages (UMR G-EAU), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) (BRGM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-AgroParisTech-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Laboratoire d'étude des Interactions Sol - Agrosystème - Hydrosystème (UMR LISAH), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Unité de Recherches Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux (URAFPA), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), We acknowledge the funding and support provided by the INRAE Metaprogram ‘Ecosystem Services’, (https://colloque.inrae.fr/metaprograms-workshops_eng/Metaprograms/EcoServ). In particular, we thank Dr Guy Richard (INRAE, France) for his dynamic leadership of this research program. AS, MZ and CG received funding from the EU Horizon Europe Programme under grant agreement number 101059498 (eco2adapt: Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Changemaking to Shape, Protect and Maintain the Resilience of Tomorrow’s Forests)., and European Project: 101059498 ,eco2adapt
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Environmental Engineering ,Social-ecological system ,Economics ,Ecosystem services ,Biodiversity ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Farm ,[SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance ,[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Model ,[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences - Abstract
International audience; Highlights: • We investigated multifunctionality and ecosystem services in agroecosystems. • 18 research questions, obstacles and solutions were identified. • Future research must integrate knowledge from different sectors and communities. • Biodiversity is a key factor to explore and incorporate into modelling approaches. • Promoting dialogue, standardization and data-sharing would enhance progress.Abstract:Agroecosystems are facing new challenges in the context of a growing and increasingly interconnected human population, and a paradigm shift is needed to successfully address the many complex questions that these challenges will generate. The transition to providing multiple services within an agroecosystem is a starting point for heightened multifunctionality, however, there is still hesitation among stakeholders about moving towards multi-service systems, largely because of the lack of knowledge linking productivity and multifunctionality. We reason that much of this reticence could be overcome through a better understanding of stakeholder requirements and innovative transdisciplinary research extended in the dimensions of time and space. We assembled experts in France to identify priority research questions for co-constructing projects with stakeholders. We identified 18 key questions, as well as the obstacles that hinder their resolution and propose potential solutions for tackling these obstacles. We illustrate that research into agroecosystem multifunctionality and service production must be a hugely collaborative effort and needs to integrate knowledge from different sectors and communities. Promoting dialogue, standardization and data-sharing would enhance transdisciplinary progress. Biodiversity is highlighted as a key factor to explore and incorporate into modelling approaches, but major advances must be made in the understanding of dynamic changes in the biodiversity-function-service nexus across landscapes. Resolving these research questions will allow us to translate knowledge into decision objectives, identify adaptation and tipping points in agroecosystems and develop social-ecological economic pathways that are adaptive over time.
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41. Peasant farmer–raptor conflicts around Chembe Bird Sanctuary, Zambia, Central Africa: poultry predation, ethno–biology, land use practices and conservation
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Musonda, F., Kambole, S., and Tembo, S.
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Social–ecological system ,Stakeholder participation ,Technical ecological knowledge ,On–farm counter–measures ,Ecosystem services ,Zoology ,QL1-991 - Abstract
Raptors provide ecosystem services to African rural communities by: (1) preying on rodents, (2) regulating harmful snake populations, (3) shaping cultural beliefs, and (4) being part of tourist attractions. Peasant farmers, however, connect them with poultry depletion, telepathic omens, and traditional witchcraft. Consequently, raptors suffer human–induced persecution. Using a qualitative content analysis technique, we investigated the interaction between farmers and raptors in areas adjoining the Chembe Bird Sanctuary. Our results unravel negative perceptions, attitudes and practices that could threaten the extinction of five raptors in the study area. We propose the use of transformative cognitive measures (e.g., raising stakeholder awareness, ensuring stringent law enforcement for raptors and protecting their habitat, and strengthening relational social capital) and physical measures (e.g., providing appropriate fencing and poultry breeding of high resilient phenotypes) to improve the co–existence between farmers and raptors.
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42. Conceptual framework to define management strategies for silvopastoral systems in native forests
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Guillermo Martínez Pastur, Laura Cavallero, María V. Lencinas, Dardo R. López, Yamina M. Rosas, and Pablo L. Peri
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Livestock ,Primary Forestts ,Resilience ,Ecology ,Servicios de los Ecosistemas ,Sistema Socio-ecológico ,Bosque Primario ,Social-ecological System ,Ganado ,Forage Biomass ,Biodiversity ,Biodiversidad ,Silvopastoral Systems ,Resiliencia ,Sistemas Silvopascícolas ,Biomasa Forrajera ,Ecosystem Services ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Most of the native forests in Argentina are used for livestock production with little sustainable silvopastoral management. Our objective here is to discuss different management strategies where natural and human capital are combined to co-produce cosystem services (ES) provided by silvopastoral systems in native forests, interacting with different ecosystem functions and biodiversity. Also, we provide perspectives that should be analyzed in a context of socio-ecological approaches in agro-forestry landscapes. Four types of theoretical strategies are proposed (win-win, win-lose, lose-win and lose-lose), which define the social-ecological and economic thresholds that determine the provision of ES and biodiversity in the long term. The evidence of the win-lose strategy occurs when the silvopastoral systems are managed mainly to increase economic profitability through increments in forage biomass aimed to increase livestock production in the medium and long term. Deferred deforestation was presented as a typical example of lose-lose strategy in the Chaco region based on short-term management strategies by only obtaining commodities (crops or livestock products) without considering the negative interactions with other ES and loss of biodiversity. The information provided in this work should assist stakeholders and researchers to identify thresholds of economic profitability and ecological resilience in ecosystems under management. The proposed approaches provide a utilitarian vision of ecosystem services and key aspects of social-ecological resilience. Marco conceptual para definir estrategias de manejo en sistemas silvopastoriles para los bosques nativos. La mayoría de los bosques nativos de la Argentina se utilizan para la producción ganadera con escaso manejo silvopastoril sustentable. El objetivo fue discutir diferentes estrategias de manejo en las que el capital natural y el humano se combinan para coproducir los servicios ecosistémicos (SE) que brindan los sistemas silvopastoriles en los bosques nativos, interactuando con la biodiversidad y con diferentes funciones de los ecosistemas. Además, proponemos perspectivas para ser analizadas en un contexto de enfoques social-ecológicos en paisajes agroforestales. Se proponen cuatro tipos de estrategias teóricas (ganar-ganar, ganar-perder, perderganar y perder-perder) que definen los umbrales social-ecológicos y económicos que determinan la provisión de SE y biodiversidad a largo plazo. La evidencia de la estrategia ganar-perder ocurre cuando los sistemas silvopastoriles se manejan principalmente para aumentar la rentabilidad económica a través de incrementos en la biomasa forrajera, a fin de elevar la producción ganadera en el mediano y el largo plazo. La deforestación diferida se presentó como un ejemplo típico de estrategia perder-perder en la región del Chaco, basada en un manejo a corto plazo, obteniendo sólo cultivos de alto valor comercial (cultivos o productos pecuarios) sin considerar las interacciones negativas con otros SE y la pérdida de biodiversidad. La información proporcionada en este trabajo debería ayudar a los tomadores de decisión e investigadores a identificar los umbrales de rentabilidad económica y resiliencia ecológica en los ecosistemas bajo gestión. Los enfoques planteados proveen una visión utilitaria de los servicios ecosistémicos y aspectos claves de resiliencia social-ecológica. EEA Santa Cruz Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Rosas, Yamina Micaela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC); Argentina. Fil: Lopez, Dardo Ruben. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi. Campo Anexo Villa Dolores; Argentina. Fil: Lopez, Dardo Ruben. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Lencinas, María Vanessa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC); Argentina. Fil: Cavallero, Laura. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi. Campo Anexo Villa Dolores; Argentina. Fil: Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC); Argentina.
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43. Social-Cultural Ecosystem Services of Sea Trout Recreational Fishing in Norway
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Yajie Liu, Jennifer L. Bailey, and Jan G. Davidsen
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cultural value ,ecosystem services ,educational value ,recreational value ,sea trout ,social-ecological system ,Science ,General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution ,QH1-199.5 - Abstract
This paper explores the ecosystem services provided by anadromous brown trout (often termed sea trout) populations in Norway. Sea trout is an important species in both freshwater and marine ecosystems and provides important demand-driven ecological provisioning and socio-cultural services. While the sea trout once provided an important provisioning service through a professional fishery and subsistence fishing, fishing for sea trout in the near shore coastal areas and in rivers is today a very popular and accessible recreational activity and generates primarily socio-cultural services. The recreational fishery contributes to local cultural heritage, its folkways and lore, to the development and transfer of local ecological knowledge and fishing experience to the young and to human well-being. As a salmonid species, the sea trout is sensitive to negative environmental conditions in both freshwater and marine coastal areas and is in general decline. A recent decision to expand production of farmed salmon may increase pressure on stocks. Good management of recreational fishing is accordingly important for the species to thrive, but knowledge of what fishers value with respect to fishing sea trout and what management measures they will accept is limited. Researchers sought to capture information about non-extractive direct use value (non-monetary) of the sea trout recreational fishery using questionnaire surveys targeting Norwegian anglers around the country. Results indicate that the most important ecosystem services delivered by recreational sea trout fisheries are social-cultural ecosystem services at the level of individual fishers; fishing sea trout most likely also has important social functions. Fishers are prepared to accept stricter management measures that reduce catches and allow fishing to continue but they oppose paying higher fees.
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44. Nature's contributions to people: coproducing quality of life from multifunctional landscapes
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Enora Bruley, Bruno Locatelli, and Sandra Lavorel
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Nature's contributions to human well-being within social-ecological systems have been widely studied using multiple conceptual frameworks, yet there is a growing need to better articulate how both humans and nature contribute to quality of life. We present an operationalization of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) conceptual framework with an in-depth analysis of the coproduction of nature's contributions to people (NCP) in a mountain social-ecological system. Based on a participatory process questioning stakeholders on nature's contributions to their quality of life, we propose an analysis of NCP coproduction mechanisms in a multifunctional landscape. We refine the consideration of NCP coproduction in the IPBES framework by distinguishing three coproduction types at different steps of the benefits flow from ecosystems to quality of life: (1) ecosystem management; (2) mobilization, harvesting, and physical access; and (3) appropriation, social access, and appreciation. For each of these coproduction types, we describe the types of natural and human-derived capital involved. This approach highlights: nature's key contributions to people as perceived by participants; landscape multifunctionality and interlinkages among NCP induced by their simultaneous coproduction to improve quality of life; and a gradient of natural and human-derived capital among coproduction types and among material, nonmaterial, and regulating NCP. This approach documents how NCP coproduction creates social-ecological trade-offs and synergies among multiple NCP, as well as collaborations and conflicts among beneficiaries at the landscape level. We conclude that the analysis of NCP coproduction can provide new opportunities for ecosystem services research by tackling the involvement of both humans and nature in quality of life objectives.
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45. Assessing ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies: The need for a more mechanistic approach.
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Dade, Marie C., Mitchell, Matthew G.E., McAlpine, Clive A., and Rhodes, Jonathan R.
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Positive (synergistic) and negative (trade-off) relationships among ecosystem services are influenced by drivers of change, such as policy interventions and environmental variability, and the mechanisms that link these drivers to ecosystem service outcomes. Failure to account for these drivers and mechanisms can result in poorly informed management decisions and reduced ecosystem service provision. Here, we review the literature to determine the extent to which drivers and mechanisms are considered in assessments of ecosystem service relationships. We show that only 19% of assessments explicitly identify the drivers and mechanisms that lead to ecosystem service relationships. While the proportion of assessments considering drivers has increased over time, most of these studies only implicitly consider the drivers of ecosystem service relationships. We recommend more assessments explicitly identify drivers of trade-offs and synergies, which can be achieved through a greater uptake of causal inference and process-based models, to ensure effective management of ecosystem services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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46. Integrating supply and demand in ecosystem service bundles characterization across Mediterranean transformed landscapes.
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Quintas-Soriano, Cristina, García-Llorente, Marina, Norström, Albert, Meacham, Megan, Peterson, Garry, and Castro, Antonio J.
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Context: Humans continually transform landscapes, affecting the ecosystem services (ES) they provide. Thus, the spatial relationships among services vary across landscapes. Managers and decision makers have access to a variety of tools for mapping landscapes and analyzing their capacity to provide multiple ES. Objectives: This paper characterizes and maps ES bundles across transformed landscapes in southeast Spain incorporating both the ecological and social perspectives. Our specific goals were to: (1) quantify ES biophysical supply, (2) identify public awareness, (3) map ES bundles, and (4) characterize types of ES bundles based on their social-ecological dimensions. Methods: Biophysical models and face-to-face social surveys were used to quantify and map ES bundles and explore the public awareness in a highly transformed Mediterranean region. Then, we classified ES bundles into four types using a matrix crossing the degree of biophysical ES supply and the degree of social awareness. Results: Results mapped seven ES bundles types representing diverse social-ecological dynamics. ES bundles mapped at the municipality level showed mismatches between their biophysical provision and the public awareness, which has important implications for operationalizing the bundles concept for landscape planning and management. ES bundles characterization identified four types of bundles scenarios. Conclusions: We propose an ES bundles classification that incorporates both their social and ecological dimensions. Our findings can be used by land managers to identify areas in which ES are declining as well as priority areas for maximizing ES provision and can help to identify conflicts associated with new management and planning practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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47. Exploring sustainable land use in forested tropical social-ecological systems: A case-study in the Wet Tropics.
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Gonzalez-Redin, Julen, Gordon, Iain J., Hill, Rosemary, Polhill, J. Gary, and Dawson, Terence P.
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Abstract Tropical countries lie at the nexus of three pressing issues for global sustainability: agricultural production, climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. The forces that drive forest protection do not necessarily oppose those that drive forest clearance for development. This decoupling, enhanced by the stronger economic forces compared to conservation, is detrimental for the social-ecological sustainability of forested tropical landscapes. This paper presents an integrated, and spatially-explicit, Agent-Based Model that examines the future impacts of land-use change scenarios on the sustainability of the Wet Tropics region of tropical Queensland, Australia. In particular, the model integrates Bayesian Belief Networks, Geographical Information Systems, empirical data and expert knowledge, under a land-sharing/land-sparing analysis, to study the impact of different landscape configurations on trade-offs and synergies among biodiversity and two ecosystem services (sugarcane production and carbon sequestration). Contrary to most tropical regions, model simulations show that Business As Usual is helping to reconcile these contrasting goals in the forested landscape of the Wet Tropics. The paper analyses which combination of governance and socio-economic factors is causing these positive results. This is an outstanding achievement for a tropical region, considering that most tropical areas are characterized for having stronger economic-land clearing forces compared to conservation forces, which reduce important ecosystem services for human wellbeing and the health of ecosystems. Highlights • Integrated Agent-Based Model simulates a social-ecological system of the Wet Tropics. • BAU reconciles sugarcane production, carbon sequestration and biodiversity. • Results driven by different socio-economic, governance and environmental factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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48. Sustainable Land-use Management Under Biodiversity Lag Effects.
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Lafuite, A.-S., Denise, G., and Loreau, M.
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Abstract The destruction of natural habitats for agricultural production results in local biodiversity loss. Biodiversity loss in turn affects agricultural production indirectly through a range of biodiversity-dependent ecosystem services. Land conversion thus results in a negative externality, mediated by changes in biodiversity. When the consequences of this externality are delayed in time, lack of internalization results in overshoot-and-collapse dynamics, which are undesirable from a sustainability perspective. Here, we emphasize the importance of forward-looking policies for the long-term sustainability of human–nature interactions. We show that the internalization of this externality through a land tax can result in several win-win effects in the long run. First, more biodiversity is preserved at equilibrium, which increases the carrying capacity and total well-being of the human population. Second, a taxation path that maximizes the discounted sum of human utilities prevents or greatly alleviates overshoot-and-collapse crises, thus increasing the sustainability of the system. In particular, this result holds in the case of imperfect information regarding the precise temporal dynamics of biodiversity loss, suggesting that the design of efficient land-use management policies is possible despite incomplete ecological data. This study highlights the need to internalize biodiversity-dependent externalities through economic incentives, especially under uncertainty regarding long-term ecological dynamics. Highlights • We internalize the externality of biodiversity loss through land taxes. • Land taxes preserve biodiversity and human well-being in the long run. • Optimally-chosen land taxes eliminate overshoots in social-ecological systems. • Efficiency holds despite incomplete scientific knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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49. Systematizing ecosystem change in coastal social-ecological systems: Perspectives from a multi-stakeholder approach in Nakatsu mudflat, Japan.
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Chakraborty, Shamik, Yamamori, Takumi, Su, Jie, Johnson, Brian Alan, Kumar, Pankaj, Ashikaga, Yukiko, and Gasparatos, Alexandros
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Coastal social-ecological systems (SES) are essential for the wellbeing of coastal communities and the wider society. However, in many parts of the world coastal SES face rapid change, and ultimately degradation. In this paper we unravel the mechanisms and implications of change in coastal SESmobilising multiple sources of knowledge, including scientific, expert-based and traditional and local knowledge (TLK). We focus on the rapidly changing Nakatsu mudflat in Japan, and combine primary and secondary data elicited through a mixed-method participatory approach that mobilised local stakeholders with different types of engagement with (and knowledge of) the mudflat. Through 4 expert interviews and 40 questionnaire surveys we identified the main ecosystem services provided by the mudflat that are perceived to be essential to the wellbeing of the local community. Although practically all respondents identified food provision as an important mudflat ecosystem services, many also pointed to the importance of some cultural (e.g. aesthetic beauty, spirituality, education and knowledge) and supporting services (e.g. habitat provision, sediment formation/retention). Through 8 Focus Group Discussions (FGD) and concept mapping we identified and systematized the underlying direct and indirect drivers of ecosystem change in the Nakatsu mudflat. These include population ageing and shrinking, economic diversification, and technological change that have collectively eroded TLK practices associated with the sustainable use of the mudflat. We also identified the mechanisms mediating these drivers and how they unfold in reality. Our study demonstrates that participatory processes engaging multiple stakeholders with different types of knowledge can provide rich and useful information on coastal SES change, which might not be readily obvious from simple headline indicators such as the change in the extent of the SES. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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50. ISSUES OF FORMING THE SCIENCE OF ANTHROPOCENE
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N. N. Drozdov, L. P. Kurakov, S. M. Pyastolov, and A. L. Kurakov
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economic theory ,ecosystem services ,socio-economic metabolism ,paradigm ,social-ecological system ,political ecology ,transdisciplinarity ,Economics as a science ,HB71-74 ,Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence ,K1-7720 - Abstract
Objective: to study the issues of anthropocene formation as a scientific concept. Methods: dialectical method of cognition, detailization, logical generalization. Results: the concepts of ES (ecosystem, ecosystem services), environmental Economics are viewed. Strengths and weaknesses were analyzed of the concept of "Ecosystem Services". The model of socio-economic metabolism (SEM) was proposed. In addition, the anthropocene is considered in the work as a socio-cultural phenomenon. The authors concluded that in such scientific fields as climate research (adaptation to climate change), political ecology, studies of technology and science (STS) and others, where the subject of the study includes social constructs, the concepts of nature and societies are complex and are reproduced as hybrid eco-socioeconomic cultures. This idea implies a call for transdisciplinarity. Scientific novelty: anthropocene is presented as a normative scientific concept that could give hope for favorable prospects of human development. Practical significance: the provision of social request for prescriptive directions, assisting in the "recovery" of the planetary system, and approaches to the development of the anthropocene science in a normative way.
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- 2016
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