Pub Date : 2022-02-08DOI: 10.1080/26395916.2022.2034971
Håkon B. Stokland, M. Stenseke, M. Emery
ABSTRACT IPBES requires enhanced contributions from the social sciences and humanities in order to meet its mandate and influence policy. However, achieving this has so far proved challenging, notably in the form of a shortage in nominations of experts from these fields. The Social Sciences and Humanities Network (the SSH Network) has been established in an effort to improve this situation. In this short communication, we present challenges identified by the network that hinders increased engagement from scholars from the social sciences and humanities, and strategies developed to overcome them. Among other initiatives, the SSH Network will function as a meeting place for scholars from the social sciences and humanities engaged in IPBES, interested in IPBES, or having IPBES as a study object.
{"title":"A network to enhance the contributions from the social sciences and humanities to IPBES","authors":"Håkon B. Stokland, M. Stenseke, M. Emery","doi":"10.1080/26395916.2022.2034971","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2022.2034971","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT IPBES requires enhanced contributions from the social sciences and humanities in order to meet its mandate and influence policy. However, achieving this has so far proved challenging, notably in the form of a shortage in nominations of experts from these fields. The Social Sciences and Humanities Network (the SSH Network) has been established in an effort to improve this situation. In this short communication, we present challenges identified by the network that hinders increased engagement from scholars from the social sciences and humanities, and strategies developed to overcome them. Among other initiatives, the SSH Network will function as a meeting place for scholars from the social sciences and humanities engaged in IPBES, interested in IPBES, or having IPBES as a study object.","PeriodicalId":37104,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystems and People","volume":"18 1","pages":"95 - 98"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2022-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45263745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-25DOI: 10.1080/26395916.2021.2019833
Gladman Thondhlana, Papama Yose, J. Cockburn, C. Shackleton
ABSTRACT Production of livestock in urban spaces is a common phenomenon globally, particularly in the Global South. Livestock provides multiple benefits to society yet its production in urban spaces can result in adverse impacts to residents that can trigger conflicts. Understanding of the ecosystem services and disservices of livestock from the perspectives of residents can inform inclusive local management plans. Using household surveys and key informant interviews, this study sought to examine the contribution of livestock to owners, and perceptions of livestock services and disservices among non-livestock owners and key informants in Makhanda, a medium-sized South African town. Livestock owners derived multiple benefits from their livestock, including provisioning services such as meat, milk, skins and draught, and use livestock and livestock products in cultural activities such as rituals, bride price payments and funerals that are key elements of local identity. Among residents, there were marked differences in perceptions on the services and disservices of livestock which points to potential conflicts over urban land use and the need for addressing trade-offs. A key trade-off for local municipal authorities is addressing hunger and poverty by supporting well-regulated urban livestock production versus managing potential livestock disservices such as injuries to humans, livestock-vehicle collisions, health hazards and damage to urban green infrastructure. The trade-offs should be understood and considered by local authorities and residents as a basis for collectively developing strategies that can integrate livelihoods and cultural realities to balance competing demands for urban spaces including livestock production and other uses.
{"title":"Livestock ecosystem services and disservices in a medium-sized South African town","authors":"Gladman Thondhlana, Papama Yose, J. Cockburn, C. Shackleton","doi":"10.1080/26395916.2021.2019833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2021.2019833","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Production of livestock in urban spaces is a common phenomenon globally, particularly in the Global South. Livestock provides multiple benefits to society yet its production in urban spaces can result in adverse impacts to residents that can trigger conflicts. Understanding of the ecosystem services and disservices of livestock from the perspectives of residents can inform inclusive local management plans. Using household surveys and key informant interviews, this study sought to examine the contribution of livestock to owners, and perceptions of livestock services and disservices among non-livestock owners and key informants in Makhanda, a medium-sized South African town. Livestock owners derived multiple benefits from their livestock, including provisioning services such as meat, milk, skins and draught, and use livestock and livestock products in cultural activities such as rituals, bride price payments and funerals that are key elements of local identity. Among residents, there were marked differences in perceptions on the services and disservices of livestock which points to potential conflicts over urban land use and the need for addressing trade-offs. A key trade-off for local municipal authorities is addressing hunger and poverty by supporting well-regulated urban livestock production versus managing potential livestock disservices such as injuries to humans, livestock-vehicle collisions, health hazards and damage to urban green infrastructure. The trade-offs should be understood and considered by local authorities and residents as a basis for collectively developing strategies that can integrate livelihoods and cultural realities to balance competing demands for urban spaces including livestock production and other uses.","PeriodicalId":37104,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystems and People","volume":"18 1","pages":"31 - 43"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46680747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-23DOI: 10.1080/26395916.2021.2021288
M. Felipe‐Lucia, Angel de Frutos, F. Comín
ABSTRACT Scenario analysis is a useful technique to inform landscape planning of social-ecological systems by modelling future trends in ecosystem service supply and distribution. This is especially critical in floodplain agroecosystems of rural areas, which are at risk of losing riparian forest corridors due to increasing land use conversion for agricultural production and other ecosystem services due to rural abandonment. However, few studies investigating the effects of land management combine social and ecological modelling in scenario analyses. We estimated the supply of 16 ecosystem services under five alternative scenarios along two gradients: agricultural intensification of the floodplain and active ecological restoration of the riparian forest. We used redundancy analyses to detect ecosystem service bundles and interviews to identify societal gains and losses associated with each management scenario. Our results show how land management influences both the supply and distribution of ecosystem services. Scenarios promoting active ecological restoration supplied more services and benefited a larger range of societal sectors than scenarios focused on provisioning services. We also found two consistent bundles across scenarios, one related to less intensive food supply and another one related to outdoor activities. Interestingly, additional services were included in these bundles in the different scenarios, reflecting land management effects. Landscape scale management promoting both the conservation of ecosystem functioning and the sustainable use of provisioning services could supply a more balanced set of ecosystem services and benefit a larger number of societal sectors, contributing to more equitable and sustainable futures in rural areas. Graphical abstract
{"title":"Modelling landscape management scenarios for equitable and sustainable futures in rural areas based on ecosystem services","authors":"M. Felipe‐Lucia, Angel de Frutos, F. Comín","doi":"10.1080/26395916.2021.2021288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2021.2021288","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Scenario analysis is a useful technique to inform landscape planning of social-ecological systems by modelling future trends in ecosystem service supply and distribution. This is especially critical in floodplain agroecosystems of rural areas, which are at risk of losing riparian forest corridors due to increasing land use conversion for agricultural production and other ecosystem services due to rural abandonment. However, few studies investigating the effects of land management combine social and ecological modelling in scenario analyses. We estimated the supply of 16 ecosystem services under five alternative scenarios along two gradients: agricultural intensification of the floodplain and active ecological restoration of the riparian forest. We used redundancy analyses to detect ecosystem service bundles and interviews to identify societal gains and losses associated with each management scenario. Our results show how land management influences both the supply and distribution of ecosystem services. Scenarios promoting active ecological restoration supplied more services and benefited a larger range of societal sectors than scenarios focused on provisioning services. We also found two consistent bundles across scenarios, one related to less intensive food supply and another one related to outdoor activities. Interestingly, additional services were included in these bundles in the different scenarios, reflecting land management effects. Landscape scale management promoting both the conservation of ecosystem functioning and the sustainable use of provisioning services could supply a more balanced set of ecosystem services and benefit a larger number of societal sectors, contributing to more equitable and sustainable futures in rural areas. Graphical abstract","PeriodicalId":37104,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystems and People","volume":"18 1","pages":"76 - 94"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44365115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-23DOI: 10.1080/26395916.2021.2019834
S. Ruwanza, Gladman Thondhlana
ABSTRACT Human perceptions and knowledge of invasive alien plant species are increasingly recognised as important in the management of biological invasions, but there is limited research focus on the social dimensions of plant invasion. Using household surveys, this study assessed the perceptions, knowledge, and uses of Psidium guajava Linn. to rural communities in Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Results showed that most respondents are aware of P. guajava and perceive it to be spreading in their locality but do not consider it an invasive alien plant species. Psidium guajava is perceived to have a dual purpose and most respondents are aware of its benefits including fruit consumption, medicinal purposes, shading and firewood provisioning and costs such as attraction of problematic animals, displacement of native plants, and reduction of grazing and agricultural space. The benefits associated with use of P. guajava are considered greater than the costs, therefore most participants do not implement any control measures. These results highlight the need to incorporate rural community perceptions, knowledge, and uses of P. guajava in developing effective management plans that avoid conflicts between stakeholders. To improve the efficacy of managing biological invasions more research is required to understand how communities relate to invasive alien plant species.
{"title":"People’s perceptions and uses of invasive plant Psidium guajava in Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, Limpopo Province of South Africa","authors":"S. Ruwanza, Gladman Thondhlana","doi":"10.1080/26395916.2021.2019834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2021.2019834","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Human perceptions and knowledge of invasive alien plant species are increasingly recognised as important in the management of biological invasions, but there is limited research focus on the social dimensions of plant invasion. Using household surveys, this study assessed the perceptions, knowledge, and uses of Psidium guajava Linn. to rural communities in Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Results showed that most respondents are aware of P. guajava and perceive it to be spreading in their locality but do not consider it an invasive alien plant species. Psidium guajava is perceived to have a dual purpose and most respondents are aware of its benefits including fruit consumption, medicinal purposes, shading and firewood provisioning and costs such as attraction of problematic animals, displacement of native plants, and reduction of grazing and agricultural space. The benefits associated with use of P. guajava are considered greater than the costs, therefore most participants do not implement any control measures. These results highlight the need to incorporate rural community perceptions, knowledge, and uses of P. guajava in developing effective management plans that avoid conflicts between stakeholders. To improve the efficacy of managing biological invasions more research is required to understand how communities relate to invasive alien plant species.","PeriodicalId":37104,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystems and People","volume":"18 1","pages":"64 - 75"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43037529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-05DOI: 10.1080/26395916.2021.2021289
Christoph F. Baumeister, T. Gerstenberg, T. Plieninger, U. Schraml
ABSTRACT Studies on cultural ecosystem services (CES) in urban forests using Public Participation GIS mapping are a well-established field of research. However, far fewer studies do exist that also illuminate perceived disservices, thus omitting an important part of human-forest relationships. Advancing knowledge on unpleasant places can promote outdoor recreation and help forest managers focus on disservices that matter. This study aims at spatially identifying people’s perceptions in urban forests with focus on unpleasant experiences. We elicited perceived disservices and CES spatially by collecting Public Participation GIS data (PPGIS) from city dwellers in three urban forests in Germany’s Southwest (755 respondents mapped 1552 places of disservices). We investigated relationships between sociodemographic characteristics and the number of mapped places using Spearman’s rank. We also explored the spatial concurrence between disservices and CES using Spearman’s rank. We identified a hierarchy of importance of forest visitors’ perceived dislikes. We revealed that negative perceptions of urban forest visitors originated broadly from people and their traces and rarely from the ecosystem according to existing ecosystem disservices typologies (EDS). We found a significant relationship between age and the number of mapped services. We found clusters of disliked places and correlations between disservices and CES, indicating that hotspots of CES in turn are also hotspots of disservices. We conclude that city foresters may best address disservices by advancing guidance-concepts for spatial movements of urban forest visitors within the forest to avoid conflicting clusters of various stakeholders. Our results may help city foresters to better manage both the forest and visitors’ various interests.
{"title":"Geography of disservices in urban forests: public participation mapping for closing the loop","authors":"Christoph F. Baumeister, T. Gerstenberg, T. Plieninger, U. Schraml","doi":"10.1080/26395916.2021.2021289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2021.2021289","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Studies on cultural ecosystem services (CES) in urban forests using Public Participation GIS mapping are a well-established field of research. However, far fewer studies do exist that also illuminate perceived disservices, thus omitting an important part of human-forest relationships. Advancing knowledge on unpleasant places can promote outdoor recreation and help forest managers focus on disservices that matter. This study aims at spatially identifying people’s perceptions in urban forests with focus on unpleasant experiences. We elicited perceived disservices and CES spatially by collecting Public Participation GIS data (PPGIS) from city dwellers in three urban forests in Germany’s Southwest (755 respondents mapped 1552 places of disservices). We investigated relationships between sociodemographic characteristics and the number of mapped places using Spearman’s rank. We also explored the spatial concurrence between disservices and CES using Spearman’s rank. We identified a hierarchy of importance of forest visitors’ perceived dislikes. We revealed that negative perceptions of urban forest visitors originated broadly from people and their traces and rarely from the ecosystem according to existing ecosystem disservices typologies (EDS). We found a significant relationship between age and the number of mapped services. We found clusters of disliked places and correlations between disservices and CES, indicating that hotspots of CES in turn are also hotspots of disservices. We conclude that city foresters may best address disservices by advancing guidance-concepts for spatial movements of urban forest visitors within the forest to avoid conflicting clusters of various stakeholders. Our results may help city foresters to better manage both the forest and visitors’ various interests.","PeriodicalId":37104,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystems and People","volume":"18 1","pages":"44 - 63"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45146077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-18DOI: 10.1080/26395916.2021.2003866
R. Grantham, J. Lau, D. Mills, G. Cumming
ABSTRACT Small-scale fisheries are important for the livelihoods and food security of millions of people in low-income countries. Sustainably managing these dynamic social-ecological systems requires understanding links between ecosystems and human well-being: the focus of ecosystem service approaches. However, in-depth exploration of how co-production and temporal dynamics shape ecosystem benefits in small-scale fisheries remain nascent. There is thus an opportunity to better investigate pathways through which small-scale fisheries support food security. To address this gap, we ask how households allocate seafood landings across different uses, depending on supply and season. Using a daily survey, we collected panel data on landings from 15 households on Atauro Island, Timor-Leste, over six 1-week periods across three seasons, representing 630 survey days and 179 fishing trips. We found households mediate the pathways through which seafood contributes to food security. Specifically, the proportion of landings eaten, sold or shared changed with the amount landed and across seasons. As landings increased, households ate a smaller proportion and sold a greater proportion. The greatest proportion of landings were sold in the preparation season, when households save money to buy staple foods. Landings were shared with family and kin, reflecting the importance of seafood for social capital and community food security. Put broadly, households shaped a dynamic and non-linear (not directly proportional) relationship between service supply and benefits. Our findings demonstrate that seasonal context and livelihood priorities shape seafood provisioning benefits in small-scale fisheries. Careful consideration of temporal scale in ecosystem service assessments is critical for sustainable management of small-scale fisheries.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-18DOI: 10.1080/26395916.2021.2000501
R. Calderón-Contreras, P. Balvanera, M. Trimble, Alfonso Langle-Flores, E. Jobbágy, Manuel Maass Moreno, Jorge Marcone, N. Mazzeo, Minerva M. Muñoz Anaya, I. A. Ortiz-Rodríguez, M. Perevochtchikova, S. Ávila-Foucat, Martha Bonilla-Moheno, Laurie Beth Clark, M. Equihua, Bárbara Ayala-Orozco, Isabel Bueno, Loni Hensler, Juana Claudia Leyva Aguilera, M. Martínez Ramos, J. Merçon, M. A. Mesa-Jurado, H. Österblom, Raul Pacheco‐Vega, Bonifacio Pérez Alcántara, O. Pérez-Maqueo, L. Porter-Bolland, Sandra Quijas, Laura Elisa Quiroz Rosas, Eduardo Rios Patron, Juan C. Rocha-Gordo, Iskra Alejandra Rojo Negrete, L. Romero-Duque, Julieta A. Rosell, M. Scheffer, L. Vázquez, Mariana Villada Canela, M. Velázquez
ABSTRACT Sustainability requires a combination of meaningful co-production of locally relevant solutions, synthesis of insights gained across regions, and increased cooperation between science, policy and practice. The Programme for Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) has been coordinating Place-Based Social-Ecological Sustainability Research (PBSESR) across the globe and emphasizes the need for regional scientific nodes from diverse biocultural regions to inform sustainability science and action. In this paper, we assess the strengths of the PBSESR communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). We provide an overview of PBSESR literature associated with this region and highlight the achievements of two prominent regional networks: The Social-Ecological Systems and Sustainability Research Network from Mexico (SocioEcoS) and the South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies from Uruguay (SARAS Institute). Finally, we identify the potential in these nodes to constitute a regional PECS node in Latin America and discuss the capacity needed to ensure such function. The results of the literature review show that while still loosely interconnected across the region, networks play key roles in connecting otherwise cloistered teams and we illustrate how the SocioEcoS network (focusing on transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge towards sustainability) and the SARAS Institute (focusing on innovative approaches for looking at complex social-ecological problems, rooted in slow science and arts) operate as key connectors in the region. We conclude that these organizations combined can embody a Latin American node for PECS, and would thereby not only contribute to regional but also global capacities to advance the sustainability agenda.
{"title":"A regional PECS node built from place-based social-ecological sustainability research in Latin America and the Caribbean","authors":"R. Calderón-Contreras, P. Balvanera, M. Trimble, Alfonso Langle-Flores, E. Jobbágy, Manuel Maass Moreno, Jorge Marcone, N. Mazzeo, Minerva M. Muñoz Anaya, I. A. Ortiz-Rodríguez, M. Perevochtchikova, S. Ávila-Foucat, Martha Bonilla-Moheno, Laurie Beth Clark, M. Equihua, Bárbara Ayala-Orozco, Isabel Bueno, Loni Hensler, Juana Claudia Leyva Aguilera, M. Martínez Ramos, J. Merçon, M. A. Mesa-Jurado, H. Österblom, Raul Pacheco‐Vega, Bonifacio Pérez Alcántara, O. Pérez-Maqueo, L. Porter-Bolland, Sandra Quijas, Laura Elisa Quiroz Rosas, Eduardo Rios Patron, Juan C. Rocha-Gordo, Iskra Alejandra Rojo Negrete, L. Romero-Duque, Julieta A. Rosell, M. Scheffer, L. Vázquez, Mariana Villada Canela, M. Velázquez","doi":"10.1080/26395916.2021.2000501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2021.2000501","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Sustainability requires a combination of meaningful co-production of locally relevant solutions, synthesis of insights gained across regions, and increased cooperation between science, policy and practice. The Programme for Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) has been coordinating Place-Based Social-Ecological Sustainability Research (PBSESR) across the globe and emphasizes the need for regional scientific nodes from diverse biocultural regions to inform sustainability science and action. In this paper, we assess the strengths of the PBSESR communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). We provide an overview of PBSESR literature associated with this region and highlight the achievements of two prominent regional networks: The Social-Ecological Systems and Sustainability Research Network from Mexico (SocioEcoS) and the South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies from Uruguay (SARAS Institute). Finally, we identify the potential in these nodes to constitute a regional PECS node in Latin America and discuss the capacity needed to ensure such function. The results of the literature review show that while still loosely interconnected across the region, networks play key roles in connecting otherwise cloistered teams and we illustrate how the SocioEcoS network (focusing on transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge towards sustainability) and the SARAS Institute (focusing on innovative approaches for looking at complex social-ecological problems, rooted in slow science and arts) operate as key connectors in the region. We conclude that these organizations combined can embody a Latin American node for PECS, and would thereby not only contribute to regional but also global capacities to advance the sustainability agenda.","PeriodicalId":37104,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystems and People","volume":"18 1","pages":"1 - 14"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2021-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47640707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-02DOI: 10.1080/26395916.2022.2065360
J. Kuiper, D. Wijk, W. Mooij, R. Remme, Garry D. Peterson, Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, Charlotte J. Mooij, G. Leltz, Laura M. Pereira
ABSTRACT Achieving global sustainability goals requires most people and societies to fundamentally revisit their relationship with nature. New approaches are called for to guide change processes towards sustainable futures that embrace the plurality of people’s desired relationships with nature. This paper presents a novel approach to exploring desirable futures for nature and people that was developed through an application in Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in the Netherlands. This new national park is developed bottom-up by a diverse group of actors reshaping their interactions with each other and with nature. Our approach, co-designed with key stakeholders of the national park, engages with a new pluralistic framework for human-nature relationships presented by the IPBES task force on scenarios and models to catalyze the development of nature-centered scenarios. We integrated this Nature Futures Framework with the Three Horizons Framework in a participatory workshop process designed to bring people’s diverse relationships with nature to the fore, and jointly envision desirable futures and the pathways to get there. We present a methodology to analyze and compare the visions and assess their potential contribution to the SDGs. We summarize the results of the application in Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen and reflect on lessons learned. The approach successfully engaged participants in joint exploration of desirable futures for the national park based on their plural perspectives on human-nature relationships. We see much potential for its applications to support change processes in various social-ecological contexts toward more sustainable futures for nature and people.
{"title":"Exploring desirable nature futures for Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen","authors":"J. Kuiper, D. Wijk, W. Mooij, R. Remme, Garry D. Peterson, Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, Charlotte J. Mooij, G. Leltz, Laura M. Pereira","doi":"10.1080/26395916.2022.2065360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2022.2065360","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Achieving global sustainability goals requires most people and societies to fundamentally revisit their relationship with nature. New approaches are called for to guide change processes towards sustainable futures that embrace the plurality of people’s desired relationships with nature. This paper presents a novel approach to exploring desirable futures for nature and people that was developed through an application in Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in the Netherlands. This new national park is developed bottom-up by a diverse group of actors reshaping their interactions with each other and with nature. Our approach, co-designed with key stakeholders of the national park, engages with a new pluralistic framework for human-nature relationships presented by the IPBES task force on scenarios and models to catalyze the development of nature-centered scenarios. We integrated this Nature Futures Framework with the Three Horizons Framework in a participatory workshop process designed to bring people’s diverse relationships with nature to the fore, and jointly envision desirable futures and the pathways to get there. We present a methodology to analyze and compare the visions and assess their potential contribution to the SDGs. We summarize the results of the application in Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen and reflect on lessons learned. The approach successfully engaged participants in joint exploration of desirable futures for the national park based on their plural perspectives on human-nature relationships. We see much potential for its applications to support change processes in various social-ecological contexts toward more sustainable futures for nature and people.","PeriodicalId":37104,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystems and People","volume":"18 1","pages":"329 - 347"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2021-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45123888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1080/26395916.2021.1921848
I. Yuniarti, C. Barnes, K. Glenk, Sutrisno
ABSTRACT The environmental condition of Lake Maninjau, a complex tropical system in Indonesia, has been suffering from the proliferation of tilapia cage culture practices. The area around the lake is inhabited by the Minangese ethnic group, which has strong customary laws and clan system. Applying the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework and based on face-to-face semi-structured interviews, this paper aims to understand the challenges for the development of environmentally sustainable cage culture farming. Our institutional analysis reveals that the main challenges are low levels of trust between communities and officials, and conflicting formal and informal institutions which have prevented the emergence of strong rules-in-use. This is a particularly interesting theoretical contribution to the literature on the management of common pool resources (CPR), as our case study is an example of private property farming in a common pool resource (the lake), a dynamic which remains understudied in the CPR literature. We provide suggestions for local stakeholders as well as regional and national government related to the importance of seeking local legitimacy of the working rules to govern cage culture. The lessons learned from this case study might be useful for the governance of aquaculture in other lakes in Indonesia and countries of the Global South.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1080/26395916.2021.1946593
Michael L. Schoon, M. Chapman, Jacqueline Loos, Chinwe Ifejika Speranza, Candice Carr Kelman, J. Aburto, Steve Alexander, J. Baggio, Ute Brady, J. Cockburn, G. Cundill, Gustavo A. García López, R. Hill, C. Robinson, Gladman Thondhlana, M. Trimble, D. Whittaker
ABSTRACT The increasing scale and interconnection of many environmental challenges – from climate change to land use – has resulted in the need to collaborate across borders and boundaries of all types. Traditional centralized, top-down and sectoral approaches to governance of single-issue areas or species within social-ecological systems often have limited potential to alleviate issues that go beyond their jurisdiction. As a result, collaborative governance approaches have come to the forefront. A great deal of past research has examined the conditions under which collaborative efforts are likely to achieve desired outcomes. However, few studies have analyzed how the means to achieve successful collaborative outcomes differ based on context when examined across multiple studies. In this research, we begin to chart a means for doing this. Building onto a Context-Mechanism-Outcome (CMO) Framework, we provide a coding manual to analyse how contextual variables mediate the effects of mechanism variables on outcomes of the collaborative governance of social-ecological systems. Through the examination of four cases, we provide a proof-of-concept assessment and show the utility of the CMO framework and coding manual to draw comparisons across cases for understanding how collaborative outcomes are contingent on the social-ecological context in which they occur.
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