Social-ecological change: insights from the Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society

Biggs, Reinette; Clements, Hayley S; Cumming, Graeme S; Cundill, Georgina; de Vos, Alta; Hamann, Maike; Luvuno, Linda; Roux, Dirk J; Selomane, Odirlwe; Blanchard, Ryan; Cockburn, Jessica J; Dziba, Luthando E; Esler, Karen J; Fabricius, Christo; Henriksson, Rebecka; Kotschy, Karen; Lindborg, Regina; Masterson, Vanessa A; Nel, Jeanne L; O'Farrell, Patrick; Palmer, Carolyn G; Pereira, Laura; Pollard, Sharon; Preiser, Rika; Scholes, Robert J; Shackleton, Charlie M; Shackleton, Sheona E; Sitas, Nadia; Slingsby, Jasper A; Spierenburg, Maria; Tengö, Maria; Reyers, Belinda

Title: Social-ecological change: insights from the Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society
Creator: Biggs, Reinette, Clements, Hayley S, Cumming, Graeme S, Cundill, Georgina, de Vos, Alta, Hamann, Maike, Luvuno, Linda, Roux, Dirk J, Selomane, Odirlwe, Blanchard, Ryan, Cockburn, Jessica J, Dziba, Luthando E, Esler, Karen J, Fabricius, Christo, Henriksson, Rebecka, Kotschy, Karen, Lindborg, Regina, Masterson, Vanessa A, Nel, Jeanne L, O'Farrell, Patrick, Palmer, Carolyn G, Pereira, Laura, Pollard, Sharon, Preiser, Rika, Scholes, Robert J, Shackleton, Charlie M, Shackleton, Sheona E, Sitas, Nadia, Slingsby, Jasper A, Spierenburg, Maria, Tengö, Maria, Reyers, Belinda
Subject: To be catalogued
Date: 2022
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/399817
Identifier: vital:69561
Identifier: xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2022.2097478"
Description: Social-ecological systems (SES) research has emerged as an important area of sustainability science, informing and supporting pressing issues of transformation towards more sustainable, just and equitable futures. To date, much SES research has been done in or from the Global North, where the challenges and contexts for supporting sustainability transformations are substantially different from the Global South. This paper synthesises emerging insights on SES dynamics that can inform actions and advance research to support sustainability transformations specifically in the southern African context. The paper draws on work linked to members of the Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society (SAPECS), a leading SES research network in the region, synthesizing key insights with respect to the five core themes of SAPECS: (i) transdisciplinary and engaged research, (ii) ecosystem services and human well-being, (iii) governance institutions and management practices, (iv) spatial relationships and cross-scale connections, and (v) regime shifts, traps and transformations. For each theme, we focus on insights that are particularly novel, interesting or important in the southern African context, and reflect on key research gaps and emerging frontiers for SES research in the region going forward. Such place-based insights are important for understanding the variation in SES dynamics around the world, and are crucial for informing a context-sensitive global agenda to foster sustainability transformations at local to global scales.
Format: computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (23 pages), pdf
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Language: English
Relation: Ecosystems and People, Biggs, R., Clements, H.S., Cumming, G.S., Cundill, G., de Vos, A., Hamann, M., Luvuno, L., Roux, D.J., Selomane, O., Blanchard, R. and Cockburn, J., 2022. Social-ecological change: insights from the Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society. Ecosystems and People, 18(1), pp.447-468, Ecosystems and People volume 18 number 1 p. 447 2022 2639-5916
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