Vasseur, Liette and Horning, Darwin and Thornbush, Mary and Cohen-Shacham, Emmanuelle and Andrade, Angela and Barrow, Ed and Edwards, Steve R. and Wit, Piet and Jones, Michael
(2017).
Complex problems and unchallenged solutions: Bringing ecosystem governance to the forefront of the UN sustainable development goals.
AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment. 46
, 731-742
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Abstract
Sustainable development aims at addressing economic, social, and environmental concerns, but the current lack of responsive environmental governance hinders progress. Short-term economic development has led to limited actions, unsustainable resource management, and degraded ecosystems. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may continue to fall short of achieving significant progress without a better understanding of how ecosystems contribute to achieving sustainability for all people. Ecosystem governance is an approach that integrates the social and ecological components for improved sustainability and includes principles such as adaptive ecosystem co-management, subsidiarity, and telecoupling framework, as well as principles of democracy and accountability. We explain the importance of ecosystem governance in achieving the SDGs, and suggest some ways to ensure that ecosystem services are meaningfully considered. This paper reflects on how integration of these approaches into policies can enhance the current agenda of sustainability.
Authors/Creators: | Vasseur, Liette and Horning, Darwin and Thornbush, Mary and Cohen-Shacham, Emmanuelle and Andrade, Angela and Barrow, Ed and Edwards, Steve R. and Wit, Piet and Jones, Michael | ||||||
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Title: | Complex problems and unchallenged solutions: Bringing ecosystem governance to the forefront of the UN sustainable development goals | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2017 | ||||||
Volume: | 46 | ||||||
Page range: | 731-742 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 12 | ||||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||||
ISSN: | 0044-7447 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Journal article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 105 Earth and Related Environmental Sciences > Environmental Sciences (social aspects to be 507) | ||||||
Keywords: | Conservation, Ecosystems, Environmental degradation, Governance, International conventions, Sustainability | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-103982 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-103982 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 16654 | ||||||
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Swedish Biodiversity Centre | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 18 Mar 2020 12:51 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2020 09:57 |
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