Biodiversity conservation as infectious disease prevention: why a social-ecological perspective is essential

Schneider, F.; Matias, Denise Margaret; Burkhart, Stefanie; Drees, Lukas; Fickel, Thomas; Hummel, Diana; Liehr, Stefan; Schramm, Engelbert; Mehring, Marion

doi:10.1017/sus.2021.11

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“…While the relationship types outlined in the sections above were included (under slightly different definitions) in a previous typology, indifferent and ambivalent types had been omitted (Bhatia et al., 2020). However, they urgently warrant consideration for the management of entities considered invasive (Linders et al., 2021), overabundant (Martínez‐Jauregui et al., 2020), pests (van Eeden et al., 2019), vectors and spillover reservoirs (Schneider et al., 2021) or compromising the conservation of endangered species (Batavia, Nelson, et al., 2020). Reducing the abundance of such entities requires support for actions with negative impacts on them, also from individuals with a neutral or positive attitude towards those entities.…”

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Rethinking individual relationships with entities of nature

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Recognizing variation in human–nature relationships across different contexts, entities of nature and individual people is central to an equitable management of nature and its contributions to people, and to design effective strategies for encouraging and guiding more sustainable human behaviour. We complement the broader Intergovernmental Science‐Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) conceptual framework by zooming in from relationships between people and nature to individual relationships with entities of nature (IREN), and introduce a new typology that categorizes those relationships based on individual attitude, behavioural preference and behaviour towards an entity. These three dimensions illustrate if an individual perceives the entity to provide mainly positive, negative or no contributions; prefers to have a mainly positive, negative or no impact on the entity; and performs mainly actions with positive, negative or no impacts on the entity. The IREN typology defines 17 overarching relationship types, including not only types where attitude, behavioural preference and behaviour are all negative (intolerance), all neutral (indifference) or all positive (stewardship), but also types where the valence of some dimensions diverges. Among those, we integrate and redefine established types like tolerance, and introduce new ones like ambivalent opposition, which is highly relevant for the management of overabundant or invasive species. Combining attitude, behavioural preference and behaviour to categorize different IREN types can help detect inequalities in the benefits and detriments individual people receive from different entities, and signal societal conflict potential or misalignment of behaviour with conservation goals. Combining those three dimensions also indicates the relative importance of goal‐oriented motives like the desire to optimize an entity's perceived contributions, moral motives like the desire to act righteously and implementation barriers preventing individuals from acting according to their preference. By adding an individual‐ and entity‐specific perspective, the IREN framework and typology can encourage more equitable approaches to managing the benefits and detriments people derive from nature, and assist the development of more effective strategies for aligning human behaviour with conservation and sustainability goals.

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“…In response to COVID-19, Schneider and colleagues [80] outline 6 social-ecological principles specifically designed to shape future practices of coexistence of societies and nature to prevent future infectious diseases including (1) shifting the focus on relations between society and nature; (2) enabling coexistence of different social groups, but also human and nonhuman subjects; (3) defining and reflecting on limits, in terms of the spatial, temporal, social, and ecological scale; (4) dealing with complexity of social and natural entanglement requires acceptance of our limited degree of control; (5) strengthening resilience of SES; and ( 6) participation of all actors in these methodological principles.…”

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Social–ecological systems approaches are essential for understanding and responding to the complex impacts of COVID-19 on people and the environment

Kadykalo

Beaudoin

Hackenburg

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PLOS Sustain Transform

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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is dramatically impacting planetary and human societal systems that are inseparably linked. Zoonotic diseases like COVID-19 expose how human well-being is inextricably interconnected with the environment and to other converging (human driven) social–ecological crises, such as the dramatic losses of biodiversity, land use change, and climate change. We argue that COVID-19 is itself a social–ecological crisis, but responses so far have not been inclusive of ecological resiliency, in part because the “Anthropause” metaphor has created an unrealistic sense of comfort that excuses inaction. Anthropause narratives belie the fact that resource extraction has continued during the pandemic and that business-as-usual continues to cause widespread ecosystem degradation that requires immediate policy attention. In some cases, COVID-19 policy measures further contributed to the problem such as reducing environmental taxes or regulatory enforcement. While some social–ecological systems (SES) are experiencing reduced impacts, others are experiencing what we term an “Anthrocrush,” with more visitors and intensified use. The varied causes and impacts of the pandemic can be better understood with a social–ecological lens. Social–ecological insights are necessary to plan and build the resilience needed to tackle the pandemic and future social–ecological crises. If we as a society are serious about building back better from the pandemic, we must embrace a set of research and policy responses informed by SES thinking.

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“…En respuesta al COVID-19, Schneider et al [80] describen 6 principios socioecológicos específicamente diseñados para dar forma a prácticas futuras de coexistencia de sociedades y naturaleza para prevenir futuras enfermedades infecciosas que incluyen: i) cambiar el enfoque en las relaciones entre la sociedad y la naturaleza; ii) permitir la coexistencia de diferentes grupos sociales, pero también humanos y no humanos asignaturas; iii) definir y reflexionar sobre los límites, en términos de escala espacial, temporal, social y ecológica; iv) lidiar con la complejidad del enredo social y natural requiere la aceptación de nuestro grado limitado de control; v) fortalecimiento de la resiliencia de los SSE y vi) la participación de todos los actores en estos principios metodológicos.…”

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Enfoques de sistemas socioecológicos, esenciales para comprender y responder a los impactos complejos de COVID-19 en las personas y el medio ambiente

Kadykalo¹,

Beaudoin²,

Hackenburg³

et al. 2022

Magna Sci. UCEVA

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La pandemia de la enfermedad del coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) está impactando dramáticamente los sistemas sociales planetarios y humanos que están inseparablemente vinculados. Las enfermedades zoonóticas como la COVID-19 exponen cómo el bienestar humano está inextricablemente interconectado con el medio ambiente y con otras crisis socioecológicas convergentes (impulsadas por los humanos), como las pérdidas dramáticas de biodiversidad, el cambio en el uso de la tierra y el cambio climático. Argumentamos que el COVID-19 es en sí mismo una crisis socioecológica, pero hasta ahora las respuestas no han incluido la resiliencia ecológica, en parte porque la metáfora de la “Antropausa” ha creado una sensación poco realista de comodidad que excusa la inacción. Las narrativas de la antropausa desmienten el hecho de que la extracción de recursos ha continuado durante la pandemia y que los negocios como de costumbre continúan causando una degradación generalizada del ecosistema que requiere atención política inmediata. En algunos casos, las medidas de política de COVID-19 contribuyeron aún más al problema, como la reducción de los impuestos ambientales o la aplicación de las normas. Mientras que algunos sistemas socioecológicos (SSE) están experimentando impactos reducidos, otros están experimentando lo que llamamos un "Antrochoque", con más visitantes y un uso intensificado. Las diversas causas e impactos de la pandemia se pueden comprender mejor con una lente socioecológica. Los conocimientos socioecológicos son necesarios para planificar y desarrollar la resiliencia necesaria para enfrentar la pandemia y futuras crisis socioecológicas. Si nosotros, como sociedad, nos tomamos en serio la reconstrucción mejor de la pandemia, debemos adoptar un conjunto de respuestas de investigación y políticas informadas por el pensamiento SSE.

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Biodiversity conservation as infectious disease prevention: why a social-ecological perspective is essential

Cited by 5 publications

References 32 publications

Rethinking individual relationships with entities of nature

Rethinking individual relationships with entities of nature

Social–ecological systems approaches are essential for understanding and responding to the complex impacts of COVID-19 on people and the environment

Enfoques de sistemas socioecológicos, esenciales para comprender y responder a los impactos complejos de COVID-19 en las personas y el medio ambiente

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