Convergence science in the Anthropocene: Navigating the known and unknown

Angeler, David G.; Allen, Craig R.; Carnaval, Ana Carolina

doi:10.1002/pan3.10069

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“…fisheries), the result may be loss of resilience (Holling & Meffe, 1996). Therefore, the management of waterscapes has a strong uncertainty component, meaning that many future challenges are unknown and cannot be envisioned in the context of current practices (Angeler, Allen, & Carnaval, 2020a).…”

Section: Managing Lakes In the Waterscape Context In A Non‐stationarymentioning

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“…Ultimately, research across disciplinary fields (e.g. climatological, limnological, ecological, and societal) is needed to address the challenges that humanity faces in the Anthropocene (Alahuhta et al ., 2020; Heino et al ., 2020; Angeler et al ., 2020 a ), and in which lakes play an important role in providing ecosystem services.Such an approach, considering simultaneously the different forms of ecosystem services that lakes provide individually or jointly at the waterscape level, will be vital for managing the reliance of humans on biodiversity and natural ecosystems (Müller, Groot, & Willemen, 2010; Giakoumis & Voulvoulis, 2018) (Fig. 4).…”

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Lakes in the era of global change: moving beyond single‐lake thinking in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services

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The Anthropocene presents formidable threats to freshwater ecosystems. Lakes are especially vulnerable and important at the same time. They cover only a small area worldwide but harbour high levels of biodiversity and contribute disproportionately to ecosystem services. Lakes differ with respect to their general type (e.g. land‐locked, drainage, floodplain and large lakes) and position in the landscape (e.g. highland versus lowland lakes), which contribute to the dynamics of these systems. Lakes should be generally viewed as ‘meta‐systems’, whereby biodiversity is strongly affected by species dispersal, and ecosystem dynamics are contributed by the flow of matter and substances among locations in a broader waterscape context. Lake connectivity in the waterscape and position in the landscape determine the degree to which a lake is prone to invasion by non‐native species and accumulation of harmful substances. Highly connected lakes low in the landscape accumulate nutrients and pollutants originating from ecosystems higher in the landscape. The monitoring and restoration of lake biodiversity and ecosystem services should consider the fact that a high degree of dynamism is present at local, regional and global scales. However, local and regional monitoring may be plagued by the unpredictability of ecological phenomena, hindering adaptive management of lakes. Although monitoring data are increasingly becoming available to study responses of lakes to global change, we still lack suitable integration of models for entire waterscapes. Research across disciplinary boundaries is needed to address the challenges that lakes face in the Anthropocene because they may play an increasingly important role in harbouring unique aquatic biota as well as providing ecosystem goods and services in the future.

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“…By adopting such a process, IS may reveal novel insight through the refinement of existing knowledge but also facilitate discovery of management options not envisioned as part of this process. Such novel options may then further seed schemes as managers strive to navigate and reconcile the many knowns and unknowns that challenge the resilience of SESs at multiple scales (Angeler et al 2020a).…”

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“…Controllability is the capacity of actors to manage the general state of a system and is a defining feature that contrasts AM and SP ( A core feature of effective management given uncertainty is the capacity for adaptation as contexts and understandings evolve (Levin 1999, Angeler et al 2020a). Thus, whether a management regime employs a structured, iterative framework is critical.…”

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Iterative scenarios for social-ecological systems

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Managing social-ecological systems toward desirable regimes requires learning about the system being managed while preparing for many possible futures. Adaptive management (AM) and scenario planning (SP) are two systems management approaches that separately use learning to reduce uncertainties and employ planning to manage irreducible uncertainties, respectively. However, each of these approaches have limitations that confound management of social-ecological systems. Here, we introduce iterative scenarios (IS), a systems management approach that is a hybrid of the scopes and relationships to uncertainty and controllability of AM and SP that combines the "iterativeness" of AM and futures planning of SP. Iterative scenarios is appropriate for situations with high uncertainty about whether a management action will lead to intended outcomes, the desired benefits are numerous and crossscale, and it is difficult to account for the social implications around the natural resource management options. The value of iterative scenarios is demonstrated by applying the approach to green infrastructure futures for a neighborhood in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., that had experienced long-term, systemic disinvestment. The Cleveland green infrastructure project was particularly well suited to the IS approach given that learning about environmental factors was necessary and achievable, but what would be socially desirable and possible was unknown. However, iterative scenarios is appropriate for many social-ecological systems where uncertainty is high as IS accommodates real-world complexity faced by management.

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“…In addition to systems thinking,t he one-world chemistry approach [20] also embraces the need for developing chemists skills in working across disciplinary boundaries,w hich are av ital underpinning to building capacity to address 21 st century challenges from ah uman security perspective.T he increased attention to cross-disciplinary approaches, [88] including those now being termed "convergent" [89] and "postdisciplinary", [90] provide important vehicles through which chemists can develop the knowledge,c onnectivities and competences required.…”

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Re‐imagining Priorities for Chemistry: A Central Science for “Freedom from Fear and Want”

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Human security,defined as "freedom from want and fear and freedom to live in dignity", provides an overarching concept to address threats to human security dimensions such as health, food, economics,t he environment and sustainable development, while placing the individual at the centre of attention. Chemistry is central to addressing these challenges, but surprisingly its role and contributions to human security have hitherto not been explicitly set out. This article situates chemistry in the human security framework, highlighting areas where chemistry knowledge,methods and products are vital. It underscores three complementary facets:1)chemistry contributes to many dimensions of human security,b ut needs to do muchm ore in the light of oncoming global challenges;2 )the human security framing illuminates areas where chemistry itself needs to adapt to contribute better,b yi ntensification of current approaches and/or by building or strengthening chemistry tools,s kills and competencies;a nd 3) repositioning as central to human security affords chemistry ap owerful opportunity to refresh itself as as cience for the benefit of society-and it will need to engage more directly and dynamically at the interface of science,s ociety and policy in order to do so.Noshiftinthewaywethinkoractismorecriticalthanthatof putting people at the centre of everything we do.T hat is the essence of human security.

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Convergence science in the Anthropocene: Navigating the known and unknown

Cited by 13 publications

References 30 publications

Lakes in the era of global change: moving beyond single‐lake thinking in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services

Lakes in the era of global change: moving beyond single‐lake thinking in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services

Iterative scenarios for social-ecological systems

Re‐imagining Priorities for Chemistry: A Central Science for “Freedom from Fear and Want”

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