Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society: Knowledge for sustainable stewardship of social-ecological systems

Ecological and functional consequences of coastal ocean acidification: Perspectives from the Baltic-Skagerrak System

“…Shifts in ecosystem services driven by overfishing, eutrophication, habitat destruction, and OA, for example, have their origins in distal phenomena such as urbanisation, global consumption patterns, trade, etc. (Norström et al 2017 ; Österblom et al 2017 ). This is exemplified in the Baltic-Skagerrak System by eutrophication-driven ecosystem degradation, which has contributed to declines in marine ecosystem goods and services (Rönnbäck et al 2007 ; Österblom et al 2007 ).…”

Telecoupling through tomato trade: what consumers do not know about the tomato on their plate

“…These studies make visible the effects associated with global food trade by using local knowledge in order to find global solutions (Balvanera et al , 2017; Castro et al , 2018a). Place-based social–ecological research can help us to explore pathways in order to understand the interplay between the local and global scales by recognizing the importance of including knowledge from local systems while addressing the impacts of global food system dynamics (Norstrom et al , 2017; Quintas-Soriano et al , 2018a).…”

Sense of place in social–ecological systems: from theory to empirics

“…We need to examine these expressions of sense of place and its interaction with social-ecological change and how they can nurture active engagement and care of places (our focus here), biodiversity, and ecology. Social-ecological system (SES) approaches view humans both as part of and actively shaping the ecosystems they depend on for development and well-being (Folke 2006;Folke et al 2016;Norström et al 2017). Responding to sustainability issues requires understanding their roots in intertwined social and ecological dynamics.…”