Revisiting futures: integrating culture, care and time in landscapes

Palang, Hannes; Külvik, Mart; Printsmann, Anu; Storie, Joanna

doi:10.1007/s10980-019-00875-y

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“…Various approaches have been developed to study and better understand the constraints of long-term trajectories of landscape development, such as the driving force analysis (Geist and Lambin 2002;Bürgi et al 2004), causal chain analyses (Loran et al 2018), landscape biographies (Kolen and Renes 2015), nested chains of explanations and causal eventism (Walters 2017), Landscape Change Trajectory Analyses (LCTAs) (Käyhkö and Skånes 2008) or path dependence (Zariņ a 2013-see also Palang et al 2019). We propose to put more weight on the inherent dynamics of landscape development, i.e.…”

Section: Patterns Processes Pathwaysmentioning

confidence: 99%

How to consider history in landscape ecology: patterns, processes, and pathways

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Context Landscape ecology early on developed the awareness that central objects of investigation are not stable over time and therefore the historical dimension must be included, or at least considered. Objectives This paper considers the importance of history in landscape ecology in terms of its impact on patterns and processes and proposes to complement these with the notion of pathways in order to provide a comprehensive analysis of landscape change. Methods We develop a conceptual framework distinguishing between legacy effects, which include pattern and processes, and path dependence, with a focus of development pathways and we illustrate these perspectives by empirical examples. Results Combined short- to long-lasting imprints and legacies of historical patterns and processes reveal how present patterns and processes are in various ways influenced by legacies of the past. The focus on inherent dynamics of development pathways sheds light on the process of change itself, and its trajectories, and reveals the role of event chains and institutional reproduction. Conclusions Understanding patterns, processes, and pathways over time, allows a more complete analysis of landscape change, and forms the base to preserve vital ecosystem services of both human-made and natural landscapes for the future.

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confidence: 99%

How to consider history in landscape ecology: patterns, processes, and pathways

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“…Landscape ecology draws on historical change to offer a perspective on how to understand landscape change processes over time and in an interdisciplinary way (Bu ¨rgi et al 2017;Li et al 2017). Landscape ecology also demonstrates how to use the past to look forward to the future, valuing the role that people have in creating and sustaining landscapes (Palang et al 2019). There is potential for landscape ecologists to collaborate on large-scale landscape conservation initiatives, bringing an important dimension to not only understanding landscapes, but also to planning for their sustainability.…”

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Integrating landscape ecology into landscape practice in Central African Rainforests

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Context We describe how large landscape-scale conservation initiatives involving local communities, NGOs and resource managers have engaged with landscape scientists with the goal of achieving landscape sustainability. We focus on two landscapes where local people, practitioners and landscape ecologists have co-produced knowledge to design conservation interventions. Objective We seek to understand how landscape ecology can engage with practical landscape management to contribute to managing landscapes sustainably. Methods We focus on two large tropical landscapes: the Sangha Tri-National landscape (Cameroon, Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic) and the Batéké-Léfini Landscape (Gabon and Republic of Congo). We evaluate (1) a participatory method used in the Sangha Tri-National landscape that embeds interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners within a landscape to apply transdisciplinary learning to landscape conservation and (2) a participatory landscape zoning method where interdisciplinary teams of conservation practitioners analyse local land and resource use in the Batéké-Léfini landscape. Results We find that landscape ecology’s tradition of understanding the historical context of resource use can inform landscape conservation practice and natural resource mapping. We also find that the Sangha Group provides an example for landscape ecology on how to integrate local people and their knowledge to better understand and influence landscape processes. Conclusions Place-based engagement as well as the uptake of co-produced knowledge by policy makers are key in enabling sustainable landscapes. Success occurs when researchers, local communities and resource managers engage directly with landscape processes.

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“…Stakeholders who are directly concerned with and impacted by the landscape need to be able to take ownership and commitment to implement and assess the progress of the short-medium and long-term goals of the ILA that they themselves helped to establish [54]. Landscape change is related to people's expectations, preferences, and general relationship with the landscape [118]. The results of a 20-year study made by Palang et al [118] in Estonia conclude that the stronger people's identity and connection with the landscape, the more people care for and provide stewardship to that landscape, and that the best ecologically preserved landscapes are usually the ones that people care about the most.…”

Section: Exercising Long-term Thinking For Sustainabilitymentioning

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A Knowledge Review on Integrated Landscape Approaches

Pedroza-Arceo

Weber

Ortega‐Argueta

2022

Forests

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Holistic and multi-transdisciplinary approaches, where multiple goals are achieved in order to improve resilience in societies and ecosystems in the short, medium, and long term, are ideal, even utopian. Hence, science has come together with practical experiences that highlight the importance of working at a ‘landscape’ level. Landscapes, as socio-ecological systems, are key for sustainability and sustainable development, and they represent a realistic unit to interconnect local, national, and ultimately global scales. International efforts regarding holistic natural resources management approaches are not new; however, they are currently pointing to an Integrated Landscape Approach (ILA). Based on a documentation review and analysis, the present article review aims to promote the disambiguation of the ILA concept and provide an updated synthesis knowledge on the ILA. Especially for the forest sector, the ILA has been identified as particularly beneficial, strongly highlighted by the scientific literature, and with an infrastructure of organizations that are encouraging it. The paper presents the rationale of the science behind the concept, as well as the main principles, we identified a variety of definitions with some significant points of overlap, we highlight the inclusion of ILAs in the current international arena and the relationship of ILA’s and Jurisdictional Approaches, and we make a review of the ILA in a challenging world of rapid change. Our review recognizes ILAs socio-ecological management strategy to reconcile conservation, development, climate change, and human well-being goals. ILAs naturally have a social and idealistic construction behind it, which might be just as necessary andsignificant as the journey toward sustainability itself.

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Revisiting futures: integrating culture, care and time in landscapes

Cited by 10 publications

References 43 publications

How to consider history in landscape ecology: patterns, processes, and pathways

How to consider history in landscape ecology: patterns, processes, and pathways

Integrating landscape ecology into landscape practice in Central African Rainforests

A Knowledge Review on Integrated Landscape Approaches

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