Studying human–nature relationships through a network lens: A systematic review

Kluger, Lotta Clara; Gorris, Philipp; Kochalski, Sophia; Mueller, Miriam S.; Romagnoni, Giovanni

doi:10.1002/pan3.10136

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“…Where nodes appear in at least one of these layers, these networks are both connected by intra-layer links (links in one layer/network) as well as interlayer links (links between the nodes of the different layers). For social-ecological systems, multi-layer network approaches are increasing in application to study complex resource management and governance challenges, including in marine systems), by incorporating interactions between and across both social and ecological systems (figure 1) [26].…”

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Marine conservation: towards a multi-layered network approach

Jacob

Beckerman

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Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Valuing, managing and conserving marine biodiversity and a full range of ecosystem services is at the forefront of research and policy agendas. However, biodiversity is being lost at up to a thousand times the average background rate. Traditional disciplinary and siloed conservation approaches are not able to tackle this massive loss of biodiversity because they generally ignore or overlook the interactive and dynamic nature of ecosystems processes, limiting their predictability. To conserve marine biodiversity, we must assess the interactions and impacts among biodiversity and ecosystem services (BD-ES). The scaling up in complexity from single species to entire communities is necessary, albeit challenging, for a deeper understanding of how ecosystem services relate to biodiversity and the roles species have in ecosystem service provision. These interactions are challenging to map, let alone fully assess, but network and system-based approaches provide a powerful way to progress beyond those limitations. Here, we introduce a conceptual multi-layered network approach to understanding how ecosystem services supported by biodiversity drive the total service provision, how different stressors impact BD-ES and where conservation efforts should be placed to optimize the delivery of ecosystem services and protection of biodiversity. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Integrative research perspectives on marine conservation’.

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Marine conservation: towards a multi-layered network approach

Jacob

Beckerman

Antonijevic³

et al. 2020

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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“…Network analysis, a technique to depict and analyze relations and structures, holds great potential in this regard, as it enables an understanding of the direct and indirect processes characteristic for the resource management sector (Bascompte, 2009;Borgatti et al, 2009;Butts, 2009;Turnbull et al, 2018). To study complex processes at the human-nature interface and analyze superimposed effects of social and environmental mechanisms, the socalled social-ecological network analysis (SENA) is becoming an increasingly popular tool among interdisciplinary scholars (Sayles et al, 2019;Kluger et al, 2020). As an example, Haraldsson et al (2020) used a SENA approach to study the effects of a future offshore wind farm to be placed off the coast of Northern France on both the ecosystem as well as the economic and social actors.…”

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Marine Protected Areas: At the Crossroads of Nature Conservation and Fisheries Management

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Ilosvay

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Front. Mar. Sci.

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Marine protected areas (MPAs) are designated parts of the ocean that restrict human activities to a certain degree. MPAs are established around the world using a wide range of legislative instruments and thus come in a variety of forms and shapes. Despite being regarded as the “cornerstone” of global marine conservation efforts, they currently cover less than 10% of the ocean surface. Individual MPAs aim to achieve goals ranging from the protection of specific habitats or species to sustaining certain commercial activities, such as fishing. By default, the establishment of MPAs intertwines social, ecological and economic considerations. Yet, the emphasis put on each of these domains can vary substantially when setting on-the-ground objectives, frequently creating conflict among stakeholders. In this manuscript, we first discuss current international conservation targets as well as potential future goals and delve into the question of how to assess the effectiveness of MPAs. Subsequently, we discuss the ambivalent role of this widely applied management tool at the crossroads between biodiversity conservation and fisheries management. Placing MPAs in a social-ecological framework, we call for clear and measurable goals to evaluate MPAs from an interdisciplinary perspective. Finally, we present the Baltic Sea, with its high degree of anthropogenic impact, long fishing history and comparatively extensive MPA coverage, as an interesting case study to investigate the role of MPAs in promoting a sustainable management of the ocean.

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“…Schwenke and Holzkämper (this issue) show the emergence of network analysis in the environmental governance field. Kluger et al (2020) differentiate three types of social-ecological network that are integrated in different ways and to different degrees and show how each is suited for a particular set of purposes. A novel approach, namely that of considering ecosystems and ecosystem components as actors in otherwise social networks (proposed by T. Schwenke, several personal communications, 2020), opens up new potential for using the network lens in the co-analysis of interrelated social and ecological dynamics.…”

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“…Network research tends to focus on either the social or the ecological side (Kluger et al, 2020); for instance, SNA on social actors. Some of the approaches presented here, mainly social-ecological network analysis and loop analysis, enable a better integration of ecological with social system dynamics.…”

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“…New methods for collecting, visualizing, and modeling data on social and socialecological networks in environmental governance and management are emerging, in particular quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods that foster stakeholder participation and synergistic knowledge generation. In order to depict a spectrum of these innovations, this special issue focuses on the rapidly developing field of methods for network analysis (Kluger et al, 2020;Schwenke & Holzkämper, this issue), which offers a range of innovative options across disciplines for the analysis of environmental governance.…”

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This paper introduces the special issue on "Generating Sustainability-Supporting Knowledge on Social Networks in the Governance and Management of Social-Ecological Systems." Understanding the interactions of actors and institutions is important for successful governance of human-nature relations. Social network analysis is able to capture and analyze these governance and management interactions, and there is a range of existing tools for collecting, visualizing, and modeling data on social and social-ecological networks. This introductory paper aims to give an overview of the collected papers as well as an outlook of new arising topics in the field. After presenting the single contributions to this special issue, we share our thoughts on network types and performance, network states and dynamics, limits of network studies, new conceptual focuses in network analysis, and methodological innovations (mixed methods and new tools). We conclude with a reflection of the contribution of this special issue to environmental governance.

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Studying human–nature relationships through a network lens: A systematic review

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Cited by 62 publications

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Marine conservation: towards a multi-layered network approach

Marine conservation: towards a multi-layered network approach

Marine Protected Areas: At the Crossroads of Nature Conservation and Fisheries Management

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