Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: modelling Nature Futures

Kim, HyeJin; Peterson, Garry D.; Cheung, William W.L.; Ferrier, Simon; Alkemade, Rob; Arneth, Almut; Kuiper, Jan J.; Okayasu, Sana; Pereira, Laura; Acosta, Lilibeth A.; Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca; den Belder, Eefje; Eddy, Tyler D.; Johnson, Justin A; Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, Sylvia; Kok, Marcel T.J.; Leadley, Paul; Leclère, David; Lundquist, Carolyn J.; Rondinini, Carlo; Scholes, Robert J.; Schoolenberg, Machteld A.; Shin, Yunne-Jai; Stehfest, Elke; Stephenson, Fabrice; Visconti, Piero; van Vuuren, Detlef; Wabnitz, Colette C.C.; José Alava, Juan; Cuadros-Casanova, Ivon; Davies, Kathryn K.; Gasalla, Maria A.; Halouani, Ghassen; Harfoot, Mike; Hashimoto, Shizuka; Hickler, Thomas; Hirsch, Tim; Kolomytsev, Grigory; Miller, Brian W.; Ohashi, Haruka; Gabriela Palomo, Maria; Popp, Alexander; Paco Remme, Roy; Saito, Osamu; Rashid Sumalia, U.; Willcock, Simon; Pereira, Henrique M.. 2023 Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: modelling Nature Futures. Global Environmental Change, 82, 102681. 14, pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102681

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102681

Abstract/Summary

The Nature Futures Framework (NFF) is a heuristic tool for co-creating positive futures for nature and people. It seeks to open up a diversity of futures through mainly three value perspectives on nature – Nature for Nature, Nature for Society, and Nature as Culture. This paper describes how the NFF can be applied in modelling to support decision-making. First, we describe key considerations for the NFF in developing qualitative and quantitative scenarios: i) multiple value perspectives on nature as a state space where pathways improving nature toward a frontier can be represented, ii) mutually reinforcing key feedbacks of social-ecological systems that are important for nature conservation and human wellbeing, iii) indicators of multiple knowledge systems describing the evolution of complex social-ecological dynamics. We then present three approaches to modelling Nature Futures scenarios in the review, screening, and design phases of policy processes. This paper seeks to facilitate the integration of relational values of nature in models and strengthen modelled linkages across biodiversity, nature’s contributions to people, and quality of life.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102681
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	0959-3780
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	scenario analysis, biodiversity, conservation, sustainability, values, futures
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	31 Oct 2023 13:00 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/535123

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102681

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

0959-3780

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.

Additional Keywords:

scenario analysis, biodiversity, conservation, sustainability, values, futures