Social-ecological indicators of resilience in agrarian and natural landscapes

The purpose of this paper is to present an approach aimed at facilitating nature conservation that builds on the ecological and social synergies that exist in traditionally managed landscapes in and around protected areas and integrates conservation and social goals to achieve a reduction in the lev...

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Autores principales: Oudenhoven, F.J.W. van, Mijatović, Dunja, Eyzaguirre, Pablo B.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Emerald Publishing Limited 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35799
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author Oudenhoven, F.J.W. van
Mijatović, Dunja
Eyzaguirre, Pablo B.
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Mijatović, Dunja
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description The purpose of this paper is to present an approach aimed at facilitating nature conservation that builds on the ecological and social synergies that exist in traditionally managed landscapes in and around protected areas and integrates conservation and social goals to achieve a reduction in the levels of marginalization of indigenous and local communities while preventing ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss.Drawing on literature research and insights from political and historical ecology and systems theory, a framework was developed to aid the understanding of human‐environment interactions taking place in traditionally managed ecosystems and landscapes and to monitor the role that these interactions play in the maintenance of such systems.Virtually all ecosystems and landscapes must be seen as coupled social‐ecological systems whose ability to respond to stresses and change derives from ecological and social characteristics, as well as from the link between these natural and human components. A variety of mechanisms by which indigenous and rural communities help anchor biodiversity and contribute to social‐ecological resilience were identified.This paper challenges the rationale behind exclusionary approaches to nature conservation. Indicators are developed to facilitate a shift towards the widespread adoption of “human‐centered” conservation practices, in which nature conservation benefits from the inclusion and empowerment of human communities instead of their exclusion and marginalization.
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spelling CGSpace357992025-12-08T10:29:22Z Social-ecological indicators of resilience in agrarian and natural landscapes Oudenhoven, F.J.W. van Mijatović, Dunja Eyzaguirre, Pablo B. agriculture ecology forests rural communities The purpose of this paper is to present an approach aimed at facilitating nature conservation that builds on the ecological and social synergies that exist in traditionally managed landscapes in and around protected areas and integrates conservation and social goals to achieve a reduction in the levels of marginalization of indigenous and local communities while preventing ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss.Drawing on literature research and insights from political and historical ecology and systems theory, a framework was developed to aid the understanding of human‐environment interactions taking place in traditionally managed ecosystems and landscapes and to monitor the role that these interactions play in the maintenance of such systems.Virtually all ecosystems and landscapes must be seen as coupled social‐ecological systems whose ability to respond to stresses and change derives from ecological and social characteristics, as well as from the link between these natural and human components. A variety of mechanisms by which indigenous and rural communities help anchor biodiversity and contribute to social‐ecological resilience were identified.This paper challenges the rationale behind exclusionary approaches to nature conservation. Indicators are developed to facilitate a shift towards the widespread adoption of “human‐centered” conservation practices, in which nature conservation benefits from the inclusion and empowerment of human communities instead of their exclusion and marginalization. 2011-03-01 2014-06-10T08:26:19Z 2014-06-10T08:26:19Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35799 en Limited Access application/pdf Emerald Publishing Limited Van Oudenhoven, F.; Mijatovic, D.; Eyzaguirre, P. -2011-Social-ecological indicators of resilience in agrarian and natural landscapes-Management of Environmental Quality 22 (2)-p. 154-173
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ecology
forests
rural communities
Oudenhoven, F.J.W. van
Mijatović, Dunja
Eyzaguirre, Pablo B.
Social-ecological indicators of resilience in agrarian and natural landscapes
title Social-ecological indicators of resilience in agrarian and natural landscapes
title_full Social-ecological indicators of resilience in agrarian and natural landscapes
title_fullStr Social-ecological indicators of resilience in agrarian and natural landscapes
title_full_unstemmed Social-ecological indicators of resilience in agrarian and natural landscapes
title_short Social-ecological indicators of resilience in agrarian and natural landscapes
title_sort social ecological indicators of resilience in agrarian and natural landscapes
topic agriculture
ecology
forests
rural communities
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35799
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