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

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Kim, H., Peterson, G. D., Cheung, W. W. L., Ferrier, S., Alkemade, R., Arneth, A., Kuiper, J. J., Okayasu, S., Pereira, L., Acosta, L. A., Kramer, R. C., Belder, E. D., Eddy, T. D., Johnson, J. A., Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S., Kok, M. T., Leadley, P., Leclere, D., Lundquist, C. J., Rondinini, C., Scholes, R. J., Schoolenberg, M. A., Shin, Y., Stehfest, E., Stephenson, F., Visconti, P., Vuuren, D. V., Wabnitz, C. C., Alava, J. J., Cuadros-Casanova, I., Davies, K. K., Gasalla, M. A., Halouani, G., Harfoot, M., Hashimoto, S., Hickler, T., Hirsch, T., Kolomytsev, G., Miller, B. W., Ohashi, H., Palomo, M. G., Popp, A., Remme, R. P., Saito, O., Sumalia, U. R., Willcock, S. and Pereira, H. M. 2023. Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: modelling Nature Futures. Global Environmental Change. 82, p. 102681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102681

AuthorsKim, H., Peterson, G. D., Cheung, W. W. L., Ferrier, S., Alkemade, R., Arneth, A., Kuiper, J. J., Okayasu, S., Pereira, L., Acosta, L. A., Kramer, R. C., Belder, E. D., Eddy, T. D., Johnson, J. A., Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S., Kok, M. T., Leadley, P., Leclere, D., Lundquist, C. J., Rondinini, C., Scholes, R. J., Schoolenberg, M. A., Shin, Y., Stehfest, E., Stephenson, F., Visconti, P., Vuuren, D. V., Wabnitz, C. C., Alava, J. J., Cuadros-Casanova, I., Davies, K. K., Gasalla, M. A., Halouani, G., Harfoot, M., Hashimoto, S., Hickler, T., Hirsch, T., Kolomytsev, G., Miller, B. W., Ohashi, H., Palomo, M. G., Popp, A., Remme, R. P., Saito, O., Sumalia, U. R., Willcock, S. and Pereira, H. M.
Abstract

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, Nature as Culture. In this paper, we describe how the NFF can be applied in modelling to support policy. First, it describes key building blocks of the NFF in developing qualitative and quantitative scenarios: i) multiple value perspectives on nature and the frontier representing their improvements, ii) incorporating mutually reinforcing and key
feedbacks of social-ecological systems, iii) indicators describing the evolution of social ecological systems. We then present three approaches to modelling Nature Futures scenarios in review, screening and design phases of policy processes. This paper seeks to facilitate the integration of relational values of nature in models and to strengthen modelled linkages across biodiversity, nature’s contributions to people and quality of life.

KeywordsScenario analysis; Biodiversity; Conservation; Sustainability; Values; Futures; IPBES; Restoration; Sustainable use; Tradition
Year of Publication2023
JournalGlobal Environmental Change
Journal citation82, p. 102681
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102681
Web address (URL)https://10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102681
Open accessPublished as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
Publisher's version
Accepted author manuscript
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online12 Jun 2023
Publication process dates
Accepted02 May 2023
PublisherElsevier

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