Unraveling human drivers behind complex interrelationships among sustainable development goals: a demonstration in a flagship protected area
The transformational potential of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) lies in effective efforts to reconcile the conflicts and maximize the synergies among the interrelated SDGs. Previous research on the interrelationships among SDGs often focused on depicting th...
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| author | Hongbo Yang Thomas Dietz Yingjie Li Yue Dou Yujun Wang Qiongyu Huang Jindong Zhang Melissa Songer Jianguo Liu |
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| description | The transformational potential of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) lies in effective efforts to reconcile the conflicts and maximize the synergies among the interrelated SDGs. Previous research on the interrelationships among SDGs often focused on depicting the degree to which different goals reinforce or hamper each other; however, drivers behind these interrelationships have rarely been evaluated. We developed a novel approach to unraveling the impact of human activities on the complex trade-offs and synergies among SDGs. We used the approach to assess the impacts of four globally common livelihoods, including cropping, local off-farm labor work, labor migration, and livestock husbandry, on the interrelationships among SDG 1 (no poverty), SDG 3 (enhance human well-being), and SDG 15 (protect life on land) in a demonstration site. The results show that our approach can be very useful in informing coherent governance and facilitating progress toward SDGs across social, economic, and environmental dimensions simultaneously. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-018af802c6574710b2839b51155d27592022-12-22T04:29:24ZengResilience AllianceEcology and Society1708-30872022-09-012731510.5751/ES-13275-27031513275Unraveling human drivers behind complex interrelationships among sustainable development goals: a demonstration in a flagship protected areaHongbo Yang0Thomas Dietz1Yingjie Li2Yue Dou3Yujun Wang4Qiongyu Huang5Jindong Zhang6Melissa Songer7Jianguo Liu8State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USACenter for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USANatural Resource Department, Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of TwenteKey Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation, China West Normal University, Ministry of Education, Nanchong, Sichuan Province, ChinaSmithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA, USAKey Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation, China West Normal University, Ministry of Education, Nanchong, Sichuan Province, ChinaSmithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA, USACenter for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USAThe transformational potential of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) lies in effective efforts to reconcile the conflicts and maximize the synergies among the interrelated SDGs. Previous research on the interrelationships among SDGs often focused on depicting the degree to which different goals reinforce or hamper each other; however, drivers behind these interrelationships have rarely been evaluated. We developed a novel approach to unraveling the impact of human activities on the complex trade-offs and synergies among SDGs. We used the approach to assess the impacts of four globally common livelihoods, including cropping, local off-farm labor work, labor migration, and livestock husbandry, on the interrelationships among SDG 1 (no poverty), SDG 3 (enhance human well-being), and SDG 15 (protect life on land) in a demonstration site. The results show that our approach can be very useful in informing coherent governance and facilitating progress toward SDGs across social, economic, and environmental dimensions simultaneously.https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol27/iss3/art15/conservationpoverty alleviationsustainable development goalssynergiestrade-offs |
| spellingShingle | Hongbo Yang Thomas Dietz Yingjie Li Yue Dou Yujun Wang Qiongyu Huang Jindong Zhang Melissa Songer Jianguo Liu Unraveling human drivers behind complex interrelationships among sustainable development goals: a demonstration in a flagship protected area Ecology and Society conservation poverty alleviation sustainable development goals synergies trade-offs |
| title | Unraveling human drivers behind complex interrelationships among sustainable development goals: a demonstration in a flagship protected area |
| title_full | Unraveling human drivers behind complex interrelationships among sustainable development goals: a demonstration in a flagship protected area |
| title_fullStr | Unraveling human drivers behind complex interrelationships among sustainable development goals: a demonstration in a flagship protected area |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unraveling human drivers behind complex interrelationships among sustainable development goals: a demonstration in a flagship protected area |
| title_short | Unraveling human drivers behind complex interrelationships among sustainable development goals: a demonstration in a flagship protected area |
| title_sort | unraveling human drivers behind complex interrelationships among sustainable development goals a demonstration in a flagship protected area |
| topic | conservation poverty alleviation sustainable development goals synergies trade-offs |
| url | https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol27/iss3/art15/ |
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