Revisiting the relationships between human well-being and ecosystems in dynamic social-ecological systems: Implications for stewardship and development
We argue that the ways in which we as humans derive well-being from nature – for example by harvesting firewood, selling fish or enjoying natural beauty – feed back into how we behave towards the environment. This feedback is mediated by institutions (rules, regulations) and by individual capacities...
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| author | Vanessa A. Masterson Susanne Vetter Tomas Chaigneau Tim M. Daw Odirilwe Selomane Maike Hamann Grace Y. Wong Viveca Mellegård Michelle Cocks Maria Tengö |
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| description | We argue that the ways in which we as humans derive well-being from nature – for example by harvesting firewood, selling fish or enjoying natural beauty – feed back into how we behave towards the environment. This feedback is mediated by institutions (rules, regulations) and by individual capacities to act. Understanding these relationships can guide better interventions for sustainably improving well-being and alleviating poverty. However, more attention needs to be paid to how experience-related benefits from nature influence attitudes and actions towards the environment, and how these relationships can be reflected in more environmentally sustainable development projects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-22b3f854ca0c445b812293aa0a52afe42023-03-09T12:43:39ZengCambridge University PressGlobal Sustainability2059-47982019-01-01210.1017/sus.2019.5Revisiting the relationships between human well-being and ecosystems in dynamic social-ecological systems: Implications for stewardship and developmentVanessa A. Masterson0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5379-9309Susanne Vetter1Tomas Chaigneau2Tim M. Daw3Odirilwe Selomane4Maike Hamann5Grace Y. Wong6Viveca Mellegård7Michelle Cocks8Maria Tengö9Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Botany, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South AfricaEnvironment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, UKStockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden Natural Resources and the Environment, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch, South AfricaNatural Capital Project, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USAStockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Anthropology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South AfricaStockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenWe argue that the ways in which we as humans derive well-being from nature – for example by harvesting firewood, selling fish or enjoying natural beauty – feed back into how we behave towards the environment. This feedback is mediated by institutions (rules, regulations) and by individual capacities to act. Understanding these relationships can guide better interventions for sustainably improving well-being and alleviating poverty. However, more attention needs to be paid to how experience-related benefits from nature influence attitudes and actions towards the environment, and how these relationships can be reflected in more environmentally sustainable development projects.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S205947981900005X/type/journal_articleecosystem serviceshuman behaviourpoliciespolitics and governance |
| spellingShingle | Vanessa A. Masterson Susanne Vetter Tomas Chaigneau Tim M. Daw Odirilwe Selomane Maike Hamann Grace Y. Wong Viveca Mellegård Michelle Cocks Maria Tengö Revisiting the relationships between human well-being and ecosystems in dynamic social-ecological systems: Implications for stewardship and development Global Sustainability ecosystem services human behaviour policies politics and governance |
| title | Revisiting the relationships between human well-being and ecosystems in dynamic social-ecological systems: Implications for stewardship and development |
| title_full | Revisiting the relationships between human well-being and ecosystems in dynamic social-ecological systems: Implications for stewardship and development |
| title_fullStr | Revisiting the relationships between human well-being and ecosystems in dynamic social-ecological systems: Implications for stewardship and development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Revisiting the relationships between human well-being and ecosystems in dynamic social-ecological systems: Implications for stewardship and development |
| title_short | Revisiting the relationships between human well-being and ecosystems in dynamic social-ecological systems: Implications for stewardship and development |
| title_sort | revisiting the relationships between human well being and ecosystems in dynamic social ecological systems implications for stewardship and development |
| topic | ecosystem services human behaviour policies politics and governance |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S205947981900005X/type/journal_article |
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