Nature's contributions to people: coproducing quality of life from multifunctional landscapes
Nature's contributions to human well-being within social-ecological systems have been widely studied using multiple conceptual frameworks, yet there is a growing need to better articulate how both humans and nature contribute to quality of life. We present an operationalization of the Intergove...
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| description | Nature's contributions to human well-being within social-ecological systems have been widely studied using multiple conceptual frameworks, yet there is a growing need to better articulate how both humans and nature contribute to quality of life. We present an operationalization of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) conceptual framework with an in-depth analysis of the coproduction of nature's contributions to people (NCP) in a mountain social-ecological system. Based on a participatory process questioning stakeholders on nature's contributions to their quality of life, we propose an analysis of NCP coproduction mechanisms in a multifunctional landscape. We refine the consideration of NCP coproduction in the IPBES framework by distinguishing three coproduction types at different steps of the benefits flow from ecosystems to quality of life: (1) ecosystem management; (2) mobilization, harvesting, and physical access; and (3) appropriation, social access, and appreciation. For each of these coproduction types, we describe the types of natural and human-derived capital involved. This approach highlights: nature's key contributions to people as perceived by participants; landscape multifunctionality and interlinkages among NCP induced by their simultaneous coproduction to improve quality of life; and a gradient of natural and human-derived capital among coproduction types and among material, nonmaterial, and regulating NCP. This approach documents how NCP coproduction creates social-ecological trade-offs and synergies among multiple NCP, as well as collaborations and conflicts among beneficiaries at the landscape level. We conclude that the analysis of NCP coproduction can provide new opportunities for ecosystem services research by tackling the involvement of both humans and nature in quality of life objectives. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e06ce0bcc0e14821b81623d3a260b8172022-12-21T21:20:49ZengResilience AllianceEcology and Society1708-30872021-03-012611210.5751/ES-12031-26011212031Nature's contributions to people: coproducing quality of life from multifunctional landscapesEnora Bruley0Bruno Locatelli1Sandra Lavorel2Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR 5553 CNRS - Université Grenoble Alpes - Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, 38000 Grenoble, FranceCirad, University of Montpellier, FranceLaboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR 5553 CNRS - Université Grenoble Alpes - Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, 38000 Grenoble, FranceNature's contributions to human well-being within social-ecological systems have been widely studied using multiple conceptual frameworks, yet there is a growing need to better articulate how both humans and nature contribute to quality of life. We present an operationalization of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) conceptual framework with an in-depth analysis of the coproduction of nature's contributions to people (NCP) in a mountain social-ecological system. Based on a participatory process questioning stakeholders on nature's contributions to their quality of life, we propose an analysis of NCP coproduction mechanisms in a multifunctional landscape. We refine the consideration of NCP coproduction in the IPBES framework by distinguishing three coproduction types at different steps of the benefits flow from ecosystems to quality of life: (1) ecosystem management; (2) mobilization, harvesting, and physical access; and (3) appropriation, social access, and appreciation. For each of these coproduction types, we describe the types of natural and human-derived capital involved. This approach highlights: nature's key contributions to people as perceived by participants; landscape multifunctionality and interlinkages among NCP induced by their simultaneous coproduction to improve quality of life; and a gradient of natural and human-derived capital among coproduction types and among material, nonmaterial, and regulating NCP. This approach documents how NCP coproduction creates social-ecological trade-offs and synergies among multiple NCP, as well as collaborations and conflicts among beneficiaries at the landscape level. We conclude that the analysis of NCP coproduction can provide new opportunities for ecosystem services research by tackling the involvement of both humans and nature in quality of life objectives.https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol26/iss1/art12/agriculturecoproductionecosystem serviceslandscapemountainquality of lifesocial-ecological system |
| spellingShingle | Enora Bruley Bruno Locatelli Sandra Lavorel Nature's contributions to people: coproducing quality of life from multifunctional landscapes Ecology and Society agriculture coproduction ecosystem services landscape mountain quality of life social-ecological system |
| title | Nature's contributions to people: coproducing quality of life from multifunctional landscapes |
| title_full | Nature's contributions to people: coproducing quality of life from multifunctional landscapes |
| title_fullStr | Nature's contributions to people: coproducing quality of life from multifunctional landscapes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nature's contributions to people: coproducing quality of life from multifunctional landscapes |
| title_short | Nature's contributions to people: coproducing quality of life from multifunctional landscapes |
| title_sort | nature s contributions to people coproducing quality of life from multifunctional landscapes |
| topic | agriculture coproduction ecosystem services landscape mountain quality of life social-ecological system |
| url | https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol26/iss1/art12/ |
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