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Watershed Planning within a Quantitative Scenario Analysis Framework

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Published on: July 24, 2016

Landscapes-a lens for assessing sustainability.

Marie C Dade^1,2, Aletta Bonn^3,4,5, Felix Eigenbrod⁶

¹School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Melbourne, Burnley, VIC Australia.

Landscape Ecology

|January 27, 2025

Summary

Landscape sustainability (LS) assessments must consider open boundaries and diverse values to avoid inequalities. Guidelines are provided to incorporate these complexities for better landscape-level decisions.

Keywords:

Landscape Management Nature's Contributions to People Social-Ecological Systems Sustainability Telecoupling Values about Nature

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Area of Science:

Environmental science
Sustainability science
Ecosystem services

Background:

Societal transitions require sustainable trajectories at all scales.
Landscape sustainability (LS) monitors these transitions by assessing ecosystem services for human wellbeing.
Landscape complexity poses challenges for accurate LS assessments.

Purpose of the Study:

Identify under-considered landscape features in LS assessments.
Provide guidance to improve future LS assessments.
Strengthen the operational approach of LS.

Main Methods:

Conducted two workshops.
Identified complex landscape features challenging for LS assessments.
Developed guidelines for incorporating these features.

Main Results:

Open boundaries and diverse values are critical, under-considered features in LS.
Ignoring these features can worsen sustainability burdens and power inequalities.
Guidelines focus on cross-landscape ecosystem service interactions and local values.

Conclusions:

Guidelines offer a framework for researchers and practitioners.
Improved LS assessments can better inform landscape decisions and actions.
Incorporating complexity is key to advancing landscape sustainability.