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Landscapes-a lens for assessing sustainability.
Marie C Dade1,2, Aletta Bonn3,4,5, 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.
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.
Keywords:
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