Ecosystem restoration and human well-being in Latin America
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- Meli, Paula; Ceccon, Eliane; Mastrangelo, Matias Enrique; Calle Díaz, Zoraida
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- 2022
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- Ecosystem restoration has become increasingly prominent in global, national and regional treaties, coalitions and conventions. Significantly, 2021 marked the beginning of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UNEP and FAO 2020). This strategy aims to engage actors from all spheres of society to overcome political, socioeconomic and technical barriers to implementing ecosystem restoration at multiple scales. However, it demands transdisciplinary approaches to address its inherently complex and multi-dimensional implementation (Cengiz et al. 2019; Mansourian and Parrotta 2019).Some challenges to implementing ecosystem restoration in Latin America emerge due to its particular political and social-ecological context. Major environmental challenges in Latin America occur in rural landscapes and are not related to livelihood improvements but survival; the dichotomy is survival versus conservation (Gligo 2001). The average percentage of Latin American people living in multi-dimensional poverty in rural areas is high (52.6%). There is a huge difference among countries. For instance, Honduras and Guatemala hold 82% and 77% of rural poor, while Uruguay and Chile only 2% and 7%, respectively (FAO 2018). This social problem is associated with ecological degradation since Latin America is one of the three regions where deforestation has advanced the most (FAO 2018). Due to the joint impacts of poverty and deforestation, the communities’ cultural identity and forms of social reproduction are weakened, given the fragmentation of their societies and landscapes.Besides, as the total population in Latin American countries continues to increase, extensively natural ecosystems are still converted to pastures for low-density livestock and crops. The future of these ecosystems will depend on how the region responds to this conversion. In this sense, ecosystem restoration is gaining momentum on the political agenda. Thirteen of 28 Latin American countries signed an agreement in 2014 to restore 20 million hectares by 2020 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 (https://initiative20x20.org). These political aspirations have the potential to create jobs, increase environmental values and capture from 4.5 to 8.8 billion tons of annual CO2 emissions by 2030 (Suding et al. 2015). However, only five signatory countries currently count on a policy instrument (for example, a restoration plan) to achieve the objectives proposed (Méndez-Toribio et al. 2017; Assad et al. 2020).This scenario has prompted Latin American scientists to rethink their paradigms as they face decades of economic crisis, poverty, social and agrarian injustice, migration, biodiversity loss, climate threats, civil wars, narcotraffic violence, and many other consequences of sustainable development goals. Thus, a perspective focusing on the interaction between social and ecological systems is emerging strongly in Latin America to understand better the complexity of this crisis, exacerbated by global climatic and ecological changes (Castro-Díaz et al. 2019).Managing the current human-modified landscapes in Latin America to restore ecosystems while maintaining ecosystem services to produce human well-being is crucial to promoting win-win schemes for the environment and societies (Meyfroidt et al. 2010). This Special Issue presents five papers featuring cases and viewpoints of those working on ecosystem restoration to produce human well-being and associated issues such as governance and social participation in the region.
Fil: Meli, Paula. Universidad de La Frontera; Chile. Universidad de Concepción; Chile
Fil: Ceccon, Eliane. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos; México
Fil: Mastrangelo, Matias Enrique. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina
Fil: Calle Díaz, Zoraida. Centro Para la Investigación En Sistemas Sostenibles de Producción Agropecuaria; Colombia - Materia
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ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
LATIN AMERICA
NATURE CONSERVATION
SOCIAL CHALLENGES - Nivel de accesibilidad
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Ecosystem restoration and human well-being in Latin AmericaMeli, PaulaCeccon, ElianeMastrangelo, Matias EnriqueCalle Díaz, ZoraidaECOLOGICAL RESTORATIONLATIN AMERICANATURE CONSERVATIONSOCIAL CHALLENGEShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Ecosystem restoration has become increasingly prominent in global, national and regional treaties, coalitions and conventions. Significantly, 2021 marked the beginning of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UNEP and FAO 2020). This strategy aims to engage actors from all spheres of society to overcome political, socioeconomic and technical barriers to implementing ecosystem restoration at multiple scales. However, it demands transdisciplinary approaches to address its inherently complex and multi-dimensional implementation (Cengiz et al. 2019; Mansourian and Parrotta 2019).Some challenges to implementing ecosystem restoration in Latin America emerge due to its particular political and social-ecological context. Major environmental challenges in Latin America occur in rural landscapes and are not related to livelihood improvements but survival; the dichotomy is survival versus conservation (Gligo 2001). The average percentage of Latin American people living in multi-dimensional poverty in rural areas is high (52.6%). There is a huge difference among countries. For instance, Honduras and Guatemala hold 82% and 77% of rural poor, while Uruguay and Chile only 2% and 7%, respectively (FAO 2018). This social problem is associated with ecological degradation since Latin America is one of the three regions where deforestation has advanced the most (FAO 2018). Due to the joint impacts of poverty and deforestation, the communities’ cultural identity and forms of social reproduction are weakened, given the fragmentation of their societies and landscapes.Besides, as the total population in Latin American countries continues to increase, extensively natural ecosystems are still converted to pastures for low-density livestock and crops. The future of these ecosystems will depend on how the region responds to this conversion. In this sense, ecosystem restoration is gaining momentum on the political agenda. Thirteen of 28 Latin American countries signed an agreement in 2014 to restore 20 million hectares by 2020 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 (https://initiative20x20.org). These political aspirations have the potential to create jobs, increase environmental values and capture from 4.5 to 8.8 billion tons of annual CO2 emissions by 2030 (Suding et al. 2015). However, only five signatory countries currently count on a policy instrument (for example, a restoration plan) to achieve the objectives proposed (Méndez-Toribio et al. 2017; Assad et al. 2020).This scenario has prompted Latin American scientists to rethink their paradigms as they face decades of economic crisis, poverty, social and agrarian injustice, migration, biodiversity loss, climate threats, civil wars, narcotraffic violence, and many other consequences of sustainable development goals. Thus, a perspective focusing on the interaction between social and ecological systems is emerging strongly in Latin America to understand better the complexity of this crisis, exacerbated by global climatic and ecological changes (Castro-Díaz et al. 2019).Managing the current human-modified landscapes in Latin America to restore ecosystems while maintaining ecosystem services to produce human well-being is crucial to promoting win-win schemes for the environment and societies (Meyfroidt et al. 2010). This Special Issue presents five papers featuring cases and viewpoints of those working on ecosystem restoration to produce human well-being and associated issues such as governance and social participation in the region.Fil: Meli, Paula. Universidad de La Frontera; Chile. Universidad de Concepción; ChileFil: Ceccon, Eliane. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos; MéxicoFil: Mastrangelo, Matias Enrique. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; ArgentinaFil: Calle Díaz, Zoraida. 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Meli, Paula Ceccon, Eliane Mastrangelo, Matias Enrique Calle Díaz, Zoraida |
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Ecosystem restoration has become increasingly prominent in global, national and regional treaties, coalitions and conventions. Significantly, 2021 marked the beginning of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UNEP and FAO 2020). This strategy aims to engage actors from all spheres of society to overcome political, socioeconomic and technical barriers to implementing ecosystem restoration at multiple scales. However, it demands transdisciplinary approaches to address its inherently complex and multi-dimensional implementation (Cengiz et al. 2019; Mansourian and Parrotta 2019).Some challenges to implementing ecosystem restoration in Latin America emerge due to its particular political and social-ecological context. Major environmental challenges in Latin America occur in rural landscapes and are not related to livelihood improvements but survival; the dichotomy is survival versus conservation (Gligo 2001). The average percentage of Latin American people living in multi-dimensional poverty in rural areas is high (52.6%). There is a huge difference among countries. For instance, Honduras and Guatemala hold 82% and 77% of rural poor, while Uruguay and Chile only 2% and 7%, respectively (FAO 2018). This social problem is associated with ecological degradation since Latin America is one of the three regions where deforestation has advanced the most (FAO 2018). Due to the joint impacts of poverty and deforestation, the communities’ cultural identity and forms of social reproduction are weakened, given the fragmentation of their societies and landscapes.Besides, as the total population in Latin American countries continues to increase, extensively natural ecosystems are still converted to pastures for low-density livestock and crops. The future of these ecosystems will depend on how the region responds to this conversion. In this sense, ecosystem restoration is gaining momentum on the political agenda. Thirteen of 28 Latin American countries signed an agreement in 2014 to restore 20 million hectares by 2020 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 (https://initiative20x20.org). These political aspirations have the potential to create jobs, increase environmental values and capture from 4.5 to 8.8 billion tons of annual CO2 emissions by 2030 (Suding et al. 2015). However, only five signatory countries currently count on a policy instrument (for example, a restoration plan) to achieve the objectives proposed (Méndez-Toribio et al. 2017; Assad et al. 2020).This scenario has prompted Latin American scientists to rethink their paradigms as they face decades of economic crisis, poverty, social and agrarian injustice, migration, biodiversity loss, climate threats, civil wars, narcotraffic violence, and many other consequences of sustainable development goals. Thus, a perspective focusing on the interaction between social and ecological systems is emerging strongly in Latin America to understand better the complexity of this crisis, exacerbated by global climatic and ecological changes (Castro-Díaz et al. 2019).Managing the current human-modified landscapes in Latin America to restore ecosystems while maintaining ecosystem services to produce human well-being is crucial to promoting win-win schemes for the environment and societies (Meyfroidt et al. 2010). This Special Issue presents five papers featuring cases and viewpoints of those working on ecosystem restoration to produce human well-being and associated issues such as governance and social participation in the region. Fil: Meli, Paula. Universidad de La Frontera; Chile. Universidad de Concepción; Chile Fil: Ceccon, Eliane. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos; México Fil: Mastrangelo, Matias Enrique. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina Fil: Calle Díaz, Zoraida. Centro Para la Investigación En Sistemas Sostenibles de Producción Agropecuaria; Colombia |
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