Ten facts about land systems for sustainability

• Autores: Meyfroidt, Patrick; de Bremond, Ariane; Ryan, Casey M.; Archer, Emma; Aspinall, Richard; Chhabra, Abha; Camara, Gilberto; Corbera, Esteve; DeFries, Ruth; Díaz, Sandra Myrna; Dong, Jinwei; Ellis, Erle C.; Erb, Karl Heinz; Fisher, Janet A.; Garrett, Rachael D.; Golubiewski, Nancy E.; Grau, Hector Ricardo; Grove, J. Morgan; Haberl, Helmut; Heinimann, Andreas; Hostert, Patrick; Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel; Kerr, Suzi; Kuemmerle, Tobias; Lambin, Eric F.; Lavorel, Sandra; Lele, Sharachandra; Mertz, Ole; Messerli, Peter; Metternicht, Graciela
• Año de publicación: 2022
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: GOVERNANCE; LAND USE; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABILITY
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Land use is central to addressing sustainability issues, including biodiversity conservation, climate change, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable energy. In this paper, we synthesize knowledge accumulated in land system science, the integrated study of terrestrial social-ecological systems, into 10 hard truths that have strong, general, empirical support. These facts help to explain the challenges of achieving sustainability in land use and thus also point toward solutions. The 10 facts are as follows: 1) Meanings and values of land are socially constructed and contested; 2) land systems exhibit complex behaviors with abrupt, hard-to-predict changes; 3) irreversible changes and path dependence are common features of land systems; 4) some land uses have a small footprint but very large impacts; 5) drivers and impacts of land-use change are globally interconnected and spill over to distant locations; 6) humanity lives on a used planet where all land provides benefits to societies; 7) land-use change usually entails trade-offs between different benefits—"win–wins" are thus rare; 8) land tenure and land-use claims are often unclear, overlapping, and contested; 9) the benefits and burdens from land are unequally distributed; and 10) land users have multiple, sometimes conflicting, ideas of what social and environmental justice entails. The facts have implications for governance, but do not provide fixed answers. Instead they constitute a set of core principles which can guide scientists, policy makers, and practitioners toward meeting sustainability challenges in land use.
Fil: Meyfroidt, Patrick. Université Catholique de Louvain; Bélgica
Fil: de Bremond, Ariane. University of Maryland; Estados Unidos. University of Bern; Suiza
Fil: Ryan, Casey M.. University of Edinburgh; Reino Unido
Fil: Archer, Emma. University of Pretoria; Sudáfrica
Fil: Aspinall, Richard. James Hutton Institute; Reino Unido
Fil: Chhabra, Abha. Indian Space Research Organization; India
Fil: Camara, Gilberto. Centro de Previsao de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais; Brasil
Fil: Corbera, Esteve. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; España. Institució Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avançats; España
Fil: DeFries, Ruth. Columbia University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Díaz, Sandra Myrna. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
Fil: Dong, Jinwei. Chinese Academy of Sciences; República de China
Fil: Ellis, Erle C.. University of Maryland; Estados Unidos
Fil: Erb, Karl Heinz. University Of Natural Resources And Life Sciences (boku);
Fil: Fisher, Janet A.. University of Edinburgh; Reino Unido
Fil: Garrett, Rachael D.. Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich; Suiza
Fil: Golubiewski, Nancy E.. Ministry for the Environment; Nueva Zelanda
Fil: Grau, Hector Ricardo. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina
Fil: Grove, J. Morgan. United States Department of Agriculture; Estados Unidos
Fil: Haberl, Helmut. University Of Natural Resources And Life Sciences (boku);
Fil: Heinimann, Andreas. University of Bern; Suiza
Fil: Hostert, Patrick. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Alemania
Fil: Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Luis. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada de San Luis "Prof. Ezio Marchi". Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico, Matemáticas y Naturales. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada de San Luis "Prof. Ezio Marchi"; Argentina
Fil: Kerr, Suzi. Environmental Defense Fund; Estados Unidos
Fil: Kuemmerle, Tobias. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Alemania
Fil: Lambin, Eric F.. Université Catholique de Louvain; Bélgica. University of Stanford; Estados Unidos
Fil: Lavorel, Sandra. Universite Grenoble Alpes; Francia
Fil: Lele, Sharachandra. Atree; India. Indian Institute Of Science Education And Research Pune; India
Fil: Mertz, Ole. Universidad de Copenhagen; Dinamarca
Fil: Messerli, Peter. University of Bern; Suiza
Fil: Metternicht, Graciela. University of Western Sydney; Australia