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Publication alert ✨ Check out our new empirical study on the use of scale-related strategies to shape the #geography of #sustainability #missions just out in #EIST! Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University #STRN NEST - Network of Early Career Researchers in Sustainability Transitions

🎉 Very happy with our recent contribution to the special issue 'Geographies of Missions' in Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions! In "Tipping the scales of the blue transition: Framing the geography of a Norwegian seafood mission", Koen Frenken, Laura Piscicelli, Taneli Vaskelainen, and I study how scale is framed by actors in the issue field of a Norwegian seafood mission. The case highlights that environmental problems do not fit the jurisdictional boundaries of policy and thus induce negotiation over the geography of missions. We show that scale constitutes a crucial discursive strategy used by actors to secure their interests in the mission discourse and that attempts to depoliticize this discussion through science-based policy remain contested due to the constructed nature of scale. Read more here:

We hear a lot about the importance of studying the Great Lakes “ecosystem” – the network of aquatic plants and animals, their habitats, and the environmental conditions in which they live – and how all these pieces interact to move energy around the ecosystem. But what about knowledge ecosystems? People and institutions interact in important ways, and knowledge must move within these networks and structures if we are to come up with solutions to pressing environmental issues. Many barriers block the exchange and application of knowledge, such as scientific research results being inaccessible to managers, or political or social forces preventing changes in policy and practice. This leads to a phenomenon called the “knowledge-action gap.” The Science Transfer Program seeks to bridge the knowledge-action gap by transforming Great Lakes scientific knowledge into formats that are more useful for fishery managers and decision-makers, and by connecting knowledge users and knowledge producers to build relationships and to co-produce knowledge that is more relevant and actionable. To learn more about the knowledge-action gap in natural resource management, visit https://lnkd.in/eXt8Rcdq (Nguyen, V.M., Young, N., Cooke, S.J. (2017) A roadmap for knowledge exchange and mobilization research in conservation and natural resource management. Conservation Biology 31, 789-798). Figure reprinted with permission. #2024LakeCmtes

My Masters Thesis research paper has been finally published in Elsevier's Ecological Indicators Journal. In this paper, I have proposed a methodology that can assess habitat changes from implementation of Nature-based solutions. The methodology translates CORINE land cover classes to EUNIS habitat classes. Based on the concept, I developed an ArcGIS toolbox that generates habitat change images as results. I applied the toolbox to Denmark and the Netherlands. I have compared the results to change in local bird population to demonstrate the effects of Nbs in their population. The full paper is available for free at: https://lnkd.in/eUpZPbTg I would like to extend my gratitude to my co-authors Dr. Laddaporn Ruangpan, Dr. Zoran Vojinovic, Dr. Arlex Sanchez Torres and Dr. Yared Abayneh Abebe for their guidance and continuous support throughout the journey. The production of this article is supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No 776866 for the research RECONECT Project (Regeneratinge ECOsystems with Nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological risk rEduCTion) project. #Naturebasedsolutions #ArcGIS #toolbox #EcologicalIndicators #habitatchange #EU #Netherlands #Denmark

Give voice to the absent in the ecological transition 🌿🍀 The place of nature and future generations in participation processes must be part of national and international agendas 🍃 📌This is the call that Fatima Alves and I make in this article published in the newspaper Diário As Beiras, based on our experience in the European project PHOENIX_H2020! Enjoy the reading (in portuguese) 😊 #voicesoftheabsent #ecologicaltransition #nature #futuregenerations Link: https://lnkd.in/d3J_4M2t

I highly recommend these two "popular-science" easy-flowing books to everyone who also seeks more than a general, superficial "touch and go" approach to world, yet is tired of very focused scientific works which make one easily lose the context or its place in the bigger picture. Protection of biodiversity and of natural resources have been hot topics for decades. I'm my opinion, such protection is best performed by population which is aware of the function and value of protected objects. Appreciation of (in these cases Biodiversity and Water) would change human behaviour more than any laws or fences. Both these books make one realise once again, that the separation of human and nature is a mere illusion. We are nature. If we do not care for nature, we inflictict damage upon ourselves. It is very simple, but listen to politicians, leaders, journalists, friends or yourveryselves. You will find how massive the mental divider between Human and Nature is.

I just would like to thank and promote this very nice book with Dr. Bhavik Bakshi as editor. Me and my Group (Grupo EngS - Engenharia da Sustentabilidade ) we are happy to explore more about the current challenges on #engineering and #ecosystems. Ont this book you will: -Explore methods to account for ecosystem goods and services in sustainability assessment and engineering design -Find a systematic framework for seeking synergies between technological and ecological systems -Learn convergence between engineering, environmental science, ecology, and economics You can find this book here: https://lnkd.in/e7stFNUt

To our restoration friends, below is a great article summarizing Dr. Cayne Layton’s work in helping kelp forests tolerate rising sea temperatures and recover. By encouraging the propagation of kelp that have survived the rising sea temperatures, he and his colleagues have shown that kelp can adapt and regenerate if given a helping hand. I think this work is very important because it highlights two important points: 1) Through our emissions, we are changing the planet and oceans at a speed that even the most resilient and adaptive species cannot keep up with. Our actions, as well as inactions, are causing this. 2) Despite 1), with some thoughtful action, Cayne Layton has shown us we can help nature heal without having to resort to genetic manipulation. If done thoughtfully and given a helping hand, nature-based solutions can thrive. Since launching NoMaRe - Norwegian Marine Restoration, I, as well as many of my colleagues in the movement have been met with incredible enthusiasm and support, which we are very thankful for. But we have also been peppered with comments like “leave nature alone… it will heal itself” or “stop thinking and acting like a God”. While under normal circumstances I might give credit to such criticisms, I firmly believe we are not living under normal circumstances at all. We have brought the might and scale of industrialism to our natural resources, and exploited them in an incredibly short timescale. We have fundamentally altered whole ecosystems around us, and brought destruction and extinction to support our way of life. Advocating for inaction, when every single one of us, including myself, is willingly, unwillingly, explicitly or implicitly extracting and draining our natural resources at industrial scale does not make any sense to me. So my colleagues and I will continue to advocate and support scientifically-sound restorative initiatives, especially industrial scale solutions, and help heal our wounded planet, even if it means upsetting some purists in the process. Finally, thank you again Cayne Layton, Craig Johnson, John Keane and all the scientists, fishers, policy makers, and volunteers for showing the world that nature can heal if we give her a helping hand. #australia #norway #kelp #restoration #naturebasedsolutions #oceans #oceandecade

#reminder Abstract submissions are now open for the IUFRO 1.01.04 conference to be held in Rotorua, New Zealand from 17 - 21 March 2025. With seven themes your abstract could range from forest protection at establishment through to adapting forest ecosystems to #climatechange and Forest establishment using #Indigenous Knowledge. If your #research covers advances in #forest science, #technology, policy, practice and Indigenous Knowledge to support #sustainable practices for forest establishment, it could be a fit. The #conference titled ‘Achieving Forest establishment success at scale to address climate, environmental, social and economic challenges around the world’ will be hosted by Scion. #Abstract submissions close at the end of September and delegates will have the opportunity to publish their paper in a special issue of New Forests. Submit an abstract, register, learn about the themes and host city Rotorua at https://lnkd.in/gRv-fFPv

Happy National Library Shelfie Day! In honor of this celebration, I asked SfL team member Lois Wright Morton if she had some good book recommendations to pass along. And that she does! Get your library card ready or your local bookstore plugged into the GPS. “I love books that use words and language in poetic ways that give clarity, wonderful detail, and are mind-stretching,” Lois explains. “When I think about how agriculture, humans and the earth’s ecosystems co-exist, I’m inspired by new understandings and imaginative ways to turn the prism of knowledge to reveal the past and potential markers of the future.”   📕 📘 📙 Lois’s Book Recommendations 📕 📘 📙 📕 Some Assembly Required, Decoding Four Billion Years of Life from Ancient Fossils to DNA by Neil Shubin 📘 Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture by Andreas Wagner 📙 The Universe in a Box: Simulations and the Quest to Code the Cosmos by Andrew Potzen “Right now, I’m ¾ of the way through Ed Conway’s book Material World: Six Raw Materials that Shape Modern Civilization,” Lois adds. “At the end of February, I’ll be part of the Solutions from the Land delegation attending the U.N. Environmental Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. This book provides an excellent background for the work we’ll be doing with UNEP as global leaders grapple with developing environmental policies and outlining goals to reverse and mitigate unintended but harmful consequences of civilization and expanding populations on earth systems.” #LibraryShelfieDay #SolutionsFromTheLand