The United Nations (UN) recently declared 2021 to 2030 the Decade on Ecosystem
Restoration. Against this background, we review recent social-ecological systems research …

To develop and apply goals for future sustainability, we must consider what people care
about and what motivates them to engage in solving sustainability issues. Sense of place …

In sustainability science, revising the paradigms that separate humans from nature is
considered a powerful 'leverage point'in pursuit of transformations. The coupled social …

Despite substantial focus on sustainability issues in both science and politics, humanity
remains on largely unsustainable development trajectories. Partly, this is due to the failure of …

Calls for humanity to 'reconnect to nature'have grown increasingly louder from both scholars
and civil society. Yet, there is relatively little coherence about what reconnecting to nature …

The increasingly rapid destruction of the ecological systems that support life is calling into
question some of the fundamental stories that we live by: stories of unlimited economic …

Abstract The Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) approach, developed as theoretical
backdrop for the assessments of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on …

Over the last few years, considerable attention has been devoted in the scientific literature
and in the media to the concept of “ecosystem” services of soils. The monetary valuation of …

Value orientations used to explain or justify conservation have been rooted in arguments
about how much and in what context to emphasize the intrinsic versus instrumental value of …

Highlights•The concept of social–ecological systems highlights the interlinked dynamics of
environmental and societal change.•Further mainstreaming this concept promises major …