Exploring alternative futures in the Anthropocene

S Cork, C Alexandra, JG Alvarez-Romero… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Many challenges posed by the current Anthropocene epoch require fundamental
transformations to humanity's relationships with the rest of the planet. Achieving such …

Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: Modelling Nature Futures

HJ Kim, GD Peterson, WWL Cheung, S Ferrier… - Global Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Nature Futures Framework (NFF) is a heuristic tool for co-creating positive
futures for nature and people. It seeks to open up a diversity of futures through mainly three …

Scaling artificial light at night and disease vector interactions into socio-ecological systems: a conceptual appraisal

BWT Coetzee, AM Burke… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
There is burgeoning interest in how artificial light at night (ALAN) interacts with disease
vectors, particularly mosquitoes. ALAN can alter mosquito behaviour and biting propensity …

[HTML][HTML] Using the Nature Futures Framework as a lens for developing plural land use scenarios for Europe for 2050

Y Dou, C Zagaria, L O'Connor, W Thuiller… - Global Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ambitious international targets are being developed to protect and restore biodiversity under
the Convention on Biological Diversity's post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the …

New paths for modelling freshwater nature futures

L Kramer, S Teurlincx, B Rashleigh, ABG Janssen… - Sustainability …, 2023 - Springer
Freshwater ecosystems are exceptionally rich in biodiversity and provide essential benefits
to people. Yet they are disproportionately threatened compared to terrestrial and marine …

Operationalizing the Nature Futures Framework for ecological infrastructure

P Mayer, SE Rabe, A Grêt-Regamey - Sustainability Science, 2023 - Springer
Scenarios are useful for considering development pathways under different future
conditions. To manage a functioning ecological infrastructure (EI) as a network of natural …

Diverse approaches to nature recovery are needed to meet the varied needs of people and nature

R Dunn-Capper, LC Quintero-Uribe, HM Pereira… - Sustainability …, 2023 - Springer
Conservation and restoration projects often fail to engage local communities during the
planning and implementation stage. In addition, when considering urban boundary …

Identifying nature-positive futures in new cities: an application of the Urban Nature Futures Framework

SFEA Shaikh, P Hamel - Sustainability Science, 2023 - Springer
With the increasing loss of biodiversity due to urbanization, it is essential to examine and re-
imagine the place of nature in cities. The opportunity to redesign positive relationships …

Nature's Last Defense: Preserving Biodiversity in the Face of Climate Chaos in Rural Sukabumi District

G Rusmayadi, S Mokodenseho… - West Science Social …, 2023 - wsj.westscience-press.com
The ecological stability of our world and human well-being are dependent on biodiversity,
but in the age of climate change, biodiversity faces hitherto unheard-of difficulties. This study …

Fish communities can simultaneously contribute to nature and people across the world's tropical reefs

U Flandrin, D Mouillot, C Albouy, S Bejarano… - One Earth, 2024 - cell.com
Anthropogenic activities are eroding biodiversity and its contributions to nature and people
worldwide. Yet, the dual imperative to protect nature and sustain human well-being raises …