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resilient ecosystem function and services across scales (IPBES 2015; Oliver
et al. 2015).
New sustainable use and management approaches require a ready suite of implementable solutions for the revitalization and conservation and restoration of BES in
SEPLS that can account for these changing dynamics and future needs, while working across multiple actors and scales. In addition, the synergies and trade-offs
among conservation and restoration solutions across the mosaic ecosystem character and multiple scales of SEPLS have to outreach the expected impacts of climate
change, which are likely to impede progress in development goals in South and
Southeast Asia and exacerbate biodiversity loss in the hotspots of Asia if management aims that can meet these criteria are not met (Springmann et al. 2016).
Devising new sustainable use and management approaches that communities can
embrace and implement requires understanding how collaboration can deliver multiple solutions that can balance multiple functions in SEPLS and that benefit multiple stakeholders (Cockburn et al. 2018; Freeman et al. 2015). The next section
looks at how readily deployable conservation and restoration solutions are to meet
the challenges to sustainable use and management of SEPLS.
7.1.4 Conservation and Restoration Solutions for SEPLS
Conservation and restoration solutions in SEPLS redress the loss of BES from landuse change. Extensive work has been done to catalog these conservation solutions
based on expert knowledge (Sutherland et al. 2017; see for instance Dicks et al.
2016). Yet the wealth of solutions held by societal actors have not been given the
same weight as expert opinion in the scientific evidence base for effective solutions.
To meet the most pressing sustainability challenges in biodiversity and climate, science and evidence-based solutions are not enough.
Societal actors are those that form in response to a given challenge at a given
point in time or over a period of time to provide solutions. Communities across Asia
are working together with other societal actors from across scales to implement
place-based solutions in response to the challenges and opportunities for achieving
biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in SEPLS. A better understanding of these place-based solutions and how they can be selected and utilized
for sustainable use and management can help expand the current state of knowledge
of conservation and restoration solutions with the best available knowledge reflecting multiple values (Jacobs et al. 2016). Integrating multiple knowledges enriches
solutions and leads to the potential for place-based solutions not previously under
consideration or those that reflect the dynamics of changing landscapes, while
increasing acceptability among societal actors with different values.
This study aims to identify and demonstrate the abundance of place-based solutions for solving challenges to sustainable use and management of natural resources
in SEPLS, and to better inform the existing suite of conservation and restoration
solutions in the scientific literature with the experiences of societal actors.
7 Place-Based Solutions for Conservation and Restoration of Social-Ecological…
resilient ecosystem function and services across scales (IPBES 2015; Oliver
et al. 2015).
New sustainable use and management approaches require a ready suite of implementable solutions for the revitalization and conservation and restoration of BES in
SEPLS that can account for these changing dynamics and future needs, while working across multiple actors and scales. In addition, the synergies and trade-offs
among conservation and restoration solutions across the mosaic ecosystem character and multiple scales of SEPLS have to outreach the expected impacts of climate
change, which are likely to impede progress in development goals in South and
Southeast Asia and exacerbate biodiversity loss in the hotspots of Asia if management aims that can meet these criteria are not met (Springmann et al. 2016).
Devising new sustainable use and management approaches that communities can
embrace and implement requires understanding how collaboration can deliver multiple solutions that can balance multiple functions in SEPLS and that benefit multiple stakeholders (Cockburn et al. 2018; Freeman et al. 2015). The next section
looks at how readily deployable conservation and restoration solutions are to meet
the challenges to sustainable use and management of SEPLS.
7.1.4 Conservation and Restoration Solutions for SEPLS
Conservation and restoration solutions in SEPLS redress the loss of BES from landuse change. Extensive work has been done to catalog these conservation solutions
based on expert knowledge (Sutherland et al. 2017; see for instance Dicks et al.
2016). Yet the wealth of solutions held by societal actors have not been given the
same weight as expert opinion in the scientific evidence base for effective solutions.
To meet the most pressing sustainability challenges in biodiversity and climate, science and evidence-based solutions are not enough.
Societal actors are those that form in response to a given challenge at a given
point in time or over a period of time to provide solutions. Communities across Asia
are working together with other societal actors from across scales to implement
place-based solutions in response to the challenges and opportunities for achieving
biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in SEPLS. A better understanding of these place-based solutions and how they can be selected and utilized
for sustainable use and management can help expand the current state of knowledge
of conservation and restoration solutions with the best available knowledge reflecting multiple values (Jacobs et al. 2016). Integrating multiple knowledges enriches
solutions and leads to the potential for place-based solutions not previously under
consideration or those that reflect the dynamics of changing landscapes, while
increasing acceptability among societal actors with different values.
This study aims to identify and demonstrate the abundance of place-based solutions for solving challenges to sustainable use and management of natural resources
in SEPLS, and to better inform the existing suite of conservation and restoration
solutions in the scientific literature with the experiences of societal actors.
7 Place-Based Solutions for Conservation and Restoration of Social-Ecological…