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The rest of this chapter is organized as follows. Section 7.2 describes the methodology for a societal-based approach to systematically identifying solutions. The
third section describes the experiences of local residents in navigating solutions
with other societal actors at different scales and across ecosystems. Section 7.4
explores the socio-environmental contexts of different solutions and discusses their
implications for informing sustainable use and management approaches. The final
section draws some conclusions and suggests areas that need further attention in
advancing conservation and restoration solutions that deliver sustainable use and
management of SEPLS in the context of pressing sustainability challenges in biodiversity and climate.
7.2 Methodology
7.2.1 A Societal-Based Approach to Solution Scanning
Solution scanning is a systematic process of making an inventory of all possible
responses to a problem prior to weighing the feasibility and merit of each solution for use in a particular setting (Sutherland et al. 2014). It’s been used in environmental and sustainability research literatures to identify solutions for maintaining
ecosystem services (Sutherland et al. 2014), agroforestry-based solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation (Hernández-Morcillo et al. 2018) and to scan for
existing food network models as a solution type in cultural landscapes in Europe
and Asia (Plieninger et al. 2018). The three-part cycle starts with problem identification (horizon scan), then secondly the solution scan, and third the filtering process,
which is how solutions can be weighed and selected for their effectiveness in a
particular context (Sutherland et al. 2014).
In a recent review of multi-level networks and sustainability solutions, we proposed a societal-based solution scanning approach (Kozar et al. 2019).
Transdisciplinary methods that engage multiple types of knowledge, when used
with a sustainability science framework focused on societally relevant problems,
can help address the questions related to which solutions for a loss of BES can be
most effective in managing SEPLS (Pascual et al. 2017). These solutions should be
selected for paths that preserve the multiple benefits and ecosystem services borne
by traditional management systems, while considering current and future needs
through multiple stakeholder values at multiple levels and across the mosaic ecosystem character of SEPLS.
R. Kozar et al.
The rest of this chapter is organized as follows. Section 7.2 describes the methodology for a societal-based approach to systematically identifying solutions. The
third section describes the experiences of local residents in navigating solutions
with other societal actors at different scales and across ecosystems. Section 7.4
explores the socio-environmental contexts of different solutions and discusses their
implications for informing sustainable use and management approaches. The final
section draws some conclusions and suggests areas that need further attention in
advancing conservation and restoration solutions that deliver sustainable use and
management of SEPLS in the context of pressing sustainability challenges in biodiversity and climate.
7.2 Methodology
7.2.1 A Societal-Based Approach to Solution Scanning
Solution scanning is a systematic process of making an inventory of all possible
responses to a problem prior to weighing the feasibility and merit of each solution for use in a particular setting (Sutherland et al. 2014). It’s been used in environmental and sustainability research literatures to identify solutions for maintaining
ecosystem services (Sutherland et al. 2014), agroforestry-based solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation (Hernández-Morcillo et al. 2018) and to scan for
existing food network models as a solution type in cultural landscapes in Europe
and Asia (Plieninger et al. 2018). The three-part cycle starts with problem identification (horizon scan), then secondly the solution scan, and third the filtering process,
which is how solutions can be weighed and selected for their effectiveness in a
particular context (Sutherland et al. 2014).
In a recent review of multi-level networks and sustainability solutions, we proposed a societal-based solution scanning approach (Kozar et al. 2019).
Transdisciplinary methods that engage multiple types of knowledge, when used
with a sustainability science framework focused on societally relevant problems,
can help address the questions related to which solutions for a loss of BES can be
most effective in managing SEPLS (Pascual et al. 2017). These solutions should be
selected for paths that preserve the multiple benefits and ecosystem services borne
by traditional management systems, while considering current and future needs
through multiple stakeholder values at multiple levels and across the mosaic ecosystem character of SEPLS.
R. Kozar et al.