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Toward a holistic understanding of pastoralism |
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| Author: | Manzano, Pablo1,2; Burgas, Daniel3; Cadahía, Luis4; |
| Organizations: |
1Global Change and Conservation Lab, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, 00014 Helsinki, Finland 2Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, 00014 Helsinki, Finland 3Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
4Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1066 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
5Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, 00014 Helsinki, Finland 6BIOS Research Unit, 00170 Helsinki, Finland 7Faculty of Nature and Life Sciences, Department of Agronomic and Veterinary Sciences, University of Djelfa, P.O. Box 3117, 17000 Djelfa, Algeria 8Faculty of Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1430 Ås, Norway 9Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu, 90570 Oulu, Finland 10Cultural Heritage Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki, 00100 Helsinki, Finland 11Chair of Land Management, Department of Aerospace and Geodesy, Technical University of Munich, 80333 Munich, Germany 12Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland 13Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA 14Department of Anthropology and Geography, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA 15The Africa Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA |
| Format: | article |
| Version: | accepted version |
| Access: | open |
| Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.6 MB) |
| Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2023020125376 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier,
2021
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| Publish Date: | 2023-02-01 |
| Description: |
SummaryPastoralism is globally significant in social, environmental, and economic terms. However, it experiences crises rooted in misconceptions and poor interdisciplinary understanding, while being largely overlooked in international sustainability forums and agendas. Here, we propose a transdisciplinary research approach to understand pastoralist transitions using (1) social, economic, and environmental dimensions, (2) diverse geographic contexts and scales to capture emerging properties, allowing for cross-system comparisons, and (3) timescales from the distant past to the present. We provide specific guidelines to develop indicators for this approach, within a social-ecological resilience analytical framework to understand change. Distinct systems undergo similar transitions over time, crossing critical thresholds and then either collapsing or recovering. Such an integrated view of multidimensional interactions improves understanding of possible tipping points, thereby supporting better-informed decision making. The need for a paradigm shift in pastoralism science and policy is pressing. This research approach, including participatory methods, can provide the solutions urgently needed. see all
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| Series: |
One earth |
| ISSN: | 2590-3330 |
| ISSN-E: | 2590-3322 |
| ISSN-L: | 2590-3330 |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Pages: | 651 - 665 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.04.012 |
| OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.04.012 |
| Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
| Field of Science: |
1172 Environmental sciences 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology 519 Social and economic geography 520 Other social sciences 616 Other humanities |
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| Funding: |
This research was funded through IUBS, HELSUS seed funding, Letterstedtska Föreningen, and the UiO:Life Science program at University of Oslo. |
| Copyright information: |
© 2021. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. |
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |