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 …

[HTML][HTML] Relational versus instrumental perspectives on values of nature and resource management decisions

M Van Noordwijk, GB Villamor, GJ Hofstede… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Relational and instrumental rationality coexist in human decision-
making.•Instrumental views on decision-making are embedded in relational …

[HTML][HTML] Values as leverage points for sustainability transformation: Two pathways for transformation research

AI Horcea-Milcu - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2022 - Elsevier
The burgeoning literature on sustainability transformation agrees that values play a key,
albeit unelucidated, role on the transformation research agenda. Recent literature linking …

[HTML][HTML] The role of values in future scenarios: what types of values underpin (un) sustainable and (un) just futures?

ZV Harmáčková, Y Yoshida, N Sitas, L Mannetti… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Values have been recognized as critical leverage points for sustainability transformations.
However, there is limited evidence unpacking which types of values are associated with …

The Life Framework of Values and living as nature; towards a full recognition of holistic and relational ontologies

JO Kenter, S O'Connor - Sustainability Science, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Life Framework of Values links the richness of ways we experience and think of
nature with the diverse ways nature matters. In this paper, we further develop and clarify the …

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 …

What are heritage values? Integrating natural and cultural heritage into environmental valuation

E Azzopardi, JO Kenter, J Young, C Leakey… - People and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There are strong links between heritage and the environment yet, heritage is not fully
included in existing ecosystem‐based frameworks. Different understandings of heritage …

[HTML][HTML] Nature living in, from, with, and as people: exploring a mirrored use of the Life Framework of Values

L Willemen, JO Kenter, S O'Connor… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•The Life Framework frames how people live in, from, with, and as nature.•We
explore a mirrored framing, where nature lives from, with, in, and as people.•'Living …

A framework to integrate innovations in invasion science for proactive management

CB van Rees, BK Hand, SC Carter… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive alien species (IAS) are a rising threat to biodiversity, national security, and regional
economies, with impacts in the hundreds of billions of US dollars annually. Proactive or …

Using the three horizons approach to explore pathways towards positive futures for agricultural landscapes with rich biodiversity

T Schaal, M Mitchell, BC Scheele, P Ryan… - Sustainability …, 2023 - Springer
In light of the global challenges of the Anthropocene, including biodiversity loss, there are
increasing calls for positive, inspirational futures to motivate action and help steer away from …