Forest-linked livelihoods in a globalized world


Por: Oldekop, Johan A., Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Agrawal, Arun, Bebbington, Anthony J., Meyfroidt, Patrick, Bengston, David N., Blackman, Allen, Brooks, Stephen, Davidson-Hunt, Iain, Davies, Penny, Dinsi, Stanley C., Fontana, Lorenza B., Gumucio, Tatiana, Kumar, Chetan, Kumar, Kundan, Moran, Dominic, Mwampamba, Tuyeni H., Nasi, Robert, Nilsson, Margareta, Pinedo-Vasquez, Miguel A., Rhemtulla, Jeanine M., Sutherland, William J., Watkins, Cristy, Wilson, Sarah J.

Publicada: 1 dic 2020
Categoría: Plant science

Resumen:
The landscape of forest and human activity is ever shifting, but new large-scale trends are causing exceptional changes and potential space for new conservation and development for communities dependent on forests. Forests have re-taken centre stage in global conversations about sustainability, climate and biodiversity. Here, we use a horizon scanning approach to identify five large-scale trends that are likely to have substantial medium- and long-term effects on forests and forest livelihoods: forest megadisturbances; changing rural demographics; the rise of the middle-class in low- and middle-income countries; increased availability, access and use of digital technologies; and large-scale infrastructure development. These trends represent human and environmental processes that are exceptionally large in geographical extent and magnitude, and difficult to reverse. They are creating new agricultural and urban frontiers, changing existing rural landscapes and practices, opening spaces for novel conservation priorities and facilitating an unprecedented development of monitoring and evaluation platforms that can be used by local communities, civil society organizations, governments and international donors. Understanding these larger-scale dynamics is key to support not only the critical role of forests in meeting livelihood aspirations locally, but also a range of other sustainability challenges more globally. We argue that a better understanding of these trends and the identification of levers for change requires that the research community not only continue to build on case studies that have dominated research efforts so far, but place a greater emphasis on causality and causal mechanisms, and generate a deeper understanding of how local, national and international geographical scales interact.

Filiaciones:
Oldekop, Johan A.:
 Univ Michigan, Forests & Livelihoods Assessment Res & Engagement, Sch Environm & Sustainabil, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

 Univ Manchester, Global Dev Inst, Manchester, Lancs, England

Rasmussen, Laura Vang:
 Univ Michigan, Forests & Livelihoods Assessment Res & Engagement, Sch Environm & Sustainabil, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

 Univ Copenhagen, Dept Geosci & Nat Resource Management, Copenhagen, Denmark

Agrawal, Arun:
 Univ Michigan, Forests & Livelihoods Assessment Res & Engagement, Sch Environm & Sustainabil, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

Bebbington, Anthony J.:
 Univ Manchester, Global Dev Inst, Manchester, Lancs, England

 Clark Univ, Grad Sch Geog, Worcester, MA 01610 USA

Meyfroidt, Patrick:
 UCLouvain, Earth & Life Inst, Georges Lemaitre Ctr Earth & Climate Res, Louvain La Neuve, Belgium

 FRS FNRS, Brussels, Belgium

Bengston, David N.:
 US Forest Serv, Strateg Foresight Grp, Northern Res Stn, USDA, St Paul, MN USA

Blackman, Allen:
 Resources Future Inc, Washington, DC USA

 Interamer Dev Bank, Washington, DC USA

Brooks, Stephen:
 US Agcy Int Dev, Off Land & Urban, Bur Econ Growth Educ & Environm, Washington, DC 20523 USA

Davidson-Hunt, Iain:
 Univ Manitoba, Nat Resources Inst, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Davies, Penny:
 Ford Fdn, New York, NY USA

Dinsi, Stanley C.:
 Network Environm & Sustainable Dev Cent Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon

Fontana, Lorenza B.:
 Newcastle Univ, Polit Dept, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England

Gumucio, Tatiana:
 Int Ctr Trop Agr CIAT, Cali, Colombia

 Columbia Univ, Int Res Inst Climate & Soc, Earth Inst, Palisades, NY USA

Kumar, Chetan:
 Int Union Conservat Nat IUCN, Washington, DC USA

Kumar, Kundan:
 Rights & Resources Initiat, Washington, DC USA

Moran, Dominic:
 Univ Edinburgh, Global Acad Agr & Food Secur, Royal Dick Sch Vet Studies, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

 Univ Edinburgh, Roslin Inst, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Mwampamba, Tuyeni H.:
 Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico UNAM, Inst Ecosyst & Sustainabil Res, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico

Nasi, Robert:
 Ctr Int Forestry Res CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia

Nilsson, Margareta:
 Int Land & Forest Tenure Facil, Stockholm, Sweden

Pinedo-Vasquez, Miguel A.:
 Columbia Univ, Int Res Inst Climate & Soc, Earth Inst, Palisades, NY USA

 Earth Innovat Inst, San Francisco, CA USA

Rhemtulla, Jeanine M.:
 Univ British Columbia, Dept Forest & Conservat Sci, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Sutherland, William J.:
 Univ Cambridge, Dept Zool, Cambridge, England

Watkins, Cristy:
 Univ Michigan, Forests & Livelihoods Assessment Res & Engagement, Sch Environm & Sustainabil, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

Wilson, Sarah J.:
 Univ Michigan, Forests & Livelihoods Assessment Res & Engagement, Sch Environm & Sustainabil, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
ISSN: 2055026X
Editorial
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, MACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 6 Número: 12
Páginas: 1400-1407
WOS Id: 000594818200004
ID de PubMed: 33257859