Biocultural approaches to sustainability: A systematic review of the scientific literature

People and Nature

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Jan Hanspach¹  Lisbeth Jamila Haider²  Elisa Oteros-Rozas³  Anton Stahl Olafsson⁴  Natalie M. Gulsrud⁴  Christopher M. Raymond⁵  Mario Torralba⁸  Berta Martín-López¹  Claudia Bieling⁹  María García-Martín^1,10  Christian Albert^1,11  Thomas H. Beery^1,12  Nora Fagerholm^1,13  Isabel Díaz-Reviriego¹  Annika Drews-Shambroom¹  Tobias Plieninger⁸ 

[1] Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana University Lüneburg;Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University;Chair on Agroecology and Food Systems, University of Vic – University of Central Catalunya;Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen;Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki;Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki;Department of Economics and Resource Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki;Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel;Institute of Social Sciences in Agriculture, University of Hohenheim;Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen;Institute of Geography, Ruhr University Bochum;Man and Biosphere Health Research Group, Kristianstad University;Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku

关键词: bio-cultural;    conservation;    knowledge;    social–ecological systems;    Sustainable Development Goals;    transformation;    values;   

DOI  :  10.1002/pan3.10120

学科分类：护理学

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Current sustainability challenges demand approaches that acknowledge a plurality of human–nature interactions and worldviews, for which biocultural approaches are considered appropriate and timely. This systematic review analyses the application of biocultural approaches to sustainability in scientific journal articles published between 1990 and 2018 through a mixed methods approach combining qualitative content analysis and quantitative multivariate methods. The study identifies seven distinct biocultural lenses, that is, different ways of understanding and applying biocultural approaches, which to different degrees consider the key aspects of sustainability science—inter- and transdisciplinarity, social justice and normativity. The review suggests that biocultural approaches in sustainability science need to move from describing how nature and culture are co-produced to co-producing knowledge for sustainability solutions, and in so doing, better account for questions of power, gender and transformations, which has been largely neglected thus far. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.

【 授权许可】

CC BY