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Integrating ecosystem services and resilience into sustainability

Laura Maebe (PhD student) – laura.maebe@uliege.be

Claessens Hugues, Dufrêne Marc, Maréchal Kevin & Messier Christian

What solutions to the environmental crisis?

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What solutions to the environmental crisis?

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Sustainability

Ecosystem services (ES)

Resilience

SOLUTIONS

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ES to highlight interrelationships between nature & society

ES = contributions of nature to human well-being

©humanresourcesonline

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Resilience to cope with changes and uncertainty

Resilience = capacity to face disturbances

Drivers of change Responses

©humanresourcesonline ©cowengroup

© reminetwork

System

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Little is known about the pairing of ES & resilience

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Sustainability

Ecosystem services

Resilience

SOLUTIONS

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Little is known about the pairing of ES & resilience

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Ecosystem services

SOLUTIONS

Sustainability

Resilience

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Two complementary sources of information

© library.unsw.edu

Literature review

Scopus: resilien*, adapt*, resistan*, ecosystem service and sustainab*

About 200 papers 8

Two complementary sources of information

© library.unsw.edu

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Literature review Interviews with experts

Scopus: resilien*, adapt*, resistan*, ecosystem service and sustainab*

About 200 papers

35 experts in 34 institutions of 15 countries around the world

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Two complementary sources of information

Sources of information

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QUESTIONS

Two complementary sources of information

Sources of information

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QUESTIONS

Answers

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer 3

Answer 4

Answer 5

Answer 6

Answer 7

Two complementary sources of information

Sources of information

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QUESTIONS

Answers

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Categories

Answer 1

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Comparing resilience & ES

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Two different concepts sharing commonalities

Resilience VS ES

History

Focus

Feature

Practice

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Two different concepts sharing commonalities

Resilience VS ES

History

Focus

Feature

Practice

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Resilience VS ES

History

Focus

Feature

Practice

= Sustainability; biodiversity

Social-ecological system (SES)

System integrity

Two different concepts sharing commonalities

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Resilience VS ES

History

Focus

Feature

Practice

= Sustainability; biodiversity

Social-ecological system (SES)

System integrity

Two different concepts sharing commonalities

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ES Resilience

Human-nature relationships

Change

Outputs Functioning

SES Any system 17

Two different concepts sharing commonalities

Resilience VS ES

History

Focus

Feature

Practice

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Two different concepts sharing commonalities

Resilience VS ES

History

Focus

Feature

Practice

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Pairing resilience & ES

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Resilience X ES

Resilience X ES

Resilience of ES

Resilience > ES

Resilience < ES

Two different concepts closely interlinked

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Resilience X ES

Resilience X ES

Resilience of ES

Resilience > ES

Resilience < ES

Two different concepts closely interlinked

• Integrated conceptual

framework

• Integrated assessment

framework

• Management of resilience

& ES

• Decision-making on ES &

resilience

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Resilience X ES

Resilience X ES

Resilience of ES

Resilience > ES

Resilience < ES

Two different concepts closely interlinked

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Resilience X ES

Resilience X ES

Resilience of ES

Resilience > ES

Resilience < ES

Two different concepts closely interlinked

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Resilience X ES

Resilience X ES

Resilience of ES

Resilience > ES

Resilience < ES

Two different concepts closely interlinked

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Beneficial to pair them but not always

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Contribution

Mandatory Supplementary

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Beneficial to pair them but not always

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Contribution

Mandatory Supplementary

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Beneficial to pair them but not always

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Contribution

Mandatory Supplementary

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Beneficial to pair them but not always

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Contribution

Mandatory Supplementary

Resilience: integrated dynamic

system approach

+ ES: multiple values and

stakeholders

Resilience: conceptual basis

+ ES: tool

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Beneficial to pair them but not always

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Contribution

Mandatory Supplementary

Sustainability:

Mandatory

Widening

Better understanding

the system

Assessing

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Beneficial to pair them but not always

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Pitfall

Complexification

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Beneficial to pair them but not always

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Pitfall

Complexification

• Resilience of ES: only one of many

forms of resilience

• Normativity of ES

• Over-interpretation of ES

• Resilient system not providing

desired ES

• Overconfidence in resilience

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Beneficial to pair them but not always

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Pitfall

Complexification

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ES & resilience two separate concepts with their own strengths and weaknesses

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But ES & resilience are closely interlinked

© healthxwellness and youtube

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Pairing ES & resilience is mainly beneficial

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But pairing them is not always advisable

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Pairing ES & resilience can promote sustainability

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But their pairing should not overshadow other important aspects of sustainability

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Integrating ecosystem services and resilience into sustainable forest management

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Thank you for your attention

Any question?

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Ecological drivers Social drivers Disturbances

Temporal scale

Governance (strategies)

Human actions

(management)

Eco

syst

em

So

ciety

Supply

Human well-being

Values

Social-ecological system

Functions

Structure + processes

Biodiversity

Regulating ES Supporting

ES

Provisioning ES

Cultural ES

Demand

Ecosystem services

Influencing relationship

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