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0000-0002-5731-0734
Current Organisations
University of Delhi
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Wetlands International South Asia
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Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2021
DOI: 10.1071/MF20244
Abstract: Ecological character and wise use are central tenets underpinning the Ramsar Convention’s global wetland ambitions. In this paper, we postulate that, given on-going and progressive degradation and destruction of wetlands, these concepts require reframing. So as to overcome the human–nature dualism, which underpins current wetland conservation, we propose that wetlands need to be placed within a social–ecological framing that can accommodate a plurality of worldviews and value systems. This reframing broadens the definition of wetland ecological character and replaces it with a more inclusive and comprehensive term ‘wetland character’. Wise use, consequently, becomes maintenance of wetland character. Further considerations on maintaining wetland character under this construct are presented.
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date: 2015
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-08-2023
DOI: 10.1038/S41586-023-06406-9
Abstract: Twenty-five years since foundational publications on valuing ecosystem services for human well-being 1,2 , addressing the global bio ersity crisis 3 still implies confronting barriers to incorporating nature’s erse values into decision-making. These barriers include powerful interests supported by current norms and legal rules such as property rights, which determine whose values and which values of nature are acted on. A better understanding of how and why nature is (under)valued is more urgent than ever 4 . Notwithstanding agreements to incorporate nature’s values into actions, including the Kunming-Montreal Global Bio ersity Framework (GBF) 5 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals 6 , predominant environmental and development policies still prioritize a subset of values, particularly those linked to markets, and ignore other ways people relate to and benefit from nature 7 . Arguably, a ‘values crisis’ underpins the intertwined crises of bio ersity loss and climate change 8 , pandemic emergence 9 and socio-environmental injustices 10 . On the basis of more than 50,000 scientific publications, policy documents and Indigenous and local knowledge sources, the Intergovernmental Platform on Bio ersity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) assessed knowledge on nature’s erse values and valuation methods to gain insights into their role in policymaking and fuller integration into decisions 7,11 . Applying this evidence, combinations of values-centred approaches are proposed to improve valuation and address barriers to uptake, ultimately leveraging transformative changes towards more just (that is, fair treatment of people and nature, including inter- and intragenerational equity) and sustainable futures.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2011
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-2016
DOI: 10.1002/AQC.2638
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2017
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