TY - JOUR
T1 - Research Priorities for the Conservation and Sustainable Governance of Andean Forest Landscapes
AU - Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah Lan
AU - Peralvo, Manuel
AU - Báez, Selene
AU - Rist, Stephan
AU - Buytaert, Wouter
AU - Cuesta, Francisco
AU - Fadrique, Belén
AU - Feeley, Kenneth J.
AU - Groth, Aaron A.P.
AU - Homeier, Jürgen
AU - Llambí, Luis D.
AU - Locatelli, Bruno
AU - Sandoval, Maria Fernanda López
AU - Malizia, Agustina
AU - Young, Kenneth R.
N1 - Funding Information:
The research agenda presented in this paper was developed in the framework of the Andean Forest Program, financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, in a collaborative arrangement between the Centre for Development and Environment of the University of Bern, the Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion, and HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, with contributions from 48 experts working on Andean forest landscapes. An adaptation of this research agenda was published in
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Mathez-Stiefel et al. This open access article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (.
PY - 2017/8/1
Y1 - 2017/8/1
N2 - The long-Term survival of Andean forest landscapes (AFL) and of their capacity to contribute to sustainable development in a context of global change requires integrated adaptation and mitigation responses informed by a thorough understanding of the dynamic and complex interactions between their ecological and social components. This article proposes a research agenda that can help guide AFL research efforts for the next 15 years. The agenda was developed between July 2015 and June 2016 through a series of workshops in Ecuador, Peru, and Switzerland and involved 48 researchers and development experts working on AFL from different disciplinary perspectives. Based on our review of current research and identification of pressing challenges for the conservation and sustainable governance of AFL, we propose a conceptual framework that draws on sustainability sciences and social-ecological systems research, and we identify a set of high-priority research goals and objectives organized into 3 broad categories: systems knowledge, target knowledge, and transformation knowledge. This paper is intended to be a reference for a broad array of actors engaged in policy, research, and implementation in the Andean region. We hope it will trigger collaborative research initiatives for the continued conservation and sustainable governance of AFL.
AB - The long-Term survival of Andean forest landscapes (AFL) and of their capacity to contribute to sustainable development in a context of global change requires integrated adaptation and mitigation responses informed by a thorough understanding of the dynamic and complex interactions between their ecological and social components. This article proposes a research agenda that can help guide AFL research efforts for the next 15 years. The agenda was developed between July 2015 and June 2016 through a series of workshops in Ecuador, Peru, and Switzerland and involved 48 researchers and development experts working on AFL from different disciplinary perspectives. Based on our review of current research and identification of pressing challenges for the conservation and sustainable governance of AFL, we propose a conceptual framework that draws on sustainability sciences and social-ecological systems research, and we identify a set of high-priority research goals and objectives organized into 3 broad categories: systems knowledge, target knowledge, and transformation knowledge. This paper is intended to be a reference for a broad array of actors engaged in policy, research, and implementation in the Andean region. We hope it will trigger collaborative research initiatives for the continued conservation and sustainable governance of AFL.
KW - Agenda 2030
KW - Andes
KW - Sustainable Development Goals
KW - global change
KW - social-ecological systems
KW - sustainable development
KW - transdisciplinary research
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U2 - 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00093.1
DO - 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00093.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85030099372
VL - 37
SP - 323
EP - 339
JO - Mountain Research and Development
JF - Mountain Research and Development
SN - 0276-4741
IS - 3
ER -