Framing natural assets for advancing sustainability research: translating different perspectives into actions.

摘要: Sustainability is a key challenge for humanity in the context of complex and unprecedented global changes. Future Earth, an international research initiative aiming to advance sustainability science, has recently launched knowledge–action networks (KANs) as mechanisms delivering its strategy. The currently developing KAN on “natural assets” facilitate enable action-oriented synthesis towards natural assets sustainability. ‘Natural assets’ been adopted by Earth umbrella term translate bridge across different knowledge systems perspectives peoples’ relationships with nature. In this paper, we clarify framing around emphasizing recognition pluralism identifying challenges translating visions about role assets, including via policy formulation, local challenges. This understanding will be useful develop inter-and transdisciplinary solutions human–environmental problems (i) embracing richer collaborative decision processes building bridges perspectives; (ii) giving emphasis interactions between biophysical socioeconomic drivers affecting future trends investments disinvestments assets; (iii) focusing social equity, power effective application approach. also intends inform scope asset KAN’s agenda mobilize translation into co-designed action