Call for papers
Conference: RGS-IBG 2019
Session: Exploring the local context for nature-based solutions in conservation management
Sponsoring Research Group: Planning and Environment Research Group
Session Convenor(s)
Nikoleta Jones (Anglia Ruskin University, UK)
Shonil Bhagwat (The Open University, UK)
Abstract
Nature based solutions aim to protect nature to deliver ecosystem services, the benefits that people derive from nature. In order to develop efficient nature-based solutions, it is important to evaluate social and economic priorities at a location. These priorities may arise from the characteristics of the local ecosystem itself, but also cultural and historical contexts in which the nature-based solutions are implemented. The aim of this session is to explore how the characteristics of a location can assist (or obstruct) in developing nature-based solutions in conservation management. We are inviting papers which discuss the challenges and opportunities for meeting biodiversity conservation targets through nature-based solutions in a wide range of geographical settings. Papers which address these topics while proposing ways to increase resilience of communities at risk from ecosystem degradation or climate change impacts are most welcome. Both theoretical and empirical contributions that make direct links with the conference theme, ‘geographies of trouble/geographies of hope’, will be very suitable for this session.
Instructions for Authors: Please submit an abstract of max 350 words to [log in to unmask] by 20th January 2019
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