TY - JOUR
T1 - A regional PECS node built from place-based social-ecological sustainability research in Latin America and the Caribbean
AU - Calderón-Contreras, Rafael
AU - Balvanera, Patricia
AU - Trimble, Micaela
AU - Langle-Flores, Alfonso
AU - Jobbágy, Esteban
AU - Maass Moreno, Manuel
AU - Marcone, Jorge
AU - Mazzeo, Néstor
AU - Muñoz Anaya, Minerva M.
AU - Ortiz-Rodríguez, Iván A.
AU - Perevochtchikova, Maria
AU - Avila-Foucat, Sophie
AU - Bonilla-Moheno, Martha
AU - Beth Clark, Laurie
AU - Equihua, Miguel
AU - Ayala-Orozco, Bárbara
AU - Bueno, Isabel
AU - Hensler, Loni
AU - Leyva Aguilera, Juana Claudia
AU - Martínez Ramos, Miguel
AU - Merçon, Juliana
AU - Mesa-Jurado, M. Azahara
AU - Österblom, Henrik
AU - Pacheco-Vega, Raul
AU - Pérez Alcántara, Bonifacio
AU - Pérez-Maqueo, Octavio
AU - Porter-Bolland, Luciana
AU - Quijas, Sandra
AU - Quiroz Rosas, Laura Elisa
AU - Rios Patron, Eduardo
AU - Rocha-Gordo, Juan C.
AU - Rojo Negrete, Iskra Alejandra
AU - Romero-Duque, Luz Piedad
AU - Rosell, Julieta A.
AU - Scheffer, Marten
AU - Vázquez, Luis Bernardo
AU - Villada Canela, Mariana
AU - Velázquez, Mónica
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología [59340]; Redes Temáticas Conacyt; SEP-PRODEP [511-6/18-9453]. The paper was inspired by a workshop organized by SARAS Institute in December 2018 in Uruguay, in collaboration with PECS and the Stockholm Resilience Centre, with the participation of the SocioEcoS Network. It was also the result of a PECS SC meeting where the need for regional nodes was identified, and the series of annual meetings of the advisory and scientific boards of SARAS Institute and SocioEcoS Network that along the years have provided structure and a way forward for both networks. RCC acknowledges the role of Fiorella Polcaro, Gabriela Bardecio, Ivan Ortiz and Mónica Velázquez for providing logistic support for both networks. RCC acknowledges the role of the Redes Temáticas Conacyt Programme for providing the funding in which most activities of SocioEcoS were based. ALF acknowledges SEP-PRODEP scholarship No. 511-6/18-9453 and CONACYT scholarship No. 59340, Gabriela Bardecio provided assistance with SARAS figures.
Funding Information:
The paper was inspired by a workshop organized by SARAS Institute in December 2018 in Uruguay, in collaboration with PECS and the Stockholm Resilience Centre, with the participation of the SocioEcoS Network. It was also the result of a PECS SC meeting where the need for regional nodes was identified, and the series of annual meetings of the advisory and scientific boards of SARAS Institute and SocioEcoS Network that along the years have provided structure and a way forward for both networks. RCC acknowledges the role of Fiorella Polcaro, Gabriela Bardecio, Ivan Ortiz and Mónica Velázquez for providing logistic support for both networks. RCC acknowledges the role of the Redes Temáticas Conacyt Programme for providing the funding in which most activities of SocioEcoS were based. ALF acknowledges SEP-PRODEP scholarship No. 511-6/18-9453 and CONACYT scholarship No. 59340, Gabriela Bardecio provided assistance with SARAS figures.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Sustainability requires a combination of meaningful co-production of locally relevant solutions, synthesis of insights gained across regions, and increased cooperation between science, policy and practice. The Programme for Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) has been coordinating Place-Based Social-Ecological Sustainability Research (PBSESR) across the globe and emphasizes the need for regional scientific nodes from diverse biocultural regions to inform sustainability science and action. In this paper, we assess the strengths of the PBSESR communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). We provide an overview of PBSESR literature associated with this region and highlight the achievements of two prominent regional networks: The Social-Ecological Systems and Sustainability Research Network from Mexico (SocioEcoS) and the South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies from Uruguay (SARAS Institute). Finally, we identify the potential in these nodes to constitute a regional PECS node in Latin America and discuss the capacity needed to ensure such function. The results of the literature review show that while still loosely interconnected across the region, networks play key roles in connecting otherwise cloistered teams and we illustrate how the SocioEcoS network (focusing on transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge towards sustainability) and the SARAS Institute (focusing on innovative approaches for looking at complex social-ecological problems, rooted in slow science and arts) operate as key connectors in the region. We conclude that these organizations combined can embody a Latin American node for PECS, and would thereby not only contribute to regional but also global capacities to advance the sustainability agenda.
AB - Sustainability requires a combination of meaningful co-production of locally relevant solutions, synthesis of insights gained across regions, and increased cooperation between science, policy and practice. The Programme for Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) has been coordinating Place-Based Social-Ecological Sustainability Research (PBSESR) across the globe and emphasizes the need for regional scientific nodes from diverse biocultural regions to inform sustainability science and action. In this paper, we assess the strengths of the PBSESR communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). We provide an overview of PBSESR literature associated with this region and highlight the achievements of two prominent regional networks: The Social-Ecological Systems and Sustainability Research Network from Mexico (SocioEcoS) and the South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies from Uruguay (SARAS Institute). Finally, we identify the potential in these nodes to constitute a regional PECS node in Latin America and discuss the capacity needed to ensure such function. The results of the literature review show that while still loosely interconnected across the region, networks play key roles in connecting otherwise cloistered teams and we illustrate how the SocioEcoS network (focusing on transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge towards sustainability) and the SARAS Institute (focusing on innovative approaches for looking at complex social-ecological problems, rooted in slow science and arts) operate as key connectors in the region. We conclude that these organizations combined can embody a Latin American node for PECS, and would thereby not only contribute to regional but also global capacities to advance the sustainability agenda.
KW - Interdisciplinary research networks
KW - Reinette Biggs
KW - network analysis
KW - place-based research
KW - social-ecological systems
KW - sustainability
KW - transdisciplinary collaboration
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U2 - 10.1080/26395916.2021.2000501
DO - 10.1080/26395916.2021.2000501
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85121572701
SN - 2639-5908
VL - 18
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - Ecosystems and People
JF - Ecosystems and People
IS - 1
ER -