A regional PECS node built from place-based social-ecological sustainability research in Latin America and the Caribbean

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.

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Main Authors:	Calderón Contreras, Rafael autor, Balvanera, Patricia autora 12604, Trimble, Micaela autora, Langle Flores, Alfonso autor, Jobbágy, Esteban autor, Maass Moreno, Manuel autor, Marcone, Jorge autor, Mazzeo, Néstor autor, Muñoz Anaya, Minerva M. autora, Ortiz Rodríguez, Iván A. autor, Perevochtchikova, María autora 14039, Avila Foucat, Sophie autora, Bonilla Moheno, Martha autora 12722, Clark, Laurie Beth autora, Equihua, Miguel autor, Ayala Orozco, Bárbara autora, Bueno, Isabel autora, Hensler, Loni Doctora autora 22746, Leyva Aguilera, Juana Claudia autora, Martínez Ramos, Miguel Doctor autor 21149, Merçon, Juliana Doctora autora 14020, Mesa Jurado, María Azahara Doctora autora 12326, Österblom, Henrik autor, Pacheco Vega, Raul autor, Pérez Alcántara, Bonifacio autor, Pérez Maqueo, Octavio autor, Porter Bolland, Luciana autora 15823, Quijas, Sandra autora, Quiroz Rosas, Laura Elisa autora, Rios Patron, Eduardo autor, Rocha Gordo, Juan C. autor, Rojo Negrete, Iskra Alejandra autora, Romero Duque, Luz Piedad autora, Rosell, Julieta A. autora, Scheffer, Marten autor/a, Vázquez Hernández, Luis Bernardo Doctor autor 6858, Villada Canela, Mariana autora, Velázquez, Mónica autora
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Sistemas socioecológicos, Sustentabilidad, Investigación interdisciplinaria, Análisis de redes (Planificación),
Online Access:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epub/10.1080/26395916.2021.2000501?needAccess=true
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