Socioecological restoration: Potentials of using socioecological system approaches and the analytical framework of social innovation systems
This article emphasizes the importance of combining socioecological and social innovation approaches to enrich the emerging concept of socioecological restoration (SER). Through an integrative review of the literature, key elements of socioecological systems (SES) and social innovation frameworks (SIS) were identified to improve both the understanding and application of SER. Despite the recognition of SER as a complex approach to addressing contemporary ecological and social challenges, our review highlights that most traditional approaches to ecological restoration (ER) still focus on technical and ecological aspects, overlooking the involvement of social actors and sociocultural integration. Likewise, our analysis of the literature demonstrates that the socioecological perspective in SER, through SES, can significantly improve it by identifying essential components from both social and ecological dimensions. The early incorporation of these socioecological considerations prevents fragmentation and allows identification of synergies and challenges between communities and ecosystems. Similarly, the integration of the social innovation systems (SIS) framework drives change and facilitates the adoption of social innovations at various scales of socioecological systems (SES), thereby strengthening socioecological networks and shedding light on political and institutional limitations, the needs of social actors and the integration of diverse knowledge systems. This dynamic process of social participation reduces power asymmetries and reinforces the resilience of socioecological systems. The emerging redefinition of SER presented in this article merges the SES and SIS frameworks, moving toward a more comprehensive understanding of SER by considering interactions between natural and human systems. Ultimately, our findings underscore the urgent need to establish new analytical frameworks that deepen the integrated understanding of SES and SIS in SER planning, thus enriching both the theory and practice of ER by expanding the concept towards emerging integrative frameworks.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
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Asociación Argentina de Ecología
2023
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.ecologiaaustral.com.ar/index.php/Ecologia_Austral/article/view/2113 |
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| Summary: | This article emphasizes the importance of combining socioecological and social innovation approaches to enrich the emerging concept of socioecological restoration (SER). Through an integrative review of the literature, key elements of socioecological systems (SES) and social innovation frameworks (SIS) were identified to improve both the understanding and application of SER. Despite the recognition of SER as a complex approach to addressing contemporary ecological and social challenges, our review highlights that most traditional approaches to ecological restoration (ER) still focus on technical and ecological aspects, overlooking the involvement of social actors and sociocultural integration. Likewise, our analysis of the literature demonstrates that the socioecological perspective in SER, through SES, can significantly improve it by identifying essential components from both social and ecological dimensions. The early incorporation of these socioecological considerations prevents fragmentation and allows identification of synergies and challenges between communities and ecosystems. Similarly, the integration of the social innovation systems (SIS) framework drives change and facilitates the adoption of social innovations at various scales of socioecological systems (SES), thereby strengthening socioecological networks and shedding light on political and institutional limitations, the needs of social actors and the integration of diverse knowledge systems. This dynamic process of social participation reduces power asymmetries and reinforces the resilience of socioecological systems. The emerging redefinition of SER presented in this article merges the SES and SIS frameworks, moving toward a more comprehensive understanding of SER by considering interactions between natural and human systems. Ultimately, our findings underscore the urgent need to establish new analytical frameworks that deepen the integrated understanding of SES and SIS in SER planning, thus enriching both the theory and practice of ER by expanding the concept towards emerging integrative frameworks. |
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