Action-orientated research and framework: insights from the French long-term social-ecological research network

Vincent Bretagnolle; Marc Benoît; Mathieu Bonnefond; Vincent Breton; Jon Church; Sabrina Gaba; Daniel Gilbert; François Gillet; Sandrine Glatron; Chloe Guerbois; Nicolas Lamouroux; Marc Lebouvier; Camille Mazé-Lambrechts; Jean-Marie Mouchel; Annie Ouin; Olivier Pays; Christophe Piscart; Olivier Ragueneau; Sylvie Servain; Thomas Spiegelberger; Hervé Fritz

doi:10.5751/ES-10989-240310

Action-orientated research and framework: insights from the French long-term social-ecological research network

Vincent Bretagnolle ¹ Marc Benoît ² Mathieu Bonnefond ³ Vincent Breton ⁴ Jon Church Sabrina Gaba Daniel Gilbert ⁵ François Gillet ⁵ Sandrine Glatron ⁶ Chloe Guerbois ⁷ Nicolas Lamouroux ⁸ Marc Lebouvier ⁹ Camille Mazé-Lambrechts ¹⁰ Jean-Marie Mouchel ¹¹ Annie Ouin ¹² Olivier Pays ¹³ Christophe Piscart ⁹ Olivier Ragueneau ¹⁴ Sylvie Servain ³ Thomas Spiegelberger ¹⁵ Hervé Fritz ¹

1 CEBC - Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé

2 ASTER Mirecourt - Agro-Systèmes Territoires Ressources Mirecourt

3 CITERES - Cités, Territoires, Environnement et Sociétés

4 LPC - Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont

5 LCE - Laboratoire Chrono-environnement - UFC (UMR 6249)

6 LIVE - Laboratoire Image, Ville, Environnement [Strasbourg]

7 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University [Port Elizabeth, South Africa]

8 CEMAGREF - Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et forêts

9 ECOBIO - Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution [Rennes]

10 LIENSs - LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés - UMR 7266

11 SISYPHE - Structure et fonctionnement des systèmes hydriques continentaux

12 DYNAFOR - Dynamiques Forestières dans l'Espace Rural

13 Equipe GECCO LEESA

14 LEMAR - Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR)

15 IRSTEA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture

Abstract : Many social-ecological system(SES)-based approaches have been proposed to address environmental problems. Most social-ecological frameworks developed to date, however, lack clear operational linkages between humans and nature to efficiently guide SESs toward resilience. A conceptual framework designed to be operational is therefore necessary, as well as a network of research platforms with which to apply it. We defined explicit coupling processes that can be used as leverages to pilot an SES toward sustainability. We proposed to formalize an SES as a dynamic entity composed of two coupling interfaces, i.e., adaptive management and ecosystem services, both set within a landscape context to provide an actionable framework. These interfaces describe the way various actors, including scholars, benefit from and manage complex and changing interactions between the biophysical and social templates. Understanding the key processes underlying the interaction dynamics, especially those leveraging adaptive management processes, would help identify adaptive pathways for practices and collective actions, provide a crucial knowledge base for policy makers, and foster operationality as a requisite of an SES research agenda. Using several examples, we explained why long-term social-ecological research platforms provide an ideal operational network of research infrastructures to conduct place-based action-orientated research targeting the sustainability of SESs.

Keywords : LTER management practices research infrastructure social-ecological systems sustainability adaptive governance ecosystem services landscape

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Environmental Sciences

Environmental Sciences / Biodiversity and Ecology

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