OOS 43 - Harnessing social-ecological research for sustainable landscapes – the ResNet project

Organizer(s)

• KW

  Klara Winkler

  McGill University, Canada

Moderator(s)

• EB

  Elena Bennett

  Professor
  McGill University, Canada

To address the global sustainability crises, the management of our land- and seascapes must bring together ecological knowledge with the social complexities of decision-making. Globally, the international community increasingly acknowledges the importance of ecosystem services and biodiversity through processes such as the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (UN SEEA). ResNet, a strategic network funded by the Canadian funding agency NSERC, that stretches across Canada and involves more than 100 researchers, is committed to filling in the gap in data and knowledge on ecosystem services and biodiversity needed for evidence-based management of working landscapes for multiple ecosystem services, while simultaneously communicating and discussing the findings with local decision-makers. The project structure with place-based case studies and conceptually working themes brings together local realities with research frontiers.



In this session, we present work in the network: on specific ecosystem services, specific case studies, or more conceptually. We illustrate how an interdisciplinary research network on ecosystem services and biodiversity can connect highly specific studies to a broader understanding of the complexity of the social-ecological system. This is important both for research and for decision-making. For research, our session sheds light onto the question of project design that allows researchers to develop specific research continuously further, while producing knowledge that can find its way into decision-making. Decision-makers need data and tools to make management decisions that promote ecosystem management for people and nature that can be sustained into the future without depletion of ecosystem services, biodiversity, or natural capital that are essential to their supply.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EDT

  Putting people in ecosystem service models
  

  Presenting Author: Brian E Robinson – McGill University

  Co-Author: Yiyi Zhang – McGill University

  Co-Author: Hugo Tierry – McGill University
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

  Making nature count: 5 insights toward enhanced ecosystem accounting
  

  Presenting Author: Jacqueline Hamilton – McGill University

  Co-Author: Peter Morrison – McGill University

  Co-Author: David Ferguson – McGill University
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EDT

  Reducing shortages in ecosystem services provision with land management planning in the agglomeration of Quebec City
  

  Presenting Author: Poliana Mendes – Université Laval

  Co-author: Poliana Mendes – Université Laval

  Co-author: Jean-Olivier Goyette – Université Laval

  Co-author: Jérôme Cimon-Morin – Université Laval

  Co-author: Stéphanie Pellerin – Université de Montréal

  Co-author: Monique Poulin – Université Laval
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

  Leveraging an open platform for accessible, next generation ecosystem service models
  

  Presenting Author: Hugo Tierry – McGill University

  Co-author: Brian E Robinson – McGill University

  Co-author: Lael Parrott – The University of British Columbia

  Co-author: Ehsan Pashanejad Silab – The University of British Columbia

  Co-author: John Clark – McGill University
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

  Monitoring social-ecological networks for biodiversity and ecosystem services in human-dominated landscapes
  

  Presenting Author: Carina Rauen Firkowski – McGill University & University of Toronto

  Co-author: Amanda M. Schwantes – University of Toronto

  Co-author: Marie-Josée Fortin – University of Toronto

  Co-author: Andrew Gonzalez – McGill University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

  Harnessing social-ecological frameworks to connect ecological research with decision-making across Canada
  

  Presenting Author: Klara Winkler – McGill University

  Co-author: Elena Bennett – McGill University