@article{PrimmerVarumoKrauseetal.2020, author = {Primmer, Eeva and Varumo, Liisa and Krause, Torsten and Orsi, Francesco and Geneletti, Davide and Brogaard, Sara and Aukes, Ewert and Ciolli, Marco and Grossmann, Carol and Hern{\´a}ndez-Morcillo, M{\´o}nica and Kister, Jutta and Kluv{\´a}nkov{\´a}, Tatiana and Loft, Lasse and Maier, Carolin and Meyer, Claas and Schleyer, Christian and Spacek, Martin and Mann, Carsten}, title = {Mapping Europe's institutional landscape for forest ecosystem service provision, innovations and governance}, series = {Ecosystem Services}, volume = {47}, journal = {Ecosystem Services}, publisher = {Elsevier}, issn = {2212-0416}, doi = {10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101225}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-2597}, pages = {11}, year = {2020}, abstract = {There has been a strong quest for mapping and assessing ecosystem services (ES) to support governance. Yet, the institutional landscape that governs ES provision across multiple contexts has received less attention. We fill this research gap by developing and operationalising a framework for the analysis of policy documents that address European forest ES provision. By coding and analysing references to forest ES as well as innovations and governance mechanisms addressing these ES in national strategies on forest, biodiversity and bioeconomy, we map the institutional landscape of forest ES provision in Europe. We further analyse how biophysical supply of forest ES is connected to policies paying attention to ES and identifying innovations and governance for their provision. Innovations identified in policies centre around value chains of wood and bioenergy or biodiversity conservation, while non-wood forest products, cultural heritage, and recreation receive little attention. Biophysical supply of provisioning ES is connected to policies emphasising many innovations, while little supply of regulating ES could trigger service innovations and several new governance mechanisms. As forest ecosystems have received much attention in global, European and national sustainability policies, our institutional mapping illustrates that there is room for more use of innovations in promoting ES provision.}, language = {en} } @misc{CareBernsteinChapmanetal.2021, author = {Care, O. and Bernstein, M. J. and Chapman, M. and Diaz Reviriego, I. and Dressler, G. and Felipe-Lucia, M. R. and Friis, C. and Graham, S. and Haenke, H. and Haider, L. J. and Hern{\´a}ndez-Morcillo, M{\´o}nica and Hoffmann, H. and Kernecker, M. and Nicol, P. and Pi{\~n}eiro, C. and Pitt, H. and Schill, C. and Seufert, V. and Shu, K. and Valencia, V. and Zaehringer, J. G.}, title = {Creating leadership collectives for sustainability transformations}, series = {Sustainability Science}, volume = {16}, journal = {Sustainability Science}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, doi = {10.1007/s11625-021-00909-y}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-2615}, pages = {703 -- 708}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Enduring sustainability challenges requires a new model of collective leadership that embraces critical reflection, inclusivity and care. Leadership collectives can support a move in academia from metrics to merits, from a focus on career to care, and enact a shift from disciplinary to inter- and trans-disciplinary research. Academic organisations need to reorient their training programs, work ethics and reward systems to encourage collective excellence and to allow space for future leaders to develop and enact a radically re-imagined vision of how to lead as a collective with care for people and the planet.}, language = {en} } @article{MannLoftHernandezMorcillo2021, author = {Mann, Carsten and Loft, Lasse and Hern{\´a}ndez-Morcillo, M{\´o}nica}, title = {Assessing forest governance innovations in Europe: Needs, challenges and ways forward for sustainable forest ecosystem service provision}, series = {Ecosystem Services}, journal = {Ecosystem Services}, number = {52}, publisher = {Elsevier}, issn = {2212-0416}, doi = {10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101384}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-4731}, year = {2021}, abstract = {This Special Issue provides insights into conceptual approaches, methodological procedures and practice findings for the development and assessment of governance innovations for the sustainable provision of forest ecosystem services (FES) in Europe. We depart from the observation that the sustainable and balanced provision of FES requires novel policy, management and business approaches that need to overcome challenges in order to emerge, develop and flourish. These challenges are rooted in the diversity of forest ecosystems and institutional contexts, a lack of system understanding, of innovation dynamics, the public good character of many FES, and a production-oriented reference frame for forest management. We use a set of good governance innovation practices in form of new actor alliances and payment schemes as a basis for assessment and learning how to promote different kinds or bundles of FES. The contributing authors of the SI combine several methodological approaches to understand the working conditions of such innovations, including integrated mapping, stakeholder and governance analysis, and a forward-looking scenario approach for innovation assessment. Applying multi-methods and multi-actor approaches fruitfully orchestrated a constructive debate among stakeholders on the chances and challenges of governance innovations in Europe, to allow for their uptake in forest policy, business and practice.}, language = {en} } @article{MaierHebermehlGrossmannetal.2021, author = {Maier, Carolin and Hebermehl, Wiebke and Grossmann, Carol M. and Loft, Lasse and Mann, Carsten and Hern{\´a}ndez-Morcillo, M{\´o}nica}, title = {Innovations for securing forest ecosystem service provision in Europe - A systematic literature review}, series = {Ecosystem Services}, journal = {Ecosystem Services}, publisher = {Elsevier}, issn = {2212-0416}, doi = {10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101374}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-4741}, pages = {13}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Forest ecosystems provide a range of goods and services that are essential to human well-being. Yet global environmental problems, increasing urbanization, industrialization pressures, and dominant market mechanisms put into jeopardy the long term sustainable provision of forest ecosystem services (FES). Markets tend to favor private goods, such as timber, and are typically less able to provide sustainable financing mechanisms for public goods and services, such as carbon storage, biodiversity conservation or recreational value. European forest owners and policy makers alike are looking for governance innovations that generate economic opportunity while ensuring the future provision of FES. This systematic literature review aims to consolidate existing academic empirical research on local or regional level governance innovations in Europe concerned with generating forest-based revenue through FES provision. Thus, it complements conceptual literature dealing with challenges and opportunities of financing the provision of FES. When conducting the review we followed the process guidelines developed by 'Collaboration for Environmental Evidence' (Collaboration for Environmental Evidence, 2018). Out of a total of 3962 scanned papers, 23 papers containing 48 case studies were identified and analyzed in detail, to address the following guiding questions: (1) What types of FES related (governance) innovations for forest-based revenue generation exist and which FES do they address? (2) What are the motivations driving innovation development? (3) What are the implications for forest management? We found four types of governance innovations: forest product and organizational innovations which largely relate to provisioning FES; service innovations, which generally relate to cultural FES; and financial incentive systems or payment schemes targeting mostly regulating services. We identify potential synergies between two high-priority EU policy objectives: rural economic development and securing future FES provision. Currently, governance innovations' forest management implications and associated impact on (future) FES provision are rarely addressed in this literature. We recommend future policy and research to give greater consideration to the interdependencies between securing a range of FES, (rural) economic development, and forest management, to realize potential synergies.}, language = {en} } @article{MannLoftHernandezMorcilloetal.2022, author = {Mann, Carsten and Loft, Lasse and Hern{\´a}ndez-Morcillo, M{\´o}nica and Primmer, Eeva and Bussola, Francesca and Falco, Enzo and Geneletti, Davide and Dobrowolska, Ewelina and Grossmann, Carol M. and Bottaro, Giorgia and Schleyer, Christian and Kluvankova, Tatiana and Garcia, Gino and Lovrić, Marko and Torralba, Mario and Plieninger, Tobias and Winkel, Georg}, title = {Governance Innovations for forest ecosystem service provision - Insights from an EU-wide survey}, series = {Environmental Science \& Policy}, journal = {Environmental Science \& Policy}, number = {132}, publisher = {Elsevier}, issn = {1462-9011}, doi = {10.1016/j.envsci.2022.02.032}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-4758}, pages = {282 -- 295}, year = {2022}, abstract = {This paper analyses the occurrence of governance innovations for forest ecosystem service (FES) provision in the forestry sector in Europe and the factors that influence innovation development. Based on a European-wide online survey, public and private forest owners and managers representing different property sizes indicate what type of governance innovation activities they engage in, and why. To investigate forestry innovations as systems, the analysis focuses on biophysical, social and technical factors influencing innovation development. The results of our exploratory quantitative analysis show that most innovation activities identified are largely oriented towards biomass production. Accordingly, most forest owners implement efficiency-driven optimisation strategies for forest management and technological improvement for provisioning service supply, to generate income. In contrast, the provision of regulating and cultural services is not yet a prominent part of forestry innovation activities.Reasons are rooted in a market-oriented economic rationale focusing on timber production, a lack of financial resources to compensate for other FES provisions or institutions to provide backup and security to forest owners and managers for engaging in innovation development. Given that the provision of a wide range of FES is a politically well-established objective for forest management in Europe, a strategy is needed that helps to align actors and sectors for supporting and co-financing related forest management approaches and business models. The current revision of the forest related policy framework on EU level under the EU Green deal poses a window of opportunity for better fostering novel governance approaches for more sustainable FES provision.}, language = {en} } @article{HernandezMorcilloTorralbaBaigesetal.2022, author = {Hern{\´a}ndez-Morcillo, M{\´o}nica and Torralba, M. and Baiges, T. and Bernasconi, A. and Bottaro, G. and Brogaard, S. and Bussola, F. and D{\´i}az-Varela, E. and Geneletti, D. and Grossmann, C. M. and Kister, J. and Klingler, M. and Loft, L. and Lovric, M. and Mann, C. and Pipart, N. and Roces-D{\´i}az, J. V. and Sorge, S. and Tiebel, M. and Tyrv{\"a}inen, L. and Varela, E. and Winkel, G. and Plieninger, T.}, title = {Scanning the solutions for the sustainable supply of forest ecosystem services in Europe}, series = {Sustainability Science}, volume = {17}, journal = {Sustainability Science}, number = {5}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, issn = {1862-4065}, doi = {10.1007/s11625-022-01111-4}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-4764}, pages = {2013 -- 2029}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Forests are key components of European multifunctional landscapes and supply numerous forest ecosystem services (FES) fundamental to human well-being. The sustainable provision of FES has the potential to provide responses to major societal challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, or rural development. To identify suitable strategies for the future sustenance of FES, we performed a solution scanning exercise with a group of transdisciplinary forest and FES experts from different European regions. We identified and prioritized fifteen major challenges hindering the balanced provision of multiple FES and identified a series of potential solutions to tackle each of them. The most prominent challenges referred to the increased frequency and impacts of extreme weather events and the normative mindset regarding forest management. The respective solutions pointed to the promotion of forest resilience via climate-smart forestry and mainstreaming FES-oriented management through a threefold strategy focusing on education, awareness raising, and networking. In a subsequent survey, most solutions were assessed as highly effective, transferable, monitorable, and with potential for being economically efficient. The implementation of the solutions could have synergistic effects when applying the notion of leverage points. Seven emerging pathways towards the sustainable supply of FES have been identified. These pathways build on each other and are organized based on their potential for transformation: (1) shifting forest management paradigms towards pluralistic ecosystem valuation; (2) using integrated landscape approaches; (3) increasing forest resilience; (4) coordinating actions between forest-related actors; (5) increasing participation in forest planning and management; (6) continuous, open, and transparent knowledge integration; and (7) using incentive-based instruments to support regulating and cultural FES. These pathways can contribute to the implementation of the new EU Forestry Strategy to support the balanced supply of multiple FES.}, language = {en} } @article{SorgeMannSchleyeretal.2022, author = {Sorge, Stefan and Mann, Carsten and Schleyer, Christian and Loft, Lasse and Spacek, Martin and Hern{\´a}ndez-Morcillo, M{\´o}nica and Kluvankova, Tatiana}, title = {Understanding dynamics of forest ecosystem services governance: A socio-ecological-technical-analytical framework}, series = {Ecosystem Services}, journal = {Ecosystem Services}, number = {55}, publisher = {Elsevier}, issn = {2212-0416}, doi = {10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101427}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-4771}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Little is known about the emergence and development of novel governance approaches for forest ecosystem services provision, what drives them, and how they can be fostered. Existing frameworks often deal with single aspects of resource management and thus fail to assess processes, multi-level influences, and interacting dimensions and factors in a system-based understanding. In this article, we introduce the conceptual foundation and an empirical application of an adapted Social-Ecological System framework with additional elements that builds on the idea of complex and interlinked social-ecological-technical-forestry-innovation systems that allows for the identification of key factors for revealing forest ecosystem services dynamics to understand the emergence and development of such governance innovations. The development and testing of the framework was based on six case studies for knowledge co-creation. To showcase its application, two governance innovations were examined: a voluntary carbon market payment scheme in Germany and a network approach for forest-pasture management in Italy. The application of the framework reveals required adaptations to improve innovation by systematically unpacking the system dimensions and identifying fostering and hindering factors and their interdependencies. We highlight the output of a sound system-based information basis that allows for purposeful innovation conditioning by policy makers, practitioners, and other related actors.}, language = {en} } @article{FriisHernandezMorcilloBaumannetal., author = {Friis, Cecilie and Hern{\´a}ndez-Morcillo, M{\´o}nica and Baumann, Matthias and Coral, Claudia and Frommen, Theresa and Ghoddousi, Arash and Loibl, David and Rufin, Philippe}, title = {Enabling spaces for bridging scales: scanning solutions for interdisciplinary human-environment research}, series = {Sustainability Science}, volume = {18}, journal = {Sustainability Science}, number = {3}, publisher = {Springer Japan}, issn = {1862-4065}, doi = {10.1007/s11625-022-01271-3}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-9158}, pages = {1251 -- 1269}, abstract = {Abstract To tackle the twenty-first-century challenges for sustainability, a deeper understanding of their complexity is needed. Hence, interdisciplinary human-environment research integrating knowledge, perspectives, and solutions across scales is crucial. Yet, questions of 'scale' and 'scaling' continue to challenge human-environment research. Despite substantial scholarly attention to scales, no unified definitions and understanding exist, causing confusion among researchers. In this paper, we aim to provide clarity to the challenges and potential solutions to bridging scales in interdisciplinary human-environment research as well as identify leverage points and arenas of change that would enable it. We used a three-step methodology to (a) identify the challenges and solutions based on a survey of 82 interdisciplinary researchers, (b) prioritise the challenges and solutions based on expert elicitation, and (c) organise the solutions according to their potential for leveraging change at three system arenas: individual researchers, institutions and organisations, and the wider academic structures. The main challenges ranged from issues related to differences in research approaches, lack of resources for deeper collaborations, or conflicting perspectives on problem and scale definitions, to miscommunication. The specific solutions linked to these challenges were predominantly related to the potential of improving the research process through open communication, data sharing, or new techniques for upscaling or downscaling results. We argue that bridging scales requires open and humble conversations across disciplines on scale understandings as well as improved collaboration through data sharing, method development, result dissemination, and contribution to theory. Facilitating such collaboration requires enabling spaces of interaction across three systemic arenas: the individual researcher's personal commitment to open communication and reflection, the research institution's capacity to enable interdisciplinary spaces, and the wider academic system valuing and supporting interdisciplinary and cross-scale initiatives.}, subject = {-}, language = {en} } @article{CareZaehringerBernsteinetal., author = {Care, O. and Zaehringer, Julie G. and Bernstein, Michael J. and Chapman, Mollie and Friis, Cecilie and Graham, Sonia and Haider, L. Jamila and Hern{\´a}ndez-Morcillo, M{\´o}nica and Hoffmann, Harry and Kernecker, Maria Lee and Pitt, Hannah and Seufert, Verena}, title = {Reaping what we sow: Centering values in food systems transformations research}, series = {Ambio}, volume = {54}, journal = {Ambio}, number = {2}, publisher = {Springer Netherlands}, address = {Dordrecht}, issn = {0044-7447}, doi = {10.1007/s13280-024-02086-5}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-9524}, pages = {226 -- 238}, abstract = {Abstract In many transdisciplinary research settings, a lack of attention to the values underpinning project aims can inhibit stakeholder engagement and ultimately slow or undermine project outcomes. As a research collective (The Careoperative), we have developed a set of four shared values through a facilitated visioning process, as central to the way we work together: care, reflexivity, inclusivity, and collectivity. In this paper, we explore the implications of a values-centered approach to collaboration in food system transformation research. The paper presents two cases that illustrate how researchers might approach centering values in practice. Where much research on food system transformation focuses on values of food system stakeholders, we contribute insights into the values of researchers in such transdisciplinary endeavors. Specifically, we argue that researchers working on sustainability transformations need to be better prepared to engage in such reflections and aspire to embody values aligned with the transformations they seek to research.}, subject = {-}, language = {en} }