Description
To conserve biodiversity, ecosystem functions and nature’s contributions to people (NCPs) in agricultural landscapes, ecosystem restoration measures are implemented mainly targeting processes at different spatial and temporal levels. Analytically, the focus is often to assess past impacts of restoration measures for different taxa and different NCPs and underlying ecosystem functions. These mainly include the local and/or landscape level and the impact of governance instruments. For example, spatial cross- and multi-level analyses of social-ecological systems are still rare. These challenges raise the questions: (i) how can we synthesize these results across the multitude of dimensions including scales, and (ii) how can historic and current as well as local- and landscape-level results be extrapolated in space and time.
For (i), we will give an overview on the investigated dimensions, in particular the synthesis of indicators on different temporal and spatial levels, as well as our portfolio of synthesis approaches (e.g., meta-analyses, multi-scale synthesis) as a baseline. Hereon, we will elaborate on challenges and solutions for within-project synthesis as well as the integration with existing syntheses in the domain. A major challenge to be addressed is the spatial multi-level suitability of indicators. (ii) For spatial extrapolation beyond the landscape level, we will present ecological restoration potential archetypes for Europe to explore the potential for transferability of case study results. For temporal exploration, we will present participatory back- and forecasting scenarios highlighting pathways for addressing the restoration potential of agricultural landscapes in the future. The scenario development process will reveal suitable approaches to integrate social, economic and environmental drivers and to highlight the role of societal demands and governance.
| Topic | Topic 2: Possibilities for taking context into account in ecological synthesis |
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