NDLI: Reconnecting to the Biosphere

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Author	Folke, Carl Jansson, Åsa Rockström, Johan Olsson, Per Carpenter, Stephen R. Chapin, F. Stuart Crépin, Anne Sophie Daily, Gretchen Danell, Kjell Ebbesson, Jonas Elmqvist, Thomas Galaz, Victor Moberg, Fredrik Nilsson, Måns Österblom, Henrik Ostrom, Elinor Persson, Åsa Peterson, Garry Polasky, Stephen Steffen, Will Walker, Brian Westley, Frances
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Humanity has emerged as a major force in the operation of the biosphere, with a significant imprint on the Earth System, challenging social–ecological resilience. This new situation calls for a fundamental shift in perspectives, world views, and institutions. Human development and progress must be reconnected to the capacity of the biosphere and essential ecosystem services to be sustained. Governance challenges include a highly interconnected and faster world, cascading social–ecological interactions and planetary boundaries that create vulnerabilities but also opportunities for social–ecological change and transformation. Tipping points and thresholds highlight the importance of understanding and managing resilience. New modes of flexible governance are emerging. A central challenge is to reconnect these efforts to the changing preconditions for societal development as active stewards of the Earth System. We suggest that the Millennium Development Goals need to be reframed in such a planetary stewardship context combined with a call for a new social contract on global sustainability. The ongoing mind shift in human relations with Earth and its boundaries provides exciting opportunities for societal development in collaboration with the biosphere—a global sustainability agenda for humanity.
Starting Page	719
Ending Page	738
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00447447
Journal	AMBIO
Volume Number	40
Issue Number	7
e-ISSN	16547209
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2011-10-06
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Social–ecological systems Resilience Ecosystem services Natural capital Adaptive governance Planetary stewardship Meteorology/Climatology Ecology Physical Geography Environmental Management Environment Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development Ecology Environmental Chemistry Medicine

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