Increasing the understanding and use of natural archives of ecosystem services, resilience and threholds to improve policy, science and practice

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dc.contributor.authorPearson, Sen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLynch, AJJen_AU
dc.contributor.authorPlant, Ren_AU
dc.contributor.authorCork, Sen_AU
dc.contributor.authorTaffs, Ken_AU
dc.contributor.authorDodson, JRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorMaynard, Sen_AU
dc.contributor.authorGergis, Jen_AU
dc.contributor.authorGell, PAen_AU
dc.contributor.authorThackway, Ren_AU
dc.contributor.authorSealie, Len_AU
dc.contributor.authorDonaldson, Jen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-11T01:37:51Zen_AU
dc.date.available2020-06-11T01:37:51Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2014-12-04en_AU
dc.date.statistics2020-06-01en_AU
dc.description.abstractDespite the great potential of palaeo-environmental information to strengthen natural resource policy, science and practical outcomes naturally occurring archives of palaeo-environmental and ecosystem service information have not been fully recognised or utilised to inform the development of environmental policy. In this paper, we describe how Australian palaeo-environmental science is improving environmental understanding through local studies and regional syntheses that inform us about past conditions, extreme conditions and altered ecosystem states. Australian innovations in ecosystem services research and palaeo-environmental science contribute in five important contexts: discussions about environmental understanding and management objectives, improving access to information, improved knowledge about the dynamics of ecosystem services, increasing understanding of environmental processes and resource availability, and engaging interdisciplinary approaches to manage ecosystem services. Knowledge of the past is an important starting point for setting present and future resource management objectives, anticipating consequences of trade-offs, sharing risk and evaluating and monitoring the ongoing availability of ecosystem services. Palaeo-environmental information helps reframe discussions about desirable futures and collaborative efforts between scientists, planners, managers and communities. However, further steps are needed to translate the ecosystem services concept into ecosystem services policy and tangible management objectives and actions that are useful, feasible and encompass the range of benefits to people from ecosystems. We argue that increased incorporation of palaeo-environmental information into policy and decision-making is needed for evidence-based adaptive management to enhance sustainability of ecosystem functions and reduce long-term risks. © 2020 by SAGE Publicationsen_AU
dc.identifier.citationPearson, S., Lynch, A. J. J., Plant, R., Cork, S., Taffs, K., Dodson, J., Maynard, S., Gergis, J., Gell, P., Thackway, R., Sealie, L., & Donaldson, J. (2015). Increasing the understanding and use of natural archives of ecosystem services, resilience and thresholds to improve policy, science and practice. The Holocene 25(2), 366-378. doi:10.1177/0959683614558650en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc9680en_AU
dc.identifier.issn1477-0911en_AU
dc.identifier.issue2en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleThe Holoceneen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination363-378en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0959683614558650en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/9558en_AU
dc.identifier.volume25en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherSAGEen_AU
dc.subjectAustraliaen_AU
dc.subjectEcosystemsen_AU
dc.subjectEnvironmenten_AU
dc.subjectHistorical aspectsen_AU
dc.subjectResourcesen_AU
dc.subjectResource managementen_AU
dc.subjectPaleoclimatologyen_AU
dc.subjectPolicyen_AU
dc.subjectEnvironmental policyen_AU
dc.titleIncreasing the understanding and use of natural archives of ecosystem services, resilience and threholds to improve policy, science and practiceen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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