Key knowledge gaps to achieve global sustainability goals

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Authors

  • Matías E. Mastrángelo
  • Natalia Pérez-Harguindeguy
  • Lucas Enrico
  • Elena Bennett
  • Sandra Lavorel
  • Graeme S. Cumming
  • Dilini Abeygunawardane
  • Leonardo D. Amarilla
  • Benjamin Felix Burkhard
  • Benis N. Egoh
  • Luke Frishkoff
  • Leonardo Galetto
  • Sibyl Huber
  • Daniel S. Karp
  • Alison Ke
  • Esteban Kowaljow
  • Angela Kronenburg-García
  • Bruno Locatelli
  • Berta Martín-López
  • Patrick Meyfroidt
  • Tuyeni H. Mwampamba
  • Jeanne Nel
  • Kimberly A. Nicholas
  • Charles Nicholson
  • Elisa Oteros-Rozas
  • Sebataolo J. Rahlao
  • Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne
  • Taylor Ricketts
  • Uttam B. Shrestha
  • Carolina Torres
  • Klara J. Winkler
  • Kim Zoeller

External Research Organisations

  • Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
  • CONICET
  • Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
  • Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal
  • McGill University
  • University Grenoble-Alpes (UGA)
  • James Cook University Queensland
  • Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)
  • Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
  • University of California at Irvine
  • University of Texas at Arlington
  • Flury & Giuliani agricultural and regional economic consulting
  • University of California at Davis
  • Center for International Forestry Research Peru
  • Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • Belgian National Fund Scientific Research
  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
  • Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
  • Wageningen University and Research
  • Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS)
  • University of Vermont
  • University of Vic – University of Central Catalunya (UVic-UCC)
  • FRACTAL Collective
  • South African National Biodiversity Institute
  • Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
  • University of Southern Queensland
  • Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Université Montpellier
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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1115-1121
Number of pages7
JournalNature Sustainability
Volume2
Issue number12
Early online date28 Oct 2019
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2019

Abstract

Regional and global assessments periodically update what we know, and highlight what remains to be known, about the linkages between people and nature that both define and depend upon the state of the environment. To guide research that better informs policy and practice, we systematically synthesize knowledge gaps from recent assessments of four regions of the globe and three key themes by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. We assess their relevance to global sustainability goals and trace their evolution relative to those identified in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. We found that global sustainability goals cannot be achieved without improved knowledge on feedbacks between social and ecological systems, effectiveness of governance systems and the influence of institutions on the social distribution of ecosystem services. These top research priorities have persisted for the 14 years since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Our analysis also reveals limited understanding of the role of indigenous and local knowledge in sustaining nature’s benefits to people. Our findings contribute to a policy-relevant and solution-oriented agenda for global, long-term social-ecological research.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Sustainable Development Goals

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Key knowledge gaps to achieve global sustainability goals. / Mastrángelo, Matías E.; Pérez-Harguindeguy, Natalia; Enrico, Lucas et al.
In: Nature Sustainability, Vol. 2, No. 12, 01.12.2019, p. 1115-1121.

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Mastrángelo, ME, Pérez-Harguindeguy, N, Enrico, L, Bennett, E, Lavorel, S, Cumming, GS, Abeygunawardane, D, Amarilla, LD, Burkhard, BF, Egoh, BN, Frishkoff, L, Galetto, L, Huber, S, Karp, DS, Ke, A, Kowaljow, E, Kronenburg-García, A, Locatelli, B, Martín-López, B, Meyfroidt, P, Mwampamba, TH, Nel, J, Nicholas, KA, Nicholson, C, Oteros-Rozas, E, Rahlao, SJ, Raudsepp-Hearne, C, Ricketts, T, Shrestha, UB, Torres, C, Winkler, KJ & Zoeller, K 2019, 'Key knowledge gaps to achieve global sustainability goals', Nature Sustainability, vol. 2, no. 12, pp. 1115-1121. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0412-1
Mastrángelo, M. E., Pérez-Harguindeguy, N., Enrico, L., Bennett, E., Lavorel, S., Cumming, G. S., Abeygunawardane, D., Amarilla, L. D., Burkhard, B. F., Egoh, B. N., Frishkoff, L., Galetto, L., Huber, S., Karp, D. S., Ke, A., Kowaljow, E., Kronenburg-García, A., Locatelli, B., Martín-López, B., ... Zoeller, K. (2019). Key knowledge gaps to achieve global sustainability goals. Nature Sustainability, 2(12), 1115-1121. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0412-1
Mastrángelo ME, Pérez-Harguindeguy N, Enrico L, Bennett E, Lavorel S, Cumming GS et al. Key knowledge gaps to achieve global sustainability goals. Nature Sustainability. 2019 Dec 1;2(12):1115-1121. Epub 2019 Oct 28. doi: 10.1038/s41893-019-0412-1
Mastrángelo, Matías E. ; Pérez-Harguindeguy, Natalia ; Enrico, Lucas et al. / Key knowledge gaps to achieve global sustainability goals. In: Nature Sustainability. 2019 ; Vol. 2, No. 12. pp. 1115-1121.
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