Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes and its Contribution to Effective Area-based Conservation

S Subramanian, 'Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes and its Contribution to Effective Area-based Conservation', p.126, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Tokyo, 2018

The â??Satoyama Initiative Thematic Reviewâ? is a publication series containing case studies providing knowledge and lessons related to â??socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS)â?. It aims to collect experiences and relevant knowledge, especially from practitioners working on the ground, taking advantage of their potential for providing concrete and practical knowledge and information as well as contributing to policy recommendations. It also includes a synthesis chapter produced to clarify its relevance to policy and academic discussion and to help make lessons learned practical in the field. In this volume, we seek to highlight how the sustainable use of biodiversity as practiced in well-managed SEPLS can contribute to effective area-based conservation of biodiversity. The concept of SEPLS includes the idea that integrated and holistic management approaches can have mutual benefits for biodiversity and livelihoods, sustainably conserving biodiversity while providing humans with adequate ecosystem services. The case studies included here give examples of how such approaches on the ground can contribute to the goals of the global conservation agenda, especially in relation to the CBDâ??s Aichi Biodiversity Target 11, which contains the concept of â?effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well-connected systems of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measuresâ? and their integration into the wider landscape and seascape