| Abstract: |
| In recent years, the sustainable use of biodiversity - for human livelihoods, survival, and well-being - has been increasingly recognized for its benefits to biodiversity conservation. In places where sustainable use through harmonious interaction between humans and nature has shaped complex, dynamic mosaics of habitats and land uses, the resulting landscapes and seascapes contribute significantly to effective area-based conservation of biodiversity, although often they do not conform to any legal or administrative protected-area boundaries. Research led by UNU-IAS has come to refer to these kinds of landscapes and seascapes as socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS), and highlights the important roles that both social and ecological components play in shaping sustainable ecosystems and human livelihoods in areas where production activities are undertaken. |
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