Co-creating pathways to desirable nature futures of temperate lakes

Abstract -

Lake ecosystems are vital for sustaining biodiversity and provide crucial benefits to humanity. However, these systems face significant pressures from multiple human activities. Many temperate lakes in Northern Europe exhibit gaps between their current ecological status and policy targets. Closing these gaps is challenging due to the diverse values and perspectives that stakeholders hold regarding lake ecosystems. PLURALAKES aims to enhance lake management strategies by integrating diverse values of nature into anticipatory governance processes, ensuring the long-term provisioning of ecosystem services. At the core of the project is the ‘Nature Futures Framework’ (NFF), a newly developed tool by [...]

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