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Social-ecological transformations towards sustainability in drylands: A conceptual framework with examples from the Karamoja cluster in East Africa.

Aida Bargués-Tobella, Per Knutsson, Göran Bostedt, Agneta Hörnell, Kristina Lindvall, Denis Mpairwe, Stephen Mureithi, Gert Nyberg, Ylva Nyberg, Philemon Ong'ao Ng'asike and 6 more

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Aida Bargués-TobellaAgrotecnio-CERCA Center, Av. Rovira Roure 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain. aida.bargues@agrotecnio.udl.cat.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5632-4061
Per KnutssonSchool of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, 405 30, Göteborg, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5352-8752
Göran BostedtCentre for Environmental and Resource Economics, CERE, Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics (USBE), Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6540-743X
Agneta HörnellDepartment of Food, Nutrition and Culinary Science, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5464-5686
Kristina LindvallDepartment of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Denis MpairweDepartment of Agricultural Production, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-1192-5805
Stephen MureithiDepartment of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 29053-00625, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2616-6995
Gert NybergDepartment of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), 901 83, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1979-8772
Ylva NybergDepartment of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3858-936X
Philemon Ong'ao Ng'asikeDepartment of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 29053-00625, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2456-5762
Barbara SchumannDepartment of Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, 391 82, Kalmar, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9722-0370
Alice TurinaweDepartment of Agribusiness and Natural Resource Economics, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6709-3841
Tor-Gunnar VågenWorld Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), P.O. Box 30677, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8699-731X
Leigh Ann WinowieckiWorld Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), P.O. Box 30677, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5572-1284
Ewa WredleDepartment of Applied Animal Science and Welfare, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5252-9024
Ingrid ÖbornDepartment of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3847-6082

Funding

Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas 2020-00478Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas 2020-01557Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas 2023-00307
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drylands face urgent development challenges that are complex and interconnected, requiring holistic systems-based approaches. Here, we present a social-ecological systems framework to guide research, policy, and action across disciplines and sectors towards sustainability transformations in drylands for improved livelihoods and enhanced ecosystem, livestock, and human health. Our conceptual framework integrates three non-exclusive and complementary lenses of human-driven transformations: systemic, structural and enabling/grassroots change. Based on these three complementary lenses, along with three main phases of transformation and key associated actions, we briefly illustrate the framework's value through the case of the Karamoja cross-border region of East Africa. We show how the framework can be used as an entry point to identify and analyse key challenges and their interlinkages; envision desired social-ecological systems; and explore pathways towards sustainability. The framework provides actionable guidance to co-develop context-specific interventions that support sustainability transformations in drylands.

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Conservation of Natural ResourcesEcosystemSustainable DevelopmentAfrica, EasternAnimalsHumansDrylandsEcosystem restorationGovernanceHealthSocial–ecological systems frameworkSustainability transformations

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PMID42032420
PMCPMC13661849

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