Authors
Alicia D Barraclough, Maureen G Reed, Kaera Coetzer, Martin F Price, Lisen Schultz, Andrés Moreira‐Muñoz, Inger Måren
Publication date
2023/10
Journal
People and Nature
Volume
5
Issue
5
Pages
1430-1444
Description
- Generating actionable knowledge to meet current sustainability challenges requires unprecedented collaboration across scales, geographies, cultures and knowledges. Intergovernmental programmes and place‐based knowledge–action networks have much potential to mobilize sustainability transformation. Although many research fields have benefited from research networks and comparative sites, the potential of site‐based research networks for generating knowledge at the people–nature interface has yet to be fully explored.
- This article presents the World Network of biosphere reserves (WNBR) of UNESCO's Man and Biosphere Programme, intentionally established for generating actionable knowledge through comparative sites envisioned as learning spaces for sustainable development. Drawing on experiences over five decades, and we offer six categories of insights. Our intent is to share the story of …
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