Kinga Olga Reti , Tibor Hartel , Andreea Ocrain , Dacinia Crina Petrescu , Florentina Călugăr , Iulia Ajtai , Ruxandra Malina Petrescu-Mag
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Abstract
This study introduces the Community-Based Nature Understanding Framework (CBNUF) to explore social-ecological dynamics in rural central Romania. Using insights from participatory workshops, we examined how local stakeholders perceive nature, its vulnerabilities, and sustainable pathways forward. Six main categories emerged through grounded theory and causal network modeling: Defining nature, Nature’s role (past, present, and future), Challenges and vulnerabilities, Governance and community action, Opportunities for innovation, and Barriers to sustainable development. These were aligned with Nature-based Solutions principles, emphasizing co-benefits and participatory governance. The framework adopts a hierarchical structure of “parent,” “child,” and “sibling” categories, reflecting how local perceptions shape actions and constraints without enforcing strict causality. The foundational Defining nature category captures how communities understand and value the environment, influencing all other categories. Shifting from typical ecological-loss narratives, our vulnerability-focused approach enabled residents to express adaptive concerns and strategies. In Saschiz (Mureș county), locals linked orchard decline to seasonal drought, prompting collective initiatives like festivals and agro-tourism. These insights reveal how cultural practices intertwine with ecological realities. By centering local knowledge and lived experience, the study offers a grounded perspective on adaptive governance and resilience amid socio-environmental change in the Anthropocene.
AnthropoceneEarth and Planetary Sciences-Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
CiteScore
6.30
自引率
0.00%
发文量
27
审稿时长
102 days
期刊介绍:
Anthropocene is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes peer-reviewed works addressing the nature, scale, and extent of interactions that people have with Earth processes and systems. The scope of the journal includes the significance of human activities in altering Earth’s landscapes, oceans, the atmosphere, cryosphere, and ecosystems over a range of time and space scales - from global phenomena over geologic eras to single isolated events - including the linkages, couplings, and feedbacks among physical, chemical, and biological components of Earth systems. The journal also addresses how such alterations can have profound effects on, and implications for, human society. As the scale and pace of human interactions with Earth systems have intensified in recent decades, understanding human-induced alterations in the past and present is critical to our ability to anticipate, mitigate, and adapt to changes in the future. The journal aims to provide a venue to focus research findings, discussions, and debates toward advancing predictive understanding of human interactions with Earth systems - one of the grand challenges of our time.