Bridging biodiversity and regenerative development: Conceptual groundwork for life-affirming relationships.

IF 5.1 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL

Ambio Pub Date : 2026-04-21 DOI:10.1007/s13280-026-02398-8

Anu Veijalainen, Matti Salo, Henna Rouhiainen, Juulia Räikkönen, Ilari E Sääksjärvi

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Abstract

The global decline of biodiversity demands transformative change that realigns human activity with planetary processes. Regenerative development may facilitate systemic transformation but remains underexamined in relation to biodiversity. We explore the relationship between biodiversity and place regeneration, conceptually aligning biodiversity enhancement and regenerative development. This requires adopting a refocused concept of biodiversity as a dynamic, relational attribute of life that engenders biocultural diversity. Similarly, regenerative development promotes co-evolving, life-affirming relationships within and between human and natural systems. Regenerative design may catalyse regenerative development capacity in communities by engaging participants in regenerative dynamics, potentially increasing biodiversity. However, the intentional incorporation of actions explicitly aimed at enhancing biodiversity remains necessary. Challenges persist due to entrenched anthropocentric worldviews and the difficulty of including human expressions within biodiversity. The refocused biodiversity concept offers a feasible leverage point for fostering transformative change within the narrowing timeframes to halt biodiversity decline.

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弥合生物多样性和再生发展：肯定生命关系的概念基础。

全球生物多样性的减少需要变革，使人类活动与地球进程重新协调。再生发展可能促进系统转变，但与生物多样性的关系仍未得到充分研究。我们探讨了生物多样性与地方更新之间的关系，从概念上调整了生物多样性增强和再生发展。这需要采用一种重新聚焦的概念，将生物多样性视为生命的动态、关系属性，从而产生生物文化多样性。同样，再生发展促进人类与自然系统内部和之间的共同进化、肯定生命的关系。再生设计可以通过让参与者参与到再生动态中来促进社区的再生发展能力，从而潜在地增加生物多样性。然而，仍然有必要有意识地纳入明确旨在加强生物多样性的行动。由于根深蒂固的人类中心主义世界观和难以将人类表达纳入生物多样性，挑战仍然存在。重新聚焦生物多样性的概念提供了一个可行的杠杆点，可以在越来越短的时间内促进变革性变革，以阻止生物多样性的下降。

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Ambio 环境科学-工程：环境

CiteScore

14.30

自引率

3.10%

发文量

123

审稿时长

6 months

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