Multispecies Sustainability

Christoph Rupprecht; Joost Vervoort; Chris Berthelsen; Astrid Mangnus; Natalie Osborne; Kyle Thompson; Andrea Urushima; Maya Kóvskaya; Maximilian Spiegelberg; Silvio Cristiano; Jay Springett; Benedikt Marschütz; Emily Flies; Steven McGreevy; Laÿna Droz; Martin F. Breed; Jingchao Gan; Rika Shinkai; Ayako Kawai

doi:10.1017/sus.2020.28

Multispecies Sustainability

Christoph Rupprecht, Joost Vervoort, Chris Berthelsen, Astrid Mangnus, Natalie Osborne, Kyle Thompson, Andrea Urushima, Maya Kóvskaya, Maximilian Spiegelberg, Silvio Cristiano, Jay Springett, Benedikt Marschütz, Emily Flies, Steven McGreevy, Laÿna Droz, Martin F. Breed, Jingchao Gan, Rika Shinkai, Ayako Kawai

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Abstract

The sustainability concept seeks to balance how present and future generations of humans meet their needs. But because nature is viewed only as a resource, sustainability fails to recognize that humans and other living beings depend on each other for their well-being. We therefore argue that true sustainability can only be achieved if the interdependent needs of all species of current and future generations are met, and propose calling this 'multispecies sustainability'. We explore the concept through visualizations and scenarios, then consider how it might be applied through case studies involving bees and healthy green spaces.

Original language	English
Article number	e34
Number of pages	12
Journal	Global Sustainability
Volume	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2020.28
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

earth systems
interdependence
more-than-human
policies
politics and governance
system control and optimization

UN SDGs

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Rupprecht, C., Vervoort, J., Berthelsen, C., Mangnus, A., Osborne, N., Thompson, K., Urushima, A., Kóvskaya, M., Spiegelberg, M., Cristiano, S., Springett, J., Marschütz, B., Flies, E., McGreevy, S., Droz, L., Breed, M. F., Gan, J., Shinkai, R., & Kawai, A. (2020). Multispecies Sustainability. Global Sustainability, 3, Article e34. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2020.28

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