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Using futures methods to create transformative spaces: visions of a good Anthropocene in southern Africa by Pereira, Laura M., Hichert, Tanja, Hamann, Maike, Preiser, Rika, Biggs, Reinette

“…The unique challenges posed by the Anthropocene require creative ways of engaging with the future and bringing about transformative change. Envisioning…”
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Designing transformative spaces for sustainability in social-ecological systems by Pereira, Laura M., Karpouzoglou, Timothy, Frantzeskaki, Niki, Olsson, Per

“…Transformations toward sustainability have recently gained traction, triggered in part by a growing recognition of the dramatic socio-cultural, political,…”
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Demystifying food systems transformation: a review of the state of the field by Juri, Silvana, Terry, Naomi, Pereira, Laura

“…There is increasing interest and hype around the need for transforming food systems toward sustainability. Today, calls for food systems transformations abound…”
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Facultative predation and scavenging by mammalian carnivores: seasonal, regional and intra-guild comparisons by Pereira, Laura M., Owen-Smith, Norman, Moleón, Marcos

“…The extent to which vertebrate carnivores shift facultatively between predation and scavenging has recently been emphasized. Potentially, all carnivores have…”
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A Conceptual Framework to Integrate Biodiversity, Ecosystem Function, and Ecosystem Service Models by Weiskopf, Sarah R, Myers, Bonnie J E, Arce-Plata, Maria Isabel, Blanchard, Julia L, Ferrier, Simon, Fulton, Elizabeth A, Harfoot, Mike, Isbell, Forest, Johnson, Justin A, Mori, Akira S, Weng, Ensheng, HarmáCˇková, Zuzana V, Londoño-Murcia, María Cecilia, Miller, Brian W, Pereira, Laura M, Rosa, Isabel M D

“…Global biodiversity and ecosystem service models typically operate independently. Ecosystem service projections may therefore be overly optimistic because they…”
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Leveraging the Potential of Sorghum as a Healthy Food and Resilient Crop in the South African Food System by Pereira, Laura M, Hawkes, Corinna

“…An erosion of indigenous and traditional foods in the Global South has dramatically changed the global food system in the last 50 years. Reinvigorating these…”
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Envisioning desirable futures in small-scale fisheries: a transdisciplinary arts-based co-creation process by Gianelli, Ignacio, Trimble, Micaela, Juri, Silvana, Beretta, Nazarena, Torena, Denisse, Acosta, Manuela, Acosta, Robert, Del Bó, Mario, Fuster, Jorge, González, Vanessa, Kurta, Diego, Kurta, Marcelo, López, Tamara, Marfetán, María, Montes de Oca, Pablo, Morales, Alberto, Pardo, Victoria, Sandoval, Juan, Schuch, Nancy, Taroco, Claudio, Norström, Albert, Pereira, Laura, Villasante, Sebastián

“…Despite the critical importance of small-scale fisheries for food security and well-being and the role of fishers as stewards of aquatic ecosystems, their…”
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Biosphere Futures: a database of social-ecological scenarios by Kuiper, Jan, Carpenter-Urquhart, Liam, Berbés-Blázquez, Marta, Oteros-Rozas, Elisa, Fredström, Linna, Psiuk, Kinga, Savu, Codruța, Kautsky, Robert, Guerry, Anne, Carpenter, Stephen, Green, Charlyn, Meacham, Megan, Remme, Roy, Ravera, Federica, Wankmüller, Franziska, Arkema, Katie, Pereira, Laura, Peterson, Garry

“…Biosphere Futures (https://biospherefutures.net/) is a new online database to collect and discover scenario studies from across the world, with a specific…”
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From fAIrplay to climate wars: making climate change scenarios more dynamic, creative, and integrative by Pereira, Laura M., Morrow, David R., Aquila, Valentina, Beckage, Brian, Beckbesinger, Sam, Beukes, Lauren, Buck, Holly J., Carlson, Colin J., Geden, Oliver, Jones, Andrew P., Keller, David P., Mach, Katharine J., Mashigo, Mohale, Moreno-Cruz, Juan B., Visioni, Daniele, Nicholson, Simon, Trisos, Christopher H.

“…Understanding possible climate futures that include carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation modification (SRM) requires thinking not just about…”
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Exploring desirable nature futures for Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen by Kuiper, Jan J., van Wijk, Dianneke, Mooij, Wolf M., Remme, Roy P., Peterson, Garry D., Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, Sylvia, Mooij, Charlotte J., Leltz, Georgette M., Pereira, Laura M.

“…Achieving global sustainability goals requires most people and societies to fundamentally revisit their relationship with nature. New approaches are called for…”
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Participatory pathways to the Sustainable Development Goals: inviting divergent perspectives through a cross-scale systems approach by Collste, David, Aguiar, Ana Paula D, Harmáčková, Zuzana V, Galafassi, Diego, Pereira, Laura M, Selomane, Odirilwe, van Der Leeuw, Sander

“…Abstract The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include social and ecological goals for humanity. Navigating towards reaching the goals…”
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The voices of youth in envisioning positive futures for nature and people by Rana, Sakshi, Ávila-García, Daniela, Dib, Viviane, Familia, Lemuel, Gerhardinger, Leopoldo Cavaleri, Martin, Emma, Martins, Paula Isla, Pompeu, Joao, Selomane, Odirilwe, Tauli, Josefa Isabel, Tran, Diem H. T., Valle, Mireia, von Below, Jonathan, Pereira, Laura M.

“…The unpredictable Anthropocene poses the challenge of imagining a radically different, equitable and sustainable world. Looking 100 years ahead is not easy,…”
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Chefs as change-makers from the kitchen: indigenous knowledge and traditional food as sustainability innovations by Pereira, Laura M., Calderón-Contreras, Rafael, Norström, Albert V., Espinosa, Dulce, Willis, Jenny, Guerrero Lara, Leonie, Khan, Zayaan, Rusch, Loubie, Correa Palacios, Eduardo, Pérez Amaya, Ovidio

“…Non-technical abstract Projections of a burgeoning population coupled with global environmental change offer an increasingly dire picture of the state of the…”
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NUS so fast: the social and ecological implications of a rapidly developing indigenous food economy in the Cape Town area by Willis, Jenny, Losch, Bruno, Pereira, Laura M.

“…The modern global food system is highly unsustainable, shaped by industrialisation and corporate consolidation, with negative repercussions on the environment…”
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Food System Transformation: Integrating a Political-Economy and Social-Ecological Approach to Regime Shifts by Pereira, Laura M, Drimie, Scott, Maciejewski, Kristi, Tonissen, Patrick Bon, Biggs, Reinette Oonsie

“…Sustainably achieving the goal of global food security is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. The current food system is failing to meet the…”
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Developing multiscale and integrative nature–people scenarios using the Nature Futures Framework by Pereira, Laura M., Davies, Kathryn K., Belder, Eefje, Ferrier, Simon, Karlsson‐Vinkhuyzen, Sylvia, Kim, HyeJin, Kuiper, Jan J., Okayasu, Sana, Palomo, Maria G., Pereira, Henrique M., Peterson, Garry, Sathyapalan, Jyothis, Schoolenberg, Machteld, Alkemade, Rob, Carvalho Ribeiro, Sonia, Greenaway, Alison, Hauck, Jennifer, King, Nicholas, Lazarova, Tanya, Ravera, Federica, Chettri, Nakul, Cheung, William W. L., Hendriks, Rob J. J., Kolomytsev, Grigoriy, Leadley, Paul, Metzger, Jean‐Paul, Ninan, Karachepone N., Pichs, Ramon, Popp, Alexander, Rondinini, Carlo, Rosa, Isabel, Vuuren, Detlef, Lundquist, Carolyn J., Egoh, Benis

“…Scientists have repeatedly argued that transformative, multiscale global scenarios are needed as tools in the quest to halt the decline of biodiversity and…”
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African futures: a review of scenarios for Indigenous and local people and nature in Africa by Chibwe, Bwalya, Terry, Naomi, Noumonvi, Koffi Dodji, Carpenter-Urquhart, Liam, Tcheton, Sènankpon, Pereira, Laura

“… There is global understanding of the use of scenarios in addressing continued environmental change in Africa. Scenarios are a powerful tool for exploring…”
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Leveraging the potential of wild food for healthy, sustainable, and equitable local food systems: learning from a transformation lab in the Western Cape region by Pereira, Laura M, Kushitor, Sandra Boatemaa, Cramer, Carolyn, Drimie, Scott, Isaacs, Moenieba, Malgas, Rhoda, Phiri, Ethel, Tembo, Chimwemwe, Willis, Jenny

“…Food insecurity and diet-related diseases do not only have detrimental effects to human health, but are also underpinned by food systems that are…”
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Editorial: Transdisciplinary research for understanding and transforming food systems by Gasparatos, Alexandros, Rigolot, Cyrille, Pereira, Laura M.

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Five priorities to advance transformative transdisciplinary research by Augenstein, Karoline, Lam, David PM, Horcea-Milcu, Andra-Ioana, Bernert, Philip, Charli-Joseph, Lakshmi, Cockburn, Jessica, Kampfmann, Teresa, Pereira, Laura M, Sellberg, My M

“…In response to the climate and biodiversity crisis, the number of transdisciplinary research projects in which researchers partner with sustainability…”
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