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Prohlubujeme vรฝzkum udrลพitelnรฝch zdrojลฏ obลพivy v Zambii s projektem Coop4wellbeing

V rรกmci projektu Coop4Wellbeing jsme na pล™elomu ledna a รบnora 2023 vyrazili spolu s kolegy a kolegynฤ›mi z organizace ฤŒlovฤ›k v tรญsni a Katedry rozvojovรฝch a environmentรกlnรญch studiรญ Univerzity Palackรฉho na druhou vรฝzkumnou cestu do Zambie. Bฤ›hem mฤ›sรญฤnรญho pobytu v oblasti kolem mฤ›sta Mongu, regionรกlnรญho centra Zรกpadnรญ provincie, jsme pokraฤovali s vรฝzkumnรฝmi aktivitami zapoฤatรฝmi v รบnoru 2022. Kromฤ› prohlubovรกnรญ naลกeho poznรกnรญ... Continue Reading →

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Projekt Golf Vinoล™ hledรก ล™eลกenรญ vyuลพitรญ รบzemรญ v pล™รญmฤ›stskรฉ krajinฤ› pomocรญ Citizen science

Vรฝzkum na pลฏdฤ› CzechGlobe se netรฝkรก pouze mฤ›ล™รญtek svฤ›tovรฝch rozmฤ›rลฏ, ale nฤ›kterรฉ vรฝzkumy se taktรฉลพ zabรฝvajรญ lokรกlnรญ problematikou, kterรฝ lze ล™eลกit souฤasnรฝmi vฤ›deckรฝmi pล™รญstupy. Jednรญm z takovรฝch projektลฏ je Golf Vinoล™ Citizen Science, kterรฝ hledรก moลพnรก ล™eลกenรญ vyuลพitรญ plochy v pล™รญmฤ›stskรฉ krajinฤ› pomocรญ pล™รญstupลฏ Citizen science. Hlavnรญ cรญle projektu jsou rozลกรญล™it povฤ›domรญ o spoleฤenskovฤ›dnรญm vรฝzkumu,... Continue Reading →

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Jakรฉ jsou pล™รญnosy pล™รญrody chrรกnฤ›nรฝch krajinnรฝch oblastรญ vย ฤŒR oฤima jejich sprรกvcลฏ?

Cรญlem zล™izovรกnรญ velkoploลกnรฝch chrรกnฤ›nรฝch รบzemรญ je pล™edevลกรญm ochrana druhลฏ a stanoviลกลฅ, zรกroveลˆ ale poskytujรญ lidem a spoleฤnosti ล™adu ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb (pล™รญnosลฏ pล™รญrody) a umoลพลˆujรญ chrรกnit krajinnรฝ rรกz a kulturnรญ hodnoty. V ฤŒR se nachรกzรญ celkem 26 chrรกnฤ›nรฝch krajinnรฝch oblastรญ (CHKO), kterรฉ pokrรฝvajรญ 14,42 % rozlohy รบzemรญ stรกtu. V rรกmci vรฝzkumnรฉho projektu TAฤŒR ร‰TA se 20 Sprรกv CHKO... Continue Reading →

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BIONEXT: Poskytovรกnรญ integrovanรฝch ล™eลกenรญ krize biologickรฉ rozmanitosti

Odbornรญci z CzechGlobe se pล™ipojujรญ k pล™ednรญm evropskรฝm vฤ›dcลฏm, aby poskytli praktickรก a รบฤinnรก ล™eลกenรญ pro ล™eลกenรญ globรกlnรญ krize biodiverzity. Novรฝ ฤtyล™letรฝ projekt BIONEXT, financovanรฝ z programu EU pro vรฝzkum a inovace Horizon Europe, pล™inese novรฉ poznatky demonstrujรญcรญ, jakรฝmi zpลฏsoby je biologickรก rozmanitost zรกkladem vลกech aspektลฏ ลพivota, vฤetnฤ› vody, kterou pijeme, potravin, kterรฉ jรญme, a... Continue Reading →

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BIONEXT: Providing integrated solutions to the biodiversity crisis

Experts from CzechGlobe are joining leading scientists from across Europe to provide practical and effective solutions for addressing the global biodiversity crisis. The new four-year project, BIONEXT, funded by the EUโ€™s research and innovation program Horizon Europe, will produce new evidence to demonstrate how biodiversity underpins every aspect of life, including the water we drink,... Continue Reading →

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ฤŒesko by mฤ›lo pล™ekonat resortismus, podporovat komunity a bรฝt flexibilnฤ›jลกรญ, pokud se chce stรกt spoleฤnostรญ odolnou proti katastrofรกm

Sย rostoucรญmi teplotami planety Zemฤ› roste takรฉ intenzita a ฤetnost extrรฉmnรญch projevลฏ poฤasรญ jako jsou vlny veder a sucha, silnรฉ bouล™e ฤi pล™รญvalovรฉ deลกtฤ›. Vรฝzkumnice zย รšstavu pro vรฝzkum globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny AV ฤŒR ve spoluprรกci sย nevlรกdnรญ organizacรญ Hnutรญ DUHA v loลˆskรฉm roce zjiลกลฅovaly, kde jsou silnรฉ strรกnky a slabiny ฤeskรฉ spoleฤnosti vย odolnosti (resilienci) vลฏฤi katastrofรกm. Vychรกzely pล™i... Continue Reading →

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Nรกstroje ochrany pล™รญrody v novรฉm svฤ›tle? Projekt MรšSES+ Veฤพkรฝ ล ariลก propojil pล™รญrodnรญ a spoleฤenskรฉ vฤ›dy

Mฤ›sto Veฤพkรฝ ล ariลก, kterรฉ se nachรกzรญ na vรฝchodnรญm Slovensku, se v roce 2022 zapojilo do projektu MรšSES+, v rรกmci kterรฉho zรญskalo strategickรฝ dokument Mรญstnรญ รบzemnรญ systรฉm ekologickรฉ stability (MรšSES) s pล™idanou sociรกlnรญ dimenzรญ (+). *Mรญstnรญ รบzemnรญ systรฉm ekologickรฉ stability - รšSES - je zรกkladnรญm nรกstrojem ochrany pล™รญrody a krajiny, rozmanitosti podmรญnek a forem ลพivota, jakoลพ... Continue Reading →

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Project launch: Food systems transformation

Just before Christmas, Julia Leventon and Lenka Sucha were excited to be in Pretoria, South Africa for the launch of the FoSTA Health project (Food Systems Transformation in Southern Africa for One Health). The project is exploring food systems transformations in Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and South Africa, and works closely with academic and practice partners from... Continue Reading →

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System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)

The System ofย Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) is an internationally accepted framework for the collection of data linking environmental and economic statistics. The same definitions, guidelines and approaches are applied in the SEEA and the System of National Accounts (SNA), which is an internationally agreed framework for the measurement of economic activity. Therefore, the SEEA is compatible... Continue Reading →

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An interview with a participant in the second series of participatory workshops on the benefits of nature

In November, the second series of our participatory workshops (continuing from the first series as part of the One Nature project) took place in the Slavkov Forest, Tล™eboลˆ and Kล™ivoklรกt regions. Once again, we invited representatives from a wide range of disciplines that have impact on the shaping of local nature and landscape. The content... Continue Reading →

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Launching project Planet4B (Horizon RIA)

It has long been known that higher levels of biodiversity underpin good ecosystem health and functions and, conversely, continued biodiversity loss threatens both the biosphere and human life. Research provides evidence supporitng these facts and identifies the main cause - humans. The worldโ€™s ecosystem may undergo drastic changes and even alter to new states thanks... Continue Reading →

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2022 Toronto Conference on Earth System Governance (ESG 2022): reflections on contributions to just transformation topics

October 21, 2022: Earth System Governance Project 2022 conference in Toronto. Photo by Dave Chan. ESG 2022 took place from 20-24 October at Toronto University, CA. The central theme linking all the presented contributions was "Governing Accelerated Transitions". ESG 2022 hosted over a hundred sections, covering a wide range of topics connected to acceleration and... Continue Reading →

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Living in unbearably hot cities – is this our future?

Climate change and its impacts, such as extreme heat, represent an unprecedented challenge for cities, causing overheating and threatening the future prosperity, health and well-being of urban residents. Climate adaptation is one of the central topics for sustainable cities and societies. Yet, we have limited knowledge about the magnitude of climate change that we will... Continue Reading →

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Exploring urban futures for climate resilient cities

Uncertainties arising from the climate crisis and socioeconomic challenges are a key issue for urban planners in terms of future sustainability and wellbeing.ย  Climate change adaptation planning and practice have gained more attention in the past decade, and many cities around the world, including the cities in the Czech Republic, have adopted climate change adaptation... Continue Reading →

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Propojujeme sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฝ vรฝzkum sโ€ฏpraxรญ ฤeskรฉ rozvojovรฉ spoluprรกceย 

Co je to sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฝ systรฉm a jak se dรก zkoumat? Kโ€ฏฤemu je dobrรฉ se zamรฝลกlet nad vazbami mezi ฤlovฤ›kem a pล™รญrodou vโ€ฏsouvislosti sโ€ฏrozvojovรฝmi projekty? Projekty ฤeskรฉ rozvojovรฉ spoluprรกce (ZRS ฤŒR) se odehrรกvajรญ v komplexnรญm sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฉm systรฉmu, kterรฝ pล™edstavuje vzรกjemnรฉ propojenรญ spoleฤnosti a pล™รญrody. V tomto pojetรญ je spoleฤnost neoddฤ›litelnou souฤรกstรญ pล™รญrody, a proto je nutnรฉ... Continue Reading →

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Ekologickรฉ a spoleฤenskรฉ hodnoty ล™รญฤnรญ krajiny โ€“ odstartovali jsme vรฝzkumnรฝ projekt โ€žNIVAโ€œ

ล˜รญฤnรญ niva neboli rovinnรฉ รบdolnรญ dno, kterรฉ vzniklo usazenรญm sedimentลฏ bฤ›hem povodnรญ pล™estupujรญcรญch hranice svรฉho koryta, pล™edstavuje specifickรฝ krajinnรฝ typ โ€“ ล™รญฤnรญ krajinu โ€“ s nesmรญrnรฝm ekologickรฝm a kulturnรญm vรฝznamem pro spoleฤnost. ล˜รญฤnรญ krajina poskytuje lidem ล™adu ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb a funkcรญ, zejmรฉna zรกsobovacรญch (jakoลพto loลพisko pล™รญrodnรญch zdrojลฏ vฤetnฤ› vody a dล™eva), regulaฤnรญch (jako napล™. zadrลพovรกnรญ a... Continue Reading →

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Thinking about Participation for Sustainability

Recently, a group of us from the department put our different ideas together to write this paper โ€œParticipation as a pathway to pluralism: A critical view over diverse disciplinesโ€. The paper was published in a special collection of the journal Advances in Ecological Research, called โ€œPluralism in Ecosystem Governanceโ€. This blog post explains why we... Continue Reading →

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Showing people who work in nature conservation how they can use findings from assessment of natureโ€™s contributions to people (NCP)

Authors: Kateล™ina Mรกcovรก, Jitka Kozubkovรก We introduced the topic of ecosystem services to almost sixty people working in nature conservation at two seminars held in Prague and Brno in May (as part of the One Nature project). This was a step forward to greater availability of the concept of assessment of natureโ€™s services and contributions... Continue Reading →

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Fresh fodder for future findings: Mapping plural values of grasslands and their ecosystem services

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So far, ecosystem service research in grasslands has mainly focused on provisioning services and their economic values; however, calls for plural valuation have become more prominent in recent times. In fact, the inclusion of instrumental, relational and intrinsic values in an assessment of ecosystem services can reveal further reasons by which people express the importance of nature and their ecosystem services. In their paper, Schmitt et al. (2022) analyze the spatial distribution of these values in grasslands.

While instrumental values reflect direct and indirect benefits people can obtain from ecosystem services, intrinsic values represent the ethical rights of nature. In this study, the authors chose to examine โ€˜subjectiveโ€™ intrinsic value, which accounts for the idea that humans can express regard for nature regardless of any potential human interest. Moreover, they explored relational values that represent the manifold relationship humans have with nature or human relations fostered by nature. To accountโ€ฆ

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Probฤ›hne plenรกrnรญ zasedรกnรญ platformy pro biodiverzitu a ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby IPBES

3.โ€“9. ฤervence 2022 probฤ›hne v Bonnu 9. plenรกrnรญ zasedรกnรญ Mezivlรกdnรญ vฤ›decko-politickรฉ platformy pro biodiverzitu a ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, IPBES). IPBES pล™edstavuje โ€œrozhranรญ mezi vฤ›dou a politikouโ€ (science-policy interface), tedy platformu, kterรก sdruลพuje politickรฉ zรกstupce jednotlivรฝch zemรญ a odbornรญky na otรกzky biologickรฉ rozmanitosti (biodiverzity), ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb a udrลพitelnosti. IPBES... Continue Reading →

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Vydali jsme letรกk o konkrรฉtnรญch pล™รญnosech, kterรฉ poskytuje pล™รญroda lidem

Pล™รญroda a ekosystรฉmy poskytujรญ lidem ลกirokou ลกkรกlu pล™รญnosลฏ, kterรฉ umoลพลˆujรญ samotnou existenci lidskรฉ spoleฤnosti a jsou podstatnรฉ pro dobrou kvalitu ลพivota. Aลฅ uลพ jde o poskytovรกnรญ potravin, regulaci kvality vody, rekreaฤnรญ zรกลพitky v pล™รญrodฤ› a mnohรฉ dalลกรญ. Abychom vลกechny pล™รญnosy pล™รญrody pล™edstavili a zviditelnili, vytvoล™ili jsme informaฤnรญ letรกk, kterรฝ pojednรกvรก o rลฏznรฝch skupinรกch pล™รญnosลฏ, materiรกlnรญch,... Continue Reading →

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The first series of participatory workshops on nature’s contributions to people took place in selected regions

In the second half of April and at the beginning of May, participatory workshops were held in Slavkovskรฝ les, Kล™ivoklรกt and Tล™eboลˆ for invited stakeholders who have the potential to influence the local landscape and nature through their activities in the regions. Representatives of the forestry, fishing, mining and agricultural industries, representatives of...

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When legality is not enough: moving beyond legal land tenure for urban farmers in Soweto, South Africa

Urban agriculture is widely supported across developing countries as it has proven to be a vital livelihood strategy among the urban poor, resulting in various benefits, including enhanced food security and socioeconomic empowerment. Many researchers and policymakers stress that legal land tenure is one of the key assets that help to enhance the potential of... Continue Reading →

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IPBES Transformative Change Assessment

Earlier this year, the IPBES (Intergovernmental Panel for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) Transformative Change Assessment was launched, and I am excited to be involved as a Coordinating Lead Author of Chapter 1: Transformative Change and a Sustainable World. This is my first time working on an IPBES assessment, and the past couple of months has... Continue Reading →

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Expedice do Zambie: Vlogy z terรฉnnรญho vรฝzkumu

Fokusnรญ skupina s farmรกล™kami ve vesnici Mabumbu v Zรกpadnรญ provincii Zambie V rรกmci projektu Coop4Wellbeing se vรฝzkumnice z naลกeho oddฤ›lenรญ, Lenka Suchรก a Zuzana Harmรกฤkovรก, spolu s kolegy z Katedry rozvojovรฝch a environmentรกlnรญch studiรญ Univerzity Palackรฉho a z organizace ฤŒlovฤ›k v tรญsni vydaly na cestu do Zambie, kde shromaลพฤovaly vรฝzkumnรก data a mapovaly vazby mezi spoleฤenskรฝm... Continue Reading →

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Hodnotรญcรญ zprรกva IPBES zamฤ›ล™enรก na “nexus” mezi ochranou biodiverzity, produkcรญ potravin, dostupnostรญ vody a lidskรฝm zdravรญm

Zaฤรญnรก pล™รญprava hodnotรญcรญ zprรกvy IPBES zamฤ›ล™enรฉ na faktory ohroลพujรญcรญ ฤtyล™i oblasti, kterรฉ majรญ zรกsadnรญ vliv na kvalitu ลพivota lidรญ: ochrana biodiverzity, produkce potravin, dostupnost vody a lidskรฉ zdravรญ (IPBES Nexus Assessment). Politickรฉ reprezentace vลกech stรกtลฏ se v souฤasnรฉm sloลพitรฉm a globalizovanรฉm svฤ›tฤ› potรฝkajรญ s otรกzkou, jak co nejefektivnฤ›ji zohlednit vฤ›deckรก poznรกnรญ v pล™ipravovanรฝch politickรฝch rozhodnutรญch.... Continue Reading →

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Just Scapes: Participatory workshops addressing just transformations of the European countryside from the perspective of Slovรกcko, Horลˆรกcko, and Valaลกsko regions

What changes do we see in local landscape and society, and what would we like to happen in the future? How do we ensure that the effects of these changes are just for everyone? The European countryside is undergoing great social and natural changes, including climate change. However, the impacts of these changes affect various... Continue Reading →

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Zranitelnost ฤeskรฝch mฤ›st vลฏฤi teplotnรญm extrรฉmลฏm

Vย letech 2018โ€“2022 รšstav vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny AV ฤŒR ve spoluprรกci sย รšstavem informatiky AV ฤŒR realizoval projekt โ€žAdaptaฤnรญ vรฝzvy mฤ›st: podpora udrลพitelnรฉho plรกnovรกnรญ sย vyuลพitรญm integrovanรฉ analรฝzy zranitelnostiโ€œ, kterรฝ byl podpoล™en Technologickou agenturou ฤŒR (TAฤŒR) vย rรกmci programu ร‰TA. Cรญlem projektu bylo na pล™รญkladu Prahy, Brna a Ostravy vyvinout jednotnou metodiku pro hodnocenรญ budoucรญ zranitelnosti mฤ›st vลฏฤi teplotnรญm... Continue Reading →

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Researching sustainability in Zambia

Our project Coop4Wellbeing has entered its second phase, which is dedicated to field research in Zambia. Together with colleagues from People in Need and the Department of Development and Environmental Studies at Palacky University, we took off to Zambia in February 2022. During our month-long fieldwork we mapped the links and dynamics between nature and... Continue Reading →

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Zkoumรกme udrลพitelnost v Zambii

Vย rรกmci projektu Coop4Wellbeing jsme v รบnoru 2022 vyrazili spolu sย kolegy a kolegynฤ›mi z organizace ฤŒlovฤ›k vย tรญsni a Katedry rozvojovรฝch a environmentรกlnรญch studiรญ Univerzity Palackรฉho na terรฉnnรญ sbฤ›r dat do Zambie. Bฤ›hem mฤ›sรญฤnรญho pobytu vย oblasti kolem mฤ›sta Mongu, regionรกlnรญho centra Zรกpadnรญ provincie, jsme mapovali vazby mezi spoleฤnostรญ a pล™รญrodou. Zamฤ›ล™ili jsme se takรฉ na to, jak... Continue Reading →

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Using Google Street View photographs to assess outdoor thermal discomfort and heat perception due to heatwaves in the urban environment

We have just published a preprint of a new study together with colleagues from the Department of remote sensing. The preprint reports the results of three studies conducted on residents of Czech cities of Brno and ฤŒeskรฉ Budฤ›jovice (N = 1,877) in which we explored heat perception in cities during summer heatwaves. Using street view... Continue Reading →

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Researching Sustainability, Doing Sustainability

We have recently launched a new project to prompt sustainability within the Czech Academy of Sciences. Here, we introduce our project: Mainstreaming Eco-Sustainability through CAS Activities (MESCAS). What is MESCAS? MESCAS is working to mainstream sustainability through our research and operational activities in departments and institutes of the Academy. Over this first year, we are... Continue Reading →

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How to best address climate change? Reflections on the Science for Net-Zero Transition and Empowering Policy Makers panels

In November of last year, The United Kingdom hosted 26 United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). The Climate talks brought together over 30ย 000 delegates, among them Climate experts, politicians and activists to discuss actions in order to address climate change. In the fringe of COP26, UKRI and Science Europe convened the Science... Continue Reading →

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