‘Societal Relationships with Nature’: A framework for understanding nature-related conflicts and multiple values

[摘要] 1. In this paper, we operationalize the concept of Societal Relationships withNature (SRN) as a framework for understanding nature-related conflicts andmultiple values.2. Based on three dimensions knowledgescape, interactions and identity, we proposea set of questions for the empirical analysis of conflict situations.3. We use two case studies—designation of a biosphere reserve in southern Chileand the return of the wolf in Germany—to illustrate how the SRN framework canreveal and structure the complexity of human–nature relationships.4. From the conceptual advances and the academic debate on multiple values ofnature, we derive four requirements for approaches to analyse nature-relatedconflicts and how different stakeholders attribute importance to nature.5. These should (a) cover the relevant aspects and reveal the critical issues underlying a conflict, (b) enable an understanding of differences and commonalities inpeople’s perspectives and positions, (c) be comprehensive enough to uncoverimportant issues in complex situations without losing empirical practicabilityand (d) take power relations into account.6. We discuss whether and how the SRN framework meets these requirements.7. We present the SRN framework in particular to the academic community working at the interface with policy and practice on multiple values of nature andnature-related conflicts.8. SRN analysis can also be applied to complement valuation approaches by specifying and explaining differences in people’s attributions of value to nature.

[学科分类] 护理学

[关键词] Societal Relationships with Nature;nature conservation;environmental conflicts;multiple values;human interactions with nature;identity and nature