Comment on "In complexity we trust: learning from the socialist calculation debate for ecosystem management"
Abstract: Using a metaphor based on a historical debate between socialist and free-market economists, Salliou and Stritih (Environ. Res. Lett.18 151001) advocate for decentralizing environmental management to harness emergent complexity and promote ecosystem health. Concerningly, however, their account seems to leave little room for top-down processes like government-led sustainability programs or centrally-planned conservation initiatives, the cornerstone of the post-2020 biodiversity framework. While we appreciate their call for humbleness, we offer a few words in defense of planning. Drawing on evidence from ecology, economics, and systems theory, we argue that (1) more complexity is not always better; (2) even if it were, mimicking minimally-regulated markets is probably not the best way to get it; and (3) sophisticated decision support tools can support humble planning under uncertainty. We sketch a re-interpretation of the socialist calculation debate that highlights the role of synthesis and theoretical pluralism. Rather than abandoning big-picture thinking, scientists must continue the difficult work of strengthening connections between and across multiple social, ecological, and policy scales
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Environmental research letters. - 19, 1 (2024) , 018002, ISSN: 1748-9326
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Freiburg
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2024
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Bingham, Logan Robert
Kleunen, Lucy van
Kolisnyk, Bohdan
Nahorna, Olha
Tupinambà-Simões, Frederico
Reynolds, Keith M.
Yousefpour, Rasoul
Knoke, Thomas
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10.1088/1748-9326/ad0efb
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2545350
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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25.03.2025, 13:51 MEZ
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- Bingham, Logan Robert
- Kleunen, Lucy van
- Kolisnyk, Bohdan
- Nahorna, Olha
- Tupinambà-Simões, Frederico
- Reynolds, Keith M.
- Yousefpour, Rasoul
- Knoke, Thomas
- Universität
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- 2024
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