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A multi-layered values-based approach to advance social-ecological restoration: Insights from real-world laboratories in Germany.

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Title: A multi-layered values-based approach to advance social-ecological restoration: Insights from real-world laboratories in Germany.
Authors: Gray, Konrad1,2 (AUTHOR) Konrad.gray@posteo.de, Loos, Jacqueline3 (AUTHOR) jacqueline.loos@univie.ac.at, Martín-López, Berta2 (AUTHOR) berta.martin-lopez@leuphana.de, Riechers, Maraja4 (AUTHOR) maraja.riechers@thuenen.de, Kirmer, Anita1 (AUTHOR) anita.kirmer@hs-anhalt.de, Cebrián-Piqueras, Miguel Á.2,5 (AUTHOR) miguel.cebrian@leuphana.de
Source: AMBIO - A Journal of the Human Environment. Mar2026, Vol. 55 Issue 3, p571-590. 20p.
Subject Terms: *Restoration ecology, *Grassland restoration, Stakeholder theory, Multidisciplinary practices
Geographic Terms: Germany
Abstract: Calls for social-ecological restoration have emerged to help transcend traditional ecological boundaries by including plural values as well as transdisciplinary processes. Inspired by the IPBES values typology, we used questionnaires to assess four multi-layered perspectives characterizing local actors in two transdisciplinary grassland restoration projects in Germany: Broad values, specific values, knowledge, and visions for restoration outcomes. Varimax rotated principal component analysis yielded 16 factors across these dimensions. A subsequent hierarchical cluster analysis revealed three clusters based on these factors compatible with the Life Framework of Values: restoration for... (1) living with nature, (2) living in nature, and (3) living from nature. The three clusters demonstrate the diversity of values-based perspectives among participants of the real-world laboratories. These perspectives capture the multi-layered values underpinning engagement in restoration. Accounting for these perspectives without jeopardizing one perspective over the others provides a basis for more inclusive restoration efforts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Calls for social-ecological restoration have emerged to help transcend traditional ecological boundaries by including plural values as well as transdisciplinary processes. Inspired by the IPBES values typology, we used questionnaires to assess four multi-layered perspectives characterizing local actors in two transdisciplinary grassland restoration projects in Germany: Broad values, specific values, knowledge, and visions for restoration outcomes. Varimax rotated principal component analysis yielded 16 factors across these dimensions. A subsequent hierarchical cluster analysis revealed three clusters based on these factors compatible with the Life Framework of Values: restoration for... (1) living with nature, (2) living in nature, and (3) living from nature. The three clusters demonstrate the diversity of values-based perspectives among participants of the real-world laboratories. These perspectives capture the multi-layered values underpinning engagement in restoration. Accounting for these perspectives without jeopardizing one perspective over the others provides a basis for more inclusive restoration efforts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:00447447
DOI:10.1007/s13280-025-02259-w