Franco, Marco P. Vianna and Molnár, Orsolya and Dorninger, Christian and Laciny, Alice and Treven, Marco and Weger, Jacob and da Motta e Albuquerque, Eduardo and Cazzolla Gatti, Roberto and Villanueva Hernandez, Luis-Alejandro and Jakab, Manuel and Marizzi, Christine and Menéndez, Lumila Paula and Poliseli, Luana and Bobadilla, Hernán (2022) Diversity Regained: Precautionary Approaches to COVID-19 as a Phenomenon of the Total Environment. Science of The Total Environment, 825. p. 154029.

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Abstract

As COVID-19 emerged as a phenomenon of the total environment, and despite the intertwined and complex relationships that make humanity an organic part of the Bio- and Geospheres, the majority of our responses to it have been corrective in character, with few or no consideration for unintended consequences which bring about further vulnerability to unanticipated global events. Tackling COVID-19 entails a systemic and precautionary approach to human-nature relations, which we frame as regaining diversity in the Geo-, Bio-, and Anthropospheres. Its implementation requires nothing short of an overhaul in the way we interact with and build knowledge from natural and social environments. Hence, we discuss the urgency of shifting from current to precautionary approaches to COVID-19 and look, through the lens of diversity, at the anticipated benefits in four systems crucially affecting and affected by the pandemic: health, land, knowledge and innovation. Our reflections offer a glimpse of the sort of changes needed, from pursuing planetary health and creating more harmonious forms of land use to providing a multi-level platform for other ways of knowing/understanding and turning innovation into a source of global public goods. These exemplary initiatives introduce and solidify systemic thinking in policymaking and move priorities from reaction-based strategies to precautionary frameworks.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Franco, Marco P. Vianna Molnár, Orsolya orsolya.bajer-molnar@kli.ac.at Dorninger, Christian Laciny, Alice Treven, Marco Weger, Jacob da Motta e Albuquerque, Eduardo Cazzolla Gatti, Roberto Villanueva Hernandez, Luis-Alejandro Jakab, Manuel Marizzi, Christine Menéndez, Lumila Paula Poliseli, Luana Bobadilla, Hernán hernanfelipe.bobadilla@polimi.it 0000-0003-0003-9952
Keywords:	COVID-19 Diversity Health Land Knowledge Innovation
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Complex Systems Specific Sciences > Earth Sciences General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User:	Dr. Hernan Bobadilla
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2024 13:54
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2024 13:54
Item ID:	24229
Journal or Publication Title:	Science of The Total Environment
Publisher:	Elsevier
Official URL:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
DOI or Unique Handle:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154029
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Complex Systems Specific Sciences > Earth Sciences General Issues > Values In Science
Date:	2022
Page Range:	p. 154029
Volume:	825
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24229

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