Abstract Recent high-profile analyses of trajectories and prognoses of ecosystem decline around the world have called for a renewed focus on embedding the values of the natural world across all areas of public policy. This paper reports the results of a UK-based deliberative process involving experts from a wide range of policy domains and across societal sectors: government departments, associated agencies, national and international NGOs, professional institutions, academia and independent experts. A symposium, based on a collaborative learning approach, explored instances in which ecosystem values have successfully been embedded into public policy, identified challenges to their more widespread embedding despite commitments to do so over generational timescales, and took a backcasting approach to develop actionable outcomes required to deliver transformation change across state and civil society. Emergent themes were expressed in social, technological, environmental, economic and political terms. Recommendations for interventions in complex social-ecological systems are cross-sectoral in scope and will necessarily entail multiple agents of change, well beyond governmental leadership, within any given sphere of societal activity and interest. We identify strategic challenges for, and between, a spectrum of societal policy areas, many currently overlooking ecosystem dependencies, impacts and potential benefits. Reflections on the collaborative learning approach are also provided.

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重新连接社会与其生态根源

摘要 最近对全球生态系统衰退轨迹和预测的高调分析呼吁重新关注将自然世界的价值观嵌入公共政策的所有领域。本文报告了在英国进行的审议过程的结果，该过程涉及来自广泛政策领域和跨社会部门的专家：政府部门、相关机构、国家和国际非政府组织、专业机构、学术界和独立专家。一个基于协作学习方法的研讨会探讨了生态系统价值已成功嵌入公共政策的实例，确定了更广泛嵌入的挑战，尽管承诺在几代人的时间范围内这样做，并采用倒推的方法来制定可操作的结果，以实现跨州和民间社会的转型变革。新兴主题以社会、技术、环境、经济和政治术语表达。对复杂社会生态系统的干预建议在范围上是跨部门的，在任何特定的社会活动和利益领域内，必然会涉及远远超出政府领导的多种变革推动因素。我们确定了一系列社会政策领域及其之间的战略挑战，其中许多目前忽视了生态系统的依赖性、影响和潜在利益。还提供了对协作学习方法的反思。经济和政治术语。对复杂社会生态系统的干预建议在范围上是跨部门的，在任何特定的社会活动和利益领域内，必然会涉及远远超出政府领导的多种变革推动因素。我们确定了一系列社会政策领域及其之间的战略挑战，其中许多目前忽视了生态系统的依赖性、影响和潜在利益。还提供了对协作学习方法的反思。经济和政治术语。对复杂社会生态系统的干预建议在范围上是跨部门的，在任何特定的社会活动和利益领域内，必然会涉及远远超出政府领导的多种变革推动因素。我们确定了一系列社会政策领域及其之间的战略挑战，其中许多目前忽视了生态系统的依赖性、影响和潜在利益。还提供了对协作学习方法的反思。一系列社会政策领域，许多目前忽视了生态系统的依赖性、影响和潜在利益。还提供了对协作学习方法的反思。一系列社会政策领域，许多目前忽视了生态系统的依赖性、影响和潜在利益。还提供了对协作学习方法的反思。