Multispecies sustainability

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Rupprecht, Christoph DD
Vervoort, Joost
Berthelsen, Chris
Mangnus, Astrid
Osborne, Natalie
Thompson, Kyle
Urushima, Andrea YF
Kóvskaya, Maya
Spiegelberg, Maximilian
Cristiano, Silvio
Springett, Jay
Marschütz, Benedikt
Flies, Emily J
McGreevy, Steven R
et al.
Griffith University Author(s)
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2020
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Abstract
The sustainability concept seeks to balance how present and future generations of humans meet their needs. But because nature is viewed only as a resource, sustainability fails to recognize that humans and other living beings depend on each other for their well-being. We therefore argue that true sustainability can only be achieved if the interdependent needs of all species of current and future generations are met, and propose calling this ‘multispecies sustainability’. We explore the concept through visualizations and scenarios, then consider how it might be applied through case studies involving bees and healthy green spaces.
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Global Sustainability
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3
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ecology
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