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==== Human Invasive Interaction ==== | ==== Human Invasive Interaction ==== | ||
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==== overview ==== | ==== overview ==== | ||
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+ | Invasive and exotic species can be seen as opportunistic. They exploit ecological niches with brutal efficiency, spreading wherever they can. We could see them as extremely successful and adaptive plants and animals, but in most cases they are considered as a threat and a pest. A pest needs to be controlled, or even better - completely eradicated. However, this strategy has rarely worked in the past, so a change of approach is needed. Letting go of the idea of controlling invasives and changing our relationship to them is what might make them a source rather than a threat. However, in order for this relationship to change, both personal and systemic fear of the "wild other" must be addressed. How can we begin seeing opportunities for invasive opportunitst? | ||
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+ | Are alien species welcome? How will invasive species become a source, rather than threat and waste? | ||
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+ | //workshop harvest// | ||
- | ====drivers==== | + | ==== key factors ==== |
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+ | In order for alien (exotic, invasive) species to be welcome, there are a few key factors that would need to be fulfilled: | ||
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+ | * **We think differently: | ||
+ | * **Climate is changing**: Climate change might make our environments less hospitable for some species and more for others. We have to be prepared to adapt to these changes. Creating protective environmental boundaries and thinking in edges rather than borders might help as well. | ||
+ | * **Alien species support us**: they should become a part of the solution dealing with issues of food safety. For that to happen both regulation and culture must change. If seen as able to increase local economic resilience, they might be seen as productive species that can be seen as providing nutrition (or other support) for humans and/or others. A development of an invasives market is likely. | ||
+ | * **Alien species adapt to us**: Not all exotic species are invasive. Some of them adopt a strategy of invisibility and non-disturbance. As long as they have no negative impact on their host habitats, they' | ||
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+ | ====drivers | ||
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+ | Some of the current social, political, environmental, | ||
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+ | * Global tourism and (illegal, unconscious) import of alien species | ||
+ | * Asian trends (a.o. eating nearly everything that moves or grows and isn't poisonous) | ||
+ | * Public understanding of science and a rise of citizen science | ||
+ | * Emerging markets for new products and services | ||
+ | * Economic crisis and rupture | ||
+ | * Advances in ethnobotany | ||
+ | * Communication technologies used in environmental protection | ||
+ | * Actor network theory might help with seeing alien species as a part of a larger whole | ||
+ | * Food security is becoming a worry | ||
+ | * Cultural blending might extend to non-human species | ||
+ | * Climate change is forcing us to change our ideas of environmental stability | ||
+ | * ... | ||
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//science and technology// | //science and technology// | ||
- | ====scenarios==== | + | ==== critical uncertainties ==== |
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+ | Out of key factors and macro trends, 6 critical uncertainties were chosen. Factors that are crucial for a successful cohabitation with aliens, but that are far from certain: | ||
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+ | * **Change of ethics** is needed (from a disenfranchised, | ||
+ | * **Change of consumption paradigms** (departing the status quo and changing behavioural patterns of consumers. | ||
+ | * **Fundamental and applied research** in interdisciplinary fields | ||
+ | * **New business models** to include aliens as productive species | ||
+ | * **Storytelling** (to decriminalise alien species) | ||
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+ | ==== scenarios ==== | ||
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+ | Two critical uncertainties were chosen as scenario axes: | ||
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+ | * Consumerist status quo <-> Changing consumption patterns | ||
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+ | Four scenarios for the year 2023, describing possible futures for cohabitation with alien species: | ||
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+ | * [[domesticated]] | ||
+ | * [[enslaved]] | ||
+ | * [[included]] | ||
+ | * [[dissident]] | ||
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+ | ==== debrief ==== | ||
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+ | (Maja' | ||
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+ | This was the shortest scenario workshop we have ever attempted to do and our conclusion is that it was: too short! The group was about 15 people, not all of whom know each other, but who all had a specific take on the workshop topic. Most of them were keen to share their knowledge, experience and opinions, but unfortunately such a short workshop meant that we had to cut many interesting conversations (very) short. For this group size and such complex topic a minimum of three hours is needed. | ||
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+ | Two experienced facilitators who are used to work together are a must for such short sessions. Nik and I have never facilitated a scenario workshop together and we had only an hour or so to prepare. This would have been fine if we were used to co-facilitation, | ||
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+ | It might be possible to do a two hour version | ||
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+ | Back to [[scenarios]] | ||