TY  - GEN
AU  - Lucca, E.
AU  - Avellán, T.
AU  - Kofinas, D.
AU  - Baganz, G. F. M.
AU  - Baubekova, A.
AU  - Blicharska, M.
AU  - Calheiros, C.
AU  - Castelli, G.
AU  - Dašić, T.
AU  - Đorđević, D.
AU  - el Jeitany, J.
AU  - Fader, M.
AU  - Hassan, R.
AU  - Kleemann, J.
AU  - Liu, H.-Y.
AU  - Masia, S.
AU  - Merheb, M.
AU  - Milliken, S.
AU  - Mooren, C. E.
AU  - Oinonen, S.
AU  - Oral, H. V.
AU  - Pagano, A.
AU  - Pineda-Martos, R.
AU  - Psomas, A.
AU  - Rađenović, T.
AU  - Das, S. S.
AU  - Sambo, B.
AU  - Sperotto, A.
AU  - Spyropoulou, A.
AU  - Stefanakis, A.
AU  - Suškevičs, M.
AU  - Sušnik, J.
AU  - Taiwo Temitope, B.
AU  - Teutschbein, C.
AU  - Vasilić, V.
AU  - Munaretto, S.
AU  - Brouwer, F.
AU  - Laspidou, C.
PY  - 2023
UR  - https://grafar.grf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3179
AB  - Integrated approaches for managing natural resources are needed to meet the increasing demand for freshwater, energy and food, while, in parallel, mitigating and adapting to climate change, maintaining the integrity of ecosystems, and ensuring equitable access to resources. The Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus has been proposed as a cross-sectoral approach to understand, analyse, and manage the complex trade-offs and exploit synergies that arise among these resource sectors. Although not initially included as a component of the Nexus, the importance of ecosystems in supporting water, energy and food security is increasingly recognised by the Nexus community of researchers and practitioners. However, attempts to conceptually integrate Ecosystems into the Nexus have yet to converge into a common framework. A group of natural resources management researchers, system thinkers and ecosystem services experts from the European network COST Action CA20138 NEXUSNET have compiled and investigated the various approaches for integrating ecosystems in the WEF Nexus. By combining literature analysis with interdisciplinary workshops – one of which was held in a hybrid format (in person and online) at the University of Oulu, Finland, in September 2022 – we reveal a multiplicity of concepts utilised to represent, partially or fully, ecosystems in the Nexus, namely “natural environment”, “ecosystem services” and “biodiversity”. Disparity was also found in the role attributed to ecosystems in the Nexus framework, being it an underlying layer from which resources for Nexus sectors are extracted or the pillar of an expanded Nexus system – i.e., the WEF-Ecosystems Nexus. Through this collaborative effort, we present possible advantages and disadvantages of adopting differential  WEF-Ecosystems Nexus approaches, highlighting their potential complementarity and integration to support future advancement of Nexus research. In the oral presentation, we will show our preliminary findings and encourage the exchange of ideas and feedback from the different scientific disciplines present at the CEMEPE Conference.
T1  - Incorporating Ecosystems in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Current Perspective and Future Directions
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_grafar_3179
ER  - 

@misc{
author = "Lucca, E. and Avellán, T. and Kofinas, D. and Baganz, G. F. M. and Baubekova, A. and Blicharska, M. and Calheiros, C. and Castelli, G. and Dašić, T. and Đorđević, D. and el Jeitany, J. and Fader, M. and Hassan, R. and Kleemann, J. and Liu, H.-Y. and Masia, S. and Merheb, M. and Milliken, S. and Mooren, C. E. and Oinonen, S. and Oral, H. V. and Pagano, A. and Pineda-Martos, R. and Psomas, A. and Rađenović, T. and Das, S. S. and Sambo, B. and Sperotto, A. and Spyropoulou, A. and Stefanakis, A. and Suškevičs, M. and Sušnik, J. and Taiwo Temitope, B. and Teutschbein, C. and Vasilić, V. and Munaretto, S. and Brouwer, F. and Laspidou, C.",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Integrated approaches for managing natural resources are needed to meet the increasing demand for freshwater, energy and food, while, in parallel, mitigating and adapting to climate change, maintaining the integrity of ecosystems, and ensuring equitable access to resources. The Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus has been proposed as a cross-sectoral approach to understand, analyse, and manage the complex trade-offs and exploit synergies that arise among these resource sectors. Although not initially included as a component of the Nexus, the importance of ecosystems in supporting water, energy and food security is increasingly recognised by the Nexus community of researchers and practitioners. However, attempts to conceptually integrate Ecosystems into the Nexus have yet to converge into a common framework. A group of natural resources management researchers, system thinkers and ecosystem services experts from the European network COST Action CA20138 NEXUSNET have compiled and investigated the various approaches for integrating ecosystems in the WEF Nexus. By combining literature analysis with interdisciplinary workshops – one of which was held in a hybrid format (in person and online) at the University of Oulu, Finland, in September 2022 – we reveal a multiplicity of concepts utilised to represent, partially or fully, ecosystems in the Nexus, namely “natural environment”, “ecosystem services” and “biodiversity”. Disparity was also found in the role attributed to ecosystems in the Nexus framework, being it an underlying layer from which resources for Nexus sectors are extracted or the pillar of an expanded Nexus system – i.e., the WEF-Ecosystems Nexus. Through this collaborative effort, we present possible advantages and disadvantages of adopting differential  WEF-Ecosystems Nexus approaches, highlighting their potential complementarity and integration to support future advancement of Nexus research. In the oral presentation, we will show our preliminary findings and encourage the exchange of ideas and feedback from the different scientific disciplines present at the CEMEPE Conference.",
title = "Incorporating Ecosystems in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Current Perspective and Future Directions",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_grafar_3179"
}

Lucca, E., Avellán, T., Kofinas, D., Baganz, G. F. M., Baubekova, A., Blicharska, M., Calheiros, C., Castelli, G., Dašić, T., Đorđević, D., el Jeitany, J., Fader, M., Hassan, R., Kleemann, J., Liu, H.-Y., Masia, S., Merheb, M., Milliken, S., Mooren, C. E., Oinonen, S., Oral, H. V., Pagano, A., Pineda-Martos, R., Psomas, A., Rađenović, T., Das, S. S., Sambo, B., Sperotto, A., Spyropoulou, A., Stefanakis, A., Suškevičs, M., Sušnik, J., Taiwo Temitope, B., Teutschbein, C., Vasilić, V., Munaretto, S., Brouwer, F.,& Laspidou, C.. (2023). Incorporating Ecosystems in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Current Perspective and Future Directions. .
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_grafar_3179

Lucca E, Avellán T, Kofinas D, Baganz GFM, Baubekova A, Blicharska M, Calheiros C, Castelli G, Dašić T, Đorđević D, el Jeitany J, Fader M, Hassan R, Kleemann J, Liu H, Masia S, Merheb M, Milliken S, Mooren CE, Oinonen S, Oral HV, Pagano A, Pineda-Martos R, Psomas A, Rađenović T, Das SS, Sambo B, Sperotto A, Spyropoulou A, Stefanakis A, Suškevičs M, Sušnik J, Taiwo Temitope B, Teutschbein C, Vasilić V, Munaretto S, Brouwer F, Laspidou C. Incorporating Ecosystems in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Current Perspective and Future Directions. 2023;.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_grafar_3179 .

Lucca, E., Avellán, T., Kofinas, D., Baganz, G. F. M., Baubekova, A., Blicharska, M., Calheiros, C., Castelli, G., Dašić, T., Đorđević, D., el Jeitany, J., Fader, M., Hassan, R., Kleemann, J., Liu, H.-Y., Masia, S., Merheb, M., Milliken, S., Mooren, C. E., Oinonen, S., Oral, H. V., Pagano, A., Pineda-Martos, R., Psomas, A., Rađenović, T., Das, S. S., Sambo, B., Sperotto, A., Spyropoulou, A., Stefanakis, A., Suškevičs, M., Sušnik, J., Taiwo Temitope, B., Teutschbein, C., Vasilić, V., Munaretto, S., Brouwer, F., Laspidou, C., "Incorporating Ecosystems in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Current Perspective and Future Directions" (2023),
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_grafar_3179 .