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Corresponding author: Laure Berti-Equille (laure.berti@ird.fr)
Received: 13 Sep 2023 | Published: 14 Sep 2023
© 2023 Laure Berti-Equille, Rafael L. G. Raimundo
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Berti-Equille L, Raimundo RLG (2023) Combining Ecological and Socio-Environmental Data and Networks to Achieve Sustainability. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 7: e112703. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.7.112703
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Environmental degradation in Brazil has been recently amplified by the expansion of agribusiness, livestock and mining activities with dramatic repercussions on ecosystem functions and services. The anthropogenic degradation of landscapes has substantial impacts on indigenous peoples and small organic farmers whose lifestyles are intimately linked to diverse and functional ecosystems.
Understanding how we can apply science and technology to benefit from biodiversity and promote socio-ecological transitions ensuring equitable and sustainable use of common natural resources is a critical challenge brought on by the Anthropocene.
We present our approach to combine biodiversity and environmental data, supported by two funded research projects: DATAPB (Data of Paraíba) to develop tools for FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) data sharing for governance and educational projects and the International Joint Laboratory IDEAL (artificial Intelligence, Data analytics, and Earth observation applied to sustAinability Lab) launched in 2023 by the French Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) and co-coordinated by the authors, with 50 researchers in 11 Brazilian and French institutions working on Artificial Intelligence and socio-ecological research in four Brazilian Northeast states: Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, and Ceará (
As the keystone of these transdisciplinary projects, the concept-paradigm of socio-ecological coviability (
Transdisciplinary approaches to agroecological transitions are urgently needed to address questions such as:
These questions require transdisciplinary approaches and effective collaboration among environmental, social, and computer scientists, with the involvement of local stakeholders (
socio-ecological sustainablity, coviability, biodiversity data, multilayer adaptive network, socio-ecological and governance systems
Laure Berti-Equille
TDWG 2023
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil
Responsible research and innovation (RRI) imply that societal actors (researchers, citizens, policy makers, businesses, third sector organizations, etc.) work together during the whole research and innovation process to better align both the process and its outcomes with the values, needs and expectations of society. The IDEAL IJL has specifically considered RRI issues and already applied to the Brazilian ethics committee, Comissão de Ética em Pesquisa (CEP) at UFPB via Plataforma Brazil, which connects CEP-UFPB and the National Committee on Research Ethics (CONEP). Complimentarily, it has been registered in the National System of Management of the Genetic Heritage and Associated Traditional Knowledge (SISGEN, Brazilian Ministry of Environment), which is mandatory for research involving biodiversity and traditional people and communities.