Tuesday, July 7, 2026

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Room C2

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Integrating social, economic and environmental objectives into agricultural landscapes, under the uncertainties posed by climate and land use change, requires innovative approaches and tools, developed in the context of interdisciplinary research. There is increasing recognition that such approaches should be co-created with a range of local stakeholders to ensure that multiple outputs – such as biodiversity conservation, food production and wider ecosystem services – can be delivered effectively. Integrated management is particularly relevant in agricultural landscapes managed under low-intensity farming systems, such as High Nature Value farmlands (HNVf) in Europe, and Satoyama in Japan. Both these approaches are known to contribute to a wide range of key ecosystem services while supporting high levels of biodiversity, but these benefits are also decreasing mainly due to the abandonment of elements of the system [either as a whole or in part]. There is increasing recognition that taking a Living Lab approach, where real-world landscapes are used to test and develop potential solutions (e.g. through stakeholder engagement and co-creation of knowledge), can be key to capture and integrate the multi-faceted nature of HNVf and Satoyama systems. Only by taking such a holistic approach can landscape sustainability and resilience be promoted effectively (i.e. increasing capacity to provide ecosystem services, reducing vulnerability and boosting resilience to change). This symposium builds on outcomes from projects focused on High Nature Value farmlands (Europe) and Satoyama (Japan), such as RECONCILE - COMPETE2030-FEDER-0074090/16248 and SATOCONN – RIHN, to highlight key advances and discuss knowledge gaps associated with the use of Living Labs as tools to increase social-ecological viability in otherwise vulnerable systems undergoing environmental change.

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