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Laura Calvet-Mir
Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 08860 Castelldefels, Spain

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Journal article
Published: 28 May 2021 in Sustainability
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One of the factors threatening the sustainability of rural territories is the hegemonic agro-industrial model, whose environmental and social impacts strongly limit rural life. Here, we want to call attention to the opportunities provided by alternative agri-food systems, based on agroecology and food sovereignty, as a cultural heritage to support sustainable local development. We have carried out exploratory research to draft the main agroecological initiatives in Spain, particularly those having explicit support or encouragement from public administrations. An on-line questionnaire (n = 40) was delivered, and in-depth interviews (n = 15) were carried out among a sample of people working in the Spanish agroecology sector (public and private). The results demonstrate how the recovery and promotion of traditional ecological knowledge can help to increase the capacity of the social-ecological systems to cope with shocks and disturbances and maintain long-term resilience. In addition, agroecological practices allow collective identities to emerge around the characteristics of the territory strengthening local life, placing the society-ecosystem coevolution at the center of local identity. In conclusion, although still a minority, we have showed how several types of policies conceiving agroecological practices as an intangible collective heritage, with significant transformative potential towards local sustainability, have already been implemented.

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Josep Espluga-Trenc; Laura Calvet-Mir; Daniel López-García; Marina Di Masso; Ariadna Pomar; Guillem Tendero. Local Agri-Food Systems as a Cultural Heritage Strategy to Recover the Sustainability of Local Communities. Insights from the Spanish Case. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6068 .

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Josep Espluga-Trenc, Laura Calvet-Mir, Daniel López-García, Marina Di Masso, Ariadna Pomar, Guillem Tendero. Local Agri-Food Systems as a Cultural Heritage Strategy to Recover the Sustainability of Local Communities. Insights from the Spanish Case. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):6068.

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Josep Espluga-Trenc; Laura Calvet-Mir; Daniel López-García; Marina Di Masso; Ariadna Pomar; Guillem Tendero. 2021. "Local Agri-Food Systems as a Cultural Heritage Strategy to Recover the Sustainability of Local Communities. Insights from the Spanish Case." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 6068.

Review article
Published: 24 February 2021 in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
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Homogenization of crop portfolios from the field to the global scale is raising concerns about agricultural adaptation to climate change. Assessing whether such trends threaten farmers’ long-term adaptive capacity requires a thorough understanding of changes in their crop portfolios, identification of the drivers of change, and the implications such changes have for local nutrition and food production. We reviewed the available literature on farmers’ reports of climate-driven crop changes. Small-scale farmers tend to adopt water-demanding crops, even in areas where models predict that reduced rainfall will reduce yields. The adoption of horticultural cash-crops combined with the abandonment of subsistence cereals modifies farmers’ nutritional inputs in terms of calories and nutrients, potentially undermining their food security. Farmers’ knowledge contributes to understand trends in crop diversity and support the design of strategies for adaptation to climate change.

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Vanesse Labeyrie; Delphine Renard; Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas; Petra Benyei; Sophie Caillon; Laura Calvet-Mir; Stéphanie M. Carrière; Marilou Demongeot; Elsa Descamps; André Braga Junqueira; Xiaoyue Li; Jonathan Locqueville; Giulia Mattalia; Sara Miñarro; Antoine Morel; Anna Porcuna-Ferrer; Anna Schlingmann; Julia Vieira Da Cunha Avila; Victoria Reyes-García. The role of crop diversity in climate change adaptation: insights from local observations to inform decision making in agriculture. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 2021, 51, 15 -23.

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Vanesse Labeyrie, Delphine Renard, Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Petra Benyei, Sophie Caillon, Laura Calvet-Mir, Stéphanie M. Carrière, Marilou Demongeot, Elsa Descamps, André Braga Junqueira, Xiaoyue Li, Jonathan Locqueville, Giulia Mattalia, Sara Miñarro, Antoine Morel, Anna Porcuna-Ferrer, Anna Schlingmann, Julia Vieira Da Cunha Avila, Victoria Reyes-García. The role of crop diversity in climate change adaptation: insights from local observations to inform decision making in agriculture. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 2021; 51 ():15-23.

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Vanesse Labeyrie; Delphine Renard; Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas; Petra Benyei; Sophie Caillon; Laura Calvet-Mir; Stéphanie M. Carrière; Marilou Demongeot; Elsa Descamps; André Braga Junqueira; Xiaoyue Li; Jonathan Locqueville; Giulia Mattalia; Sara Miñarro; Antoine Morel; Anna Porcuna-Ferrer; Anna Schlingmann; Julia Vieira Da Cunha Avila; Victoria Reyes-García. 2021. "The role of crop diversity in climate change adaptation: insights from local observations to inform decision making in agriculture." Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 51, no. : 15-23.

Journal article
Published: 26 June 2020 in Sustainability
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This paper explores the relations of centrality and hierarchy between cities and firms implementing Smart City strategies in the context of the Spanish Network of Smart Cities (RECI). While the literature has usually focused on the global dimension of cities and firms networks, exploring a national case offers interesting insights about the presence of multinational firms in these contexts and the role played by medium-sized cities in their market expansion. The analysis is based on a two-mode network of cities and firms participating in Smart City projects with the usual measures of betweenness, in-degree and closeness, as well as computing the Gini index for each of them to assess the levels of inequality. We then explore whether the structural advantages of participating in these networks have a leveling effect or rather reinforce existing hierarchies of cities. Second, we explore how firms are intertwined in Smart City projects and whether medium-sized local firms have a relevant presence. Our findings suggest these networks become a regional gateway for multinational firms to expand their presence in Smart City national markets, rather than empowering medium-sized cities and small national firms.

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Ivan Serrano; Laura Calvet-Mir; Ramon Ribera-Fumaz; Isabel Díaz; Hug March. A Social Network Analysis of the Spanish Network of Smart Cities. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5219 .

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Ivan Serrano, Laura Calvet-Mir, Ramon Ribera-Fumaz, Isabel Díaz, Hug March. A Social Network Analysis of the Spanish Network of Smart Cities. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (12):5219.

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Ivan Serrano; Laura Calvet-Mir; Ramon Ribera-Fumaz; Isabel Díaz; Hug March. 2020. "A Social Network Analysis of the Spanish Network of Smart Cities." Sustainability 12, no. 12: 5219.

Articles
Published: 08 January 2020 in Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
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This work explores the actors and reasons behind Traditional Agroecological Knowledge (TAeK) conservation initiatives in industrialized contexts. Results come from interviews to key informants and social network analyses of TAeK conservation projects conducted in central Catalonia. Actors used contrasting discourses to refer to TAeK conservation, but with a strong potential to generate alliances between different types of projects. The existing parallelisms between resistances to TAeK erosion and resistances to industrialized agri-food systems could become the seed for common collective action to counterweight the loss of TAeK.

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Petra Benyei; Laura Calvet-Mir; Victoria Reyes-García; Marta Rivera-Ferre. Resistance to traditional agroecological knowledge erosion in industrialized contexts: A study in La Plana de Vic (Catalonia). Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 2020, 1 -29.

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Petra Benyei, Laura Calvet-Mir, Victoria Reyes-García, Marta Rivera-Ferre. Resistance to traditional agroecological knowledge erosion in industrialized contexts: A study in La Plana de Vic (Catalonia). Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 2020; ():1-29.

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Petra Benyei; Laura Calvet-Mir; Victoria Reyes-García; Marta Rivera-Ferre. 2020. "Resistance to traditional agroecological knowledge erosion in industrialized contexts: A study in La Plana de Vic (Catalonia)." Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems , no. : 1-29.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2020 in Ecology and Society
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Benyei, P., L. Aceituno-Mata, L. Calvet-Mir, J. Tardío, M. Pardo-de-Santayana, D. García-del-Amo, M. Rivera-Ferre, M. Molina-Simón, A. Gras-Mas, A. Perdomo-Molina, S. Guadilla-Sáez, and V. Reyes-García. 2020. Seeds of change: reversing the erosion of traditional agroecological knowledge through a citizen science school program in Catalonia, Spain. Ecology and Society 25(2):19. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11471-250219

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Petra Benyei; Laura Aceituno-Mata; Laura Calvet-Mir; Javier Tardío; Manuel Pardo-De-Santayana; David García-Del-Amo; Marta Rivera-Ferre; María Molina-Simón; Airy Gras; Antonio Perdomo Molina; Sara Guadilla-Sáez; Victoria Reyes-García. Seeds of change: reversing the erosion of traditional agroecological knowledge through a citizen science school program in Catalonia, Spain. Ecology and Society 2020, 25, 1 .

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Petra Benyei, Laura Aceituno-Mata, Laura Calvet-Mir, Javier Tardío, Manuel Pardo-De-Santayana, David García-Del-Amo, Marta Rivera-Ferre, María Molina-Simón, Airy Gras, Antonio Perdomo Molina, Sara Guadilla-Sáez, Victoria Reyes-García. Seeds of change: reversing the erosion of traditional agroecological knowledge through a citizen science school program in Catalonia, Spain. Ecology and Society. 2020; 25 (2):1.

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Petra Benyei; Laura Aceituno-Mata; Laura Calvet-Mir; Javier Tardío; Manuel Pardo-De-Santayana; David García-Del-Amo; Marta Rivera-Ferre; María Molina-Simón; Airy Gras; Antonio Perdomo Molina; Sara Guadilla-Sáez; Victoria Reyes-García. 2020. "Seeds of change: reversing the erosion of traditional agroecological knowledge through a citizen science school program in Catalonia, Spain." Ecology and Society 25, no. 2: 1.

Journal article
Published: 08 September 2018 in Sustainability
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Traditional agroecological knowledge (TAeK) refers to the cumulative and evolving body of knowledge, practices, beliefs, institutions, and worldviews about the relationships between a society or cultural group and their agroecosystems. These knowledge systems contribute to maintaining environmental and culturally sensitive food systems and have been considered very relevant for agroecological transitions, or the processes of scaling-up and -out agroecology. However, TAeK’s erosion and enclosure threatens its use and reproduction, which in turn might affect TAeK’s potential contribution to agroecological transitions. Here, we explore how transforming TAeK, and particularly TAeK on landraces, into a digital commons can contribute to its maintenance and protection, and thus to agroecological transitions. We do so by analyzing the CONECT-e platform, an initiative for digitally storing and sharing TAeK in a participatory way. One year after being launched, CONECT-e has documented 452 geographically distinct landraces from 81 different species. The information shared in this platform is well-structured, clear, and reliable; it thus allows for the replication of the knowledge reported. Moreover, because CONECT-e makes the documented information freely available and protects it with a copyleft license, placing information in this platform could help one face landrace misappropriation issues. CONECT-e, or similar initiatives, could contribute to agroecological transitions via maintaining TAeK under the digital commons framework, making it accessible to all society and avoiding enclosure processes.

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Laura Calvet-Mir; Petra Benyei; Laura Aceituno-Mata; Manuel Pardo-De-Santayana; Daniel López-García; María Carrascosa-García; Antonio Perdomo Molina; Victoria Reyes-García. The Contribution of Traditional Agroecological Knowledge as a Digital Commons to Agroecological Transitions: The Case of the CONECT-e Platform. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3214 .

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Laura Calvet-Mir, Petra Benyei, Laura Aceituno-Mata, Manuel Pardo-De-Santayana, Daniel López-García, María Carrascosa-García, Antonio Perdomo Molina, Victoria Reyes-García. The Contribution of Traditional Agroecological Knowledge as a Digital Commons to Agroecological Transitions: The Case of the CONECT-e Platform. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (9):3214.

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Laura Calvet-Mir; Petra Benyei; Laura Aceituno-Mata; Manuel Pardo-De-Santayana; Daniel López-García; María Carrascosa-García; Antonio Perdomo Molina; Victoria Reyes-García. 2018. "The Contribution of Traditional Agroecological Knowledge as a Digital Commons to Agroecological Transitions: The Case of the CONECT-e Platform." Sustainability 10, no. 9: 3214.

Book chapter
Published: 09 March 2018 in The Commons, Plant Breeding and Agricultural Research
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Victoria Reyes-García; Laura Aceituno-Mata; Petra Benyei; Laura Calvet-Mir; María Carrascosa-García; Manuel Pardo-De-Santayana; Javier Tardío. Governing landraces and associated knowledge as a commons. The Commons, Plant Breeding and Agricultural Research 2018, 195 -209.

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Victoria Reyes-García, Laura Aceituno-Mata, Petra Benyei, Laura Calvet-Mir, María Carrascosa-García, Manuel Pardo-De-Santayana, Javier Tardío. Governing landraces and associated knowledge as a commons. The Commons, Plant Breeding and Agricultural Research. 2018; ():195-209.

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Victoria Reyes-García; Laura Aceituno-Mata; Petra Benyei; Laura Calvet-Mir; María Carrascosa-García; Manuel Pardo-De-Santayana; Javier Tardío. 2018. "Governing landraces and associated knowledge as a commons." The Commons, Plant Breeding and Agricultural Research , no. : 195-209.

Journal article
Published: 01 February 2018 in Landscape and Urban Planning
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Urban gardens have been observed to multiply in response to crises. However, the meaning and motivations behind the emergence of gardening movements varies greatly over space and time. In this paper we argue that bottom up urban gardening initiatives taking place in Southern European countries in form of land occupation and communalization represent forms of resistance that enhance social cohesion and collective action in times of need. Specifically, this research examines the role of urban gardens in (i) building community resilience and (ii) articulating forms of resistance and contestation to development pressure and commodified urban lifestyles. Our research is based on data collected among 27 urban gardening initiatives in Barcelona, Spain, including 13 self-governed community gardens and 14 public gardens. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews with gardeners and with staff from the Barcelona City Council. Our results show mechanisms through which urban gardens can contribute to build resilience by nurturing social and ecological diversity, generating and transmitting local ecological knowledge, and by creating opportunities for collective action and self-organization. We further examine collectively managed gardens as urban commons that emerge as a form of resistance to the privatization of public urban space, and that offer opportunities to experiment with new models of urban lifestyles. We show how gardening initiatives can be seen to represent an emerging form of urban green commons that provides a suitable ground to ‘sow’ resilience and contestation in times of crises and socio-ecological deterioration

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Johannes Langemeyer; Marta Camps-Calvet; Laura Calvet-Mir; Stephan Barthel; Erik Gómez-Baggethun. Stewardship of urban ecosystem services: understanding the value(s) of urban gardens in Barcelona. Landscape and Urban Planning 2018, 170, 79 -89.

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Johannes Langemeyer, Marta Camps-Calvet, Laura Calvet-Mir, Stephan Barthel, Erik Gómez-Baggethun. Stewardship of urban ecosystem services: understanding the value(s) of urban gardens in Barcelona. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2018; 170 ():79-89.

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Johannes Langemeyer; Marta Camps-Calvet; Laura Calvet-Mir; Stephan Barthel; Erik Gómez-Baggethun. 2018. "Stewardship of urban ecosystem services: understanding the value(s) of urban gardens in Barcelona." Landscape and Urban Planning 170, no. : 79-89.

Journal article
Published: 17 January 2018 in Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
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The restructuring of biodiversity governance in Europe during the last two decades has been, inter alia, based on the argument that effective conservation hinges on consensual decision-making involving all relevant stakeholders. This has given rise to various network-based forms of governance and participatory arrangements in protected areas reinforcing the involvement of business and non-state actors, particularly through the creation of profitable public–private partnerships. Even though this shift has been framed as promoting stakeholder and public participation, in practice it has often hampered democratic decision-making and community empowerment. In this paper, we investigate the restructuring of biodiversity governance through the establishment of participatory arrangements in the governance of the natural park of Sant Llorenç del Munt i l’Obac, a place whose history has been linked with the emergence of one of the first environmental movements in Catalonia (Spain). We pay particular attention to the role of participatory arrangements in transforming power relationships and in promoting a neoliberal mode of biodiversity governance. We find that governance restructuring under the rhetoric of promoting stakeholder participation has in practice led to the exclusion of key social actors from the management of the natural park and favoured the inclusion of actors with mainly economic motivations further embedding a neoliberal agenda in the governance of the park and ultimately disempowering local community.

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Sara Maestre-Andrés; Laura Calvet-Mir; Evangelia Apostolopoulou. Unravelling stakeholder participation under conditions of neoliberal biodiversity governance in Catalonia, Spain. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 2018, 36, 9999999999 .

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Sara Maestre-Andrés, Laura Calvet-Mir, Evangelia Apostolopoulou. Unravelling stakeholder participation under conditions of neoliberal biodiversity governance in Catalonia, Spain. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 2018; 36 (7):9999999999.

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Sara Maestre-Andrés; Laura Calvet-Mir; Evangelia Apostolopoulou. 2018. "Unravelling stakeholder participation under conditions of neoliberal biodiversity governance in Catalonia, Spain." Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 36, no. 7: 9999999999.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2017 in Ecology and Society
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Salpeteur, M., L. Calvet-Mir, I. Diaz-Reviriego, and V. Reyes-García. 2017. Networking the environment: social network analysis in environmental management and local ecological knowledge studies. Ecology and Society 22(1):41. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08790-220141

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Matthieu Salpeteur; Laura Calvet-Mir; Isabel Diaz-Reviriego; Victoria Reyes-García. Networking the environment: social network analysis in environmental management and local ecological knowledge studies. Ecology and Society 2017, 22, 1 .

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Matthieu Salpeteur, Laura Calvet-Mir, Isabel Diaz-Reviriego, Victoria Reyes-García. Networking the environment: social network analysis in environmental management and local ecological knowledge studies. Ecology and Society. 2017; 22 (1):1.

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Matthieu Salpeteur; Laura Calvet-Mir; Isabel Diaz-Reviriego; Victoria Reyes-García. 2017. "Networking the environment: social network analysis in environmental management and local ecological knowledge studies." Ecology and Society 22, no. 1: 1.

Journal article
Published: 01 September 2016 in Environment and Society
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In recent years, Social Network Analysis (SNA) has increasingly been applied to the study of complex human-plant relations. This quantitative approach has enabled a better understanding of (1) how social networks help explain agrobiodiversity management, and (2) how social relations influence the transmission of local ecological knowledge (LEK) related to plants. In this paper, we critically review the most recent works pertaining to these two lines of research. First, our results show that this fast-developing literature proposes new insights on local agrobiodiversity management mechanisms, as well as on the ways seed exchange systems are articulated around other social relationships, such as kinship. Second, current works show that inter-individual connections affect LEK transmission, the position of individuals in networks being related to the LEK they hold. We conclude by stressing the importance of combining this method with comprehensive approaches and longitudinal data collection to develop deeper insights into human-plant relations.

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Laura Calvet-Mir; Matthieu Salpeteur. Humans, Plants, and Networks. Environment and Society 2016, 7, 107 -128.

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Laura Calvet-Mir, Matthieu Salpeteur. Humans, Plants, and Networks. Environment and Society. 2016; 7 (1):107-128.

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Laura Calvet-Mir; Matthieu Salpeteur. 2016. "Humans, Plants, and Networks." Environment and Society 7, no. 1: 107-128.

Journal article
Published: 01 August 2016 in Environmental Science & Policy
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In many European cities, urban gardens are seen as increasingly important components of urban green space networks. We adopt an ecosystem services framework to assess contributions of urban gardens to the quality of of their users. First, we identify and characterize ecosystem services provided by urban gardens. Secondly, we assess the demographic and socioeconomic profile of its beneficiaries and the relative importance they attribute to different ecosystem services. Next we discuss the relevance of our results in relation to critical policy challenges, such as the promotion of societal cohesion and healthy lifestyles. Data were collected through 44 semi-structured interviews and a survey among 201 users of 27 urban gardens in Barcelona, Spain, as well as from consultation meetings with local planners. We identified 20 ecosystem services, ranging from food production over pollination to social cohesion and environmental learning. Among them, cultural ecosystem services (non-material benefits people derive from their interaction with nature) ​ stand out as the most widely perceived and as the most highly valued. The main beneficiaries of ecosystem services from urban gardens are elder, low-middle income, and migrant people. Our results about the societal importance of urban gardens ​were deemed highly relevant by the interviewed green space planners in Barcelona, who noted that our data can provide basis to support or expand existing gardening programs in the city. Our research further suggests that ecosystem services from urban gardens can play an important role in addressing several urban policy challenges in cities, such as promoting stewardship of urban ecosystems, providing opportunities for recreation and healthy lifestyles, and promoting social cohesion. We conclude that urban gardens and associated ecosystem services can play an important ​ in urban policies aimed at enhancing quality of life in cities, particularly if access to their benefits is expanded to larger segments of the population.

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Marta Camps-Calvet; Johannes Langemeyer; Laura Calvet-Mir; Erik Gómez-Baggethun. Ecosystem services provided by urban gardens in Barcelona, Spain: Insights for policy and planning. Environmental Science & Policy 2016, 62, 14 -23.

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Marta Camps-Calvet, Johannes Langemeyer, Laura Calvet-Mir, Erik Gómez-Baggethun. Ecosystem services provided by urban gardens in Barcelona, Spain: Insights for policy and planning. Environmental Science & Policy. 2016; 62 ():14-23.

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Marta Camps-Calvet; Johannes Langemeyer; Laura Calvet-Mir; Erik Gómez-Baggethun. 2016. "Ecosystem services provided by urban gardens in Barcelona, Spain: Insights for policy and planning." Environmental Science & Policy 62, no. : 14-23.

Journal article
Published: 27 October 2015 in Society & Natural Resources
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Laura Calvet-Mir; Carles Riu-Bosoms; Marc González-Puente; Isabel Ruiz-Mallén; Victoria Reyes-García; José Luis Molina. The Transmission of Home Garden Knowledge: Safeguarding Biocultural Diversity and Enhancing Social–Ecological Resilience. Society & Natural Resources 2015, 29, 556 -571.

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Laura Calvet-Mir, Carles Riu-Bosoms, Marc González-Puente, Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Victoria Reyes-García, José Luis Molina. The Transmission of Home Garden Knowledge: Safeguarding Biocultural Diversity and Enhancing Social–Ecological Resilience. Society & Natural Resources. 2015; 29 (5):556-571.

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Laura Calvet-Mir; Carles Riu-Bosoms; Marc González-Puente; Isabel Ruiz-Mallén; Victoria Reyes-García; José Luis Molina. 2015. "The Transmission of Home Garden Knowledge: Safeguarding Biocultural Diversity and Enhancing Social–Ecological Resilience." Society & Natural Resources 29, no. 5: 556-571.

Journal article
Published: 07 September 2015 in Nature Climate Change
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has completed its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). Here, we explore the social scientific networks informing Working Group III (WGIII) assessment of mitigation for the AR5. Identifying authors’ institutional pathways, we highlight the persistence and extent of North–South inequalities in the authorship of the report, revealing the dominance of US and UK institutions as training sites for WGIII authors. Examining patterns of co-authorship between WGIII authors, we identify the unevenness in co-authoring relations, with a small number of authors co-writing regularly and indicative of an epistemic community’s influence over the IPCC’s definition of mitigation. These co-authoring networks follow regional patterns, with significant EU–BRICS collaboration and authors from the US relatively insular. From a disciplinary perspective, economists, engineers, physicists and natural scientists remain central to the process, with insignificant participation of scholars from the humanities. The shared training and career paths made apparent through our analysis suggest that the idea that broader geographic participation may lead to a wider range of viewpoints and cultural understandings of climate change mitigation may not be as sound as previously thought. Lines indicate at least 2 authors connecting each country. Node size indicates the betweenness score and thus centrality in the network (see Methods). The number on each line, as well as line thickness, indicates the number of authors connecting each pair of countries. Data used to construct this figure can be found in columns D, E, G, and I of the ‘CV Data’ table in the Supplementary Database. Links between institutions (nodes) indicate that they are connected by at least one of the top 20 authors’ career paths. Node size indicates the betweenness score within this network. Some nodes have been moved slightly from their mathematically determined location to enable visibility of the label. Data used to construct this figure can be found in ‘Top 20 Institutions Analysis’ tab of the Supplementary Database. For a list of abbrevations see the ‘Institutions Acronyms’ tab of the Supplementary Database. Lines between nodes indicate that they have co-authored at least two papers—single collaborations are excluded. Node size indicates the betweenness score. Shape indicates gender (triangle, men, circle, women). Colour indicates the world’s region, attributed according to their IPCC representing country (green, Europe; orange, North America; blue, BRICS countries; other regions in white). Some nodes have been moved slightly from their mathematically determined location to enable visibility of the label. Data used to construct this figure can be found in the ‘CV Data’ and the ‘Co-Authoring Patterns Analysis’ tabs of the Supplementary Database. Lines indicate that the two authors co-authored at least two articles together. Node size indicates the betweenness score. Shape indicates gender (triangle, men, circle, women). Colour indicates the author’s academic discipline (blue, engineering; green, physical, natural and applied sciences; orange, economics; yellow, social sciences; other disciplines in white). Data used to construct this figure can be found in the ‘DegreeDisciplines Analysis’ and the ‘Co-Authoring Patterns Analysis’ tabs of the Supplementary Database. Already a subscriber? Log in now or Register for online access.

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Esteve Corbera; Laura Calvet-Mir; Hannah Hughes; Matthew Paterson. Patterns of authorship in the IPCC Working Group III report. Nature Climate Change 2015, 6, 94 -99.

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Esteve Corbera, Laura Calvet-Mir, Hannah Hughes, Matthew Paterson. Patterns of authorship in the IPCC Working Group III report. Nature Climate Change. 2015; 6 (1):94-99.

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Esteve Corbera; Laura Calvet-Mir; Hannah Hughes; Matthew Paterson. 2015. "Patterns of authorship in the IPCC Working Group III report." Nature Climate Change 6, no. 1: 94-99.

Review article
Published: 26 June 2015 in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
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We undertake a review of academic literature that examines the effectiveness and equity-related performance of PES initiatives targeting biodiversity conservation in tropical and sub-tropical countries. We investigate the key features of such analyses as regards their analytical and methodological approach and we identify emerging lessons from PES practice, leading to a new suggested research agenda. Our results indicate that analyses of PES effectiveness have to date focused on either ecosystem service provision or habitat proxies, with only half of them making explicit assessment of additionality and most describing that payments have been beneficial for land cover and biodiversity. Studies evaluating the impact of PES on livelihoods suggest more negative outcomes, with an uneven treatment of the procedural and distributive considerations of scheme design and payment distribution, and a large heterogeneity of evaluative frameworks. We propose an agenda for future PES research based on the emerging interest in assessing environmental outcomes more rigorously and documenting social impacts in a more comparative and contextually situated form.

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L Calvet-Mir; E Corbera; Adrian Martin; J Fisher; N Gross-Camp. Payments for ecosystem services in the tropics: a closer look at effectiveness and equity. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 2015, 14, 150 -162.

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L Calvet-Mir, E Corbera, Adrian Martin, J Fisher, N Gross-Camp. Payments for ecosystem services in the tropics: a closer look at effectiveness and equity. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 2015; 14 ():150-162.

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L Calvet-Mir; E Corbera; Adrian Martin; J Fisher; N Gross-Camp. 2015. "Payments for ecosystem services in the tropics: a closer look at effectiveness and equity." Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 14, no. : 150-162.

Journal article
Published: 01 April 2015 in Regional Environmental Change
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The notion of ecosystem services is considered useful for integrating perceptions and values into decision-making on environment and nature. Sociocultural factors have been suggested to explain perceptions and values assigned to ecosystem services. We examine this by undertaking a sociocultural valuation of ecosystem services provided by the natural park of Sant Llorenç del Munt, located at the edge of the Barcelona Metropolitan Region. Four methods are used, namely a review of the literature on ecosystem services, non-participant observation, semi-structured interviews with stakeholders and a valuation survey among visitors. We assess whether visitors and other stakeholders understand the term ecosystem service, finding that the concept is rather unknown or misunderstood. Among the 28 ecosystem services identified, habitat and cultural services were the most valued. We statistically identify socioeconomic characteristics of visitors that have a main influence on their valuation of ecosystem services. We further assess diverging preferences of all stakeholders that might give rise to conflicting views about policies for protected areas. We draw lessons about the usefulness of the multi-method approach and about the management of protected areas.

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Sara Maestre-Andrés; Laura Calvet-Mir; Jeroen C. J. M. Van Den Bergh. Sociocultural valuation of ecosystem services to improve protected area management: a multi-method approach applied to Catalonia, Spain. Regional Environmental Change 2015, 16, 717 -731.

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Sara Maestre-Andrés, Laura Calvet-Mir, Jeroen C. J. M. Van Den Bergh. Sociocultural valuation of ecosystem services to improve protected area management: a multi-method approach applied to Catalonia, Spain. Regional Environmental Change. 2015; 16 (3):717-731.

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Sara Maestre-Andrés; Laura Calvet-Mir; Jeroen C. J. M. Van Den Bergh. 2015. "Sociocultural valuation of ecosystem services to improve protected area management: a multi-method approach applied to Catalonia, Spain." Regional Environmental Change 16, no. 3: 717-731.

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Published: 01 January 2015 in Ecology and Society
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Calvet-Mir, L., S. Maestre-Andrés, J. Molina. and J. van den Bergh. 2015. Participation in protected areas: a social network case study in Catalonia, Spain. Ecology and Society 20(4):45.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-07989-200445

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Laura Calvet-Mir; Sara Maestre-Andrés; José Luis Molina; Jeroen Van Den Bergh. Participation in protected areas: a social network case study in Catalonia, Spain. Ecology and Society 2015, 20, 1 .

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Laura Calvet-Mir, Sara Maestre-Andrés, José Luis Molina, Jeroen Van Den Bergh. Participation in protected areas: a social network case study in Catalonia, Spain. Ecology and Society. 2015; 20 (4):1.

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Laura Calvet-Mir; Sara Maestre-Andrés; José Luis Molina; Jeroen Van Den Bergh. 2015. "Participation in protected areas: a social network case study in Catalonia, Spain." Ecology and Society 20, no. 4: 1.

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Published: 01 July 2014 in Journal of Ethnobiology
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Carles Riu-Bosoms; Laura Calvet-Mir; Victoria Reyes-García. Factors Enhancing Landrace in Situ Conservation in Home Gardens and Fields in Vall de Gósol, Catalan Pyrenees, Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Ethnobiology 2014, 34, 175 -194.

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Carles Riu-Bosoms, Laura Calvet-Mir, Victoria Reyes-García. Factors Enhancing Landrace in Situ Conservation in Home Gardens and Fields in Vall de Gósol, Catalan Pyrenees, Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Ethnobiology. 2014; 34 (2):175-194.

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Carles Riu-Bosoms; Laura Calvet-Mir; Victoria Reyes-García. 2014. "Factors Enhancing Landrace in Situ Conservation in Home Gardens and Fields in Vall de Gósol, Catalan Pyrenees, Iberian Peninsula." Journal of Ethnobiology 34, no. 2: 175-194.

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Published: 01 January 2014 in Global Environmental Change
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34 pág., 1 mapa, gráf.The resilience of a social–ecological system largely depends on its capacity to learn by absorbing new information to cope with change. But, how resilient are traditional knowledge systems? We explore the resilience of the traditional agricultural knowledge system of home gardeners in the Iberian Peninsula (n = 383). We use multivariate analysis to explore the co-existence of agricultural information derived from two different knowledge systems: (i) knowledge and use of landraces (representative of traditional agricultural knowledge) and (ii) knowledge and use of commercial crop varieties (representative of modern agricultural knowledge). Our analyses show a positive association between both types of knowledge: overall gardeners who are more knowledgeable about commercial crop varieties are also more knowledgeable about landraces. Despite this overall tendency, results from hierarchical cluster analysis showed different groups of traditional and modern knowledge holders. Our results suggest that (a) traditional knowledge is not a frozen and static corpus of knowledge and (b) modern and traditional agricultural knowledge are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Both maintenance of some aspects of the traditional knowledge and incorporation of some aspect of the modern knowledge seem to be core elements of home gardeners’ body of agricultural knowledge which is constantly evolving in response to changing environmental and socioeconomic conditions. Changes in traditional knowledge can be seen as a part of the general self-organizing process of this knowledge system.Research was funded by the Programa de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades del Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Spain) (SEJ2007-60873/SOCI and CSO2011-27565).Peer reviewe

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Victoria Reyes-Garcia; Laura Aceituno-Mata; Laura Calvet-Mir; Teresa Garnatje; Erik Gómez-Baggethun; Juan J. Lastra; Ricardo Ontillera; Montserrat Parada; Montserrat Rigat; Joan Vallès; Sara Vila; Manuel Pardo-De-Santayana. Resilience of traditional knowledge systems: The case of agricultural knowledge in home gardens of the Iberian Peninsula. Global Environmental Change 2014, 24, 223 -231.

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Victoria Reyes-Garcia, Laura Aceituno-Mata, Laura Calvet-Mir, Teresa Garnatje, Erik Gómez-Baggethun, Juan J. Lastra, Ricardo Ontillera, Montserrat Parada, Montserrat Rigat, Joan Vallès, Sara Vila, Manuel Pardo-De-Santayana. Resilience of traditional knowledge systems: The case of agricultural knowledge in home gardens of the Iberian Peninsula. Global Environmental Change. 2014; 24 ():223-231.

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Victoria Reyes-Garcia; Laura Aceituno-Mata; Laura Calvet-Mir; Teresa Garnatje; Erik Gómez-Baggethun; Juan J. Lastra; Ricardo Ontillera; Montserrat Parada; Montserrat Rigat; Joan Vallès; Sara Vila; Manuel Pardo-De-Santayana. 2014. "Resilience of traditional knowledge systems: The case of agricultural knowledge in home gardens of the Iberian Peninsula." Global Environmental Change 24, no. : 223-231.

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Published: 01 October 2013 in Sécheresse
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Victoria Reyes-Garcia; Matthieu Salpeteur; Laura Calvet-Mir; Tarik Serrano-Tovar; Erik Gómez-Baggethun. Coupling technology with traditional knowledge and local institutions to deal with change in rural households: A focus on the semi-arid tropics. Sécheresse 2013, 24, 340 -349.

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Victoria Reyes-Garcia, Matthieu Salpeteur, Laura Calvet-Mir, Tarik Serrano-Tovar, Erik Gómez-Baggethun. Coupling technology with traditional knowledge and local institutions to deal with change in rural households: A focus on the semi-arid tropics. Sécheresse. 2013; 24 (4):340-349.

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Victoria Reyes-Garcia; Matthieu Salpeteur; Laura Calvet-Mir; Tarik Serrano-Tovar; Erik Gómez-Baggethun. 2013. "Coupling technology with traditional knowledge and local institutions to deal with change in rural households: A focus on the semi-arid tropics." Sécheresse 24, no. 4: 340-349.