Navigating the Back Loop: Fostering Social Innovation and Transformation in Ecosystem Management

Key Points

• The study explores how social innovation can facilitate transformations in ecosystem management practices.
• Conceptual analysis of existing literature on ecosystem management and social innovation.
• Identification of key strategies that enhance adaptive capacity in ecological systems.
• Evaluation of case studies illustrating successful transformative practices.
• Identified adaptive management practices that promote resilience in ecosystems.
• Highlighted the importance of stakeholder engagement in fostering social innovation.
• Outlined a framework for understanding the 'back loop' process in ecological transformation.