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Looking through the COVID-19 window of opportunity: Future scenarios arising from the COVID-19 pandemic across five case study sites

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused (and continues to cause) severe disruption in global and local economies and has forced countries, societies, and individuals to adapt quickly to the unprecedented and unpredictable situations. Despite the obvious negative consequences of the pandemic, many have call...

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Main Authors: Richter, Isabell, Avillanosa, Arlene, Cheung, Victoria, Goh, Hong Ching, Johari, Sofia, Kay, Susan, Maharja, Carya, Nguyen, Thu Ha, Pahl, Sabine, Sugardjito, Jito, Sumeldan, Joel, van Nguyen, Quyen, Vu, Hien Thuc, Ariffin, Wan Nur Syazana Wan Mohamad, Austen, Melanie C.
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spelling my.um.eprints.346522022-09-14T00:10:05Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/34652/ Looking through the COVID-19 window of opportunity: Future scenarios arising from the COVID-19 pandemic across five case study sites Richter, Isabell Avillanosa, Arlene Cheung, Victoria Goh, Hong Ching Johari, Sofia Kay, Susan Maharja, Carya Nguyen, Thu Ha Pahl, Sabine Sugardjito, Jito Sumeldan, Joel van Nguyen, Quyen Vu, Hien Thuc Ariffin, Wan Nur Syazana Wan Mohamad Austen, Melanie C. BF Psychology The COVID-19 pandemic has caused (and continues to cause) severe disruption in global and local economies and has forced countries, societies, and individuals to adapt quickly to the unprecedented and unpredictable situations. Despite the obvious negative consequences of the pandemic, many have called for efforts to identify transformative opportunities for sustainable development throughout this disorderly time. In the present paper, we explore such potential opportunities in the context of an interdisciplinary, international research project, which is focusing on sustainable marine management in biosphere reserves and marine parks in Southeast Asia. During a virtual workshop conducted as part of the GCRF (Government's Global Challenges Research Fund) Blue Communities Project, future scenarios were developed depicting the potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on five case study sites. All of these sites are in areas of internationally recognized outstanding ecological value (Taka Bonerate Kepulauan-Selayar Biosphere Reserve, Indonesia; Tun Mustapha Park, Sabah, Malaysia; Palawan Biosphere Reserve, Philippines; North Devon Biosphere Reserve, United Kingdom; Cu Lao Cham-Hoi An Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam). At the macro-level, economies, governance structures, and societal norms are undergoing big changes. At the micro-level, the livelihoods, lifestyles, and backyards of local residents have to adapt. Collaboratively, we explored how COVID-19 posed challenges in our five case study sites, but we also focused on the potential COVID-19-related windows of opportunity for future sustainable development. Opportunities could be identified in all three pillars of sustainable development: the environment, the society, and the economy. Although remarkable similarities can be found across all five sites, we conclude that there cannot be a ``one-size-fits-all'' solution to turn the tide toward achieving sustainable development. Just as before the pandemic, sustainable development starts with engaging with and understanding local environments, challenges, and situations; building on local knowledge; and developing tailor-made solutions for the communities in situ. Frontiers Media 2021-07-07 Article PeerReviewed Richter, Isabell and Avillanosa, Arlene and Cheung, Victoria and Goh, Hong Ching and Johari, Sofia and Kay, Susan and Maharja, Carya and Nguyen, Thu Ha and Pahl, Sabine and Sugardjito, Jito and Sumeldan, Joel and van Nguyen, Quyen and Vu, Hien Thuc and Ariffin, Wan Nur Syazana Wan Mohamad and Austen, Melanie C. (2021) Looking through the COVID-19 window of opportunity: Future scenarios arising from the COVID-19 pandemic across five case study sites. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. ISSN 1664-1078, DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.635686 <https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.635686>. 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.635686
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topic BF Psychology
spellingShingle BF Psychology
Richter, Isabell
Avillanosa, Arlene
Cheung, Victoria
Goh, Hong Ching
Johari, Sofia
Kay, Susan
Maharja, Carya
Nguyen, Thu Ha
Pahl, Sabine
Sugardjito, Jito
Sumeldan, Joel
van Nguyen, Quyen
Vu, Hien Thuc
Ariffin, Wan Nur Syazana Wan Mohamad
Austen, Melanie C.
Looking through the COVID-19 window of opportunity: Future scenarios arising from the COVID-19 pandemic across five case study sites
description The COVID-19 pandemic has caused (and continues to cause) severe disruption in global and local economies and has forced countries, societies, and individuals to adapt quickly to the unprecedented and unpredictable situations. Despite the obvious negative consequences of the pandemic, many have called for efforts to identify transformative opportunities for sustainable development throughout this disorderly time. In the present paper, we explore such potential opportunities in the context of an interdisciplinary, international research project, which is focusing on sustainable marine management in biosphere reserves and marine parks in Southeast Asia. During a virtual workshop conducted as part of the GCRF (Government's Global Challenges Research Fund) Blue Communities Project, future scenarios were developed depicting the potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on five case study sites. All of these sites are in areas of internationally recognized outstanding ecological value (Taka Bonerate Kepulauan-Selayar Biosphere Reserve, Indonesia; Tun Mustapha Park, Sabah, Malaysia; Palawan Biosphere Reserve, Philippines; North Devon Biosphere Reserve, United Kingdom; Cu Lao Cham-Hoi An Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam). At the macro-level, economies, governance structures, and societal norms are undergoing big changes. At the micro-level, the livelihoods, lifestyles, and backyards of local residents have to adapt. Collaboratively, we explored how COVID-19 posed challenges in our five case study sites, but we also focused on the potential COVID-19-related windows of opportunity for future sustainable development. Opportunities could be identified in all three pillars of sustainable development: the environment, the society, and the economy. Although remarkable similarities can be found across all five sites, we conclude that there cannot be a ``one-size-fits-all'' solution to turn the tide toward achieving sustainable development. Just as before the pandemic, sustainable development starts with engaging with and understanding local environments, challenges, and situations; building on local knowledge; and developing tailor-made solutions for the communities in situ.
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author Richter, Isabell
Avillanosa, Arlene
Cheung, Victoria
Goh, Hong Ching
Johari, Sofia
Kay, Susan
Maharja, Carya
Nguyen, Thu Ha
Pahl, Sabine
Sugardjito, Jito
Sumeldan, Joel
van Nguyen, Quyen
Vu, Hien Thuc
Ariffin, Wan Nur Syazana Wan Mohamad
Austen, Melanie C.
author_facet Richter, Isabell
Avillanosa, Arlene
Cheung, Victoria
Goh, Hong Ching
Johari, Sofia
Kay, Susan
Maharja, Carya
Nguyen, Thu Ha
Pahl, Sabine
Sugardjito, Jito
Sumeldan, Joel
van Nguyen, Quyen
Vu, Hien Thuc
Ariffin, Wan Nur Syazana Wan Mohamad
Austen, Melanie C.
author_sort Richter, Isabell
title Looking through the COVID-19 window of opportunity: Future scenarios arising from the COVID-19 pandemic across five case study sites
title_short Looking through the COVID-19 window of opportunity: Future scenarios arising from the COVID-19 pandemic across five case study sites
title_full Looking through the COVID-19 window of opportunity: Future scenarios arising from the COVID-19 pandemic across five case study sites
title_fullStr Looking through the COVID-19 window of opportunity: Future scenarios arising from the COVID-19 pandemic across five case study sites
title_full_unstemmed Looking through the COVID-19 window of opportunity: Future scenarios arising from the COVID-19 pandemic across five case study sites
title_sort looking through the covid-19 window of opportunity: future scenarios arising from the covid-19 pandemic across five case study sites
publisher Frontiers Media
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