Social representations of socioenvironmental dynamics in extractive ecosystems and conservation practices with sustainable development: a bibliometric analysis

Marginal agricultural land (MAL) has received much attention in research and policy formation as a potential resource for cultivating biomass for energy and biobased products. However, it is still unclear whether biomass from MAL meets the requirements of social sustainability. This study develops a conceptual linkage between value‐chain analysis and social life‐cycle analysis (S‐LCA), and assesses both positive impacts (handprints) and negative impacts (footprints). A participatory approach including interviews and surveys was used to understand views and perceptions of the relevant stakeholders. A systemic strategy was applied to analyze value‐chain activities, understand challenges, and identify competitive advantages and disadvantages. For S‐LCA, the variety of impacts and indicators was met through a literature review and a consistent scoring system. The cultivation of perennial crops on MAL tends to cause skepticism among stakeholders, who are concerned about long‐term commitment and biodiversity risks. Annual crops, on the other hand, are perceived by all stakeholder categories as very promising opportunities across all impact categories and indicators. They can facilitate income diversification and offer smart sustainable cropping options through crop rotation, agroforestry, etc. Most of the technological pathways examined are highly innovative, have a low technological readiness level, and are still at the early market development stage. As such they are ranked by stakeholders as medium opportunities for short‐term implementation. In contrast, pyrolysis to industrial heat, ethanol from switchgrass, insulation material from hemp, and biogas/biomethane from sorghum are considered opportunities with good chances of being implemented in the short term. © 2022 The Authors. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining published by Society of Industrial Chemistry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…To understand the views and perceptions of relevant stakeholders 42 the work has also adapted a participatory approach [43][44][45][46] (Fig. 2).…”

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Social considerations for the cultivation of industrial crops on marginal agricultural land as feedstock for bioeconomy

Panoutsou

Cossel

Ciria³

et al. 2022

Biofuels Bioprod Bioref

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“…Moscovici's study of the communication of scientific knowledge in society made it possible to examine the relations between the common-sense system of thought and the scientific system of thought. The theory of social representations subsequently inspired a plethora of researchers ([ [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] ] to name just a few) who sought to better understand the problem of the relationship between scientific theory, learned knowledge, expert knowledge and common-sense knowledge [ 26 ]. This interest has led to a redesign of the framework used for analyzing the transformation of abstract scientific categories, which are limited to the reified domain of researchers, into objects that are recognizable in everyday social reality.…”

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The social construction of workaholism as a representational naturalization

Negura

Plante

Namian

2023

Heliyon

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“…Sustainability seems to be a buzz-word also in rural topics, for example, in science mapping on farming systems and rural communities (Malanski et al, 2021), sustainability of small rural properties (Vian et al, 2020), relations between urban and rural areas (Sheikhnejad and Yigitcanlar, 2020), rural communities and participative conservation practices (Zárate-Rueda et al, 2021), coordination of urban and rural development (Zhang et al, 2020), or watershed management (Roy et al, 2021).…”

Section: Motivation and Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rural areas, rural population, and rural space in central Europe (JCEA countries): Research visualization in Scopus and Web of Science

Bartol¹,

CERNIC-ISTENIC²,

Stopar³

et al. 2022

JCEA

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Social representations of socioenvironmental dynamics in extractive ecosystems and conservation practices with sustainable development: a bibliometric analysis

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Social considerations for the cultivation of industrial crops on marginal agricultural land as feedstock for bioeconomy

Social considerations for the cultivation of industrial crops on marginal agricultural land as feedstock for bioeconomy

The social construction of workaholism as a representational naturalization

Rural areas, rural population, and rural space in central Europe (JCEA countries): Research visualization in Scopus and Web of Science

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