4 Looking to the future of B&NE research

The future of B&NE research is moving in two directions. The first direction continues the existing streams and expands upon the foundation of research and theories that have been developed over the past two decades. The second direction represents a departure from those streams, challenging their underlying assumptions in recognition of the unprecedented environmental challenges being faced today (such as climate change) and the relative inability of existing models to address them. The marker that denotes the shift between these two streams is the emergence of the concept of the Anthropocene.

B&NE research in the era of environmental management

The roots of B&NE research lie in problem conceptions based ...

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