Looking Through the COVID-19 Window of Opportunity: Future Scenarios Arising From the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Five Case Study Sites

作者：Isabel Richter, Arlene L. Avillanosa, Victoria Cheung, Hong Ching Goh, Sofia Johari, Susan Kay, Carya Maharja, Thu Hà Nguyễn, Sabine Pahl, Jito Sugardjito, Joel Sumeldan, Quyen van Nguyen, Hien Thuc Vu, Wan Nur Syazana Wan Mohamad Ariffin, Melanie C. Austen · 发表于：Frontiers in Psychology · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.3389/fpsyg.2021.635686 · 被引用次数：25 · 研究领域：Climate Change and Health Impacts、COVID-19 epidemiological studies、Disaster Management and Resilience

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 ca...