Role of socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes in the face of COVID-19 and towards transformative change

On Thursday 12 November 2020, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) and Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) convened a session entitled “The Satoyama Initiative, transformative change, and societies in harmony with nature” at the 12th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2020). Consisting of three presentations and a panel discussion, the session identified key challenges and opportunities facing SEPLS under the COVID crisis, and their implications for transformative change. This issue brief summarises key points from the session, which may contribute to future investigations into this important topic.