{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"BioScience Talks","title":"One Thing Leads to Another: Causal Chains Link Health, Development, and Conservation","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0ebda3de\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1632,"description":"\nThe linkages between environmental health and human well-being are complex and dynamic, and researchers have developed numerous models for describing them. The models include attempts to bridge traditional academic boundaries, uniting fields of study under rubrics such as social–ecological frameworks, coupled human and natural systems, ecosystem services, and resilience theory. However, these efforts have been constrained by varying practices and a failure among practitioners to agree on consistent practices.\nWriting in BioScience, Jiangxiao Qiu of the University of Florida and his colleagues describe this state of affairs and propose an alternative approach to understanding the interplay of social and ecological spheres: causal chains. The authors describe these chains as an \"approach to identifying logical and ordered sequences of effects on how a system responds to interventions, actions, or perturbations.\" The idea was originally formed as result of a workshop funded by the Packard Foundation, and Dr. Qiu joins us in this episode to discuss causal chains and their implications for the future of policy and management.\nLearn more:\n Read the article (free download).\n Subscribe on iTunes.\nSubscribe on Stitcher.\nCatch up with us on Twitter. ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qBYks7z_LrDl0xWejdg8NVAnyaJl-cO9SFuWMRl7QoQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE5MzM0LzE2MTU1/OTEwMDEtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}