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Integrated solutions 

Our methods and practical tools to implement multispecies transitions

MUST solutions (S) to achieving a just green transition include:

  • Experiential methods for learning and communicating about multispecies needs in NBS planning, used to build understanding of the consequences of biodiversity loss affecting society (WPs 2,6).

  • Spatial approaches to elicit and integrate the diverse values of nature informing a MUST Platform (audio-visual interface) for negotiating multispecies transitions (WPs 1, 3-4).

  • Cross-sectoral, nature inclusive governance frameworks, including a MUST Compass, an online tool enabling the tracking and coordination of NBS strategies, policies and actions (WPs 5-6), as a basis for assessing the resilience of societal actors and monitoring biodiversity actions across cities and regions (WPs 5-6).

  • MUST Capacity Building and Outreach Program for enabling biodiversity conservation at different levels in society. Solutions will be co-created in the MUST Lab.

 Scientific publications

 A depository of our latest research results

Andersson, E., Enqvist, J., Tengö, M. & Aaltonen, V. (2026). Transforming the nature of cities — stewardship and more-than-human agency. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 80, 101628.

Fagerholm, N., Coles, N., Beery, T. et al. (2026). Operational principles for fostering transformative qualities and capacities in higher education sustainability science and practice. Sustain Sci 21, 365–379.

Khoirunisa, R., Permanasari, E., Saputra, M.R.U. et al. (2026). Connecting urban green spaces: the importance of irregular settlements in biodiversity and peri-urban planning. Urban Ecosyst 29, 115.

Määttänen A.-M., Hällfors M. & Kemppinen J. (2026). Geodiversity is an inseparable but underutilized aspect of ecological connectivity assessments under climate change. Ecography e07768.

Toivonen, S., & Jaalama, K. (2026). What makes residents prefer housing investment in a highly uncertain market? Perspectives from a survey in shrinking Finnish towns. Journal of Rural Studies, 124, 104094.

Cimatti M., Mezzanotte V., Heikkinen R.K., Hällfors M.H., Karger D.N., Di Marco M. (2025). The accelerating exposure of European protected areas to climate change. Global Change Biology 31:e70261.

Fagerholm, N., Coles, N., Beery, T., et al. (2025). Operational principles for fostering transformative qualities and capacities in higher education sustainability science and practice. Sustain Sci.

Järekari, J., Fagerholm, N., Eilola, S., Arki, V. (2025). Nature facilitates eudaimonic well-being through promoting connection with self and others. People and Nature.

Pineda-Pinto, M., Lennon, M., Kennedy, C., O’Donnell, M., Andersson, E., Wijsman, K. and Collier, M. J. (2025). Realizing Multispecies Justice through a Capability Approach to Promote Nature-Based Solutions. npj Urban Sustainability, 5(1): 31.

Pelsmakers, S., Myllymäki, M. & Uimonen, L., (2025). Architectural thinking in the Capitalocene: from exploitative to restorative architecture. In Architectural thinking in the climate emergency. Eds. Pelsmakers, S. & Brown, J.B. Routledge.

Raymond, C.M., Eriksson, M., Korpilo, S., & Carruthers-Jones, J. (2025). The effect of empathy with nature and humans on conservation behaviour. Journal of Environmental Psychology, Volume 106.

Raymond, C.M., Rautio, P., Fagerholm, N. et al. (2025). Applying multispecies justice in nature-based solutions and urban sustainability planning: Tensions and prospects. npj Urban Sustain 5, 2.

Saari, M.H. (2025). Crafting palettes of potential for a multispecies justice-oriented education. Environmental Education Research. Environmental Education Research, 1–17.

Shafaat, O. B., Kauhanen, H., Julin, A., Jaalama, K., & Vaaja, M. T. (2025). Comparing airborne laser scanning and UAV photogrammetry for estimating aboveground biomass of individual urban trees in Helsinki. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 112, 128936.

Solé, L., Hearn, K.P., Witra, T., Lechner, A.M., & Fagerholm, N. (2025). Balancing landscape values and tourism choices: Integrating participatory mapping and the IPBES Values Typology. Ambio.

Vainio, K.K. (2025). Puiden merkitys emotionaaliselle kokemukselle lähiympäristössä. Lectio. Psykologia 60(4).

Vainio, K.K., Takala, T., Limpens, J. et al. (2025). Green companions: Affordances of human–tree relationships. Ambio.

Wijsman, K., Pineda-Pinto, M., Sarkki, S., et al. (2025). Rethinking trade-offs in nature-based solutions from a multispecies justice perspective.  npj Urban Sustainability, 5, 67.

Kervinen, A., Hohti, R., Rautio, P., Saari, M. H., Tammi, T., & Aivelo, T. (2024). Ratty places – unsettling human-centeredness in ecological inquiry with young people. Environmental Education Research, 30(7), 1129–1146.

Määttänen, A., Hällfors, M., & Kemppinen, J.. (2024). Geodiversity is an inseparable but underutilized part of connectivity in nature conservation amid climate change. Authorea.

Pliushchik, M. Tammi, T. & Rautio, P. (2024). Imagining well with almonds and honeybees in the Capitalocene – five multispecies movements for environmental and sustainability education. The Journal of Environmental Education, 55:1, 38-51

Riley, K., Jukes, S. & Rautio, P. (Eds.) (2024) A special issue of Australian Journal of Environmental Education on Relational Ontologies and Multispecies Worlds: Transdisciplinary Possibilities for Environmental Education

Saari, M. H., Poulton-Busler, R., & Vladimirova, A. (2024). Does sustainability really start with teachers? Reflections on integrating environmental education in pre-service teacher education in Namibia and Finland. The Journal of Environmental Education, 1–15.

Tammi, T., Hohti, R., & Saari, M. (2024). Imagination switch – Friction and thick time in speculative worldmaking. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 1–14

Other resources & Publications

A selection of useful materials

Hautamäki, R. et al. (2024) Ekologinen kytkeytyvyys ja luonnon monimuotoisuus alueidenkäytön suunnittelussa. (In Finnish, translated: ‘Ecological connectivity and biodiversity in land use planning’)

Uimonen, L. (2024) Laho kaupunkiluonnon monimuotoisuuden indikaattorina. (In Finnish, translated: ‘Dead wood as an indicator for biodiversity in the city’)
Policy brief: Enhancing the quality of urban nature to support the shared wellbeing of people and other species: a multispecies justice approach
Policy brief (FI): Kaupunkiluonnon laadun kehittaminen parantaa ihmisten ja muun luonnon yhteishyvinvointia.
Multispecies justice: What is it?
State-of-play report 2024 (in Finnish)