Associate Professor http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/5144 2026-04-04T03:30:41Z 2026-04-04T03:30:41Z Abbasov, Rovshan http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/6796 2023-09-04T11:41:20Z 2023-08-08T00:00:00Z

Title: Ahan village in Azerbaijan develops participatory land-use plan to protect mountain soils Authors: Abbasov, Rovshan

2023-08-08T00:00:00Z Durán, América Paz Kuiper, Jan J. Aguiar, Ana Paula Dutra Cheung, William W. L. Diaw, Mariteuw Chimère Halouani, Ghassen Hashimoto, Shizuka Gasalla, Maria A. Peterson, Garry D. Schoolenberg, Machteld A. Abbasov, Rovshan Acosta, Lilibeth A. Armenteras, Dolors Davila, Federico Denboba, Mekuria Argaw Harrison, Paula A. Harhash, Khaled Allam Karlsson‑Vinkhuyzen, Sylvia Kim, HyeJin Lundquist, Carolyn J. Miller, Brian W. Okayasu, Sana Pichs‑Madruga, Ramon Sathyapalan, Jyothis Saysel, Ali Kerem Yu, Dandan Pereira, Laura M http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/6620 2023-05-10T06:34:03Z 2023-03-07T00:00:00Z

Title: Bringing the Nature Futures Framework to life: creating a set of illustrative narratives of nature futures Authors: Durán, América Paz; Kuiper, Jan J.; Aguiar, Ana Paula Dutra; Cheung, William W. L.; Diaw, Mariteuw Chimère; Halouani, Ghassen; Hashimoto, Shizuka; Gasalla, Maria A.; Peterson, Garry D.; Schoolenberg, Machteld A.; Abbasov, Rovshan; Acosta, Lilibeth A.; Armenteras, Dolors; Davila, Federico; Denboba, Mekuria Argaw; Harrison, Paula A.; Harhash, Khaled Allam; Karlsson‑Vinkhuyzen, Sylvia; Kim, HyeJin; Lundquist, Carolyn J.; Miller, Brian W.; Okayasu, Sana; Pichs‑Madruga, Ramon; Sathyapalan, Jyothis; Saysel, Ali Kerem; Yu, Dandan; Pereira, Laura M Abstract: To halt further destruction of the biosphere, most people and societies around the globe need to transform their relationships with nature. The internationally agreed vision under the Convention of Biological Diversity—Living in harmony with nature—is that “By 2050, biodiversity is valued, conserved, restored and wisely used, maintaining ecosystem services, sustaining a healthy planet and delivering benefts essential for all people”. In this context, there are a variety of debates between alternative perspectives on how to achieve this vision. Yet, scenarios and models that are able to explore these debates in the context of “living in harmony with nature” have not been widely developed. To address this gap, the Nature Futures Framework has been developed to catalyse the development of new scenarios and models that embrace a plurality of perspectives on desirable futures for nature and people. In this paper, members of the IPBES task force on scenarios and models provide an example of how the Nature Futures Framework can be implemented for the development of illustrative narratives representing a diversity of desirable nature futures: information that can be used to assess and develop scenarios and models whilst acknowledging the underpinning value perspectives on nature. Here, the term illustrative refects the multiple ways in which desired nature futures can be captured by these narratives. In addition, to explore the interdependence between narratives, and therefore their potential to be translated into scenarios and models, the six narratives developed here were assessed around three areas of the transformative change debate, specifcally, (1) land sparing vs. land sharing, (2) Half Earth vs. Whole Earth conservation, and (3) green growth vs. post-growth economic development. The paper concludes with an assessment of how the Nature Futures Framework could be used to assist in developing and articulating transformative pathways towards desirable nature futures.

2023-03-07T00:00:00Z Abbasov, Rovshan http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/6190 2022-11-25T06:08:44Z 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on the Level of Intangible Cultural Heritage Provided by Azerbaijan’s Water Bodies Authors: Abbasov, Rovshan Abstract: Water bodies in the mountainous and coastal regions of Azerbaijan, including rivers, lakes, springs, and waterfalls, host many cultural ecosystems. These have led to both tangible and intangible cultural heritage creation and contain a perfect level of human–nature relations. Climate change is a complex phenomenon that is affecting all areas of human life, including water-related ICH. Its effects cause existing traditions, knowledge, and skills to be gradually abandoned and forgotten, which in turn leads to the disappearance of ICH. Global climate change also affects employment among the population in other areas, such as agriculture and reduces traditional incomes. This leads to the gradual migration of the rural population to urban areas and, as a result, the loss of traditions related to intangible cultural values.

2022-01-01T00:00:00Z Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio Abbasov, Rovshan http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/5791 2022-06-17T07:20:20Z 2016-11-30T00:00:00Z

Title: A PES System for Azerbaijan (Preliminary Report) Authors: Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio; Abbasov, Rovshan Abstract: An ecosystem (ES) is a group of plants, animals and micro-organisms in combination with the non-living physical components of their environment. All the biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems are interrelated and create unique nutrient cycles and energy flows. An ES may be considered a completely independent area with its own interdependent organisms (Flores and Abbasov, 2014). All the organisms in the ecosystems are interrelated and share same living space. ESs are the sources of many vital products and services used by human beings (Daily et al., 1997). They are the only sources of resources, which are very important to human wellbeing and survival (Costanza et al., 1997;, Flores and Adeishvili, 2011). ES provided resources include a broad basket of goods and services used in people’s daily life (Pearce and Atkinson, 1993). Goods and services provided by ecosystems will be simply called “ecosystem services” or ESS.

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