Factors impacting antimicrobial resistance in the South East Asian food system and potential places to intervene: A participatory, One Health study

Lambraki, I.A., C.V. Mohan, M. Cousins, T. Graells, A. Léger, P.J.G. Henriksson, M.F. Troell, S. Harbarth, D. Wernli, P.S. Jørgensen, C.A Carson, E.J Parmley and S.E Majowicz. 2023. Factors impacting antimicrobial resistance in the South East Asian food system and potential places to intervene: A participatory, One Health study. Frontiers in Microbiology 13.

Background: With AMU projected to increase, South East Asia (SEA) is at high risk of experiencing disproportionate health, social, and economic burdens due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Our objective was to identify factors influencing AMR in SEA’s food system and places for intervention by integrating the perspectives of experts from the region to inform policy and management decisions. Materials and methods: We conducted two 6.5 h workshops and...

Antimicrobial resistance in southeast Asia: A participatory systems modelling approach

Lambraki, I., M. Chadag, M. Cousins, T. Graells, A. Léger, P. Henriksson, M. Troell, S. Harbarth, D. Wernli, P. S. Jørgensen, C. Carson, J. Parmley and S. Majwicz. 2022. Antimicrobial resistance in southeast Asia: A participatory systems modelling approach. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 116:14.

Purpose Our study purpose was to identify (1) the underlying causal system of factors influencing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) development and spread in South East Asia (SEA) and (2) places to intervene by integrating diverse perspectives to find context-specific solutions. Methods & Materials Using a complex adaptive systems lens and participatory, qualitative, systems modelling approach, we conducted 2 participatory workshops and 2 interviews involving AMR experts...

Farming the Ocean – Seaweeds as a Quick Fix for the Climate?

Troell, M., P.J.G. Henriksson,  A.H. Buschmann, T. Chopin and S. Quahe. 2022. Farming the Ocean – Seaweeds as a Quick Fix for the Climate?. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture .

Finding ways to keep global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius is urgent and will need a portfolio of solutions. Seaweeds are marine photosynthetic organisms that humans harvest either from the wild or farm, to be used in many applications and providing various ecosystem services. Large scale farming of seaweeds for absorbing carbon has lately been promoted as a climate “fix”. The major shortcomings of this...

Aquaculture will continue to depend more on land than sea

Zhang, W., B. Belton, P. Edwards, P.J.G. Henriks­son, D.C. Little, R. Newton, and M. Troell. 2022. Aquaculture will continue to depend more on land than sea. Nature 603(7900):E2–E4.

Life cycle assessment of Indonesian canned crab (Portunus pelagicus)

Wiloso, E.I., M. Romli, B.A. Nugraha, A.R. Wiloso, A.A.R. Setiawan, and P.J.G. Henriksson. 2022. Life cycle assessment of Indonesian canned crab (Portunus pelagicus). Journal of Industrial Ecology 2030:1-14.

Indonesia is an archipelagic country with abundant marine wealth that makes it the world’s second largest producer of fish after China. While most of Indonesia’s capture marine fisheries (80%) are consumed domestically, around 90% of blue swimming crab (BSC) products are exported, mainly in cans. This makes up almost half of all BSC products on the global market, with the United States and the European...

Sustainable optimization of global aquatic omega-3 supply chain could sub­stantially narrow the nutrient gap

Shepon, A., T. Makov, H.A. Hamilton, D.B. Müller, J.A. Gephart, P.J.G. Henriksson, M. Troell, and C.D. Golden. 2022. Sustainable optimization of global aquatic omega-3 supply chain could sub­stantially narrow the nutrient gap. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 181:106260.

Omega-3 EPA and DHA fatty acids are vital for human health, but current human nutritional requirements are greater than supply. This nutrient gap is poised to increase as demand increases and the abundance of aquatic foods and the amount of omega-3 they contain may dwindle due to climate change and overfishing. Identifying and mitigating loss and inefficiencies across the global aquatic supply chain has great...

Scientific mobilization of Keystone Actors for Biosphere Stewardship

Österblom, H., C. Folke, J. Rocha, J. Bebbington, R. Blasiak, J.-B. Jouffray, E.R. Selig, C. C. Wabnitz, F. Bengtsson, B. Crona, R. Gupta, P.J. Henriksson, K.A. Johansson, A. Merrie, S. Nakayama, G.O. Crespo, J. Rockström, L. Schultz, M. Sobkowiak, P.S. Jørgensen, J. Spijkers, M. Troell, P. Villarru­bia-Gómez, and J. Lubchenco. 2022. Scientific mobilization of Keystone Actors for Biosphere Stewardship. Scientific Reports 12(3802).

The biosphere crisis requires changes to existing business practices. We ask how corporations can become sustainability leaders, when constrained by multiple barriers to collaboration for biosphere stewardship. We describe how scientists motivated, inspired and engaged with ten of the world’s largest seafood companies, in a collaborative process aimed to enable science-based and systemic transformations (2015–2021). CEOs faced multiple industry crises in 2015 that incentivized novel...

Factors influencing antimicrobial resistance in the Euro­pean food system and potential leverage points for intervention: A participatory, One Health study

Lambraki, I.A., M. Cousins, T. Graells, A. Léger, P. Henriksson, S. Harbarth, M. Troell, D. Wernli, P. Søgaard Jørgensen, A.P. Desbois, C.A. Carson, E.J. Parmley, and S.E. Majowicz. 2022. Factors influencing antimicrobial resistance in the Euro­pean food system and potential leverage points for intervention: A participatory, One Health study. PLOS ONE 17(2):e0263914.

Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global crisis that evolves from a complex system of factors. Understanding what factors interact is key to finding solutions. Our objective was to identify the factors influencing AMR in the European food system and places to intervene. Materials and methods: We conducted two workshops involving participants with diverse perspectives to identify the factors influencing AMR and leverage points (places) to...

The co-evolving nature of inequality

Collste, D., P. Henriksson, S. Akbik, A.-S. Crépin, C. Folke, L. Lerpold, E. Lindkvist, P. Malmer, G. Ordenes, J. Rocha, C. Schill, and M. Schultz. 2022. The co-evolving nature of inequality. In: Galaz, V. and D. Collste (eds.). Economy and Finance for a Just Future on a Thriving Planet. Report for Stockholm+50. Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences) and the Stockholm Resilience Centre (Stockholm University), Chapter 3..

As the world strives to accelerate action towards sustainability, inequality prevents socially sustainable solutions. Inequality is persistent, and it is associated with multiple social and health problems. Inequality is also related to risks in the new planetary reality of a changing climate and biodiversity loss.

Overcoming the challenges for robust agri-food LCA in develop­ing and emerging economies

Henriksson, S. Gheewala, J. Aubin, E.I. Wiloso, J. Hanafi, A. Be­noist, and T. Tran. 2022. Overcoming the challenges for robust agri-food LCA in develop­ing and emerging economies. In: Basset-Mens, C., A. Avadí, C. Bessou, I. Acosta-Alba, Y. Biard, and S. Payen (eds.) Life Cycle Assessment of Agri-food Systems. An Operational Guide Dedi­cated to Developing and Emerging Economies. éditions Quae, Versailles, France, p. 213..