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The Korean Nature Futures project aims to proactively search for and progress towards alternative and preferred futures via participatory visioning, scenario modelling, integrated analyses and outreach. It takes an iterative process of divergence and convergence of worldviews and knowledge systems to allow inclusivity and plurality in exploring and enabling the future space.

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01 Visions

The visions are developed to illustrate citizens' preferred futures where nature and people co-exist in harmony with diversity and wellbeing safeguarded. These visions serve as the base for setting and assessing the potential impact of contrasting futures.

02 Pathways

The pathways detail the processes and means to achieve diverse visions by understanding the current state and transforming it towards preferred future states. The policy and management options as well as collective actions and disruptive events are integrated and analyzed on their synergistic and conflicting interactions across the time horizon.

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Workshop

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Scenarios

The future visions and pathways are translated into scenarios for model simulations, supported by science and knowledge. These scenarios are set to estimate the potential impact of policy, management, and transformative options using both qualitative and quantitative models.

2050 visions

04 Modelling

The models structure systems dynamics and quantify the potential impact and interactions across domains, such as biodiversity, climate change and society in this project. The models are tools to forecast changes in future states using knowledge and data.

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Framework

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05 Integrated Analyses

The outputs of models from simulated scenarios are analyzed, often using indicators that can be understood by society, for comparison across options considered. When there are multiple models in a joint framework, integrated analyses allow the interpretation of results across models for coherent policy and management recommendations.