Compendium of 11 Transformative Change Stories

This report presents the Compendium of 11 Transformative Change Stories developed within the PLANET4B project. The stories show how biodiversity-related decision-making is inseparable from social practices, values, identities, and institutions, and how participatory approaches can generate pathways toward more just and biodiversity-positive futures.

The 11 stories cover two clusters: five place-based cases focusing on intersectional nature recreation and biodiversity stewardship in Oslo, city food for biodiversity and inclusion in Graz, opening nature and the outdoors to minority communities in the UK, urban youth engagement with biodiversity in Germany, and religious attitudes towards agriculture and biodiversity in Switzerland; and six sector-based cases centred
around agrobiodiversity, education, migrant workers, fashion, finance, and trade.

Despite their diversity, they converge on a shared insight: biodiversity is never only an ecological concern, but a social–ecological one, intertwined with belonging, justice, governance, and everyday life.