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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">102</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">ARPHA Preprints</journal-title>
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        <publisher-name>Pensoft Publishers</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3897/arphapreprints.e134026</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">134026</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Project Report</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>Agricultural ecology</subject>
          <subject>Agriculture and Forestry</subject>
          <subject>Biodiversity &amp; Conservation</subject>
          <subject>Ecology &amp; Environmental sciences</subject>
          <subject>Ecosystem services</subject>
          <subject>Environmental ethics</subject>
          <subject>Environmental protection</subject>
          <subject>Habitats</subject>
          <subject> Ecosystems &amp; Natural Spaces</subject>
          <subject>Landscape ecology</subject>
          <subject>Landscape Planning and Infrastructures</subject>
          <subject>Life sciences</subject>
          <subject>Renewable energy</subject>
          <subject>Restoration ecology</subject>
          <subject>Socio-economy &amp; Sustainable development</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="sdg">
          <subject>Good health &amp; well-being</subject>
          <subject>Sustainable cities and communities</subject>
        </subj-group>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Scenario framework for TEN-N, translation of NFF storylines into indicators and scenario settings</article-title>
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          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Fornarini</surname>
            <given-names>Claudia</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">claudia.fornarini@uniroma1.it</email>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>D'Alessio</surname>
            <given-names>Alessandra</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">alessandra.dalessio@uniroma1.it</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Dertien</surname>
            <given-names>Jeremy</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4011-0258</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Fernández</surname>
            <given-names>Néstor</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9645-8571</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A3">3</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Moreira</surname>
            <given-names>Francisco</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4393-8018</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A4">4</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Namasivayam</surname>
            <given-names>Anandi Sarita</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A5">5</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>O'Connor</surname>
            <given-names>Louise</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A6">6</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Pereira</surname>
            <given-names>Henrique</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A3">3</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Verburg</surname>
            <given-names>Peter</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A5">5</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Rondinini</surname>
            <given-names>Carlo</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A7">7</xref>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Global Mammal Assessment Lab, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies 'Charles Darwin' (BBCD), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy</addr-line>
        <institution>Global Mammal Assessment Lab, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies 'Charles Darwin' (BBCD), Sapienza University of Rome</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Rome</addr-line>
        <country>Italy</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany</addr-line>
        <institution>German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Leipzig</addr-line>
        <country>Germany</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A3">
        <label>3</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Leipzig, Germany</addr-line>
        <institution>German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Leipzig</addr-line>
        <country>Germany</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A4">
        <label>4</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">CIBIO-BIOPOLIS, Porto, Portugal</addr-line>
        <institution>CIBIO-BIOPOLIS</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Porto</addr-line>
        <country>Portugal</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A5">
        <label>5</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Environmental Geography Group Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands</addr-line>
        <institution>Environmental Geography Group Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Amsterdam</addr-line>
        <country>Netherlands</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A6">
        <label>6</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Biodiversity and Natural Resources, International Institute for Systems Analysis, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria, Vienna, Austria</addr-line>
        <institution>Biodiversity and Natural Resources, International Institute for Systems Analysis, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Vienna</addr-line>
        <country>Austria</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A7">
        <label>7</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie Charles Darwin, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy</addr-line>
        <institution>Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie Charles Darwin, Sapienza University of Rome</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Rome</addr-line>
        <country>Italy</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding authors: Claudia Fornarini (<email xlink:type="simple">claudia.fornarini@uniroma1.it</email>), Alessandra D'Alessio (<email xlink:type="simple">alessandra.dalessio@uniroma1.it</email>).</p>
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          <p>Academic editor: </p>
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      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>07</day>
        <month>08</month>
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>5</volume>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/37974A13-A664-5842-8227-AD5706C67BDB">37974A13-A664-5842-8227-AD5706C67BDB</uri>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>06</day>
          <month>08</month>
          <year>2024</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>06</day>
          <month>08</month>
          <year>2024</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Claudia Fornarini, Alessandra D&amp;apos;Alessio, Jeremy Dertien, Néstor Fernández, Francisco Moreira, Anandi Sarita Namasivayam, Louise O&amp;apos;Connor, Henrique Pereira, Peter Verburg, Carlo Rondinini</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This is an open access preprint distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>A key goal of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 is the design of a connected Trans European Nature Network (TEN-N), that helps to build a coherent and resilient network of protected areas across Europe. The TEN-N will need to consider and integrate societal perspectives on future biodiversity protection in Europe, accounting for multiple values and perspectives of nature. The NaturaConnect project, through a process of co-design with stakeholders, is developing narratives on future nature protection in Europe using the Nature Futures Framework (NFF). In this framework. three value perspectives of nature are presented at each corner of a triangle: Nature for Nature, Nature as Culture, and Nature for Society. By using this framework, NaturaConnect aligns with global efforts on scenario development auspicated by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). This report outlines the development of scenario narratives for Europe of the NaturaConnect project. The development of the narratives considered the global and European policy context as a starting point, and included a stakeholder engagement process conducted to elicit stakeholders&amp;#39; preferences and visions in relation to future nature conservation and management in Europe. These narratives present contrasting perspectives and priorities for seven themes: Protected areas, Connectivity and Restoration, Forestry, Freshwater ecosystems, Urban system, Agriculture, Energy. These topics are key to building a more positive future for nature and people. Besides specificities for each narrative, we also identify commonalities across the three perspectives, including macroeconomic trend assumptions, biodiversity strategic goals of the European Union and shared solutions that are necessary to achieve any positive nature future.</p>
      </abstract>
      <funding-group>
        <funding-statement>Project: NaturaConnect. NaturaConnect receives funding under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101060429.</funding-statement>
      </funding-group>
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