Ecosystem technology (ecotech): Harnessing natural processes to address global challenges
エコシステムテクノロジー（エコテック）：自然のプロセスを活用した地球規模の課題への対応 (AI 翻訳)
B. Silliman, M. J. Hensel, R. Temmink, Avery B. Paxton, Daniel J. Wieczynski, Jean P. Gibert, David W. Johnston, Devon Noonan, William N. Ferris, Mark E. Hay, Tiffany Paalman, Christina Cutshaw, M. Borsuk, Christine Angelini, L. Dalton, J. van de Koppel, J. van Belzen, Benjamin Strong, M. Bertness, T. Angelini +22
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日本語
本論文は、生態学、工学、地球科学を統合した「エコシステムテクノロジー（エコテック）」のフレームワークを提案する。気候変動、生物多様性損失、汚染などの地球規模の課題に対し、生態系のプロセスを模倣・活用した技術（エコミミクリー、生態系材料科学など）の重要性を論じる。スケーラビリティと公平性を重視し、自然再生、炭素貯留、水質改善、防災への応用可能性を示す。
English
This paper proposes 'Ecosystem Technology (Ecotech)' as a framework integrating ecology, engineering, and earth sciences. It addresses global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution by leveraging processes at population, community, and ecosystem levels. The framework guides innovations such as ecomimicry and ecosystem sensing, aiming to enhance nature restoration, carbon storage, water quality, and disaster resilience. It emphasizes scalability, equity, and accountability, positioning ecotech as a tool for climate adaptation and economic diversification.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本では、生物多様性保全や気候変動適応の政策が進む中、本稿の提示するエコテックは、統合的な自然解決策の枠組みとして参考になる。ただし、具体的な日本企業や規制への言及はなく、実践的にはさらなる具体化が必要。
In the global GX context
Globally, this paper aligns with nature-based solutions (NbS) and the emerging field of biomimicry in sustainability. It provides a high-level framework that could complement existing climate adaptation and biodiversity strategies (e.g., under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration), but lacks empirical data or case studies.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:This offers a conceptual synthesis of ecotech, useful for researchers in ecological engineering and sustainability science.
🏛政策担当者:Policymakers may consider this framework when designing integrated climate and biodiversity strategies.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Over the past 80 years, biotechnology has advanced agriculture, health care, and economic development by harnessing biological processes from the organism inward, i.e., from the organ system to the molecular scale. Today’s global challenges, including biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution, demand a complementary technological expansion inspired by processes operating from the organism outward, i.e., at the levels of populations, communities, ecosystems, and the biosphere. Here, we present the components of this technological expansion through ecosystem technology, or ecotech. We propose a framework for ecotech to integrate elements of ecology, engineering, and earth science and to function as a practical and conceptual convergence accelerator. Ecotech will advance critical environmental solutions by uniting independently evolving technologies, generating diverse fields of inquiry (e.g., ecomimicry, ecosystem materials science, ecosystem sensing and signaling), and inspiring innovation. To harness this innovation to improve nature restoration, carbon storage, water quality, ecosystem energy, and infrastructure resistance to disasters, ecotech is guided by cross-cutting actions to ensure scalability, equity, and accountability. When integrated into strategies across nongovernmental organizations, business, and governments, ecotech offers a pathway to advance climate adaptation, biodiversity recovery, and economic diversification and growth. By uniting ecology, engineering, and earth sciences at scale, ecotech transforms technology into a tool to confront humanity’s most urgent existential needs and secure a livable future.
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