Sophie Caillon
Biographic Data
| ID | 85094 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sophie Caillon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sophie |
| FAMILY NAME | Caillon |
| SIGNATURE | CAILLON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1804-2212 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 87 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Harvesting of two alpine Artemisia: Effects of an amateur practice on wild plant dynamics
Societal Impact Statement Wild plants are consumed all over the world, and knowledge of the effects of harvesting is necessary to ensure the sustainability of this activity. Our 3‐year study of two closely related alpine Artemisia species in the Southern Alps revealed a positive impact of harvesting at the plant scale and on the short term. The response of plants to harvesting interacts with ecological conditions of the site and differs between t…
La gestion de l’enherbement dans le vignoble de Gaillac: Un cas d’apprentissages intra- et inter-collectifs
La transition agro-écologique est un processus social, impliquant la production et la diffusion des connaissances qui s’ancrent dans des réseaux interpersonnels locaux. Nous avons mobilisé une approche combinant l’analyse de réseaux sociaux et d’enquête ethnographique pour comparer les sources de connaissances relatives à la gestion de l’enherbement parmi trois catégories de vignerons de la région de Gaillac (Tarn, France) : des membres de collec…
La gestion de l’enherbement dans le vignoble de Gaillac: Un cas d’apprentissages intra- et inter-collectifs. Annexe
Dossier « Les professionnels de la montagne face aux changements socio-environnementaux » – Les agents d’espaces naturels face aux changements socio-environnementaux et institutionnels: Le cas des gén…
Les législations mises en œuvre dans les parcs nationaux évoluent au gré de changements institutionnels et socio-environnementaux. Ces territoires, en interaction avec les acteurs qui les utilisent ou les gèrent, peuvent être considérés comme des socio-écosystèmes. Les agents des parcs nationaux jouent un rôle central dans ces systèmes, en tant que sentinelles des dynamiques écologiques et sociales du parc, tout en ayant pour mission d’appliquer …
Human–nature relationships through the lens of reciprocity: Insights from Indigenous and local knowledge systems
In the context of climate change, biodiversity decline and social injustice, reciprocity emerges as a way of living and being in this world that holds transformative potential. Concepts of reciprocity vary and are enacted in specific cultural practices grounded in Indigenous and local knowledge systems. This editorial synthesises first‐hand evidence of how practising reciprocity can result in positive reciprocal contributions between people and n…
Navigating human–plant reciprocity: Commercial harvesting by professionals of a medicinal plant fosters multi‐actor landscape management
Studies of human–nature relationships increasingly recognise not only nature's contributions to people but also the positive contributions of human practices to ecosystems. The concept of reciprocal contributions emphasises positive human–nature relationships. But trade‐offs between natural elements implies that human favouring of one element (e.g. via the protection of its habitat) can be detrimental to others. Discussing the concept of reciproc…
Invisible Landscapes, Invisible People: Juniper Picking at the End of the Line
This article documents the activities of two of the last juniper berry pickers of the Catalan Pyrenees. We describe how their work has been affected by rural depopulation, hyperregulation, and climate change. Junipers mostly grow in open pastures that are being colonized by bushes and trees. Their berries are sold to one of the main Catalan gin-making companies. Juniper berry pickers, thus, conduct their work in transitional areas: pastures in th…
Aller au génépi: Composer avec des règles pour une cueillette en montagne
Les motivations associées à la cueillette d’espèces végétales sont nombreuses, allant de l’économique au symbolique. Or la vulnérabilité de certaines espèces a conduit à la mise en place de réglementations de ces pratiques de cueillette, avec lesquelles les cueilleureuses doivent composer en adaptant (ou non) leurs pratiques.Dans cette étude, nous nous sommes intéressé·es à la cueillette de génépi dans les Alpes du Sud, où nous avons conduit des …
Searching for Génépi in the Southern Alps: Dealing with Rules for Wild Plant Harvesting in High-Mountain Areas
The objectives that motivate the harvesting of wild plants are diverse, and range from economic to symbolic reasons. However, the sensitivity of many harvested species makes the regulation of such practices necessary, hence harvesters have to compose with different regulations by adapting (or not) their practices.In the study presented here, we focused on génépi harvesting in the Southern Alps, where we conducted semi-structured interviews with a…
Unpacking farmers’ multiple values in grapevine variety choice
Understanding farmers’ values that underpin crop choices is pivotal for designing effective and adequate sustainable agricultural policies. While significant attention has been given to the agronomic, economic and socio-cultural values of smallholder farmers in the Global South, the plural values held by commercial farmers in the Global North—specifically ascribed to perennial crops—remain underexplored. Here, we adopt an emic perspective to inve…
Networking supports crop diversity decisions: Insights from the Gaillac wine-growing region (France)
The diversity of crop species and varieties is a key lever for promoting sustainable and resilient farming systems. Adopting new species and varieties requires knowledge tailored to specific crops. Farmers rely on diverse sources of knowledge to make cropping decisions, which depend on both the characteristics of the crops and the farmers themselves. Understanding the various pathways of knowledge transmission provides critical insights into the …
Agrobiodiversity threats amid expanding woody monocultures and hopes nourished through farmer and food movements in the Mediterranean
The high biodiversity of food and agriculture (agrobiodiversity) in the Mediterranean exists in rapidly changing landscapes and food systems. The first goal of this Commentary is to explain how agrobiodiverse Mediterranean food cereals and legumes are threatened by the accelerating expansion and intensification of monocultures of woody crops—principally olive, nut, grape, and citrus monocrops—in landscapes of the western Mediterranean (Spain, Mor…
Shifting to quality wine production in France's Midi: Ethnographic notes from the Department of the Hérault
Transition toward quality wine production in the Midi region of southern France reflects wider norms in French quality agro-food production and regulation but also departs from it. • Diverse practices and policies comprising a move toward more sustainable wine production in the Midi are highly relevant to the shift to quality wine making but are not synonymous with it. • The Midi shift to quality wine production involves a dynamic re-articulation…
Ethnobiology's Contributions to Sustainability Science
Progress toward the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is insufficient at a global scale. A thorough and interdisciplinary understanding of barriers and levers to sustainability, including synergies and trade-offs between SDGs, is utterly important but still limited. Ethnobiology is often advocated as a key discipline to address this research gap. We conducted a systematic literature review to explore (i) the visibility of et…
Assessing human well‐being constructs with environmental and equity aspects: A review of the landscape
Decades of theory and scholarship on the concept of human well‐being have informed a proliferation of approaches to assess well‐being and support public policy aimed at sustainability and improving quality of life. Human well‐being is multidimensional, and well‐being emerges when the dimensions and interrelationships interact as a system. In this paper, we illuminate two crucial components of well‐being that are often excluded from policy because…
Semi-Domesticated Crops Have Unique Functional Roles in Agroecosystems: Perennial Beans ( Phaseolus dumosus and P. coccineus ) and Landscape Ethnoecology in the Colombian Andes
Semi-domesticated plants are good resources for agroecology, because they can survive without human intervention and can be managed together with non-domesticated plants. To explore the ecological know-how underlying farmer management of semi-domesticates at the landscape level, we compared how Yanacona Indigenous People in the southwestern Colombian Andes manage two semi-domesticated species of Phaseolus beans, both locally named cacha (Phaseolu…
The role of crop diversity in climate change adaptation: Insights from local observations to inform decision making in agriculture
Creating a space for place and multidimensional well-being: Lessons learned from localizing the SDGs
Achieving sustainable development globally requires multilevel and interdisciplinary efforts and perspectives. Global goals shape priorities and actions at multiple scales, creating cascading impacts realized at the local level through the direction of financial resources and implementation of programs intended to achieve progress towards these metrics. We explore ways to localize global goals to best support human well-being and environmental he…
Agricultural innovation and environmental change on the floodplains of the Congo River
Climate-driven environmental changes bring new risks but also opportunities to populations living along the world's major rivers. Based on ethnoecological fieldwork, in this paper we examine how people living in the cuvette centrale of the Congo basin have adopted flood-recession agriculture on islands in the Congo River, taking advantage of a secular shift since the 1980s in the hydrological regime of the Congo River. Analyses of the hydrologica…
Biocultural approaches to well-being and sustainability indicators across scales
Moving beyond the human-nature dichotomy through biocultural approaches: Including Ecological Well-Being in Resilience Indicators
Caillon, S., G. Cullman, B. Verschuuren, and E. J. Sterling. 2017. Moving beyond the human–nature dichotomy through biocultural approaches: including ecological well-being in resilience indicators. Ecology and Society 22(4):27. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09746-220427
Culturally Grounded Indicators of Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems
Measuring progress toward sustainability goals is a multifaceted task. Inter- national, regional, and national organizations and agencies seek to promote resilience and capacity for adaptation at local levels. However, their measurement systems may be poorly aligned with local contexts, cultures, and needs. Understanding how to build effective, culturally grounded measurement systems is a fundamental step toward supporting adaptive management and…
Effects of farmer social status and plant biocultural value on seed circulation networks in Vanuatu
Thomas, M., and S. Caillon. 2016. Effects of farmer social status and plant biocultural value on seed circulation networks in Vanuatu. Ecology and Society 21(2):13.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08378-210213
Farmer seed networks make a limited contribution to agriculture? Four common misconceptions
Seed exchange networks for agrobiodiversity conservation. A review
Farmer seed networks make a limited contribution to agriculture? Four common misconceptions
Moving beyond the human-nature dichotomy through biocultural approaches: Including Ecological Well-Being in Resilience Indicators
Caillon, S., G. Cullman, B. Verschuuren, and E. J. Sterling. 2017. Moving beyond the human–nature dichotomy through biocultural approaches: including ecological well-being in resilience indicators. Ecology and Society 22(4):27. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09746-220427
Creating a space for place and multidimensional well-being: Lessons learned from localizing the SDGs
Achieving sustainable development globally requires multilevel and interdisciplinary efforts and perspectives. Global goals shape priorities and actions at multiple scales, creating cascading impacts realized at the local level through the direction of financial resources and implementation of programs intended to achieve progress towards these metrics. We explore ways to localize global goals to best support human well-being and environmental he…
The role of crop diversity in climate change adaptation: Insights from local observations to inform decision making in agriculture
Ethnobiology's Contributions to Sustainability Science
Progress toward the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is insufficient at a global scale. A thorough and interdisciplinary understanding of barriers and levers to sustainability, including synergies and trade-offs between SDGs, is utterly important but still limited. Ethnobiology is often advocated as a key discipline to address this research gap. We conducted a systematic literature review to explore (i) the visibility of et…
Culturally Grounded Indicators of Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems
Measuring progress toward sustainability goals is a multifaceted task. Inter- national, regional, and national organizations and agencies seek to promote resilience and capacity for adaptation at local levels. However, their measurement systems may be poorly aligned with local contexts, cultures, and needs. Understanding how to build effective, culturally grounded measurement systems is a fundamental step toward supporting adaptive management and…
Effects of farmer social status and plant biocultural value on seed circulation networks in Vanuatu
Thomas, M., and S. Caillon. 2016. Effects of farmer social status and plant biocultural value on seed circulation networks in Vanuatu. Ecology and Society 21(2):13.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08378-210213
Aller au génépi: Composer avec des règles pour une cueillette en montagne
Les motivations associées à la cueillette d’espèces végétales sont nombreuses, allant de l’économique au symbolique. Or la vulnérabilité de certaines espèces a conduit à la mise en place de réglementations de ces pratiques de cueillette, avec lesquelles les cueilleureuses doivent composer en adaptant (ou non) leurs pratiques.Dans cette étude, nous nous sommes intéressé·es à la cueillette de génépi dans les Alpes du Sud, où nous avons conduit des …
Unpacking farmers’ multiple values in grapevine variety choice
Understanding farmers’ values that underpin crop choices is pivotal for designing effective and adequate sustainable agricultural policies. While significant attention has been given to the agronomic, economic and socio-cultural values of smallholder farmers in the Global South, the plural values held by commercial farmers in the Global North—specifically ascribed to perennial crops—remain underexplored. Here, we adopt an emic perspective to inve…
Networking supports crop diversity decisions: Insights from the Gaillac wine-growing region (France)
The diversity of crop species and varieties is a key lever for promoting sustainable and resilient farming systems. Adopting new species and varieties requires knowledge tailored to specific crops. Farmers rely on diverse sources of knowledge to make cropping decisions, which depend on both the characteristics of the crops and the farmers themselves. Understanding the various pathways of knowledge transmission provides critical insights into the …
Agricultural innovation and environmental change on the floodplains of the Congo River
Climate-driven environmental changes bring new risks but also opportunities to populations living along the world's major rivers. Based on ethnoecological fieldwork, in this paper we examine how people living in the cuvette centrale of the Congo basin have adopted flood-recession agriculture on islands in the Congo River, taking advantage of a secular shift since the 1980s in the hydrological regime of the Congo River. Analyses of the hydrologica…
Agriculture traditionnelle et fleurs coupées: Un mariage réussi en Amazonie
International audience
Gestion de l’agrobiodiversité dans un village de Vanua Lava (Vanuatu): Stratégies de sélection et enjeux sociaux
Afin de comprendre comment et pourquoi les agriculteurs choisissent leur portefeuille de cultivars de taros, une étude ethnobotanique a été menée sur l’île de Vanua Lava qui se distingue des autres îles Banks par ses tarodières, irriguées en alternance. Dans le village de Ve ̄tuboso, le nalot (pudding) préparé à base de taros, dont les meilleurs sont cultivés dans les tarodières, scande tous les moments importants de la vie sociale. Les agriculte…
Les taros du Vanuatu: Que conserver et comment
sont dfinis dans l'encadr.
Gestion de l’agrobiodiversité dans un village de Vanua Lava (Vanuatu): Stratégies de sélection et enjeux sociaux
Afin de comprendre comment et pourquoi les agriculteurs choisissent leur portefeuille de cultivars de taros, une étude ethnobotanique a été menée sur l’île de Vanua Lava qui se distingue des autres îles Banks par ses tarodières, irriguées en alternance. Dans le village de Ve ̄tuboso, le nalot (pudding) préparé à base de taros, dont les meilleurs sont cultivés dans les tarodières, scande tous les moments importants de la vie sociale. Les agriculte…
Ethnobotanique du cocotier (Cocos nucifera L.) sur l’île de Vanua Lava (Vanuatu)
Depuis la fin du xixe siècle et jusqu’à nos jours, l’économie du Vanuatu est largement dépendante de l’industrie du coprah. L’extension des cocoteraies sur les rivages insulaires est une des évolutions les plus visibles causées par le développement de cette industrie. Même si les cocotiers étaient présents sur les îles avant l’installation des premiers hommes, la colonisation a transformé l’identité socioculturelle du cocotier. Dans cet article, …
Agriculture traditionnelle et fleurs coupées: Un mariage réussi en Amazonie
International audience
Seed exchange networks for agrobiodiversity conservation. A review
Effervescence patrimoniale au Sud: Entre nature et société
Dans les pays du Nord comme dans ceux du Sud, la patrimonialisation de la nature connaît actuellement un engouement de plus en plus vif. Des espèces aux espaces, des pratiques aux savoirs, les champs du patrimoine ne cessent de s’étendre, de se diversifier, et les processus de patrimonialisation de se multiplier : les populations locales interviennent de plus en plus fréquemment dans les démarches d’identification, de reconnaissance, de réhabilit…
Farmer seed networks make a limited contribution to agriculture? Four common misconceptions
Effects of farmer social status and plant biocultural value on seed circulation networks in Vanuatu
Thomas, M., and S. Caillon. 2016. Effects of farmer social status and plant biocultural value on seed circulation networks in Vanuatu. Ecology and Society 21(2):13.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08378-210213
Biocultural approaches to well-being and sustainability indicators across scales
Moving beyond the human-nature dichotomy through biocultural approaches: Including Ecological Well-Being in Resilience Indicators
Caillon, S., G. Cullman, B. Verschuuren, and E. J. Sterling. 2017. Moving beyond the human–nature dichotomy through biocultural approaches: including ecological well-being in resilience indicators. Ecology and Society 22(4):27. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09746-220427
Culturally Grounded Indicators of Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems
Measuring progress toward sustainability goals is a multifaceted task. Inter- national, regional, and national organizations and agencies seek to promote resilience and capacity for adaptation at local levels. However, their measurement systems may be poorly aligned with local contexts, cultures, and needs. Understanding how to build effective, culturally grounded measurement systems is a fundamental step toward supporting adaptive management and…
Creating a space for place and multidimensional well-being: Lessons learned from localizing the SDGs
Achieving sustainable development globally requires multilevel and interdisciplinary efforts and perspectives. Global goals shape priorities and actions at multiple scales, creating cascading impacts realized at the local level through the direction of financial resources and implementation of programs intended to achieve progress towards these metrics. We explore ways to localize global goals to best support human well-being and environmental he…
Agricultural innovation and environmental change on the floodplains of the Congo River
Climate-driven environmental changes bring new risks but also opportunities to populations living along the world's major rivers. Based on ethnoecological fieldwork, in this paper we examine how people living in the cuvette centrale of the Congo basin have adopted flood-recession agriculture on islands in the Congo River, taking advantage of a secular shift since the 1980s in the hydrological regime of the Congo River. Analyses of the hydrologica…
The role of crop diversity in climate change adaptation: Insights from local observations to inform decision making in agriculture
Semi-Domesticated Crops Have Unique Functional Roles in Agroecosystems: Perennial Beans ( Phaseolus dumosus and P. coccineus ) and Landscape Ethnoecology in the Colombian Andes
Semi-domesticated plants are good resources for agroecology, because they can survive without human intervention and can be managed together with non-domesticated plants. To explore the ecological know-how underlying farmer management of semi-domesticates at the landscape level, we compared how Yanacona Indigenous People in the southwestern Colombian Andes manage two semi-domesticated species of Phaseolus beans, both locally named cacha (Phaseolu…
Assessing human well‐being constructs with environmental and equity aspects: A review of the landscape
Decades of theory and scholarship on the concept of human well‐being have informed a proliferation of approaches to assess well‐being and support public policy aimed at sustainability and improving quality of life. Human well‐being is multidimensional, and well‐being emerges when the dimensions and interrelationships interact as a system. In this paper, we illuminate two crucial components of well‐being that are often excluded from policy because…
Agrobiodiversity threats amid expanding woody monocultures and hopes nourished through farmer and food movements in the Mediterranean
The high biodiversity of food and agriculture (agrobiodiversity) in the Mediterranean exists in rapidly changing landscapes and food systems. The first goal of this Commentary is to explain how agrobiodiverse Mediterranean food cereals and legumes are threatened by the accelerating expansion and intensification of monocultures of woody crops—principally olive, nut, grape, and citrus monocrops—in landscapes of the western Mediterranean (Spain, Mor…
Shifting to quality wine production in France's Midi: Ethnographic notes from the Department of the Hérault
Transition toward quality wine production in the Midi region of southern France reflects wider norms in French quality agro-food production and regulation but also departs from it. • Diverse practices and policies comprising a move toward more sustainable wine production in the Midi are highly relevant to the shift to quality wine making but are not synonymous with it. • The Midi shift to quality wine production involves a dynamic re-articulation…
Ethnobiology's Contributions to Sustainability Science
Progress toward the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is insufficient at a global scale. A thorough and interdisciplinary understanding of barriers and levers to sustainability, including synergies and trade-offs between SDGs, is utterly important but still limited. Ethnobiology is often advocated as a key discipline to address this research gap. We conducted a systematic literature review to explore (i) the visibility of et…
Human–nature relationships through the lens of reciprocity: Insights from Indigenous and local knowledge systems
In the context of climate change, biodiversity decline and social injustice, reciprocity emerges as a way of living and being in this world that holds transformative potential. Concepts of reciprocity vary and are enacted in specific cultural practices grounded in Indigenous and local knowledge systems. This editorial synthesises first‐hand evidence of how practising reciprocity can result in positive reciprocal contributions between people and n…
Navigating human–plant reciprocity: Commercial harvesting by professionals of a medicinal plant fosters multi‐actor landscape management
Studies of human–nature relationships increasingly recognise not only nature's contributions to people but also the positive contributions of human practices to ecosystems. The concept of reciprocal contributions emphasises positive human–nature relationships. But trade‐offs between natural elements implies that human favouring of one element (e.g. via the protection of its habitat) can be detrimental to others. Discussing the concept of reciproc…
Invisible Landscapes, Invisible People: Juniper Picking at the End of the Line
This article documents the activities of two of the last juniper berry pickers of the Catalan Pyrenees. We describe how their work has been affected by rural depopulation, hyperregulation, and climate change. Junipers mostly grow in open pastures that are being colonized by bushes and trees. Their berries are sold to one of the main Catalan gin-making companies. Juniper berry pickers, thus, conduct their work in transitional areas: pastures in th…
Aller au génépi: Composer avec des règles pour une cueillette en montagne
Les motivations associées à la cueillette d’espèces végétales sont nombreuses, allant de l’économique au symbolique. Or la vulnérabilité de certaines espèces a conduit à la mise en place de réglementations de ces pratiques de cueillette, avec lesquelles les cueilleureuses doivent composer en adaptant (ou non) leurs pratiques.Dans cette étude, nous nous sommes intéressé·es à la cueillette de génépi dans les Alpes du Sud, où nous avons conduit des …
Searching for Génépi in the Southern Alps: Dealing with Rules for Wild Plant Harvesting in High-Mountain Areas
The objectives that motivate the harvesting of wild plants are diverse, and range from economic to symbolic reasons. However, the sensitivity of many harvested species makes the regulation of such practices necessary, hence harvesters have to compose with different regulations by adapting (or not) their practices.In the study presented here, we focused on génépi harvesting in the Southern Alps, where we conducted semi-structured interviews with a…
Unpacking farmers’ multiple values in grapevine variety choice
Understanding farmers’ values that underpin crop choices is pivotal for designing effective and adequate sustainable agricultural policies. While significant attention has been given to the agronomic, economic and socio-cultural values of smallholder farmers in the Global South, the plural values held by commercial farmers in the Global North—specifically ascribed to perennial crops—remain underexplored. Here, we adopt an emic perspective to inve…
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