Humanity has emerged as a major force in the operation of the biosphere. The focus is shifting from the environment as externality to the biosphere as precondition for social justice, economic development, and sustainability. In this article, we exemplify the intertwined nature of social-ecological systems and emphasize that they operate within, and as embedded parts of the biosphere and as such coevolve with and depend on it. We regard social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems and use a social-ecological resilience approach as a lens to address and understand their dynamics. We raise the challenge of stewardship of development in concert with the biosphere for people in diverse contexts and places as critical for long-term sustainability and dignity in human relations. Biosphere stewardship is essential, in the globalized world of interactions with the Earth system, to sustain and enhance our life-supporting environment for human well-being and future human development on Earth, hence, the need to reconnect development to the biosphere foundation and the need for a biosphere-based sustainability science.
생물권 관리는 지구 시스템과 상호 작용하는 세계화된 세계에서 인류의 복지와 지구상의 미래 인간 발전을 위해 생명 유지 환경을 유지하고 향상시키는 데 필수적입니다. 따라서 개발을 생물권 기반과 생물권 기반 지속 가능성 과학의 필요성에 다시 연결해야 할 필요성이 있습니다.