The notion of Anthropocene defines the current planetary environmental crisis as a result of climate change, biodiversity loss, and the sixth mass extinction. On the one hand, we see physical changes and disruptions of existing landscapes, with consequences on global mobilities, lifestyle patterns, and activities. On the other hand, we see the re-negotiation of places and imageries, along with the emergence of new human-environment interactions to support multispecies understanding as an alternative to human-centric views of the World. In Geography, the Anthropocene encompasses ontological and epistemological shifts in the way we understand and engage with places and spaces. Existing parameters that frame geographical thought are being replaced by alternative approaches that reveal the changing complexities of what we observe. To this end, geographical reflections and keywords such as vulnerability, remoteness, sustainability, sense of place, as well as the simple idea of the environment must be re-elaborated and reworked to enhance the ecologically embedded complexities of the permacrisis we currently live in. The purpose of this session is to welcome critical geographical thinking and alternative approaches that can help understand human-environment relationships in the Anthropocene and support the pursuit of equality, sustainability justice and more-than-human understandings to effectively address sustainable futures in the UN Decade of Action.

This session welcomes contributions focusing on the following:

• Different approaches to learning and understanding more-than-human interactions.
• Critical reflections on the hegemony of sustainable development mechanisms.
• Processes, practices and discourses, and multiple viewpoints involved in biodiversity, biodiversity loss, and biodiversity conservation (e.g., Indigenous biodiversities, ‘hidden’ biodiversity).
• Histories and governance of biodiversity both across Northern and Mediterranean Europe.
• Artistic and Citizen Science approaches on biodiversity and relevance for geography research.
• Initiatives and pedagogical approaches to comprehend biodiversity and its divulgation in geography disciplines.
• The relevance of historical and map archives, diversity vaults and mapping to enhance cross-disciplinary dialogue.