Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSPs) describe alternative socioeconomic futures in the absence of climate policy intervention, comprising sustainable development (SSP1), regional rivalry (SSP3), inequality (SSP4), fossil-fuelled development (SSP5) and middle-of- the-road development (SSP2). The combination of SSP-based socio- economic scenarios and Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP)-based climate projections provides an integrative frame for climate impact and policy analysis.

A system that links people to the vital forces of nature, especially the soul or inner-self of non-humans or nature spirits, through the mediation of a specialist, the shaman. Shamans are generally trained through enduring experiences including the consumption of psychotropic substances that lead them to experience spiritual connections that are mobilized to combat illness and any dangers that may affect their community.

Natural gas from shale formations (European Commission, 2018).

Sewage (or domestic wastewater or municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced from a community of people.

Fields removed from agricultural production for various durations. Set-aside policy and management reduced the extent of agricultural production surpluses, resulted in soil improvement, landscape and farm diversification, and conservation of nature. Also sometimes referred to as fallow.

Attached or stationary, as opposed to free-living or motile (Lawrence, 2005).

Characteristics that make a place special or unique, as well as to those that foster a sense of authentic human attachment and belonging.

Characteristics that make a place special or unique, as well as to those that foster a sense of authentic human attachment and belonging (Casey, 2001).

Extracting one or a few tree species instead of for example clearcutting of forests. Trees are only felled when they reach a particular height. This allows young trees a guaranteed life span and the forest will regain full maturity after around 30-50 years.

Selective hunting, in this assessment, refers to situations where hunters focus on particular species, or on individual animals within a population that have particular attributes, e.g. large size, large horns or antlers.