Understanding Social–Ecological Systems using Loop Analysis
Human Ecology Review, 2021 The sustainable management of social-ecological systems (SESs) requires that we understand the complex structure of relationships and feedbacks among ecosystem components and socioeconomic entities. Therefore, the construction and analysis of models integrating ecological and human actors is crucial for describing the functioning of SESs, and ...
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Look Who’s Asking—Reflections on Participatory and Transdisciplinary Marine Research Approaches
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Marine conservation transdisciplinary researchers often get to the field with a previously designed question, often formulated outside the actual geographical, social, cultural and ecological setting in which the research projects are supposed to be ...
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Biodiversity in salt marshes: from the patrimonial value to the ecosystem functioning. The case study of the Mont Saint-Michel bay. [PDF]
, 2003 Until 1979, European salt marshes were known only through the inventories of fauna and especially of flora. On such criteria, the salt marshes of the Mont-Saint-Michel bay (France) were regarded as most significant of the French coasts.
Bouchard, Virginie +4 more
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National ecosystem restoration pledges are mismatched with social-ecological enabling conditions
Communications Earth & EnvironmentEcosystem restoration is widely recognized as a key strategy to address social-ecological challenges. National governments have pledged to restore millions of hectares of land.
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Ecological and social outcomes of urbanization on regional farming systems: a global synthesis
Ecology and Society, 2021 Though urban land covers only around 0.5% of the Earth's terrestrial surface, urbanization often leads to significant changes in land use and land cover.
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Convergence of socio-ecological dynamics in disparate ecological systems under strong coupling to human social systems [PDF]
, 2018 bioRxiv preprint first posted online Apr. 6, 2018; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/296202. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not peer-reviewed) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity ...
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Comanagement of coral reef social-ecological systems [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012 In an effort to deliver better outcomes for people and the ecosystems they depend on, many governments and civil society groups are engaging natural resource users in collaborative management arrangements (frequently called comanagement).
Cinner, Joshua E. +16 more
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Land, 2020 Many cities lack complex spatial databases that can answer the question “What does a given green space offer?” This complicates the lives of inhabitants, planners, and local authorities.
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Policies to promote sustainable consumption: framework for a future-oriented evaluation [PDF]
, 2009 Governments are today developing policies to promote sustainable consumption, yet policy makers face many uncertainties about policy impacts. These include uncertainties about how policy instruments influence consumption patterns and about the impact of ...
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Future ecosystem service provision under land-use change scenarios in southwestern Ethiopia
Ecosystems and PeopleContinued pressure and transformation of land-use by humans are key drivers of biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) loss. To determine the sustainability of possible future land-use practices, it is important to anticipate likely future changes to ...
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