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Engaging with complexity in resilience practice

Ecology and Society, 2021
In a complex and turbulent world, there is heightened interest in managing for resilience. However, resilience guides, particularly those used in the development field, often lack a theoretical grounding in complex adaptive systems.
My M. Sellberg, Allyson Quinlan, Rika Preiser, Katja Malmborg, Garry D. Peterson   +4 more
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CONTROVERSIES AND TRANSITIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [PDF]

Mercator, 2020
Science does not progress without controversy as well the societies. In this article, this approach is privileged, aiming to analyze whether they can hinder or speed up the agricultural and food, environmental and sanitary transitions necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Neli de Mello ThéryNeli de Mello Théry, Patrick Caron   +1 more
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Community perceptions on land and water acquisitions in the Okavango Delta: implications for rural livelihoods

Ecosystems and People
Large-scale land acquisitions in Africa are increasing, reported often as the transfers of land for food and biofuel crop production. Only reporting agricultural acquisitions underplays potential impacts of other forms of acquisitions like tourism and ...
Nametso Dorothy Phonchi-Tshekiso, Nadia Sitas, Odirilwe Selomane   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seeding equity in African food systems: how can marginal, bottom-up initiatives promote transformations to more equitable and sustainable futures?

Ecology and Society
The multiple crises of the Anthropocene require deep transformations to achieve more sustainable, and equitable, social-ecological futures. Consequently, there is growing interest in marginal, experimental, or bottom-up initiatives that may provide ...
Julia L van Velden, Nyasha Magadzire, Willem Malherbe, Joyce Atieno Ojino, Helen Bour, Keziah K Mayer, Sungeni R Karonga, Sènankpon Tcheton, Mulako Kabisa, Laura M Pereira, Reinette Biggs   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The evolution of social-ecological systems (SES) research: a co-authorship and co-citation network analysis

Ecology and Society
Social-ecological systems (SES) research has gained substantial momentum, as witnessed by the growth in SES publications, theories, and frameworks, and the traction these concepts have gained in development and policy arenas.
Amanda Manyani, Reinette Biggs, Lloyd Hill, Rika Preiser   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agents of change: clarifying terms and their functional roles in shaping social-ecological systems

Ecology and Society
In the context of unprecedented global change, there is growing interest in the role of various agents of change in shaping and transforming social-ecological systems (SES) toward more just and sustainable futures. However, the diversity of terms used to
Catherine B Pringle, Reinette Biggs, Nadia Sitas   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring relationality in African knowledge systems as a contribution to decoloniality in sustainability science

Ecosystems and People
The current solutions offered by Western sustainability science to address prevailing global environmental destruction and social injustice are still largely embedded in the Western knowledge system established by colonisation, limiting the efficacy of ...
Melanie Carstens, Rika Preiser
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Sustainability transition for Indian agriculture

Scientific Reports, 2023
AbstractFarming in India faces a sustainability challenge due to its overreliance on chemical inputs. For every US$ 1,000 investment in sustainable farming, a US$ 100,000 subsidy is allocated for chemical fertilizers. Indian farming system is far off the optimal nitrogen efficiency, calling for substantial reforms in policy towards the transition to ...
Bino Paul, Kamal Kumar Murari, Unmesh Patnaik, Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati, Subash Sasidharan   +4 more
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Acceleration mechanisms and tipping dynamics in Australia’s renewable energy transition

Global Sustainability
Non-Technical Summary Achieving sustainability and climate goals requires accelerating the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. This study explores how and why Australia’s electricity transition has accelerated in recent years.
Cameron Allen, Enayat A. Moallemi, Rob Raven, Darren Sharp   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ironic Medications: A Narrative‐Based Psycho‐Educational Intervention to Explore Patient–Provider Communication in Adolescents With Haematological Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adolescents with haematological malignancies face significant emotional and relational challenges, often accompanied by difficulties in communicating their needs within the healthcare context. To address these issues, a narrative‐based psycho‐educational intervention based on the creation and prescription of Ironic Medications was ...
Marta Stoppa, Elena Pagani Bagliacca, Selena Russo, Giulia Rampoldi, Maria Grazia Strepparava, Adriana Cristina Balduzzi, Andrea Biondi, Marco Spinelli   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source