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| Moller, Henrik; Centre for Sustainability (CSAFE), University of Otago, New Zealand; ecosyst@ihug.co.nz; Noe, Egon; Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark; egon.noe@agro.au.dk. |
| The focus of the Special Feature on “Multicriteria assessment of food system sustainability” is on the complex challenges of making and communicating overall assessments of food systems sustainability based on multiple and varied criteria. Four papers concern the choice and development of appropriate tools for making multicriteria sustainability assessments that handle built-in methodological conflicts and trade-offs between different assessment objectives. They underscore the value of linking diverse methods and tools, or nesting and stepping their deployment, to help build resilience and sustainability. They conclude that there is no one tool, one framework, or one indicator set that is appropriate for the different purposes and... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed article |
Palavras-chave: Food systems; Multiple perspectives; Performance-based vs. values-based approaches; Sustainability assessment; Sustainability transformation; Tool choice. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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| Jones, Russ; Haida Fisheries Program; russ.jones@haidanation.net; Rigg, Catherine; Haida Fisheries Program;; Lee, Lynn; School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University ;. |
| The Haida Nation is involved in an integrated marine planning initiative in northern British Columbia, Canada. The Haida continue to occupy traditional territory in and around Haida Gwaii, or the Queen Charlotte Islands, and are engaged in a larger planning process for the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA). This initiative is in the early planning stage, focused on capacity building and creating enabling conditions for co-governance. Court decisions, government policies, and a modern treaty process are driving short- and long-term efforts to resolve issues of Aboriginal ownership and resource access, both on land and in the ocean. As a result, the PNCIMA process is being led by two levels of government, First Nations and federal,... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed article |
Palavras-chave: Aboriginal rights; Fisheries management; Indigenous peoples; Integrated coastal management; Marine planning; Oceans governance. |
| Ano: 2010 |
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| Johnson, Craig R; ; craig.johnson@utas.edu.au. |
| The characteristic, or natural, length scales of a spatially dynamic ecological landscape are the spatial scales at which the deterministic trends in the dynamic are most sharply in focus. Given recent development of techniques to determine the characteristic length scales (CLSs) of real ecological systems, I explore the potential for using CLSs to address three important and vexing issues in applied ecology, viz. (i) determining the optimum scales to monitor ecological systems, (ii) interpreting change in ecological communities, and (iii) ascertaining connectivity between species in complex ecologies. In summarizing the concept of characteristic length scales as system-level scaling thresholds, I emphasize that the primary CLS is, by definition, the... |
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Palavras-chave: Attractor reconstruction; Characteristic length scale; Community change; Connectivity; Monitoring; Natural length scale; Scaling threshold. |
| Ano: 2009 |
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| Haller, Tobias; University of Bern, Institute of Social Anthropology; haller@anthro.unibe.ch; Fokou, Gilbert; NCCR North-South, University of Bern, Switzerland University of Yaounde, Cameroon; gilbertfokou@yahoo.fr; Mbeyale, Gimbage; Soikoine University, Tanzania; gimbage@yahoo.com; Meroka, Patrick; University of Zurich, Switzerland; meroka2004@yahoo.de. |
| We enlarge the notion of institutional fit using theoretical approaches from New Institutionalism, including rational choice and strategic action, political ecology and constructivist approaches. These approaches are combined with ecological approaches (system and evolutionary ecology) focusing on feedback loops and change. We offer results drawn from a comparison of fit and misfit cases of institutional change in pastoral commons in four African floodplain contexts (Zambia, Cameroon, Tanzania (two cases). Cases of precolonial fit and misfit in the postcolonial past, as well as a case of institutional fit in the postcolonial phase, highlight important features, specifically, flexible institutions, leadership, and mutual economic benefit under specific... |
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Palavras-chave: African floodplains; Governance; Institutional change; Institutional fit; New Institutionalism; Pastoral commons. |
| Ano: 2013 |
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| Schleicher, Judith; Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN, UK; School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, S Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK; schleicher.judith@gmail.com; Hymas, Olivier; Human Ecology Research Group, Department of Anthropology, University College London, UK; Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, UK; ohymas@onetel.com; Coad, Lauren; Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, UK; Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia; lauren.coad@ouce.ox.ac.uk. |
| Addressing today’s environmental challenges is intimately linked to understanding and improving natural resource governance institutions. As a result conservation initiatives are increasingly realizing the importance of integrating local perspectives of land tenure arrangements, natural resource rights, and local beliefs into conservation approaches. However, current work has not sufficiently considered the dynamic nature of natural resource governance institutions over time and the potential implications for current conservation interventions. We therefore explored how and why hunting governance has changed since the precolonial period in two ethnic hunting communities in Gabon, Central Africa, integrating various ethnographic methods with... |
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Palavras-chave: Bushmeat; Gabon; Historical ecology; Hunting; Natural resource governance. |
| Ano: 2015 |
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| Lemos, Maria Carmen; James Martin 21st Century School Fellow, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK; School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.; lemos@umich.edu; Boyd, Emily; James Martin 21st Century School Fellow, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK OX1 3QY; emily.boyd@ouce.ox.ac.uk; Tompkins, Emma L; James Martin 21st Century School Fellow, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK OX1 3QY; emma.tompkins@ouce.ox.ac.uk; Osbahr, Henny; Tyndall Centre Research Fellow, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK OX1 3QY; henny.osbahr@ouce.ox.ac.uk; Liverman, Diana; Director, Environmental Change Institute, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK OX1 3QY; diana.liverman@eci.ox.ac.uk. |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed article |
Palavras-chave: Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Development; Resilience.. |
| Ano: 2007 |
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| Golden, Jay S.; Nicholas School of the Environment and Nicholas Institute, Duke University Durham, North Carolina. ; Jay.Golden@Duke.edu; Dooley, K. J.; Supply Chain Management, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University;; Anderies, J. M.; School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University; m.anderies@asu.edu; Thompson, B. H.; Woods Institute for the Environment; Stanford Law School, Stanford University;; Gereffi, G.; Center on Globalization, Governance and Competitiveness, Duke University;; Pratson, L; Energy and Environment Program, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University;. |
| There is growing scientific evidence that improving the sustainability of consumer products can lead to significant gains in global sustainability. Historically, environmental policy has been managed by bureaucracies and institutions in a mechanistic manner; this had led to many early successes. However, we believe that if policy concerning product sustainability is also managed in this way, negative unintended consequences are likely to occur. Thus, we propose a social–ecological systems approach to policy making concerning product sustainability that will lead to more rapid and meaningful progress toward improving the environmental and social impacts of consumer products. |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed article |
Palavras-chave: Consumer products; Ecolabeling; Sustainable indexing; Sustainability. |
| Ano: 2010 |
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| Carpenter, Stephen R; University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA; srcarpen@wisc.edu; Bennett, Elena M.; McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; elena.bennett@mcgill.ca; Peterson, Garry D; McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; garry.peterson@mcgill.ca. |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed article |
Palavras-chave: Adaptive governance; Ambiguity; Ecological change; Ecosystem services; Poverty reduction; Regime shift; Resilience; Scenarios.. |
| Ano: 2006 |
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| Cavender-Bares, Jeannine; University of Minnesota; cavender@umn.edu; King, Elizabeth; University of Georgia; egking@uga.edu; Polasky, Stephen; Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota; Institute on Environment, University of Minnesota; polasky@umn.edu. |
| Meeting human needs while sustaining the planet’s life support systems is the fundamental challenge of our time. What role sustenance of biodiversity and contrasting ecosystem services should play in achieving a sustainable future varies along philosophical, cultural, institutional, societal, and governmental divisions. Contrasting biophysical constraints and perspectives on human well-being arise both within and across countries that span the tropics and temperate zone. Direct sustenance of livelihoods from ecosystem services in East Africa contrasts with the complex and diverse relationships with the land in Mexico and the highly monetary-based economy of the United States. Lack of understanding of the contrasting contexts in which... |
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Palavras-chave: Biophysical constraints; Cultural contexts; Ecosystem services; Empirical case studies; Human preferences; Sustainability framework; Trade-offs. |
| Ano: 2015 |
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