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| Anderies, John M; Arizona State University; m.anderies@asu.edu; Folke, Carl; Beijer Institute for Ecological Economics; Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm University; carl.folke@beijer.kva.se; Walker, Brian; CSIRO Ecosystem Science; Brian.Walker@csiro.au; Ostrom, Elinor; Indiana University; ostrom@indiana.edu. |
| Globalization, the process by which local social-ecological systems (SESs) are becoming linked in a global network, presents policy scientists and practitioners with unique and difficult challenges. Although local SESs can be extremely complex, when they become more tightly linked in the global system, complexity increases very rapidly as multi-scale and multi-level processes become more important. Here, we argue that addressing these multi-scale and multi-level challenges requires a collection of theories and models. We suggest that the conceptual domains of sustainability, resilience, and robustness provide a sufficiently rich collection of theories and models, but overlapping definitions and confusion about how these conceptual domains articulate with... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Fragility; Global change; Governance; Institutions; Resilience; Robustness; Sustainability. |
| Ano: 2013 |
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| Lookingbill, Todd R; University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; tlooking@richmond.edu; Kaushal, Sujay S; University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science;; Elmore, Andrew J; University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science;; Gardner, Robert; University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science;; Eshleman, Keith N; University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science;; Hilderbrand, Robert H; University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science;; Morgan, Raymond P; University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science;; Boynton, Walter R; University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science;; Palmer, Margaret A; University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science;; Dennison, William C; University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science;. |
| The relevance of the boundary concept to ecological processes has been recently questioned. Humans in the post-industrial era have created novel lateral transport fluxes that have not been sufficiently considered in watershed studies. We describe patterns of land-use change within the Potomac River basin and demonstrate how these changes have blurred traditional ecosystem boundaries by increasing the movement of people, materials, and energy into and within the basin. We argue that this expansion of ecological commerce requires new science, monitoring, and management strategies focused on large rivers and suggest that traditional geopolitical and economic boundaries for environmental decision making be appropriately revised. Effective mitigation of the... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Synthesis |
Palavras-chave: Catchment ecology; Chesapeake Bay; Interdisciplinary science; Large river; Potomac River; Restoration; Urban metabolism. |
| Ano: 2009 |
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| Polfus, Jean L.; Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; jeanpolfus@gmail.com; Manseau, Micheline; Office of the Chief Ecosystem Scientist, Parks Canada, Gatineau, Québec, Canada; Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Micheline.Manseau@pc.gc.ca; Bayha, Walter; Délı̨nę Land Corporation, Délı̨nę, Northwest Territories, Canada; nihtla321@gmail.com; Rice, Keren; Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; rice@chass.utoronto.ca; Wilson, Paul; Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; pawilson@trentu.ca. |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Aboriginal; Biocultural diversity; Biodiversity; Caribou; Collaborative research; Ecology; First Nation; Genetic variation; Indigenous communities; Population genetics; Population structure; Rangifer tarandus; Resource management; Social-ecological systems; Traditional knowledge. |
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| Fernández-Giménez, Maria E.; Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University; maria.fernandez-gimenez@colostate.edu. |
| Since the mid-20th century, the Pyrenean pastoral social-ecological system (SES) has undergone socioeconomic and demographic transformations leading to changes in grazing practices and a decline in the livestock industry. Land abandonment has contributed to an ecological transition from herbaceous vegetation cover to shrublands and forests, leading to a loss of ecosystem services, including biodiversity and forage. I interviewed 27 stockmen (ganaderos) in two valleys of the central Pyrenees to document their traditional ecological knowledge and observations of environmental, social, economic, and cultural changes in the valleys. I used poetic analysis, a qualitative data analysis approach, to illustrate and analyze one ganadero’s experience of... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Arts-based analysis; Cultural ecosystem services; Pastoralism; Place attachment; Place identity; Rangelands; Resilience. |
| Ano: 2015 |
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| Oakes, Lauren E.; Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University; leoakes@stanford.edu; Ardoin, Nicole M.; Graduate School of Education and Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University; nmardoin@stanford.edu; Lambin, Eric F.; School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University; Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University; elambin@stanford.edu. |
| Individual actions to avoid, benefit from, or cope with climate change impacts partly shape adaptation; much research on adaptation has focused at the systems level, overlooking drivers of individual responses. Theoretical frameworks and empirical studies of environmental behavior identify a complex web of cognitive, affective, and evaluative factors that motivate stewardship. We explore the relationship between knowledge of, and adaptation to, widespread, climate-induced tree mortality to understand the cognitive (i.e., knowledge and learning), affective (i.e., attitudes and place attachment), and evaluative (i.e., use values) factors that influence how individuals respond to climate-change impacts. From 43 semistructured interviews with forest managers... |
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Palavras-chave: Attitudes; Climate change; Forest management; Individual adaptation; Knowledge; Place attachment; Use values. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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| Jackson, Sue E.; Australian Rivers Institute Griffith University; TRaCK; sue.jackson@griffith.edu.au; Douglas, Michael M.; NERP Research Hub, Charles Darwin University; TRaCK; michael.douglas@cdu.edu.au; Kennard, Mark J.; Australian Rivers Institute Griffith University; TRaCK;; Pusey, Brad J.; Australian Rivers Institute Griffith University; TRaCK; Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management, University of Western Australia;; Huddleston, Jabal; Wagiman Traditional Owner;; Harney, Bill; Wardaman Association;; Liddy, Lenny; Wagiman Traditional Owner;; Liddy, Mona; Wagiman Traditional Owner;; Liddy, Robert; Wagiman Traditional Owner;; Sullivan, Lizzy; Wagiman Traditional Owner;; Huddleston, Brenda; Wagiman Traditional Owner;; Banderson, Melissa; Wagiman Traditional Owner;; McMah, Andrew; Wagiman Traditional Owner;; Allsop, Quentin; NT Fisheries Research, Northern Territory Department of Resources;. |
| Studies that apply indigenous ecological knowledge to contemporary resource management problems are increasing globally; however, few of these studies have contributed to environmental water management. We interviewed three indigenous landowning groups in a tropical Australian catchment subject to increasing water resource development pressure and trialed tools to integrate indigenous and scientific knowledge of the biology and ecology of freshwater fish to assess their water requirements. The differences, similarities, and complementarities between the knowledge of fish held by indigenous people and scientists are discussed in the context of the changing socioeconomic circumstances experienced by indigenous communities of north Australia. In addition to... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Daly River; Environmental flow; Fish ecology; Indigenous ecological knowledge; Indigenous fish knowledge; Integration. |
| Ano: 2014 |
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| Lacroix, Karine; School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria; lacroixk@uvic.ca; Richards, Garrett; School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria; gwr@uvic.ca. |
| Climate change is putting infrastructure, food supply, water resources, ecosystems, and human health at risk. These risks will be exacerbated depending on the degree of additional greenhouse gas emissions. Urgent action is needed to limit the severity of impacts associated with further warming. British Columbia (BC) has taken action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from carbon-based fuels by introducing a carbon tax in 2008. As an innovative approach to climate change mitigation, especially in North America, studies evaluating its effectiveness are valuable. We assessed the long-term viability potential of the BC carbon tax using common pool resource design principles, a novel application of the design principles to environmental policy. We found that... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: British Columbia carbon tax; Common-pool resource; Elinor Ostrom design principles; Policy analysis. |
| Ano: 2015 |
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| Tucker, Catherine M.; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana; tuckerc@indiana.edu; Randolph, J. C.; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana; randolph@indiana.edu; Evans, Tom; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana; evans@indiana.edu; Andersson, Krister P.; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado;; Persha, Lauren; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana;; Green, Glen M.; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana;. |
| A significant challenge in the assessment of forest management outcomes is the limited ability to compare forest conditions quantitatively across ecological zones. We propose an approach for comparing different forest types through the use of reference forests. We tested our idea by drawing a sample of 42 forests from the Midwest USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil, Bolivia, Uganda, and Nepal. We grouped these forests by shared characteristics and selected a reference forest to serve as a baseline for each forest type. We developed an index of disturbances using ratios of several forest measurements to assess differences between each study forest and its reference forest. None of the study forests was known to have been impacted by major natural... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight |
Palavras-chave: Biophysical factors; Comparative analysis; Forest management; Institutions; Multidisciplinary methodology; Reference forests. |
| Ano: 2008 |
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| Bijlsma, Rianne M.; University of Twente, The Netherlands; Deltares, The Netherlands; r.m.bijlsma@alumnus.utwente.nl; Bots, Pieter W. G.; Cemagref (UMR G-EAU); University of Delft, The Netherlands; p.w.g.bots@tudelft.nl; Wolters, Henk A.; Deltares, The Netherlands; henk.wolters@deltares.nl; Hoekstra, Arjen Y.; University of Twente, The Netherlands; a.y.hoekstra@utwente.nl. |
| Stakeholder participation is advocated widely, but there is little structured, empirical research into its influence on policy development. We aim to further the insight into the characteristics of participatory policy development by comparing it to expert-based policy development for the same case. We describe the process of problem framing and analysis, as well as the knowledge base used. We apply an uncertainty perspective to reveal differences between the approaches and speculate about possible explanations. We view policy development as a continuous handling of substantive uncertainty and process uncertainty, and investigate how the methods of handling uncertainty of actors influence the policy development. Our findings suggest that the wider frame... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Environmental policy; Framing; Participation; Policy development; Policy process; Stakeholder involvement; Uncertainty. |
| Ano: 2011 |
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| Graz, Friedrich Patrick; Polytechnic of Namibia; pgraz@polytechnic.edu.na. |
| This article introduces a web-based conceptual model of vegetation to facilitate an easy understanding of the processes that govern the development of dry savanna woodlands. The model is based on a simple table structure that can be interpreted by most web browsers, making it easily accessible. This latter consideration is important because thetelecommunication link to most of the outlying areas in Namibia is weak. The model may be accessed by community-based natural resource managers to provide an overview of the complexity of the savanna woodland system. |
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