Publications
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An Ecosystem-Based Approach to Climate-Smart Agriculture with Some Considerations for Social Equity
Published on August 1, 2021
Although the transition to industrial agriculture in the 20th century resulted in increased agricultural productivity and efficiency, the attainment of global food security continues to be elusive. Current and anticipated impacts of climate change on... -
Examining Linkages among Livelihood Strategies, Ecosystem Services, and Social Well-Being to Improve National Park Management
Published on August 1, 2021
This research examines perceptions of ecosystem services (ES) and social well-being in the Wuyishan National Park, China. This study analyses the importance of and linkages between them based on the impact of new designation of protected areas on thi... -
Landscape sustainability science II: core questions and key approaches
Published on August 1, 2021
Context A background assumption of landscape approaches is that some landscape patterns are more sustainable than others, and thus searching for these patterns should be a unifying theme for all landscape-related studies. We know much about biodivers... -
Habitat Quality Effect and Driving Mechanism of Land Use Transitions: A Case Study of Henan Water Source Area of the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project
Published on August 1, 2021
Accelerating urbanization and industrialization have had substantial impacts on economic and social activities, changed the surface environment of the earth, and affected global climate change and biodiversity. If reasonable and effective management ... -
Reframing water-related ecosystem services flows
Published on August 1, 2021
To sustain water-dependent economic and socio-ecological systems, natural capital and its interactions with other types of capital is gaining attention, but a clear understanding of how to manage natural capital sustainably and how to make decisions ... -
Sustainable Indigenous Fishing in the Pre-Contact Caribbean: Evidence and Critical Considerations from Carriacou, Grenada
Published on August 1, 2021
Multiple studies reveal pre-1492 anthropogenic impacts on Caribbean fisheries that are consistent with overfishing, including changes in targeted prey, shifts in marine habitats exploited, and decreases in the average body size of taxa. At the Indige... -
The intersection of economic demand for ecosystem services and public policy: A watershed case study exploring implications for social-ecological resilience
Published on August 1, 2021
Regional economies depend, to varying degrees, on water-based ecosystem services. As growing populations and other pressures increasingly stress underlying ecosystems, it is imperative that society better understand the linkages between economic and ... -
Telecoupled Environmental Impacts Are An Obstacle To Meeting The Sustainable Development Goals
Published on July 30, 2021
International trade is responsible for connecting human and natural systems across distant countries, and has profound implications for sustainability. In particular, telecoupling, the socioeconomic and environmental interactions between distant coun... -
COVID-19 Impacts on Teaching and Learning: A Collaborative Autoethnography by Two Higher Education Lecturers
Published on July 29, 2021
The phenomenon of the Covid-19 lockdown in New Zealand during 2020 enabled two Higher Education (HE) lecturers to reflect on grappling with new technologies, changes in lifestyle and livelihoods, and the impact that social isolation had on Bachelor o... -
The archaeology of climate change: The case for cultural diversity
Published on July 27, 2021
Anthropogenic climate change is currently driving environmental transformation on a scale and at a pace that exceeds historical records. This represents an undeniably serious challenge to existing social, political, and economic systems. Humans have ... -
Positioning zoonotic disease research in forced migration: A systematic literature review of theoretical frameworks and approaches
Published on July 26, 2021
Background The emergence and transmission of zoonotic diseases are driven by complex interactions between health, environmental, and socio-political systems. Human movement is considered a significant and increasing factor in these processes, yet for... -
Entwining ecosystem services, Land Use Change and human well-being by nitrogen flows
Published on July 25, 2021
Identifying the linkage among Land Use Change, Ecosystem Services, and Human Well-Being (LUC-ES-HW) is essential for a clearer understanding of the interactive mechanism behind the natural-social system. There are limited studies designed for explori... -
The Role of Urbanness, Vegetation Structure, and Scale in Shaping Puerto Rico's Acoustically Active Mangrove Fauna Communities
Published on July 22, 2021
The mangroves of Puerto Rico occupy a gradient of urbanization that offers a chance to test hypotheses on urban faunal communities. These hypotheses state that urban avifaunal communities have greater representation by generalists and that certain ma... -
Adoption of community monitoring improves common pool resource management across contexts
Published on July 20, 2021
Pervasive overuse and degradation of common pool resources (CPRs) is a global concern. To sustainably manage CPRs, effective governance institutions are essential. A large literature has developed to describe the institutional design features employe... -
Integrative technology hubs for urban food-energy-water nexuses and cost-benefit-risk tradeoffs II: Design strategies for urban sustainability
Published on July 18, 2021
The Food-Energy-Water (FEW) nexus for urban sustainability needs to be analyzed via an integrative rather than a sectoral or silo approach, reflecting the ongoing transition from separate infrastructure systems to an integrated social-ecological-infr... -
Leveraging The Neon Airborne Observation Platform For Socio-environmental Systems Research
Published on July 16, 2021
During the 21st century, human-environment interactions will increasingly expose both systems to risks, but also yield opportunities for improvement as we gain insight into these complex, coupled systems. Human-environment interactions operate over m... -
The social-ecological drivers across land-use intersects driving marula tree population dynamics in north-eastern South Africa
Published on July 15, 2021
A range of social and economic factors impact tree species, such as Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra (marula), which provide livelihood sustenance for local communities in the savanna woodlands of southern Africa. As an ecologically important savanna... -
Bioengineering, Telecoupling, And Alternative Dairy: Agricultural Land Use Futures In The Anthropocene
Published on July 14, 2021
The global environmental impact of rising consumption of animal products presents significant challenges to sustainable land use. One alternative to the production of animal products is a set of technologies for culturing meat and dairy alternatives ... -
Principles and process for developing participatory adaptation pathways in the primary industries
Published on July 13, 2021
Adaptation pathways is an approach to identify, assess, and sequence climate change adaptation options over time, linking decisions to critical signals and triggers derived from scenarios of future conditions. However, conceptual differences in their... -
Tipping point realized in cod fishery
Published on July 12, 2021
Understanding tipping point dynamics in harvested ecosystems is of crucial importance for sustainable resource management because ignoring their existence imperils social-ecological systems that depend on them. Fisheries collapses provide the best kn...
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