Publications
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Social innovation and social-ecological development in the Cerrado: the case of agroforestry systems in the Federal District, Brazil
Published on April 1, 2025
Global demands for food and feed result in deforestation and consequent social-ecological disturbances across (especially) the Global South. In the Brazilian Cerrado, only 19.8% of natural vegetation remains undisturbed, owing to agribusiness operati... -
The beauty underneath: A critical coastal governance approach to revitalize indigenous shellfish harvest
Published on April 1, 2025
Indigenous communities have feasted from their tidelands since time immemorial. Yet today, many are disconnected due to land development, pollution, overharvest, and colonial law. Coastal First Nations live within the reality of their inherent laws a... -
Social-ecological system approach relevant for modelling the ecological niche of a mangrove gastropod at small regional scale
Published on April 1, 2025
The gastropod Terebralia palustris is found in mangroves from the Indo-Pacific, where it plays important ecological roles and is fished by humans. As such, it reflects interactions occurring within the socio-ecosystem, although information regarding ... -
The role of ecosystem services in the pursuit of the doughnut economy - Implications for meat and dairy agroecosystems
Published on April 1, 2025
The doughnut economy framework provides an increasingly popular visualisation of sustainable development, in which the ecological ceilings tied to planetary boundaries are not breached and needs associated with social foundations are satisfied. This ... -
Sustainable livestock management under anthropogenic pressure: Bridging traditional herding and contemporary conservation in Eurasia's oldest protected area
Published on April 1, 2025
In some regions of the world, long traditions of herding practices have coevolved with the natural ecosystems, sustaining livelihoods and biodiversity. However, in emerging economies, the populations that have long relied on livestock as their main i... -
Co-creating cultural narratives for sustainable rural development: a transdisciplinary learning framework for guiding place-based social-ecological research
Published on April 1, 2025
Place-based social-ecological research is crucial for understanding local sustainability challenges. However, lack of transferability of insights to other locations and to larger scales remains challenging. In this paper, we present a novel transdisc... -
Divergent outcomes of large-scale land transactions in Ethiopia: A quantitative comparative analysis
Published on April 1, 2025
Large-scale land transactions (LSLTs) for agricultural development represent changes in inherently complex and coupled socio-ecological systems. This is particularly so in lower- and middle-income countries where land is the principal basis of liveli... -
An assessment for marine economic resilience and exploration of enhancement strategies: A case study of China
Published on April 1, 2025
The marine economy is widely considered the next frontier of economic growth and will make significant contributions to the overall economy of many countries. However, fluctuations in the development of the marine economy intensify the focus on risk ... -
Socioeconomic developments drove regime shifts of agriculture-ecology-economy nexus of social-ecological system: Four-decade lessons from southeast China.
Published on April 1, 2025
Urbanization has been recognized as an effective measure to promote socioeconomic development; however, it leads to cropland and habitat loss and aggravates ecosystem services (ESs), which have not been sufficiently and systematically revealed from t... -
Do participatory governance models in fisheries lead to ecosystem-based fisheries management?
Published on April 1, 2025
International fisheries agreements, including the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (1995), have prompted co-management and Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) as pathways to achieving sustainable fishing practices. These agreements s... -
Integrating green infrastructure, design scenarios, and social-ecological-technological systems for thermal resilience and adaptation: Mechanisms and approaches
Published on April 1, 2025
Urbanization and urban overheating present significant heat exposure risks to city dwellers, underscoring the urgent need to enhance the thermal resilience of social-ecological-technological systems. However, understanding how humans interact with th... -
Intermediate levels of socio-ecological disturbance drive higher biodiversity in naturally regenerating forests: A case study from Nepal
Published on April 1, 2025
Farmers in the middle hills of Nepal have been abandoning agricultural land over the last three decades due to complex socio-ecological drivers and dynamics. A consequence of this shift is the succession of forest. Naturally regenerating tree species... -
Beyond threats, we need more information about action - How individuals see themselves or not in complex social-ecological systems.
Published on April 1, 2025
In the face of intersecting environmental crises such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, urgent action on all fronts is critical for a sustainable future. However, the complexity of these challenges can make it difficult for individ... -
Participatory mapping of degradation and restoration processes in the Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem
Published on April 1, 2025
Mangrove degradation is common in many (sub)tropical coastal areas, driven by anthropogenic activities such as overharvesting of natural resources. Additional pressures, such as increasing population, and sea level rise associated with climate change... -
Governance of a landscape: The role of formal and informal organizations
Published on April 1, 2025
Formal governments alone struggle to effectively manage and navigate undesirable changes in social-ecological systems. Informal governance networks are often seen as essential to address shortcomings of government; however, the roles and influence of... -
Long-term hydro-economic analysis tool for evaluating global groundwater cost and supply: Superwell v1.1
Published on March 13, 2025
Groundwater plays a key role in meeting water demands, supplying over 40 % of irrigation water globally, with this role likely to grow as water demands and surface water variability increase. A better understanding of the future role of groundwater i... -
Spatial and temporal evolution of the physical-virtual water cycle and its economic coupling effects in China: A material flow analysis perspective
Published on March 10, 2025
Physical-virtual water cycle (PVWC) encompasses processes such as physical water uptake, physical water dissipation and virtual water embedding. Against the background of global water scarcity, understanding PVWC and its evolutionary patterns can sup... -
Extending actor engagement: human-environmental engagement in multilevel socioecological systems
Published on March 7, 2025
PurposeThis research aims to demonstrate the extension of actor engagement to include human-environmental engagement within broader socioecological systems.Design/methodology/approachThis work takes the perspective of Neo-animist Ontology which posit... -
Studies on adaptive capacity to climate change: a synthesis of changing concepts, dimensions, and indicators
Published on March 6, 2025
Adaptive capacity was recognized as one of the critical components of vulnerability assessment in 2001 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Adaptive capacity extends beyond the mere accumulation of resources to encompass the willingness ... -
Placing environmental democracy at the heart of co-governance: rethinking the governance of complex waterways
Published on March 4, 2025
The ways in which complex systems are governed often generate democratic malaise due to a gap between people's expectations and the ability of authorities to meet these expectations. Additionally, misalignment between ecological and social systems ma...
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