2 This definition resulted from a consolidation of the official IUCN and EC definitions. To use
a congruous NBS definition in this essay, we juxtaposed the latest official NBS definitions on …

Institutional crafting requires purposeful communication between features of social and
ecological systems. This paper evaluates the application of a specific research tool …

Achieving nature conservation goals require grappling with 'wicked'problems. These
intractable problems arise from the complexity and dynamism of the social–ecological …

Considering'cultural ecosystem services'(CES) forces one to grapple with sustainability as a
process of managing three different aspects: ecosystems, human preferences and values …

Transformations toward sustainability have recently gained traction, triggered in part by a
growing recognition of the dramatic socio-cultural, political, economic, and technological …

As we are confronted with mounting evidence of the profound and potentially irreversible
impacts of human activities on the planet—encapsulated in the notion of the Anthropocene …

The United Nations' Agenda 2030 marks significant progress towards sustainable
development by making explicit the intention to integrate previously separate social …

This chapter analyzes the complex interplays between and among sustainability, resilience,
adaptation and transformation, key paradigms and analytical concepts that have emerged …

Biosphere reserves aim to reconciliate social and economic development with biodiversity
conservation through complex spatial and governance arrangements. However, there is a …

We live in a human-dominated world and the pace and scale of changes to the biosphere,
from climate change to landuse change, are staggering. Accelerated socio-economic …