The world is undergoing unprecedented changes in many of the factors that determine its
fundamental properties and their in-ence on society. These changes include climate; the …

The goal of ecosystem management is to provide a sustainable flow of multiple ecosystem
services to society today and in the future. As an integral component of natural resource …

The concept of resilience is now frequently invoked by natural resource agencies in the US.
This reflects growing trends within ecology, conservation biology, and other disciplines …

Increasingly, cracks are appearing in the capacity of communities, ecosystems, and
landscapes to provide the goods and services that sustain our planet's well-being. The …

Abstract Changes in governance are needed to deal with rapid directional change, adapt to
it, shape it, and create opportunities for positive transformations of social-ecological systems …

Resilience thinking in relation to the environment has emerged as a lens of inquiry that
serves a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration. Resilience is about …

As both the societies and the world in which we live face increasingly rapid and turbulent
changes, the concept of resilience has become an active and important research area …

Conventional notions of 'natural resources' and 'management'are problematic because of
their history, and they need to be reconceptualised. The term 'resource'carries a sense of …

Ecological resilience provides a theoretical foundation for understanding how complex
systems adapt to and recover from localized disturbances like hurricanes, fires, pest …

Researchers and decision-makers lack a shared understanding of resilience, and practical
applications in environmental resource management are rare. Here, we define social …