BACKGROUND Current and future generations are confronted with the complex task of
devising sustainable solutions to environmental problems. The coming decade might …

Achieving effective, sustainable environmental governance requires a better understanding
of the causes and consequences of the complex patterns of interdependencies connecting …

As rates of urbanization and climatic change soar, decision-makers are increasingly
challenged to provide innovative solutions that simultaneously address climate change …

Polycentricity is a fundamental concept in commons scholarship that connotes a complex
form of governance with multiple centers of semiautonomous decision making. If the …

This article proposes an innovative theoretical framework that combines institutional and
policy network approaches to study multi-level governance. The framework is used to derive …

The vast developmental opportunities offered by the world's coasts and oceans have
attracted the attention of governments, private enterprises, philanthropic organizations, and …

Abstract Since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, ecosystem service science has made
much progress in framing core concepts and approaches, but there is still debate around the …

Humanity faces a major global challenge in achieving wellbeing for all, while simultaneously
ensuring that the biophysical processes and ecosystem services that underpin wellbeing are …

Enhancing the resilience of ecosystem services (ES) that underpin human well-being is
critical for meeting current and future societal needs, and requires specific governance and …

A social-ecological system (SES) framework increasingly underpins the “resilience
paradigm.” As with all models, the SES comes with particular biases. We explore these key …