Coral reefs support immense biodiversity and provide important ecosystem services to many
millions of people. Yet reefs are degrading rapidly in response to numerous anthropogenic …

Resilience underpins the sustainability of both ecological and social systems. Extensive loss
of reef corals following recent mass bleaching events have challenged the notion that …

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 …

Humanity has emerged as a major force in the operation of the biosphere. The focus is
shifting from the environment as externality to the biosphere as precondition for social …

Scholars and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in the processes that lead
to transformations toward sustainability. We explored how resilience thinking, and a stronger …

In coastal and estuarine systems, foundation species like seagrasses, mangroves,
saltmarshes or corals provide important ecosystem services. Seagrasses are globally …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to interrogate the nature and relevance of debates
around the existence of, and ramifications arising from, the Anthropocene for accounting …

Human population density within 100 km of the sea is approximately three times higher than
the global average. People in this zone are concentrated in coastal cities that are hubs for …

Faced with numerous seemingly intractable social and environmental challenges, many
scholars and practitioners are increasingly interested in understanding how to actively …

Social-ecological systems (SES) research offers new theory and evidence to transform
sustainable development to better contend with the challenges of the Anthropocene. Four …