Land-use intensification in agrarian landscapes is seen as a key strategy to simultaneously
feed humanity and use ecosystems sustainably, but the conditions that support positive …

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

Poverty is a challenge facing all countries and the international community as a whole.
Promoting development, narrowing the rural-urban gap, eliminating poverty and achieving …

Poverty is the common challenge faced by the international community. The human society
has never ceased to struggle against poverty. China was once the developing country with …

While the concept of the Anthropocene reflects the past and present nature, scale and
magnitude of human impacts on the Earth System, its true significance lies in how it can be …

When first published in 2008, The New Peasantries revolutionized our ways of thinking of
what constitutes the peasantry and repeasantization. It showed how a new era of empire …

Purpose Poverty alleviation is a global challenge. Human society has never ceased to fight
against poverty. China was once the developing country with the largest rural poor …

This study takes an historical approach in order to establish how the form and function of the
social-ecological system that represents the Bangladesh south-western coastal zone has …

The poverty trap concept strongly influences current research and policy on poverty
alleviation. Financial or technological inputs intended to “push” the rural poor out of a …

Quantitative evidence of sudden shifts in ecological structure and function in large shallow
lakes is rare, even though they provide essential benefits to society. Such 'regime shifts' can …