The Program on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS), a new initiative within the ICSU global change programs, aims to integrate research on the stewardship of social?ecological systems, the services they generate, and the relationships among natural capital, human wellbeing, livelihoods, inequalit...
Carpenter, Stephen R.
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Folke, C.
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Norstro, A.
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Olsson, O.
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Schultz, L.
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Agarwal, B.
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Balvanera, Patricia
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Castilla, J.C.
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Cramer, W.
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DeFries, R.
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Eyzaguirre, Pablo B.
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Hughes, T.P.
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Polasky, S.
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Sanusi, Z.
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Scholes, Robert J.
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Spierenburg, M.
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[Program on ecosystem change and society: an international research strategy for integrated social-ecological systems.]
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Program on ecosystem change and society: an international research strategy for integrated social-ecological systems.
Common understanding of the causes of land-use and land-cover change is dominated by simplifications which, in turn, underlie many environment-development policies. This article tracks some of the major myths on driving forces of land-cover change and proposes alternative pathways of change that ...
Lambin, E.F.
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Turner, B.L.
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Geist, H.J.
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Agbola, S.J.
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Angelsen, A.
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Bruce, J.W.
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Coomes, O.T.
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Dirzo, R.
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Fischer, G.
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Folke, C.
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[The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths]
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The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths
The sustainability of regional development can be usefully explored through several different lenses. In situations in which uncertainties and change are key features of the ecological landscape and social organization, critical factors for sustainability are resilience, the capacity to cope and ...
Lebel, L.
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Anderies, J.M.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Folke, C.
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Hatfield-Dodds, S.
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Hughes, T.P.
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Wilson, J.
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[Governance and the capacity to manage resilience in regional social-ecological systems]
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Governance and the capacity to manage resilience in regional social-ecological systems
Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector and continues to expand alongside terrestrial crop and livestock production. Using portfolio theory as a conceptual framework, we explore how current interconnections between the aquaculture, crop, livestock, and fisheries sectors act as an impedimen...
Troell, M.
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Naylor, R.L.
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Metian, M.
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Beveridge, Malcolm
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Tyedmers, P.H.
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Folke, C.
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Arrow, K.J.
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Barrett, S.
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Crepin, A.S.
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Ehrlich, P.R.
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Gren, A.
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Kautsky, N.
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Levin, S.A.
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Nyborg, K.
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Osterblom, H.
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Polasky, S.
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Scheffer, M.
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Walker, B.H.
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Xepapadeas, T.
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Zeeuw, A. de
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[Does aquaculture add resilience to the global food system?]
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Does aquaculture add resilience to the global food system?
The planetary boundaries framework defines a safe operating space for humanity based on the intrinsic biophysical processes that regulate the stability of the Earth System. Here, we revise and update the planetary boundaries framework, with a focus on the underpinning biophysical science, based o...
Steffen, W.
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Richardson, K.
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Rockström, Johan
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Cornell, S.E.
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Fetzer, I.
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Bennett, Elena M.
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Biggs, R.
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Carpenter, Stephen R.
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Vries, W. de
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Wit, C.A. de
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Folke, C.
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Gerten, D.
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Heinke, J.
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Mace, G.M.
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Persson, L.M.
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Ramanathan, V.
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Reyers, B.
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Sorlin, S.
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[Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet]
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Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet
The human influence on the global hydrological cycle is now the dominant force behind changes in water resources across the world and in regulating the resilience of the Earth system. The rise in human pressures on global freshwater resources is in par with other anthropogenic changes in the Eart...
Rockström, Johan
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Falkenmark, M.
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Allan, T.
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Folke, C.
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Gordon, L.
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Jagerskog, A.
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Kummu, M.
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Lannerstad, Mats
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Meybeck, M.
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Molden, David J.
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Postel, S.
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Savenije, H.
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Svedin, U.
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Turton, A.
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Varis, O.
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[The unfolding water drama in the Anthropocene: towards a resilience-based perspective on water for global sustainability]
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The unfolding water drama in the Anthropocene: towards a resilience-based perspective on water for global sustainability
Lebel, L.
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Anderies, J.M.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Folke, C.
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Hatfield-Dodds, S.
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Hughes, T.P.
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Wilson, J.
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[Governance and the capacity to manage resilience in regional social-ecological systems]
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Governance and the capacity to manage resilience in regional social-ecological systems