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This study investigates the political aspects of resilience in social-ecological systems. Based on long-term anthropological fieldwork in the Calamianes Islands, Philippines, the study focuses on the diverse and contested human interests that make…
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The Earth systemis a complex adaptive system, characterised by non-linear change andwith significant capacity for surprise. In times of systemic crisis, such as danger- ous anthropogenic climate change, perverse resilience (for example the…
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The global shift to small- and medium-scale irrigation is potentially compatible with high-agrobiodiversity production. A case study of the Cochabamba region in central Bolivia between 1990 and 2002 is designed to examine new interactions of…
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In the Canada-United States transboundary region, ecological ideas and the concept of 'ecosystem management' are being increas- ingly used in discussions of Great Lakes issues, and to a degree, they are incorporated into programs of binational…
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This paper addresses the challenges of building pathways to Sustainability in the context of contested knowledge and power relations in environment and development. Drawing on two case studies concerning tropical forests in West Africa and the…