resilienceSci on Twitter- resilienceSci: RT @leafwarbler: An open letter from Prof. Madhav Gadgil to the Kasturirangan panel: Shocking betrayal on Western Ghats http://t.co/UWiwwX1… May 18, 2013
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- resilienceSci: 3rd Int. Science & policy conference on the resilience of social & ecological systems May 4-8 2014 Montpellier France http://t.co/JU84cvVJaV May 17, 2013
- resilienceSci: @corrinecash_ I'm ecological, but I care about how people shape and are shaped by ecosystems & therefore I'm interested in social science May 17, 2013
- resilienceSci: Resilience 2014 conference May 4-8, 2014 in Montpellier, France is now accepting abstracts & session proposals http://t.co/Si6ynkEjAV May 17, 2013
- resilienceSci: @ECGGroup @corrinecash_ You could also see my collection of papers on resilience & political ecology on Menedely http://t.co/YFDHqH4i63 May 17, 2013
- resilienceSci: @resilience_RA SRC MS student My S. will hand in her MS thesis next week can send to you for comments + feedback May 17, 2013
- resilienceSci: Listening to talk on successful Swedish urban resilience assessment using @resilience_RA workbook + other methods http://t.co/nj9ZiDgXQQ May 17, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @stepscentre: Video: Andy Stirling on @stepscentre methods and methodology http://t.co/nwi0rhezA2 #sss13 May 17, 2013
- resilienceSci: Sustainability people the new UN Office for Sustainable Development is looking for a "head of office" https://t.co/QvAnPLJ8Fg May 17, 2013
Tag Archives: coral reefs
Josh Cinner, Anna Tsing, and the Meadowlands
Three different takes on thinking about people and nature: 1) A profile of our colleague Josh Cinner in Science (a conservation social scientist): Now a senior research fellow at James Cook University (JCU) in Townsville, Australia, Cinner studies how coral … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Anna Tsing, BLDGBLOG, conservation social science, coral reefs, Geoff Manaugh, Josh Cinner, meadowlands, mushrooms
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Conservation Social Science
Conservation Biology has published three ‘virtual issues’ of Conservation Biology for the International Year of Biodiversity. The issues each include 10-15 previously published articles from Conservation Biology, but access to these articles is now free of charge. The virtual issues … Continue reading
Posted in Inequality
Tagged co-management, conservation biology, coral reefs, Fikret Berkes, Josh Cinner, social science, Tim Daw, Tim Holland
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Resilience as an operating system for sustainability in the anthropocene
Chris Turner, author of Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need, writing in the Walrus about the Anthropocene and the coral reef crisis in his long article Age of Breathing Underwater: I first heard tell of “resilience” — … Continue reading
Posted in General, Reorganization
Tagged anthropocene, Brian Walker, Chris Turner, coral reefs, resilience, Walrus
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Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene
In a commentary Shifting Baselines, Local Impacts, and Global Change on Coral Reefs in PLoS Biology coral reef ecologists Nancy Knowlton and Jeremy Jackson write: Imagine trying to understand the ecology of tropical rainforests by studying environmental changes and interactions … Continue reading
Coral Reef Futures and Resilience Economics
At Crooked Timber, Australian economist John Quiggin reflects on the recent Coral Reef Futures Forum, which was recently organized by Resilience Alliance member Terry Hughes group at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reefs Studies in Australia. The forum … Continue reading
Posted in Ecosystem services, General
Tagged coral reefs, john quiggin, resilience economics
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Hidden Ecological Functions and Ecological Hysteresis
The paper by coral reef researchers Bellwood, Hughes, & Hoey, Sleeping functional group drives coral-reef recovery in Current Biology (2006 16(24):2434 -9) shows that hidden ecological functions can be critical for ecological restoration and provides further evidence for the importance … Continue reading