Science is increasingly a collaborative pursuit. Although the modern scientific enterprise
owes much to individuals working at the core of their field, humanity is increasingly …

Non-technical summary The United Nations' sustainable development goals (SDGs)
articulate societal aspirations for people and our planet. Many scientists have criticised the …

As resource users interact and impose externalities onto each other, institutions are needed
to coordinate resource use, create trust, and provide incentives for sustainable …

Resilience research is central to confront the sustainability challenges to ecosystems and
human societies in a rapidly changing world. Given that social-ecological problems span the …

Achieving global climate and biodiversity goals will require the rapid adoption of
conservation initiatives across communities, regions, and, in some cases, the planet …

Adaptive management is an approach for stewardship of social–ecological systems in
circumstances with high uncertainty and high controllability. Although they are largely …

As anthropogenic influences push ecosystems past tip** points and into new regimes,
complex management decisions are complicated by rapid ecosystem changes that may be …

Background: Internationally, Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) ambulances have changed pre-
hospital acute stroke care delivery. MSU clinical and cost-effectiveness studies are …

The theory of adaptive cycles, as developed almost 40 years ago by Holling (1986), has
great potential as a tool to understand, anticipate, and alter the trajectories of change in …

Social ecological systems research has noted various understandings and experiences of
time, however, these engagements tend to be underdeveloped. In this paper, we consider …