Governance is one of the most important factors for ensuring effective environmental
management and conservation actions. Yet, there is still a relative paucity of comprehensive …

Governance networks can facilitate coordinated action and shared opportunities for learning
among conservation scientists, policy makers, and communities. However, governance …

Social networks are frequently cited as vital for facilitating successful adaptation and
transformation in linked social–ecological systems to overcome pressing resource …

Community-based management and co-management are mainstream approaches to
marine conservation and sustainable resource management. In the tropical Pacific, these …

Resource management boundaries seldom align with environmental systems, which can
lead to social and ecological problems. Map** and analyzing how resource management …

Five case studies from around the world illustrate key lessons in integrating top‐down and
bottom‐up approaches to stakeholder and community engagement in the planning and …

Identifying the right stakeholders to engage with is fundamental to ensuring conservation
information and initiatives diffuse through target populations. Yet this process can be …

Social networks play an important role in facilitating effective and sustained connections
between people responsible for regional conservation plans and those responsible for local …

Power asymmetries affect the governance of natural resources but are rarely considered
explicitly in ecosystem services research, which often overlooks the diversity of actors and …

Managing ecosystems in a changing environment faces the challenge of balancing diverse
competing perspectives on which ecosystem services–nature's benefits–to prioritize …