Abstract The Convention on Biological Diversity is defining the goals that will frame future
global biodiversity policy in a context of rapid biodiversity decline and under pressure to …

Despite increasing scientific understanding of the global environmental crisis, we struggle to
adopt the policies science suggests would be effective. One of the reasons for that is the lack …

Biocultural approaches that acknowledge the multiple and dynamic relationships between
the diversity of cultures and nature are growing in popularity in sustainability research …

Global change challenges coupled natural-human systems such as fisheries social-
ecological systems (SES) because they are confined by spatial and functional ecosystem …

To meet local and global aspirations toward sustainable resource management, we must
first understand what success looks like. At global levels, well-being can be narrowly …

Indigenous perspectives on forest management are grounded in traditional ecological
knowledge (TEK), so that socioculture influences the ways Indigenous Peoples transform …

In this article, we examine how governance can be more effectively integrated with
quantitative evaluation methods in applied resource management. Governance refers to …

Groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs) are increasingly recognized as important
conservation targets with linked ecological and social value. However, the social uses and …

The desire to simultaneously address the well-being of local people while also mitigating the
destruction of ecosystems resulted in a variety of win-win approaches, including popular …

Coral reefs sustain millions of people worldwide, yet in recent years, social, environmental,
and climate change have caused major declines in coral reef fisheries. Small-scale coral …