Strategies to protect biodiversity in the face of a global crisis must be place‐based and
sensitive to context. A failure to consider the socioeconomic and political circumstances, as …

The study of social dilemmas is the study of the tension between individual and collective
rationality. In a social dilemma, individually reasonable behavior leads to a situation in …

We are part of Nature, not separate from it. We rely on Nature to provide us with food, water
and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen …

Why, despite an emphasis on'getting institutions right', do development initiatives so
infrequently deliver as planned? Why do many institutions designed for natural resource …

An accessible, focused exploration of the field of political ecology The third edition of
Political Ecology spans this sprawling field, using grounded examples and careful readings …

Hierarchies and adaptive cycles comprise the basis of ecosystems and social-ecological
systems across scales. Together they form a panarchy. The panarchy describes how a …

Water use concepts and performance descriptors that may be useful in defining
conservation and saving of water are discussed with the aim of improving the overall …

The poor conservation outcomes that followed decades of intrusive resource management
strategies and planned development have forced policy makers and scholars to reconsider …

Environmental peacebuilding represents a paradigm shift from a nexus of environmental
scarcity to one of environmental peace. It rests on the assumption that the biophysical …

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics is one of the most widely used textbooks
for environmental economics and natural resource economics courses, offering a policy …