A5034675775- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Forest Management and Policy
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Rural development and sustainability
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- European and International Law Studies
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Regional resilience and development
- International Arbitration and Investment Law
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Machine Learning in Healthcare
- Science and Climate Studies
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research
Stockholm Resilience Centre
2013-2023
Stockholm University
2014-2023
University of Bergen
2019-2021
Cambridge University Press
2005
Walker, B. H., L. H. Gunderson, A. P. Kinzig, C. Folke, S. R. Carpenter, and Schultz. 2006. A handful of heuristics some propositions for understanding resilience in social-ecological systems. Ecology Society 11(1): 13. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-01530-110113
Enhancing the resilience of ecosystem services (ES) that underpin human well-being is critical for meeting current and future societal needs, requires specific governance management policies. Using literature, we identify seven generic policy-relevant principles enhancing desired ES in face disturbance ongoing change social-ecological systems (SES). These are (P1) maintain diversity redundancy, (P2) manage connectivity, (P3) slow variables feedbacks, (P4) foster an understanding SES as...
Westley, F. R., O. Tjornbo, L. Schultz, P. Olsson, C. Folke, B. Crona and Ö. Bodin. 2013. A theory of transformative agency in linked social-ecological systems. Ecology Society 18(3): 27. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05072-180327
Olsson, P., C. Folke, V. Galaz, T. Hahn, and L. Schultz. 2007. Enhancing the fit through adaptive co-management: creating maintaining bridging functions for matching scales in Kristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve Sweden. Ecology Society 12(1): 28. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-01976-120128
Significance Adaptive governance (AG) has been suggested as a suitable approach for ecosystem management in changing environments. It rests on the assumption that landscapes and seascapes need to be understood governed complex social–ecological systems rather than ecosystems alone. We compared three AG initiatives their effects natural capital services. In comparison with other efforts aimed at conservation sustainable use of capital, adaptive developed capacity manage multiple services...
Purpose This article seeks to broaden how researchers in supply chain management view resilience by drawing on and integrating insights from other disciplines – particular, the literature of social-ecological systems. Design/methodology/approach Before authors import new notions outside discipline, current state art research is first briefly reviewed summarized. Drawing five practical examples disruptive events challenges practice, assess these expose gaps theoretical lenses. These are used...
Fabricius, C., C. Folke, G. Cundill, and L. Schultz. 2007. Powerless spectators, coping actors, adaptive co-managers: a synthesis of the role communities in ecosystem management. Ecology Society 12(1): 29. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02072-120129
This paper examines relationships among perceived processes and outcomes in four UNESCO biosphere reserves (BRs). BRs offer a unique opportunity to examine these because they aim foster more adaptive collaborative forms of management, i.e. co-management (ACM). Accounting for the ACM is difficult task little progress has been made this end. However, we show here that efforts all had myriad positive results as well ecological livelihood effects. Process variables collaboration learning...
Environmental policy increasingly emphasizes involvement of local users and land owners in ecosystem management, but conservation planning is still largely a bureaucratic-scientific endeavour identifying biological values for protection. Neither inventories nor stakeholder analyses, that tend to focus on conflicting interests, capture human resources the landscape or social structures processes underlying values. Social-ecological are therefore proposed during preparation phase projects as...
SUMMARY Biodiversity management has traditionally followed two contradictory approaches. One champions ecosystem protection through rigorous law enforcement and exclusion of humans. The other promotes community-based sustainable use natural resources. Participatory conservation, a major paradigm shift, nowadays strongly guides the concept UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BRs). In this paper, rationale for community participation, perception its effectiveness among BR managers are analysed. Within...
Norström, A. V., Dannenberg, G. McCarney, M. Milkoreit, F. Diekert, Engström, R. Fishman, J. Gars, E. Kyriakopoolou, V. Manoussi, K. Meng, Metian, Sanctuary, Schlüter, Schoon, L. Schultz, and Sjöstedt. 2014. Three necessary conditions for establishing effective Sustainable Development Goals in the Anthropocene. Ecology Society 19(3): 8. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06602-190308
The interdependence of society and nature, the inherent complexity social–ecological systems, global deterioration ecosystem services provide rationale for a growing body literature focusing on resilience – capacity to cope with, adapt shape change sustainable development. Processes learning‐by‐doing multiple‐loop social learning across knowledge systems different levels decision‐making are envisioned strengthen this capacity, combined in concept adaptive governance. This study explores how...
West, S. P., and L. Schultz. 2015. Learning for resilience in the European Court of Human Rights: adjudication as an adaptive governance practice. Ecology Society 20(1): 31. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07190-200131
The biosphere crisis requires changes to existing business practices. We ask how corporations can become sustainability leaders, when constrained by multiple barriers collaboration for stewardship. describe scientists motivated, inspired and engaged with ten of the world's largest seafood companies, in a collaborative process aimed enable science-based systemic transformations (2015-2021). CEOs faced industry crises 2015 that incentivized novel approaches. New scientific insights, an...
Abstract Generating actionable knowledge to meet current sustainability challenges requires unprecedented collaboration across scales, geographies, cultures and knowledges. Intergovernmental programmes place‐based knowledge–action networks have much potential mobilize transformation. Although many research fields benefited from comparative sites, the of site‐based for generating at people–nature interface has yet be fully explored. This article presents World Network biosphere reserves...
Abstract We empirically examine relationships among the conditions that enable learning, learning effects and sustainability outcomes based on experiences in four biosphere reserves Canada Sweden. In doing so, we provide a novel approach to measure address an important methodological empirical challenge assessments of processes decision‐making contexts. Findings from this study highlight effectiveness different measures how differentiate factors foster with learning. Our provides useful...
Abstract Collaborative approaches to environmental governance are drawing increased interest in research and practice. In this article we investigate the structure functioning of actor networks engaged collaboration. We specifically seek advance understanding how why collaborative formed as actors engage addressing two broad classes collective action problems: coordination cooperation. It has been proposed that more risk‐prone cooperative problems favour denser cohesive bonding network...
Cockburn, J., M. Schoon, G. Cundill, C. Robinson, J. A. Aburto, S. Alexander, Baggio, Barnaud, Chapman, Garcia Llorente, García-López, R. Hill, Ifejika Speranza, Lee, L. Meek, E. Rosenberg, Schultz, and Thondhlana. 2020. Understanding the context of multifaceted collaborations for social-ecological sustainability: a methodology cross-case analysis. Ecology Society 25(3):7. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11527-250307
Humanity has never benefited more from the ocean as a source of food, livelihoods, and well-being, yet on global scale this been accompanied by trajectories degradation persistent inequity. Awareness spurred policymakers to develop an expanding network governance instruments, catalyzed civil society pressure public private sector, motivated engagement general consumers constituents. Among local communities, diverse examples stewardship have rested foundation care, knowledge agency. But does...
Young stakeholders are key actors in social-ecological systems, who have the capacity to be agents of sustainability transformation but also at high risk exclusion unfolding global change challenges. Despite focus on future generations, there has been little research effort aimed understanding young actors' roles as biosphere stewards. In this work we investigate how perceive and participate implementation objectives 74 Biosphere Reserves United Nations Educational, Scientific Cultural...
Multi-stakeholder environmental management and governance processes are essential to realize social ecological outcomes. Participation, collaboration, learning emphasized in these processes; gain insights into how they influence stakeholders' evaluations of outcomes relation interventions we use a path analysis approach examine their relationships individuals four UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. We confirm model showing that participation more activities leads greater ratings process, turn,...