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Understanding adaptation and transformation through indigenous practice: the case of the Guna of Panama
Type: Journal Article
Resilience is emerging as a promising vehicle for improving management of social-ecological systems that can potentially lead to more sustainable arrangements between environmental and social spheres. Central to an ...
A new professionalism for agricultural research for development
Type: Journal Article
There have been repeated calls for a 'new professionalism' for carrying out agricultural research for development since the 1990s. At the centre of these calls is a recognition that for agricultural research to support the ...
Feedbacks as a bridging concept for advancing transdisciplinary sustainability research
Type: Journal Article
The emergence of transformation as a core component in sustainability science and practice has opened an exciting space for transdisciplinary research. Yet, the mainstreaming of transformation has also exposed epistemological ...
Linking regional planning and local action: Towards using social network analysis in systematic conservation planning
Type: Journal Article
Social networks play an important role in facilitating effective and sustained connections between people responsible for regional conservation plans and those responsible for local conservation actions. Yet, few studies ...
Governance of aquatic agricultural systems: Analyzing representation, power, and accountability
Type: Journal Article
Aquatic agricultural systems in developing countries face increasing competition from multiple stakeholders over rights to access and use natural resources, land, water, wetlands, and fisheries, essential to rural livelihoods. ...
Towards a complexity-aware theory of change for participatory research programs working within agricultural innovation systems
Type: Journal Article
Agricultural innovation systems (AIS) are increasingly recognized as complex adaptive systems in which interventions cannot be expected to create predictable, linear impacts. Nevertheless, the logic models and theory of ...
Evaluating the management effectiveness of three marine protected areas in the Calamianes Islands, Palawan Province, Philippines: Process, selected results and their implications for planning and management
Type: Journal Article
Evaluating the management effectiveness of marine protected areas (MPAs) has been a continuing challenge in marine conservation in the tropics. This paper describes the process involved, the chosen indicators and the ...
Exploring the impact of farmer-led research supported by civil society organisations
Type: Journal Article
This paper synthesises the main findings about the impacts of a wide range of farmer-led research initiatives in terms of food security, ecological sustainability, economic empowerment, gender relations, local capacity to ...
Evaluating complex interventions: A theory-driven realist-informed approach
Type: Journal Article
There is a growing recognition that programs that seek to change people's lives are intervening in complex systems, which puts a particular set of requirements on program monitoring and evaluation. Developing complexity-aware ...
Mangrove ecosystem services and the potential for carbon revenue programmes in Solomon Islands
Type: Journal Article
Mangroves are an imperilled biome whose protection and restoration through payments for ecosystem services (PES) can contribute to improved livelihoods, climate mitigation and adaptation. Interviews with resource users in ...