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Operationalizing the social-ecological systems framework to assess sustainability

Environmental governance is more effective when the scales of ecological processes are well matched with the human institutions charged with managing human–environment interactions. The social-ecological systems (SESs) framework provides guidance on how to assess the social and ecological dimensions...

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Autores principales: Leslie, Heather M., Basurto, Xavier, Nenadovic, Mateja, Sievanen, Leila, Cavanaugh, Kyle C., Cota-Nieto, Juan José, Erisman, Brad E., Finkbeiner, Elena, Hinojosa-Arango, Gustavo, Moreno-Báez, Marcia, Nagavarapu, Sriniketh, Reddy, Sheila M. W., Sánchez-Rodríguez, Alexandra, Siegel, Katherine, Ulibarria-Valenzuela, José Juan, Weaver, Amy Hudson, Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4434725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25918372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1414640112
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author Leslie, Heather M.
Basurto, Xavier
Nenadovic, Mateja
Sievanen, Leila
Cavanaugh, Kyle C.
Cota-Nieto, Juan José
Erisman, Brad E.
Finkbeiner, Elena
Hinojosa-Arango, Gustavo
Moreno-Báez, Marcia
Nagavarapu, Sriniketh
Reddy, Sheila M. W.
Sánchez-Rodríguez, Alexandra
Siegel, Katherine
Ulibarria-Valenzuela, José Juan
Weaver, Amy Hudson
Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio
author_facet Leslie, Heather M.
Basurto, Xavier
Nenadovic, Mateja
Sievanen, Leila
Cavanaugh, Kyle C.
Cota-Nieto, Juan José
Erisman, Brad E.
Finkbeiner, Elena
Hinojosa-Arango, Gustavo
Moreno-Báez, Marcia
Nagavarapu, Sriniketh
Reddy, Sheila M. W.
Sánchez-Rodríguez, Alexandra
Siegel, Katherine
Ulibarria-Valenzuela, José Juan
Weaver, Amy Hudson
Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio
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description Environmental governance is more effective when the scales of ecological processes are well matched with the human institutions charged with managing human–environment interactions. The social-ecological systems (SESs) framework provides guidance on how to assess the social and ecological dimensions that contribute to sustainable resource use and management, but rarely if ever has been operationalized for multiple localities in a spatially explicit, quantitative manner. Here, we use the case of small-scale fisheries in Baja California Sur, Mexico, to identify distinct SES regions and test key aspects of coupled SESs theory. Regions that exhibit greater potential for social-ecological sustainability in one dimension do not necessarily exhibit it in others, highlighting the importance of integrative, coupled system analyses when implementing spatial planning and other ecosystem-based strategies.
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spelling pubmed-44347252015-05-19 Operationalizing the social-ecological systems framework to assess sustainability Leslie, Heather M. Basurto, Xavier Nenadovic, Mateja Sievanen, Leila Cavanaugh, Kyle C. Cota-Nieto, Juan José Erisman, Brad E. Finkbeiner, Elena Hinojosa-Arango, Gustavo Moreno-Báez, Marcia Nagavarapu, Sriniketh Reddy, Sheila M. W. Sánchez-Rodríguez, Alexandra Siegel, Katherine Ulibarria-Valenzuela, José Juan Weaver, Amy Hudson Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Social Sciences Environmental governance is more effective when the scales of ecological processes are well matched with the human institutions charged with managing human–environment interactions. The social-ecological systems (SESs) framework provides guidance on how to assess the social and ecological dimensions that contribute to sustainable resource use and management, but rarely if ever has been operationalized for multiple localities in a spatially explicit, quantitative manner. Here, we use the case of small-scale fisheries in Baja California Sur, Mexico, to identify distinct SES regions and test key aspects of coupled SESs theory. Regions that exhibit greater potential for social-ecological sustainability in one dimension do not necessarily exhibit it in others, highlighting the importance of integrative, coupled system analyses when implementing spatial planning and other ecosystem-based strategies. National Academy of Sciences 2015-05-12 2015-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4434725/ /pubmed/25918372 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1414640112 Text en Freely available online through the PNAS open access option.
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Leslie, Heather M.
Basurto, Xavier
Nenadovic, Mateja
Sievanen, Leila
Cavanaugh, Kyle C.
Cota-Nieto, Juan José
Erisman, Brad E.
Finkbeiner, Elena
Hinojosa-Arango, Gustavo
Moreno-Báez, Marcia
Nagavarapu, Sriniketh
Reddy, Sheila M. W.
Sánchez-Rodríguez, Alexandra
Siegel, Katherine
Ulibarria-Valenzuela, José Juan
Weaver, Amy Hudson
Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4434725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25918372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1414640112
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