The social-ecological systems framework (SESF) is arguably the most comprehensive
conceptual framework for diagnosing interactions and outcomes in social-ecological …

Institutions are vital to the sustainability of social-ecological systems, balancing individual
and group interests and coordinating responses to change. Ecological decline and social …

Calls for humanity to 'reconnect to nature'have grown increasingly louder from both scholars
and civil society. Yet, there is relatively little coherence about what reconnecting to nature …

Social-ecological systems (SES) are complex adaptive systems. Social-ecological system
phenomena, such as regime shifts, transformations, or traps, emerge from interactions …

The processes underlying environmental, economic, and social unsustainability derive in
part from the food system. Building sustainable food systems has become a predominating …

Protected areas (PAs) remain central to the conservation of biodiversity. Classical PAs were
conceived as areas that would be set aside to maintain a natural state with minimal human …

Interactions between humans and the environment are occurring on a scale that has never
previously been seen; the scale of human interaction with the water cycle, along with the …

Elinor Ostrom's IAD (Institutional Analysis and Development) and SES (Social-Ecological
Systems) frameworks are widely used by social scientists and policy analysts, but many …

Exploring the coupled and coordinated development of social-ecological systems is an
important basis for promoting integrated watershed management. Based on the framework …

A number of frameworks have been used to study the water-food-energy nexus; but few of
these consider the role of institutions in mediating environmental outcomes. In this paper we …