Establishing protected areas constitutes one of the main strategies for the conservation of
marine and coastal ecosystems. Increasing risks associated with environmental change …

The concept of adaptive capacity has received significant attention within social-ecological
and environmental change research. Within both the resilience and vulnerability literatures …

The growing focus on the blue economy is accelerating industrial fishing in many parts of the
world. This intensification is affecting the livelihoods of small-scale fishers, processors, and …

Non-technical summary Our analysis shows that the framing of social vulnerability is shaped
by a narrow definition of resilience, focusing on post-disaster return and recovery responses …

Livelihood resilience is one of the social-ecological concepts with importance for
development, policy and research as crises from human-environment interactions are …

Ghanaian smallholders grow one quarter of the world's cocoa, but climate change,
individual extreme weather events, such as droughts, as well as deforestation increasingly …

Purpose Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a robust approach to estimate the environmental
impacts of an offshore wind farm (OWF). However, methodological hurdles remain …

Climate change, globalization, and increasing industrial and urban activities threaten the
sustainability and viability of small-scale fisheries. How those affected can collectively …

As part of fisheries governance initiatives, conservation has been deployed as an important
management strategy in the rebuilding of depleted marine fish stock. However, a major …

The concept of livelihood resilience provides a unique framework for understanding
challenges in complex social–ecological systems (SESs) and fostering sustainability …