Techno–ecological synergies of solar energy for global sustainability

RR Hernandez, A Armstrong, J Burney, G Ryan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The strategic engineering of solar energy technologies—from individual rooftop modules to
large solar energy power plants—can confer significant synergistic outcomes across …

Urban forest governance and decision-making: A systematic review and synthesis of the perspectives of municipal managers

C Ordóñez, CG Threlfall, D Kendal, DF Hochuli… - Landscape and Urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
Empirical research on the views of municipal managers can provide insights into urban
forest governance and decision-making. However, current research is fragmented across a …

[HTML][HTML] An indicator framework for assessing ecosystem services in support of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020

J Maes, C Liquete, A Teller, M Erhard, ML Paracchini… - Ecosystem …, 2016 - Elsevier
In the EU, the mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services, abbreviated to
MAES, is seen as a key action for the advancement of biodiversity objectives, and also to …

Assessing, mapping, and quantifying cultural ecosystem services at community level

T Plieninger, S Dijks, E Oteros-Rozas, C Bieling - Land use policy, 2013 - Elsevier
Numerous studies underline the importance of immaterial benefits provided by ecosystems
and especially by cultural landscapes, which are shaped by intimate human–nature …

Social equity matters in payments for ecosystem services

U Pascual, J Phelps, E Garmendia, K Brown… - Bioscience, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Although conservation efforts have sometimes succeeded in meeting environmental goals at
the expense of equity considerations, the changing context of conservation and a growing …

A theory of transformative agency in linked social-ecological systems

FR Westley, O Tjornbo, L Schultz, P Olsson, C Folke… - Ecology and …, 2013 - JSTOR
We reviewed the literature on leadership in linked social-ecological systems and combined
it with the literature on institutional entrepreneurship in complex adaptive systems to develop …

Policy impacts of ecosystem services knowledge

SM Posner, E McKenzie… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Research about ecosystem services (ES) often aims to generate knowledge that influences
policies and institutions for conservation and human development. However, we have …

Ecosystem services flows: why stakeholders' power relationships matter

MR Felipe-Lucia, B Martín-López, S Lavorel… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The ecosystem services framework has enabled the broader public to acknowledge the
benefits nature provides to different stakeholders. However, not all stakeholders benefit …

Adaptation in collaborative governance regimes

K Emerson, AK Gerlak - Environmental management, 2014 - Springer
Adaptation and the adaptive capacity of human and environmental systems have been of
central concern to natural and social science scholars, many of whom characterize and …

Acting fast helps avoid extinction

TG Martin, S Nally, AA Burbidge, S Arnall… - Conservation …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Failure to act quickly on evidence of rapid population decline has led to the first mammal
extinction in Australia in the last 50 years, the Christmas Island Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus …