Georgina Cundill and I are heading up a new project recently endorsed as a Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) working group that will focus on collaborative governance and management in support of resilience-based ecosystem stewardship:
http://pecs-science.org/research/news/news/newpecsworkinggroup.5.2ddf60d614460536c4e9b4.html
For those not familiar with PECS, it is a new initiative in the ICSU’s set of programmes on global change. Its aims are “to integrate research on the stewardship of social—ecological systems, the services they generate and the relationships among natural capital, human wellbeing, livelihoods, inequality and poverty.”
George and I are very excited for this opportunity and look forward to combining insights from field work in the US, South Africa, Australia, Canada, Sweden, and several other locales around the globe. More to follow on these projects in the coming months.
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