Toward Principles for Enhancing the Resilience of Ecosystem Services

Author:

Biggs Reinette12,Schlüter Maja13,Biggs Duan456,Bohensky Erin L.7,BurnSilver Shauna8,Cundill Georgina9,Dakos Vasilis10,Daw Tim M.111,Evans Louisa S.4,Kotschy Karen12,Leitch Anne M.413,Meek Chanda14,Quinlan Allyson15,Raudsepp-Hearne Ciara16,Robards Martin D.17,Schoon Michael L.18,Schultz Lisen1,West Paul C.19

Affiliation:

1. Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden;, ,

2. Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Wallenberg Research Centre at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa

3. Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, 12587 Berlin, Germany

4. Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia;

5. Scientific Services, South African National Parks, Skukuza 1350, South Africa

6. Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia;

7. Social and Economic Sciences Program, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia;

8. School of Human Evolution and Social Change,

9. Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa;

10. Department of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 6708 PB, The Netherlands;

11. School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom;

12. Centre for Water in the Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa;

13. CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia;

14. Department of Political Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775;

15. Department of Geography, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6;

16. Geography Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2K6;

17. Wildlife Conservation Society, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775;

18. Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287;,

19. Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108;

Abstract

Enhancing the resilience of ecosystem services (ES) that underpin human well-being is critical for meeting current and future societal needs, and requires specific governance and management policies. Using the literature, we identify seven generic policy-relevant principles for enhancing the resilience of desired ES in the face of disturbance and ongoing change in social-ecological systems (SES). These principles are (P1) maintain diversity and redundancy, (P2) manage connectivity, (P3) manage slow variables and feedbacks, (P4) foster an understanding of SES as complex adaptive systems (CAS), (P5) encourage learning and experimentation, (P6) broaden participation, and (P7) promote polycentric governance systems. We briefly define each principle, review how and when it enhances the resilience of ES, and conclude with major research gaps. In practice, the principles often co-occur and are highly interdependent. Key future needs are to better understand these interdependencies and to operationalize and apply the principles in different policy and management contexts.

Publisher

Annual Reviews

Subject

General Environmental Science

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