TY - JOUR
T1 - Program on ecosystem change and society
T2 - An international research strategy for integrated social-ecological systems
AU - Carpenter, Stephen R.
AU - Folke, Carl
AU - Norström, Albert
AU - Olsson, Olof
AU - Schultz, Lisen
AU - Agarwal, Bina
AU - Balvanera, Patricia
AU - Campbell, Bruce
AU - Castilla, Juan Carlos
AU - Cramer, Wolfgang
AU - DeFries, Ruth
AU - Eyzaguirre, Pablo
AU - Hughes, Terry P.
AU - Polasky, Stephen
AU - Sanusi, Zainal
AU - Scholes, Robert
AU - Spierenburg, Marja
N1 - Funding Information:
Referees and the editor provided excellent comments that led to improvements in the manuscript. We are grateful for support of Mistra, Ebba och Sven Schwartz Stiftelse, and the Water Sustainability and Climate program of NSF.
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - The Program on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS), a new initiative within the ICSU global change programs, aims 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. The vision of PECS is a world where human actions have transformed to achieve sustainable stewardship of social-ecological systems. The goal of PECS is to generate the scientific and policy-relevant knowledge of social-ecological dynamics needed to enable such a shift, including mitigation of poverty. PECS is a coordinating body for diverse independently funded research projects, not a funder of research. PECS research employs a range of transdisciplinary approaches and methods, with comparative, place-based research that is international in scope at the core.
AB - The Program on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS), a new initiative within the ICSU global change programs, aims 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. The vision of PECS is a world where human actions have transformed to achieve sustainable stewardship of social-ecological systems. The goal of PECS is to generate the scientific and policy-relevant knowledge of social-ecological dynamics needed to enable such a shift, including mitigation of poverty. PECS is a coordinating body for diverse independently funded research projects, not a funder of research. PECS research employs a range of transdisciplinary approaches and methods, with comparative, place-based research that is international in scope at the core.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.01.001
DO - 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.01.001
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84857922927
SN - 1877-3435
VL - 4
SP - 134
EP - 138
JO - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
JF - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
IS - 1
ER -