TY - JOUR
T1 - Operationalizing the social-ecological systems framework to assess sustainability
AU - Leslie, Heather M.
AU - Basurto, Xavier
AU - Nenadovic, Mateja
AU - Sievanen, Leila
AU - Cavanaugh, Kyle C.
AU - Cota-Nieto, Juan José
AU - Erisman, Brad E.
AU - Finkbeiner, Elena
AU - Hinojosa-Arango, Gustavo
AU - Moreno-Báez, Marcia
AU - Nagavarapu, Sriniketh
AU - Reddy, Sheila M.W.
AU - Sánchez-Rodríguez, Alexandra
AU - Siegel, Katherine
AU - Ulibarria-Valenzuela, José Juan
AU - Weaver, Amy Hudson
AU - Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio
PY - 2015/5/12
Y1 - 2015/5/12
N2 - Environmental governance is more effective when the scales of ecological processes are well matched with the human institutions charged with managing human-environment interactions. The social-ecological systems (SESs) framework provides guidance on how to assess the social and ecological dimensions that contribute to sustainable resource use and management, but rarely if ever has been operationalized for multiple localities in a spatially explicit, quantitative manner. Here, we use the case of small-scale fisheries in Baja California Sur, Mexico, to identify distinct SES regions and test key aspects of coupled SESs theory. Regions that exhibit greater potential for social-ecological sustainability in one dimension do not necessarily exhibit it in others, highlighting the importance of integrative, coupled system analyses when implementing spatial planning and other ecosystem-based strategies.
AB - Environmental governance is more effective when the scales of ecological processes are well matched with the human institutions charged with managing human-environment interactions. The social-ecological systems (SESs) framework provides guidance on how to assess the social and ecological dimensions that contribute to sustainable resource use and management, but rarely if ever has been operationalized for multiple localities in a spatially explicit, quantitative manner. Here, we use the case of small-scale fisheries in Baja California Sur, Mexico, to identify distinct SES regions and test key aspects of coupled SESs theory. Regions that exhibit greater potential for social-ecological sustainability in one dimension do not necessarily exhibit it in others, highlighting the importance of integrative, coupled system analyses when implementing spatial planning and other ecosystem-based strategies.
KW - Conservation science
KW - Coupled natural and human systems
KW - Governance
KW - Marine
KW - Small-scale fisheries
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84929190424&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1414640112
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1414640112
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 112
SP - 5979
EP - 5984
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 19
ER -