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National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis

Project Description

This proposal seeks support to prepare materials and conduct a short course at NCEAS, on the subject "Theories for Sustainable Futures: Understanding and Managing for Resilience in Human-Ecological Systems". We propose to hold two meetings at NCEAS and locate a post-doctoral position there to help develop models and interactive material for the world wide web. The first workshop will bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars (ecologists, mathematicians, economists, sociologists and political scientists) to produce a book and a set of Internet-web products. Those products will serve as the set of materials for the second NCEAS activity; a course on understanding and managing ecological systems that will be designed for a multi-disciplinary group of graduate students, and advanced resource practitioners.

Principal Investigator(s)

Lance H. Gunderson, Crawford S. Holling, Garry Peterson

Project Dates

completed

Participants

Jim Addis
Wisconsin Department of National Resources
Jeffery S. Allen
Clemson University
Guy Barnett
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Douglas Beard
University of Wisconsin
Kristen Blann
University of Minnesota
Pille Bunnell
University of British Columbia
Stephen R. Carpenter
University of Wisconsin
Anirban Ganguly
Indian Institute of Science
Lee Gass
University of British Columbia
Lance H. Gunderson
Emory University
Paul C. Hanson
University of Wisconsin
Marieke Heemskerk
University of Florida
Robert Hilderbrand
Utah State University
Buzz Holling
University of Florida
Crawford S. Holling
University of Florida
James Hutchins
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Marco A. Janssen
Free University
Steve Light
Minnesota Department of National Resources
Tim Lynam
University of Zimbabwe
Garry Peterson
University of California, San Francisco
Lowell Pritchard
Emory University
Allyson Quinlan
Conservation Ecology
April Randle
University of Florida
Emmanuel Raufflet
McGill University
Pawel Rowinski
Polish Academy of Sciences
Maria Tengo
Stockholm University
Adam Watts
Emory University
Frances Westley
McGill University

Products

  1. Report or White Paper / 2001

    A case-study on community forestry in India in the World Resources Report

  2. Presentations / 2000

    Modeling for management

  3. Book / 2001

    Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems

  4. Book Chapter / 2001

    Surprises and sustainability: Cycles of renewal in the Everglades

  5. Journal Article / 2005

    The myths of restoration ecology

  6. Book Chapter / 2001

    Sustainability and panarchies

  7. Presentations / 1999

    Adaptive management of fire in north Florida, 15 June 1999

  8. Presentations / 1999

    Ecology and construction

  9. Presentations / 1999

    Theories for sustainable futures

  10. Presentations / 2000

    Adaptive management in north Florida, 18 April 2000

  11. Presentations / 2000

    Contagious disturbance, ecological memory, and the emergence of ecological pattern

  12. Journal Article / 2000

    Political Ecology and ecological resilience: An integration of human and ecological dynamics

  13. Report or White Paper / 2000

    Theories for sustainable futures short course

  14. Journal Article / 2000

    The risks and benefits of genetically modified crops: A multidisciplinary perspective

  15. Journal Article / 2001

    Deforestation and forest regeneration following small-scale gold mining in the Amazon: The case of Suriname

  16. Book Chapter / 2001

    Multiple stable states and landscape resilience

  17. Book Chapter / 2002

    Using ecological dynamics to move towards an adaptive architecture

  18. Report or White Paper /

    Modelling guide

  19. Report or White Paper /

    Sustainable futures course plan

  20. Journal Article / 2000

    Valuation of ecosystem services in institutional context

  21. Presentations / 2000

    Management in Northern Tanzania, June 2000