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Transforming Biodiversity Governance

Author : Ingrid J. Visseren-Hamakers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108847757
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis Transforming Biodiversity Governance by : Ingrid J. Visseren-Hamakers

Download or read book Transforming Biodiversity Governance written by Ingrid J. Visseren-Hamakers and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over fifty years of global conservation has failed to bend the curve of biodiversity loss, so we need to transform the ways we govern biodiversity. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity aims to develop and implement a transformative framework for the coming decades. However, the question of what transformative biodiversity governance entails and how it can be implemented is complex. This book argues that transformative biodiversity governance means prioritizing ecocentric, compassionate and just sustainable development. This involves implementing five governance approaches - integrative, inclusive, adaptive, transdisciplinary and anticipatory governance - in conjunction and focused on the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and unsustainability. Transforming Biodiversity Governance is an invaluable source for academics, policy makers and practitioners working in biodiversity and sustainability governance. This is one of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project. For more publications, see www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

The Transformation of Environmental Law and Governance

Author : Sindico, Francesco
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800889372
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis The Transformation of Environmental Law and Governance by : Sindico, Francesco

Download or read book The Transformation of Environmental Law and Governance written by Sindico, Francesco and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cutting-edge book considers the functional inseparability of risk and innovation within the context of environmental law and governance. Analysing both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ innovation, the book argues that approaches to socio-ecological risk require innovation in order for society and the environment to become more resilient.

Sustainability

Author : Felix Ekardt
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030192776
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Book Synopsis Sustainability by : Felix Ekardt

Download or read book Sustainability written by Felix Ekardt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes a holistic transdisciplinary approach to sustainability as a subject of social sciences. At the same time, this approach shows new ways, as perspectives of philosophy, political science, law, economics, sociology, cultural studies and others are here no longer regarded separately. Instead, integrated perspectives on the key issues are carved out: Perspectives on conditions of transformation to sustainability, on key instruments and the normative questions. This allows for a concise answer to urgent and controversial questions such as the following: Is the EU an environmental pioneer? Is it possible to achieve sustainability by purely technical means? If not: will that mean to end of the growth society? How to deal with the follow-up problems? How will societal change be successful? Are political power and capitalism the main barriers to sustainability? What is the role of emotions and conceptions of normality in the transformation process? To which degree are rebound and shifting effects the reason why sustainability politics fail? How much climate protection can be claimed ethically and legally e.g. on grounds of human rights? And what is freedom? Despite all rhetoric, the weak transition in energy, climate, agriculture and conservation serves as key example in this book. It is shown how the Paris Agreement is weak with regard to details and at the same time overrules the growth society by means of a radical 1,5-1,8 degrees temperature limit. It is shown how emissions trading must – and can – be reformed radically. It is shown why CSR, education, cooperation and happiness research are overrated. And we will see what an integrated politics on climate, biodiversity, nitrogen and soil might look like. This book deals with conditions of transformation, governance instruments, ethics and law of sustainability. The relevance of the humanities to sustainability has never before been demonstrated so vividly and broadly as here. And in every area it opens up some completely new perspectives. (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Club of Rome, Honorary President) Taking a transdisciplinary perspective, the book canvasses the entire spectrum of issues relevant to sustainability. A most valuable and timely contribution to the debate. (Prof. Dr. Klaus Bosselmann, University of Auckland, Author of “The Principle of Sustainability”) This books breathes life into the concept of sustainability. Felix Ekardt tears down the barriers between disciplines and builds a holistic fundament for sustainablility; fit to guide long-term decision-making on the necessary transformation and societal change. (Prof. Dr. Christina Voigt, Oslo University, Dept. of Public and International Law)

Transboundary Governance of Biodiversity

Author : Louis J. Kotzé
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9004273891
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis Transboundary Governance of Biodiversity by : Louis J. Kotzé

Download or read book Transboundary Governance of Biodiversity written by Louis J. Kotzé and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2014-06-26 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transboundary Governance of Biodiversity compiles critical analysis of the regulatory frameworks applicable to the transboundary governance of biodiversity by specialists from Europe and Africa. Drawing on their vast experience as lawyers, political scientists and natural resource management experts, they provide a critique and contemporary perspectives on what has become one of the most challenging aspects of global environmental governance in the Anthropocene: effective biodiversity conservation in times of unprecedented environmetal crises. With a unique North-South focus and a legal focus infused by multi-disciplinary regulatory dimensions, this peer-reviewed publication offers a comprehensive analysis of international and regional environmental law frameworks applicable to the transboundary governance of biodiversity.

Long-Term Governance for Social-Ecological Change

Author : Bernd Siebenhüner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136772286
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Book Synopsis Long-Term Governance for Social-Ecological Change by : Bernd Siebenhüner

Download or read book Long-Term Governance for Social-Ecological Change written by Bernd Siebenhüner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book discusses how to tackle long-term social and ecological problems by using different environmental governance approaches to creating sustainable development. It explores opportunities and requirements for the governance of long-term problems, and examines how to achieve a lasting transformation. When investments are made to mitigate climate change or preserve biodiversity, future generations can reap benefits from the efforts of the present generation. However, long-term social-ecological change towards sustainable development is disrupted by the fact that the costs and benefits of action are seen by different generations. With a global focus that includes case studies from Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, this book attempts to address the difficulty of developing and implementing effective long-term governance solutions. The authors examine what distinguishes long‐term problems from other policy problems, what governance responses are available and used, and how different governance mechanisms, namely economic incentives, participation, as well as knowledge and learning, help to address them. Combining the perspectives on the different governance approaches and featuring cases studies on national, regional and global issues, Long-Term Governance for Social-Ecological Change will be of interest to policy-makers, students and scholars of global environmental governance, development, sustainability, politics, economics, law and sociology.

Sustainability Transformations Across Societies

Author : Björn-Ola Linnér
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108487475
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Sustainability Transformations Across Societies by : Björn-Ola Linnér

Download or read book Sustainability Transformations Across Societies written by Björn-Ola Linnér and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparison of how societal actors in different geographical, political and cultural contexts understand agents and drivers of sustainability transformations.

Transforming Parks and Protected Areas

Author : Kevin S. Hanna
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134190093
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Book Synopsis Transforming Parks and Protected Areas by : Kevin S. Hanna

Download or read book Transforming Parks and Protected Areas written by Kevin S. Hanna and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-18 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare collection of articles that fuses academic theory, critique of practice and practical knowledge, Transforming Parks and Protected Areas analyzes and critiques the emerging issues in the design and operation of parks and protected areas.

The Governance of Nature and the Nature of Governance

Author : Krystyna Swiderska
Publisher : IIED
ISBN 13 : 1843697009
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (436 download)

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Book Synopsis The Governance of Nature and the Nature of Governance by : Krystyna Swiderska

Download or read book The Governance of Nature and the Nature of Governance written by Krystyna Swiderska and published by IIED. This book was released on 2008 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biodiversity and ecosystem services are being degraded faster than at any other time in human history.

Practical Panarchy for Adaptive Water Governance

Author : Barbara Cosens
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331972472X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Book Synopsis Practical Panarchy for Adaptive Water Governance by : Barbara Cosens

Download or read book Practical Panarchy for Adaptive Water Governance written by Barbara Cosens and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the results of an interdisciplinary project that examined how law, policy and ecological dynamics influence the governance of regional scale water based social-ecological systems in the United States and Australia. The volume explores the obstacles and opportunities for governance that is capable of management, adaptation, and transformation in these regional social-ecological systems as they respond to accelerating environmental change. With the onset of the Anthropocene, global and regional changes in biophysical inputs to these systems will challenge their capacity to respond while maintaining functions of water supply, flood control, hydropower production, water quality, and biodiversity. Governance lies at the heart of the capacity of these systems to meet these challenges. Assessment of water basins in the United States and Australia indicates that state-centric governance of these complex and dynamic social-environmental systems is evolving to a more complex, diverse, and complex array public and private arrangements. In this process, three challenges emerge for water governance to become adaptive to environmental change. First, is the need for legal reform to remove barriers to adaptive governance by authorizing government agencies to prepare for windows of opportunity through adaptive planning, and to institutionalize the results of innovative solutions that arise once a window opens. Second, is the need for legal reform to give government agencies the authority to facilitate and participate in adaptive management and governance. This must be accompanied by parallel legal reform to assure that engagement of private and economic actors and the increase in governmental flexibility does not destabilize basin economies or come at the expense of legitimacy, accountability, equity, and justice. Third, development of means to continually assess thresholds and resilience of social-ecological systems and the adaptive capacity of their current governance to structure actions at multiple scales. The massive investment in water infrastructure on the river basins studied has improved the agricultural, urban and economic sectors, largely at the cost of other social and environmental values. Today the infrastructure is aging and in need of substantial investment for those benefits to continue and adapt to ongoing environmental changes. The renewal of institutions and heavily engineered water systems also presents the opportunity to modernize these systems to address inequity and align with the values and objectives of the 21st century. Creative approaches are needed to transform and modernize water governance that increases the capacity of these water-based social-ecological systems to innovate, adapt, and learn, will provide the tools needed to navigate an uncertain future.

Architectures of Earth System Governance

Author : Frank Biermann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108489516
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Architectures of Earth System Governance by : Frank Biermann

Download or read book Architectures of Earth System Governance written by Frank Biermann and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative analysis of [a decade of] research on institutional architectures in earth system governance, covering key elements, structures and policy options.

Biodiversity and Nature Protection Law

Author : Elisa Morgera
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783474240
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Book Synopsis Biodiversity and Nature Protection Law by : Elisa Morgera

Download or read book Biodiversity and Nature Protection Law written by Elisa Morgera and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law is a landmark reference work, providing definitive and comprehensive coverage of this dynamic field. Each volume probes the key elements of law, the essential concepts, and the latest research through concise, structured entries written by international experts. Each entry includes an extensive bibliography as a starting point for further reading. The mix of authoritative commentary and insightful discussion will make this an essential tool for research and teaching, as well as a valuable resource for professionals and policymakers. The unprecedented degradation of the planet's vital ecosystems and species, and the consequent damage to the variability of life on Earth, are one of the most pressing issues confronting the international community. The purpose of this volume of the Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law is to provide a critical assessment of international biodiversity law in the face of the failed attempts to reduce the global trend in irreversible biodiversity loss and the need to increase efforts, including through indirect drivers of change such as institutions, governance and legal frameworks. The volume assesses comprehensively how and to what extent international law has addressed the key concerns presently facing biodiversity conservation, made recourse to conventional and market-based approaches to biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, tackled cross-cutting issues, and considered direct as well as indirect changes in socio-economic conditions. In doing so, the volume examines the historical development, principles, themes and cross cutting issues of international biodiversity law. Each article, written by an invited expert in that field, contains an overview of the topic, provides a concise review of current knowledge, identifies new directions for cutting-edge research and offers an extensive bibliography. This major research-focused resource and its in-depth exploration of the field of biodiversity law is an essential reference for university students, teachers, researchers, practitioners and policy makers. Contributors include: N. Affolder, S. Aguilar, S. Alam, R.A. Barnes, V. Barral, S.W. Burgiel, A. Cardesa-Salzmann, C. Chiarolla, A. Cliquet, N. Craik, N. de Sadeleer, L. de Silva, D. Diz, B. Ferreira de Souza Dias, A. Fodella, K. Garforth, A. Gupta, V. Jenkins, H.C. Jonas, A. Kotsakis, A. Langlais, S. Maljean-Dubois, E. Morgera, R. Moynihan, M. Ntona, A. Orsini, R. Pavoni, N. Peralta, F. Perron-Welch, D. Piselli, J. Razzaque, S. Romppanen, A. Savaresi, N. Schabus, H. Schoukens, P. Schwartz, E.J. Techera, E. Tsioumani, H. van Asselt, M. Wemaëre, C. Willmore,

Governing the Anthropocene

Author : Sarah Clement
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030603504
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Book Synopsis Governing the Anthropocene by : Sarah Clement

Download or read book Governing the Anthropocene written by Sarah Clement and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-19 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the present and future challenges of managing ecosystem transformation on a planet where human impacts are pervasive. In this new epoch, the Anthropocene, the already rapid rate of species loss is amplified by climate change and other stress factors, causing transformation of highly-valued landscapes. Many locations are already transforming into novel ecosystems, where new species, interactions, and ecological functions are creating landscapes unlike anything seen before. This has sparked contentious debate not just about science, but about decision-making, responsibility, fairness, and human capacity to intervene. Clement argues that the social and ecological reality of the Anthropocene requires modernised governance and policy to confront these new challenges and achieve ecological objectives. There is a real opportunity to enable society to cope with transformed ecosystems by changing governance, but this is notoriously difficult. Aimed at anyone involved in these conversations, be those researchers, practitioners, decision makers or students, this book brings together diffuse research exploring how to confront institutional change and ecological transformation in different contexts, and provides insight into how to translate governance concepts into productive pathways forward.

Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance

Author : Derek Armitage
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642121942
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (421 download)

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Book Synopsis Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance by : Derek Armitage

Download or read book Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance written by Derek Armitage and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid environmental change calls for individuals and societies with an ability to transform our interactions with each other and the ecosystems upon which we depend. Adaptive capacity - the ability of a social-ecological system (or the components of that system) to be robust to disturbances and capable of responding to changes - is increasingly recognized as a critical attribute of multi-level environmental governance. This unique volume offers the first interdisciplinary and integrative perspective on an emerging area of applied scholarship, with contributions from internationally recognized researchers and practitioners. It demonstrates how adaptive capacity makes environmental governance possible in complex social-ecological systems. Cutting-edge theoretical developments are explored and empirical case studies offered from a wide range of geographic settings and natural resource contexts, such as water, climate, fisheries and forestry. • Of interest to researchers, policymakers and resource managers seeking to navigate and understand social-ecological change in diverse geographic settings and resource contexts

The Politics of Knowledge and Global Biodiversity

Author : Alice B.M. Vadrot
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317913493
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Book Synopsis The Politics of Knowledge and Global Biodiversity by : Alice B.M. Vadrot

Download or read book The Politics of Knowledge and Global Biodiversity written by Alice B.M. Vadrot and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The establishment of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) points to the crucial role attributed to science and knowledge for the successful implementation of biodiversity politics by both scientists and policy-makers. With the increased importance of biodiversity in international politics, and in part inspired by the success the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has had in raising awareness of global warming, the call for an ‘IPCC for Biodiversity’ was successful. The Politics of Knowledge and Global Biodiversity gives a full overview of the process of its implementation as finalised in 2013 and proposes an innovative conceptual framework that puts this specific case into a more general perspective of international politics and relations. It provides a detailed empirical analysis of the knowledge politics associated with the establishment of IPBES and its conceptual framework and methodological approach is grounded in a theoretical perspective. This pioneering work is the first to examine IPBES in this way and is essential reading for researchers and scholars of International Relations, Environmental and Biodiversity Politics, Science-Policy Interfaces and Global Environmental Governance. It will also be of interest to political scientists and social scientists.

Agroecology Now!

Author : Colin Ray Anderson
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030613151
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Agroecology Now! written by Colin Ray Anderson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-07 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book develops a framework for advancing agroecology transformations focusing on power, politics and governance. It explores the potential of agroecology as a sustainable and socially just alternative to today’s dominant food regime. Agroecology is an ecological approach to farming that addresses climate change and biodiversity loss while contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals. Agroecology transformations represent a challenge to the power of corporations in controlling food system and a rejection of the industrial food systems that are at the root of many social and ecological ills. In this book the authors analyse the conditions that enable and disable agroecology’s potential and present six ‘domains of transformation’ where it comes into conflict with the dominant food system. They argue that food sovereignty, community-self organization and a shift to bottom-up governance are critical for the transformation to a socially just and ecologically viable food system. This book will be a valuable resource to researchers, students, policy makers and professionals across multidisciplinary areas including in the fields of food politics, international development, sustainability and resilience.

Sustainable Governance of Wildlife and Community-Based Natural Resource Management

Author : Brian Child
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351811827
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Governance of Wildlife and Community-Based Natural Resource Management written by Brian Child and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops the Sustainable Governance Approach and the principles of Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM). It provides practical examples of successes and failures in implementation, and lessons about the economics and governance of wild resources with global application. CBNRM emerged in the 1980s, encouraging greater local participation to conserve and manage natural and wild resources in the face of increasing encroachment by agricultural and other forms of land use development. This book describes the institutional history of wildlife and the empirical transformation of the wildlife sector on private and communal land, particularly in southern Africa, to develop an alternative paradigm for governing wild resources. With the twin goals of addressing poverty and resource degradation in the world’s extensive agriculturally marginal areas, the author conceptualises this paradigm as the Sustainable Governance Approach, which integrates theories of proprietorship and rights, prices and economics, governance and scale, and adaptive learning. The author then discusses and defines CBNRM, a major subset of this approach. Interweaving theory and practice, he shows that the primary challenges facing CBNRM are the devolution of rights from the centre to marginal communities and the governance of these rights by communities, a challenge which is seldom recognised or addressed. He focuses on this shortcoming, extending and operationalising institutional theory, including Ostrom’s principles of collective action, within the context of cross-scale governance. Based on the author’s extensive experience this book will be key reading for students of natural resource management, sustainable land use, community forestry, conservation, and development. Providing practical but theoretically robust tools for implementing CBNRM it will also appeal to professionals and practitioners working in communities and in conservation and development.

Governing the Coastal Commons

Author : Derek Armitage
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317421280
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Governing the Coastal Commons written by Derek Armitage and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coastal communities depend on the marine environment for their livelihoods, but the common property nature of marine resources poses major challenges for the governance of such resources. Through detailed cases and consideration of broader global trends, this volume examines how coastal communities are adapting to environmental change, and the attributes of governance that foster deliberate transformations and help to build resilience of social and ecological systems. Governance here reflects how communities, societies and organisations (e.g. fisher cooperatives, government agencies) choose to organise themselves to make decisions about important issues, such as the use and protection of coastal commons (e.g. fishery resources). The book shows how a governance approach generates insights into the specific forms and arrangements that enable coastal communities to steer away from unsustainable pathways. It also provides an analytical lens to consider important questions of power, knowledge and legitimacy in linked social-ecological systems. Chapters highlight examples in which communities are engaging in deliberative transformations to build resilience and enhance their well-being. These transformations and efforts to build resilience are emerging through multi-level collaboration, shared learning, innovative policies and institutional arrangements (such as new property rights regimes and co-management), methodologies that engage with indigenous cultural practices, and entrepreneurial activities, including income and livelihood diversification. Case studies are included from a range of countries including Canada, Japan, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, the South Pacific and Europe. The authors integrate theory with practical examples to improve coastal marine policy and governance, and draw upon emerging concepts from social-ecological resilience and transformations, adaptive governance and the scholarship on the commons.