B. Alvarius
Environmental Management in Southern Arizona
In southern Arizona, a number of collaborations on environmental management and the promotion of ecosystem services, when taken together, can be treated as a polycentric system.
Case studies
W. Henry/Marine photobank
A vulnerability assessment in remote communities of Kahua in the Solomon Islands
The ecologically diverse and remote region of Kahua in the Solomon Islands includes a population of 4500 people in 40 communities which have limited transport, communications and other services.
US Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast region
Social learning for fire management in south-eastern US
The south-eastern United States was once covered by a longleaf pine savanna, but forestry, agriculture and the suppression of fire means that this fire dependent ecosystem now covers just a few percent of its former range.
J. Sendzimir
New river management for the Tisza River Basin
The evolution of management paradigms in the Tisza River Basin in Europe is an example of how CAS thinking has supported change in approaches to river management.
R. Kautsky/Azote
Avoiding poverty traps in Tanzania
While feedbacks can help keep a system in a desirable regime, they can also lock a system into an undesirable configuration.
P. Langlois/Flickr
The provision of ecosystem services across a multifunctional landscape in Quebec, Canada
The Montérégie, located in southwestern Quebec is a patchwork of agricultural fields, forests, and villages near the major city of Montréal.
Joshua Cinner/Azote
Livelihood diversity and redundancy in coastal communities in East Africa
Along the coast of East Africa, house-holds often engage in small-scale fisheries as part of a diverse livelihood portfolio which might include working in tourism, agriculture or casual labour.