14 SEP 2017 13 MIN READ / 1603 WORDS Commentary/Making resilience, adaptation, and transformation real Researchers have been working on a new way of examining the changes needed in social-ecological systems to achieve desired sustainability goals through the RAPTA (Resilience, Adaptation Pathways and Transformation Assessment) approach. Pilot projects in Ethiopia translate sometimes unfamiliar terms to reality.
07 SEP 2017 5 MIN READ Feature/Scientists jam with musicians, artists to stir public passion for nature Scientists, development practitioners, and policy thinkers joined artists and musicians at the Resilience 2017 conference in Stockholm in August.
31 AUG 2017 11 MIN READ Feature/How Kenya’s herders got their livestock insured Researchers puzzled out how to include dryland livestock herders in the global insurance market. Their next challenge is to stay in balance with a changing ecosystem.
10 AUG 2017 6 MIN READ / 1161 WORDS Commentary/The science and art of wayfinding A new tool for resilience assessment is inspired by the Polynesian seafarers’ approach to navigation. Wayfinder will build on insights from science and practice to enable planners and practitioners to understand and enhance resilience.
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