01 FEB 2018 12 MIN READ Commentary/Trading off Nile perch futures East Africa’s Lake Victoria faces immediate problems. The solutions lie in long-term perspectives.
11 JAN 2018 15 MIN READ 20 PEOPLE LIKED THIS Feature/Tipping into the future A history of tipping points from an ecological perspective and how they inform resilience thinking in global development.
14 DEC 2017 4 MIN READ Opinion/Rethinking 2017 while looking ahead to 2018 Turning the calendar to a new year, whether lunar or solar, presents an opportunity for reflection and celebration. Rethink’s editors take a stab at both.
19 OCT 2017 21 MIN READ Feature/Challenges along Guyana’s alternative development path Can a forest conservation programme funded by Norway keep the nation’s forests intact while respecting indigenous rights and fostering other economic interests?
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.
24 AUG 2017 6 MIN READ 13 PEOPLE LIKED THIS Commentary/Resilience 2017 in 7 quotes A recent gathering in Stockholm brought together academic, artistic, and practitioner communities to discuss the latest in resilience research, and what might be next.
17 AUG 2017 7 MIN READ 92 PEOPLE LIKED THIS Opinion/Why resilience? With only a few days to go before the start of the science conference “Resilience Frontiers for Global Sustainability”, Stockholm Resilience Centre science director Carl Folke reflects: why resilience?
20 APR 2017 10 MIN READ 20 PEOPLE LIKED THIS Opinion/The roads to 2050 An ambitious international scientific initiative aims to chart the pathways from now to 2050 with a single aim: successful completion of the Sustainable Development Goals within planetary boundaries.
09 MAR 2017 15 MIN READ 13 PEOPLE LIKED THIS Commentary/Shifting contexts in the Sahel Farmers in Burkina Faso rely on whole village landscapes for their livelihoods. Their reliance on that multifunctional patchwork is adjusting as they face changes in rainfall patterns, in young people’s aspirations, and in local markets.
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