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Volume 27, Issue 2June 2022
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How do basin committees deal with water crises? Reflections for adaptive water governance from South America
Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Cristina Zurbriggen, Esteban Jobbágy, Franco Salvadores, Gabriel Giordano, Igor Matheus Santana-Chaves, Lara Mac Donnell, Lidiane A. P. Anjos, Lydia Garrido, Micaela Trimble, Miguel Pascual, Natalia Dias Tadeu, Nestor Mazzeo, Pedro H.C. Torres, Pedro R. Jacobi, Rosana Laura, Tomás Olivier
Special Feature Deeper Water: Exploring Barriers and Opportunities for the Emergence of Adaptive Water Governance
A synthesis on active citizenship in European nature conservation: social and environmental impacts, democratic tensions, and governance implications
Thomas J. M. Mattijssen

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Featured Contributors

Alexander Harpke

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Conservation Biology & Social-Ecological Systems, Halle (Saale), Germany; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Community Ecology, Halle (Saale), Germany

Christian Kuhlicke

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Urban and Environmental Sociology, Leipzig, Germany; University of Potsdam, Institute of Environmental Sciences and Geography, Potsdam-Golm, Germany

Claudia Pahl-Wostl

Institute of Environmental Systems Research, Osnabrück University, Germany; Institute of Geography, Osnabrück University, Germany

Cristina Zurbriggen

South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies (SARAS), Uruguay; Faculty of Social Sciences-UDELAR, Uruguay

David J. Abson

Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany

Elisabeth Kühn

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Conservation Biology & Social-Ecological Systems, Halle (Saale), Germany; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Community Ecology, Halle (Saale), Germany

Esteban Jobbágy

Grupo de Estudios Ambientales, IMASL – CONICET and Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina; South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies (SARAS), Uruguay

Franco Salvadores

Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Argentina

Gabriel Giordano

South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies (SARAS), Uruguay

Igor Matheus Santana-Chaves

Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Brazil

Ingolf Kühn

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Community Ecology, Halle (Saale), Germany; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Biology, Halle (Saale), Germany; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Johan Enqvist

Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University; African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town

Josef Settele

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Conservation Biology & Social-Ecological Systems, Halle (Saale), Germany; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Biology, Halle (Saale), Germany; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Kristina Humphreys

Uppsala University

Lara Mac Donnell

National Technological University (UTN), Master in Territorial Development, Argentina

Lena Rölfer

Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Hamburg, Germany; Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany

Lidiane A. P. Anjos

Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Brazil

Louis Celliers

Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Hamburg, Germany; Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany

Lydia Garrido

UNESCO Chair in Sociocultural Anticipation and Resilience; South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies (SARAS), Uruguay

Marc Becker

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Community Ecology, Halle (Saale), Germany

Martin Musche

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Conservation Biology & Social-Ecological Systems, Halle (Saale), Germany; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Community Ecology, Halle (Saale), Germany

Micaela Trimble

South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies (SARAS), Uruguay

Miguel Pascual

Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales (IPEEC), CCT-CONICET-CENPAT, Argentina

Natalia Dias Tadeu

South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies (SARAS), Uruguay; Faculty of Social Sciences-UDELAR, Uruguay

Nestor Mazzeo

South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies (SARAS), Uruguay; Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

Pedro H.C. Torres

Institute of Energy and Environment, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Pedro R. Jacobi

Institute of Energy and Environment, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Rosana Laura

Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Brazil; South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies (SARAS), Uruguay

Thomas J. M. Mattijssen

Wageningen Economic Research, Wageningen University and Research Centre

Thomas Schmitt

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Biology, Halle (Saale), Germany; Senckenberg German Entomological Institute, Müncheberg, Germany; University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Potsdam, Germany

Tomás Olivier

School of Public Administration, Florida Atlantic University, USA

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How do basin committees deal with water crises? Reflections for adaptive water governance from South America
Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Cristina Zurbriggen, Esteban Jobbágy, Franco Salvadores, Gabriel Giordano, Igor Matheus Santana-Chaves, Lara Mac Donnell, Lidiane A. P. Anjos, Lydia Garrido, Micaela Trimble, Miguel Pascual, Natalia Dias Tadeu, Nestor Mazzeo, Pedro H.C. Torres, Pedro R. Jacobi, Rosana Laura, Tomás Olivier
Special Feature Deeper Water: Exploring Barriers and Opportunities for the Emergence of Adaptive Water Governance
A synthesis on active citizenship in European nature conservation: social and environmental impacts, democratic tensions, and governance implications
Thomas J. M. Mattijssen
Resilience and coastal governance: knowledge and navigation between stability and transformation
David J. Abson, Lena Rölfer, Louis Celliers
Voicing resilience through subjective well-being: community perspectives on responding to water stressors and COVID-19
Johan Enqvist, Kristina Humphreys
The benefits of counting butterflies: recommendations for a successful citizen science project
Alexander Harpke, Christian Kuhlicke, Elisabeth Kühn, Ingolf Kühn, Josef Settele, Marc Becker, Martin Musche, Thomas Schmitt

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Ecology & Society has been publishing since 1997. Take a look back at some of our articles from years past.

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11/2012
Human Dimensions of Coral Reef Social-Ecological Systems
Edward W. Glazier, Elena M. Finkbeiner, John N Kittinger, Larry B. Crowder
01/2010
Observations on Drivers and Dynamics of Environmental Policy Change: Insights from 150 Years of Forest Management in British Columbia
Hadi Dowlatabadi, Shannon M Hagerman, Terre Satterfield
10/2005
Potential Methodological Flaw in the Examination of the Effects of Logging
Robert Nasi
01/2015
Organics, trust, and credibility: a management and media research perspective
Iris Rittenhofer, Karen Klitgaard Povlsen
Special Feature Multicriteria Assessment of Food System Sustainability