Resiliencia socio-ecológica ante el cambio ambiental global en territorios heterogéneos – construyendo una plataforma común para investigación y acción

This project report describes an initiative supported by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) to build a shared platform for understanding socio-ecological resilience and adaptive capacity in seasonally dry tropical forests across South America. The project focuses on co-designing research questions with stakeholders from civil society to national government and developing conceptual frameworks to link social and ecological resilience.

• Seasonally dry tropical forests in South America are facing unprecedented socio-ecological and climatic changes, exacerbated by chronic issues regarding governance and enforcement.
• Existing literature on this topic is fragmented, often focusing separately on adaptation or vulnerability and applying solutions exclusively to either social or natural sciences. There is a notable lack of empirical research on the links between social resilience, ecological resilience, vulnerability, and adaptive capacity in heterogeneous territories facing conflict and rapid transformation.
• The project established a shared platform to study socio-ecological resilience and adaptive capacity by conducting multi-stakeholder workshops in four specific locations: Chancaní and Copo in Argentina, Pontal do Paranapanema in Brazil, and Montes de María in Colombia. These workshops, which transitioned from in-person to virtual formats due to the COVID-19 pandemic, aimed to co-design research questions and identify common interests across a network ranging from civil society to national government.
• Conceptual developments in the project include a review of social and ecological resilience literature to identify variables of interest. Preliminary findings indicate a lack of clear definitions and links between these two concepts, particularly within empirical articles.
• The project produced a comparative territorial baseline using economic, social, and geographic variables to describe the study regions and highlight their similarities and heterogeneities. Additionally, a climate report for Chancaní and Copo in Argentina was completed for stakeholder feedback.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (n.d.). Resiliencia socio-ecológica ante el cambio ambiental global en territorios heterogéneos – construyendo una plataforma común para investigación y acción. https://iai.int/pdf/es/ProjectBrief_090_es_merged.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Resiliencia socio-ecológica ante el cambio ambiental global en territorios heterogéneos – construyendo una plataforma común para investigación y acción. n.d. https://iai.int/pdf/es/ProjectBrief_090_es_merged.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearchndresiliencia, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Resiliencia socio-ecológica ante el cambio ambiental global en territorios heterogéneos – construyendo una plataforma común para investigación y acción}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, url = {https://iai.int/pdf/es/ProjectBrief_090_es_merged.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }