Socio-ecological resilience in the face of global environmental change in heterogeneous landscapes - building a common platform for understanding and action

The project addresses the lack of empirical research on the links between social and ecological resilience in heterogeneous territories facing rapid environmental change. By conducting multi-stakeholder workshops in Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia, the project co-designed research questions with participants ranging from civil society to national government. Parallel conceptual work includes a literature review of resilience definitions and the creation of a comparative territory baseline using economic, social, and geographical variables for the four study regions.

• Existing literature on adaptation and vulnerability in sustainability science is often fragmented, with solutions typically limited to either the natural or social sciences, and there is a deficiency of empirical research regarding the connections between social and ecological resilience in territories experiencing conflict and rapid transformation.
• The project established a shared platform for understanding resilience by engaging stakeholders from civil society to national government through multi-stakeholder workshops in four seasonally dry forest locations to co-design research questions and identify common interests.
• Preliminary conceptual analysis of existing literature indicates that there is no clear definition or established link between ecological and social resilience, particularly within empirical papers.
• The project developed a comparative territory baseline that synthesizes ecological information and provides descriptions of the study regions using geographical, social, and economic variables to help stakeholders identify similarities and heterogeneities.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (n.d.). Socio-ecological resilience in the face of global environmental change in heterogeneous landscapes - building a common platform for understanding and action. https://iai.int/pdf/en/SGP-HW 090_merged.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Socio-ecological resilience in the face of global environmental change in heterogeneous landscapes - building a common platform for understanding and action. n.d. https://iai.int/pdf/en/SGP-HW 090_merged.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearchndsocioecological, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Socio-ecological resilience in the face of global environmental change in heterogeneous landscapes - building a common platform for understanding and action}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, url = {https://iai.int/pdf/en/SGP-HW 090_merged.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }