Ecology and Society New Issue Announcement Volume 16, Issue 3 September 2011
Editors-in-Chief Carl Folke and Lance Gunderson are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 16, Issue 3 (http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss3) of Ecology and Society (http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/). This issue sees the closure of the following special feature: 1) Resilience and Vulnerability of Arid and Semi-Arid Social Ecological Systems (http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/issues/view.php?sf=52) edited by Evan D. G. Fraser, Claire Quinn, and Jan Sendzimir. We are also pleased to publish the first manuscripts in the following special features: 1) A Systems Approach for Sustainable Development in Coastal Zones (http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/issues/view.php?sf=67) edited by Tom Hopkins, Denis Bailly, Josianne Stottrup, Audun Sandberg, and Ragnar Elmgren, and 2) Local Social and Environmental Impacts of Biofuels (http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/issues/view.php?sf=68) edited by Laura German, George Schoneveld, and Pablo Pacheco. To read the full text of the articles in these features, or to access all other articles published in this issue, please see the table of contents below. Table of Contents Guest Editorial Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change in Dryland Livelihood Systems: Conceptual Challenges and Interdisciplinary Solutions Evan D. G. Fraser, Andrew J. Dougill, Klaus Hubacek, Claire H. Quinn, Jan Sendzimir, and Mette Termansen The Social and Environmental Impacts of Biofuel Feedstock Cultivation: Evidence from Multi-Site Research in the Forest Frontier Laura German, George C. Schoneveld , and Pablo Pacheco Research Rebuilding Resilience in the Sahel: Regreening in the Maradi and Zinder Regions of Niger Jan Sendzimir, Chris P. Reij, and Piotr Magnuszewski Coping with Multiple Stresses in Rural South Africa Claire H. Quinn, Gina Ziervogel, Anna Taylor, Takeshi Takama, and Frank Thomalla The Ghost of Development Past: the Impact of Economic Security Policies on Saami Pastoral Ecosystems Vera H. Hausner, Per Fauchald, Torkild Tveraa, Elisabeth Pedersen, Johnny- Leo Jernsletten, Birgitte Ulvevadet, Rolf A. Ims, Nigel G. Yoccoz, and Kari Anne Bråthen Economic Behavior in the Face of Resource Variability and Uncertainty Ryan R J McAllister, John G. Tisdell, Andrew F. Reeson, and Iain J. Gordon Scenario Analysis to Identify Viable Conservation Strategies in Paraguay’s Imperiled Atlantic Forest Matthew J. Carlson, Ross Mitchell, and Laura Rodriguez Developing Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluating Joint Management Effectiveness in Protected Areas in the Northern Territory, Australia Arturo Izurieta, Bevlyne Sithole, Natasha Stacey, Hmalan Hunter-Xenie, Bruce Campbell, Paul Donohoe, Jessie Brown, and Lincoln Wilson Local Community Attitudes toward Forests Outside Protected Areas in India. Impact of Legal Awareness, Trust, and Participation. Biljana Macura, Francisco Zorondo-Rodríguez, Mar Grau-Satorras, Kathryn Demps, Marie Laval, Claude A. Garcia, and Victoria Reyes-García Effects of Fishing Tourism in a Coastal Municipality: a Case Study from Risør, Norway Erlend Moksness, Jakob Gjøsæter, Guillaume Lagaillarde, Eirik Mikkelsen, Esben Moland Olsen, Håkan T. Sandersen, and Jon Helge Vølstad Coupled Vulnerability and Resilience: the Dynamics of Cross-Scale Interactions in Post-Katrina New Orleans Kevin F. Gotham and Richard Campanella Debt-for-Nature Swaps in Action: Two Case Studies in Peru Catherine Kilbane Gockel and Leslie C. Gray Biophysical and Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Forest Transitions at Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales Charles B. Yackulic, Matthew Fagan, Meha Jain, Amir Jina, Yili Lim, Miriam Marlier, Robert Muscarella, Patricia Adame, Ruth DeFries, and Maria Uriarte Human Activity Differentially Redistributes Large Mammals in the Canadian Rockies National Parks James Kimo Rogala, Mark Hebblewhite, Jesse Whittington, Cliff A. White, Jenny Coleshill, and Marco Musiani An Empirical Analysis of the Social and Ecological Outcomes of State Subsidies for Small-Scale Fisheries: A Case Study from Chile Carolin I. Mondaca-Schachermayer, Jaime Aburto, Georgina Cundill, Domingo Lancellotti, Carlos Tapia, and Wolfgang Stotz A Critical Systems Approach to Social Learning: Building Adaptive Capacity in Social, Ecological, Epistemological (SEE) Systems Daniel D. P. McCarthy, Debbe D. Crandall, Graham S. Whitelaw, Zachariah General, and Leonard J. S. Tsuji Hybrid Knowledge: Place, Practice, and Knowing in a Volunteer Ecological Restoration Project Karen A. Reid, Kathryn J H Williams, and Mark S. Paine Deliberative Democracy, Institution Building, and the Pragmatics of Cumulative Effects Assessment John R. Parkins The Potential Role of Mental Model Methodologies in Multistakeholder Negotiations: Integrated Water Resources Management in South Africa Derick R. Du Toit, Harry Biggs, and Sharon Pollard Traditional Knowledge Systems and the Conservation of Cross River Gorillas: a Case Study of Bechati, Fossimondi, Besali, Cameroon Denis Ndeloh Etiendem, Luc Hens, and Zjef Pereboom Is Validation of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge a Disrespectful Process? A Case Study of Traditional Fishing Poisons and Invasive Fish Management from the Wet Tropics, Australia Monica Gratani, James R. A. Butler, Frank Royee, Peter Valentine, Damien Burrows, Warren I. Canendo, and Alex S. Anderson Addressing Sustainability of Clam Farming in the Venice Lagoon Donata Melaku Canu, Pierpaolo Campostrini, Simona Dalla Riva, Roberto Pastres, Lara Pizzo, Luca Rossetto, and Cosimo Solidoro Social Role-Play Games Vs Individual Perceptions of Conservation and PES Agreements for Maintaining Rubber Agroforests in Jambi (Sumatra), Indonesia Grace B. Villamor and Meine van Noordwijk Insight Revealing the Organization of Complex Adaptive Systems through Multivariate Time Series Modeling David G. Angeler, Stina Drakare, and Richard K. Johnson Coupling Biophysical and Socioeconomic Models for Coral Reef Systems in Quintana Roo, Mexican Caribbean Jessica Melbourne-Thomas, Craig R. Johnson, Pascal Perez, Jeremy Eustache, Elizabeth A. Fulton, and Deborah Cleland Perspective The Penobscot River, Maine, USA: a Basin-Scale Approach to Balancing Power Generation and Ecosystem Restoration Jeffrey J. Opperman, Joshua Royte, John Banks, Laura Rose Day, and Colin Apse Synthesis Climate Science, Development Practice, and Policy Interactions in Dryland Agroecological Systems Chasca Twyman, Evan D. G. Fraser, Lindsay C. Stringer, C. Quinn, Andrew J. Dougill, Federica Ravera, Todd A. Crane, and Susannah M. Sallu
