The webinar was held on December 3, 2018 with a live audience at UGA and a virtual audience of attendees from USSEE (U.S. Society for Ecological Economics), ESA (Ecological Society of America), and AERE (Association of Environmental and Resource Economists).…
Kristen received a Campus Sustainability Grant from the University of Georgia, to build and install bat houses on campus as well as lead educational activities. This project will provide important roosting habitat for local Athens bat species and connect people…
When households practicing small-scale livelihoods such as pastoralism experience increasing hardships due to environmental change, adopting a new livelihood strategy is often promoted as a way to regain food security and reduce vulnerability. However, livelihood adaptation is a complex process,…
King, E., Cavender-Bares, J., Balvanera, P., Mwampamba, T. H., & Polasky, S. (2015). Trade-offs in ecosystem services and varying stakeholder preferences: evaluating conflicts, obstacles, and opportunities. Ecology and Society, 20(3). doi: 10.5751/ES-07822-200325 (open access) This paper, just published in Ecology…
Dr. Eric MacDonald of the College of Environment & Design at UGA is shepherding this student-run initiative that uses prescribed grazing to control invasive species, reclaim forgotten natural areas on campus, and foster environmental stewardship in students. The goats, or the…
Drylands cover 40% of the continent of Africa, and are the basis for traditional pastoralist social-ecological systems, in which societies have adapted to rely heavily or entirely on livestock production for their livelihoods in harsh and variable environments. Modernity has…
Meeting human needs while sustaining the planet’s life support systems is the fundamental challenge of our time. While theoretical notions of the goals of sustainability science seek a unified path forward, realities on the ground present challenges. Too often, strategies…
This interesting synthesis of transcendental factors that can be “deal-makers and deal-breakers” for pastoralist sustainability is now off the back burner and getting properly cooked and seasoned to be served up to the public quite soon!