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 project evolved as a partnership with Eva Kaye-Zwiebel, to further analyze her dissertation research findings through the lens of social capital and ecosystem services. The resulting manuscript argues that neighboring communities express different perceptions of ecosystem services and also…
Jekyll Island State Park is a veritable “turducken” of some of the best things the Georgia Coast has to offer: It’s a state park with beautiful natural areas, the Sea Turtle Center, and fantastic conservation programs; it’s a tourist destination…
Kaye-Zwiebel, E. and E. King. 2014. Kenyan pastoralist societies in transition: varying perceptions of the value of ecosystem services. Ecology and Society 19(3): 17. The product of collaboration between Lizzie and Eva while she was a PhD student at Princeton,…
Ryan and Liz were rocking this summer with their research, and the lab gains even more momentum with the arrival of new graduate students Kristen Lear and Rachel Hughes, both through the Warnell School of Forestry.
At this year’s meeting (Aug 5-9) in Minneapolis, the Rangeland Ecology Section has lots to offer. On Monday, 11:45 to 1:30, join us for lunch, meet and socialize with our awesome members, and help shape the concepts for future Symposia.…
This summer was anything but ordinary. We got our research camp set up and looking official, with an actual honest to goodness building! Ryan did the longest stint out there, and covered a tremendous amount of ground–both literally and figuratively.…
Laura German (UGA Anthropology) and I received a NSF Coupled Human-Natural Systems Exploratory Grant to support vulnerability analysis of pastoralist systems in transition in Kenya. Long-time colleague Trenton Franz (who will join the faculty at University of Nebraska in Fall…
Warnell professor John Carroll is moving on to head the Natural Resources department at University of Nebraska, which is great for him but sad for me because I was really enjoying having such a cool Africa-oriented colleague in Warnell. However,…