Georgina Cundill

TL;DR: Social learning is increasingly becoming a normative goal in natural resource management and policy, but there remains little consensus over its meaning or theoretical basis as discussed by the authors. This lack of conceptual clarity has limited our capacity to assess whether social learning has occurred, and if so, what kind of learning has taken place, to what extent, between whom, when, and how.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify seven generic policy-relevant principles for enhancing the resilience of desired ES in the face of disturbance and ongoing change in social-ecological systems (SES).

TL;DR: The ecoSERVICES project as discussed by the authors is a platform to foster global coordination of multidisciplinary sustainability science through the lens of ecosystem services, focusing on three key questions that will improve incorporation of ecosystem service research into decision-making for the sustainable use of natural resources to improve human well-being.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a synthesis of the papers in the Communities Ecosystems and Livelihoods component of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), and other recent publications on the adaptive capacity of communities and their role in ecosystem management.

TL;DR: There is an emerging consensus that processes that support social learning involve sustained interaction between stakeholders, on-going deliberation and the sharing of knowledge in a trusting environment.