Thomas F. Thornton

TL;DR: In this article, the authors surveyed the global literature relating to the local and traditional ecological knowledge (LTK) of marine environments and analyzed what knowledge has been collected and with what aims and results, and suggested how such an infrastructure might be advanced through collaborative projects and bridging institutions that highlight the importance of trust-building and the involvement of communities in all stages of research.

TL;DR: In this paper, the concept of Services to Ecosystems (S2E) is proposed to close the loop of the reciprocal relationship between humans and ecosystems, highlighting the need for ethnographic research in Ecosystem Service-based interventions.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper examined how commercial, political and social actors interact in addressing the emerging public problems in the Free-Floating Bike Sharing (FFBS) scale-up process from a collaborative governance perspective.

TL;DR: It is found that despite control measures, the invasion trajectory of Lantana has continued upwards and that post-war land-use change might have been a possible trigger for this spread.

TL;DR: In this article, a case study of a free-floating bike sharing system in China, called Mobike, explores the main enabling factors which is transforming people from passive product/service receivers to active value co-creators in the sharing economy, such as selfefficacy, cognition of duty, anticipated awards and learning processes.