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Human Systems Resources

This section includes resources on social and economic systems, policy and governance, and traditional ecological knowledges.

Social and Economic
Policy and Governance
Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge

Social and Economic

Fortmann, L. (2008). Participatory research in conservation and rural livelihoods: doing science together. London: Wiley-Blackwell.

Hawkin, P., A. Lowins and H. Lovins. (2002). Natural Capitalism. (www.natcap.org)

Seasholes, N. (2003). Gaining Ground – A History of Landmaking in Boston. MIT Press.

Stoecker, R. (2005). Research methods for community change: A project-based approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Policy and Governance

Center for Governance and Sustainability

Global Environmental Governance

Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge

Berkes, F., et al. (2000). Rediscovery of traditional ecological knowledge as adaptive management, Eco Soc America. 10: 1251-1262.

Cajete, G. (1999). Native Science: Natural laws of Interdependence. Santa Fe, NM, Clear Light Publishers.

Fortmann, L. (2008). Participatory research in conservation and rural livelihoods: doing science together. London: Wiley-Blackwell.

Garibaldi, A. and N. Turner (2004). "Cultural keystone species: implications for ecological conservation and restoration." Ecology and Society 9(3): 18.