Ecosystems are resilient. They have the capacity to adapt to inputs and to create new means of channelling them, allowing them to maintain function and structure over a long period of time. The resilience of ecosystems, however, can be readily overwhelmed by the gradual but persistent...

The precautionary principle in international law has attracted intense and sustained attention in the last ten to 15 years. It is thus becoming increasingly difficult for authors to make meaningful contributions in this area. Nevertheless, there remain a number of important research questions to...

One of the objectives of early scholarship on the political economy was to inquire into sources of wealth, the impacts of wealth-generating activities on societies, and the potential roles of government both in promoting wealth-generation and aligning it to other societal interests. Contributing...

The Marine Stewardship Council’s programme for the certification of sustainable fisheries is part of a larger trend which has civil society organisations moving beyond their roles as representatives of stakeholders and epistemic communities into the position of public authorities by exploiting...