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Capturing differentiated experience of change to ensure pro-poor ecosystem service interventions are fit for purpose

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Interventions aimed at improving the sustainability of natural resource use take place within a complex and dynamic ecological, economic, and social landscape. Complexities include: the institutional setting within which policies are implemented, at various interacting scales (from international multilateral agreements to household level); uncertainty and instability…

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Social-ecological system dynamics

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One of the main barriers to the application of ecosystem services as a concept for understanding human relationships with nature is that current practice in the face of ecological and social complexity, service inter-dependencies and uncertainty is to build static, pattern-based maps of service provision,…

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What we do

Our group works at the interface of social and ecological systems. We use a range of approaches to address key issues in current conservation, with the underlying philosophy that in order to make progress we need to consider the incentives faced by individual decision-makers.

ICCS in print

ICCS is a highly multidisciplinary research group and have an ever-growing publication list on a wide range of conservation science topics. We have created a reference archive that we update regularly, providing an example of what our research includes.

MSc in Conservation Science

The MSc in Conservation Science is a unique one year full-time masters course which will give you the skills required for success in the highly competitive field of international conservation. The course webpage contains information about the MSc.