resilience

The Wilderness Act at 50: Resilience Thinking and 'Wilderness'

By Brian Walker / On August 27th, 2014

Editor's note: September 3 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Wilderness Act. To commemorate the anniversary, we asked a small group of Island Press authors to reflect on the influence of this law to date and how its role may or should change as we move into an uncertain future.

Wolves in Paradise? Yellowstone's Wolves in Transition

By Cristina Eisenberg / On August 12th, 2014

The Lamar Canyon pack in 2012. Photo by Doug McLaughlin, used with permission.

Resilience and Carnivore Survival in the Matrix

By Cristina Eisenberg / On July 30th, 2014

Wolverine taking the bait at a DNA study hair snare to study connectivity within the matrix in Banff.

#Foreword Friday: Big City Edition

By Jason Leppig / On October 11th, 2013

This week, join New York City's Chief Urban Designer, Alexandros Washburn, as he rides out Hurricane Sandy from his apartment in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

#ForewordFriday: Resilience Edition

By Admin / On November 9th, 2012

First, there were droughts this summer; then Hurricane Sandy; and a week after that, there was a snowstorm in the northeast. It seems we just can't catch a break from Mother Nature.

Creating Resilience: Trophic Cascades and Climate Change

By Cristina Eisenberg / On August 23rd, 2011

Ecologist Robert Paine summed up the effects of keystone predator removal by saying, “You can change the nature of the world pretty simply. All you need to do is remove one species.”