Resilience thinking has strongly influenced how people understand and pursue sustainability of linked social-ecological systems. Resilience thinking highlights the need to build capacity and manage general system properties in a complex, constantly changing world. I modified an analytical...

The objective of this dissertation is to provide a theoretical framework for answering the question, whether and under which biological and socio-economic conditions the sustainable use of wild species in or around protected areas is an adequate strategy for biodiversity conservation. To do...