Ecosystem services, diversifying and resilient systems

Ecosystem services, diversifying and resilient systems

If a farmer is struggling to make a living from farming alone, she is vulnerable. But if she uses her farm as part of a local tourism service she has more ‘insurance’ and so is more resilient. In Africa, for example, many communities who traditionally relied on...
Response diversity in resilient systems

Response diversity in resilient systems

A system with many parts is generally more resilient that a system with few parts. Diversity is key to health. If you have lots of different parts of a system that can do the same job, if one fails, you have a back-up. In the case of food, having a wide range of food...