PROJECTS Co-investigando oportunidades de adaptación al cambio climático en el sector pesquero artesanal de Uruguay Generar un espacio de co-creación y de aprendizaje transdisciplinario enfocado en explorar oportunidades y estrategias de adaptación, en base a las experiencias de pescadores/as y de los demás actores participantes. Read More [...]
Rigidity or poverty traps Poverty and rigidity traps are systemic conformations that control the dynamics of the social-ecological systems (SES) and the evolution of the adaptive cycles. In both cases, they hinder or interfere with the care and management of SES. The poverty trap is a configuration which is characterized by [...]
Alternative regimes Systems can change their properties depending on external or internal controls, in linear or nonlinear ways, or by dynamics known as alternative states or sudden regime shifts. Nonlinear dynamics and the existence of alternative states imply the occurrence of thresholds where the system presents very abrupt changes or change rates [...]
Resilience The resilience of a system refers to its tendency to return to a particular state following a perturbation or disturbance, while staying within a limited range of structure and function. This range can refer to social (education, development), economic (capital flows, per capita income), or environmental (biodiversity, food production) variables. [...]
Adaptive cycles and Panarchy The origin of the adaptive cycles’ model derives from the comparative study of ecosystem dynamics. It is meant to be a tool for analyzing the dynamics of natural or other systems. Currently it is a required reference tool for transcendent system analysis (that originates from the interaction [...]
EARLY WARNING SIGNALS OBJECTIVE The network aims to develop methods and approaches to identify early signals of change that will herald the advent of sudden changes or critical transitions. ABSTRACT Complex systems are characterized by non-linear change dynamics and in many cases by sharp transitions with thresholds that can be known [...]
CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL MARINE INVERTEBRATE FISHERIES IN LATIN AMERICA OBJECTIVE The aim of the network is to document and disseminate new tools for conservation, management and governance of artisanal fisheries in Latin America, with special emphasis on coastal invertebrate fisheries. The network is focused on developing a set of [...]
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF LAGUNA DEL SAUCE AND ITS ASSOCIATED BASIN OBJECTIVE The aim of the network is the development and promotion of adaptive strategies to ensure the sustainability of critical ecosystem services for human well-being. ABSTRACT Laguna del Sauce is the main drinking water reservoir of the Department [...]
CURRENT AND FUTURE CLIMATE VARIABILITY IMPORTANT TO URUGUAYAN PRODUCTIVE SECTORS OBJECTIVE The aim of the network is to analyze the current and future scenarios of climate variability important to different agricultural sectors of Uruguay. ABSTRACT Central to the work is the development of indicators and early warning signals [...]
Art-Science Interaction OBJECTIVE Knowledge integration with particular emphasis on the amalgamation of science, arts and humanities to analyse and solve complex issues. ABSTRACT From its beginnings, SARAS Institute has worked towards enhancing the integration between different knowledge and disciplinary fields. The reconcilement between the sciences, the arts and the [...]
