Clark, WilliamChapin, F. StuartCarpenter, Stephen R.Kofinas, Gary P.Folke, CarlAbel, NickOlsson, PerSmith, D. Mark StaffordWalker, BrianYoung, Oran R.Berkes, FikretBiggs, ReinetteGrove, J. MorganNaylor, Rosamond L.Pinkerton, EvelynSteffen, WillSwanson, Frederick J2012-10-182010Chapin, F. S., Stephen R. Carpenter, Gary P. Kofinas, et al. 2010. Ecosystem Stewardship: Sustainability Strategies for a Rapidly Changing Planet." Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 25 (4):241-249.0169-5347http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:9774650Ecosystem stewardship is an action-oriented framework intended to foster social-ecological sustainability of a rapidly changing planet. Recent developments identify three strategies that make optimal use of current understanding in an environment of inevitable uncertainty and abrupt change: reducing the magnitude of, and exposure and sensitivity to, known stresses; focusing on proactive policies that shape change; and avoiding or escaping unsustainable social-ecological traps. All social-ecological systems are vulnerable to recent and projected changes but have sources of adaptive capacity and resilience that can sustain ecosystem services and human well-being through active ecosystem stewardship.en-USEcosystem stewardshipSustainabilitysocial-ecological sustainabilityenvironmental policysustainability scienceclimate changeJournal Article2012-10-1810.1016/j.tree.2009.10.008