Social-Ecological Systems (SES): From Risks and Insecurity to Viability and Resilience

Social-Ecological Systems (SES): From Risks and Insecurity to Viability and Resilience, ed. Behnassi, Mohamed, Gupta, Himangana, El Haiba, Mahjoub and Ramachandran, Gopichandran (Switzerland: Springer, Cham, 2021).

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  • Editor Behnassi, Mohamed
    Gupta, Himangana
    El Haiba, Mahjoub
    Ramachandran, Gopichandran
    Title Social-Ecological Systems (SES): From Risks and Insecurity to Viability and Resilience
    Publication Date 2021-07-13
    Place of Publication Switzerland
    Publisher Springer, Cham
    Edition 1
    Pages XXXII, 255
    Language eng
    Abstract Mohamed Behnassi, Ph.D is Professor at the College of Law, Economics, and Social Sciences, Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco. He is a Senior Researcher of international law and politics of environment and human security. He holds a PhD in International Environmental Law and Governance (Hassan II University of Casablanca, 2003) and a Diploma in International Environmental Law and Diplomacy (University of Eastern Finland and UNEP, 2015). He is currently the Founding Director of the Center for Environment, Human Security and Governance (CERES) – Former North-South Center for Social Sciences (NRCS). From 2015 to 2018, he was the Director of the Research Laboratory for Territorial Governance, Human Security and Sustainability (LAGOS) in the same university. Recently, he was appointed as Expert Evaluator for the National Center for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST/Morocco), and selected as Expert by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change (MEDECC) to take part in global and regional assessments, respectively. Accordingly, he is among the Lead Authors who elaborate the 1st Assessment Report (MAR1): Climate and Environmental Change in the Mediterranean Basin - Current Situation and Risks for the Future (MEDECC, 2021). Dr. Behnassi has published considerable number of scientific papers and book chapters in addition to 15 books, including Human and Environmental Security in the Era of Global Risks (Springer, 2019); Climate Change, Food Security and Natural Resource Management: Perspectives from Africa, Asia and the Pacific Islands (Springer, 2019); Environmental Change and Human Security in Africa and the Middle East (Springer, 2017). He organized as well many international conferences covering the above research areas and managed many research and expertise projects on behalf of various national and international organizations. Dr. Behnassi is regularly requested to provide scientific expertise nationally and internationally. Other professional activities include social compliance auditing and consultancy by monitoring human rights at work and the sustainability of the global supply chain.
    Keyword Ecology
    Environmental policy
    Sociology
    Risk Management
    Social Policy
    Environment
    Copyright Holder 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
    Copyright Year 2021
    Copyright type All rights reserved
    ISBN 9783030762469
    9783030762490
    9783030762476
    DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76247-6
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