Resilience: Cooperation of Social and Ecological Systems

The book explores the critical relationship between agriculture and ecological sustainability, emphasizing the need for balance to enhance landscape resilience amid environmental changes. It focuses on the Western Wild Rice Watershed in Southeastern North Dakota, analyzing complex adaptive systems over 800,000 acres. Through assessment and synthesis, it illustrates how social-ecological components interact within this landscape, highlighting the importance of preserving ecological systems for the survival of all life on Earth.