Pamela Matson was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley at the beginning of the Yaqui Valley research project, and then moved to Stanford University, becoming the Goldman Professor of Environmental Studies and co-director of the Center for Environmental Science and Policy in the Institute for International Studies; she is currently Dean of the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford and Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment.
"...cutting edge...rigorous...demonstrates both originality and
critical reflectiveness...almost uniquely in our collective
experience, it speaks seriously, frankly, and insightfully to the
challenges of institutionalizing the sort of work it reports
on."
-- "ESA Sustainability Science Award"
"...the substance is ripe for harvesting."
-- "Ecology"
"Seeds of Sustainability would make a great book for introducing
the ideals and complexity of sustainability to young scientists and
curious citizens."
-- "Natural Areas Journal"
"[This book] tells the 'human-environment' story of agriculture in
this valley between 1993 and 2008....The contributors/researchers
try to understand not only the challenges to the people and
ecosystems of the valley, but how to address those challenges."
-- "Choice"
"Matson has provided a pathway for use-inspired, place-based
research grounded in the realities of a historically important
region. The book is destined to become a classic and oft-cited
resource in the growing sustainability science literature."
-- "Ecological Restoration"
"This book...provides ample evidence that moving towards
sustainability requires the successful identification, assessment
and management of risk and uncertainty...it is
knowledge-intensive."
-- "Experimental Agriculture"
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