Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) is a core project of Future Earth.PECS homepage Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) website, Oct 14, 2019. PECS is an international research network that aims to connect and integrate research on the stewardship of social–ecological systems, how these systems support human wellbeing.
PECS was established in 2011. It is hosted by Stellenbosch University, from 2011-2019 it was hosted by the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University. Since the beginning of 2014 PECS has been part of Future Earth, the global sustainability research platform. A number of research projects have been affiliated with PECS, and it has created a number of regional nodes and thematic projects to integrate social-ecological research. For example, one large active regional group is SAPECS,SAPECS SAPECS, Oct 14, 2019. which brings together social-ecological researchers in South Africa. It has also organised and hosted three open science conferences, the first in 2015 in South Africa,PECS 2015 PECS 2015 conference website, Oct 14, 2019. the second in 2017 in MexicoPECSii 2017 PECSii conference website, Oct 14, 2019., and the third in 2024 in CanadaPECSiii 2024 PECSiii conference website, Nov 25, 2025..
External links Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society website Earth System Science Partnership website
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