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Xavier Basurto is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on several interconnected subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Additional areas of study include General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to marine and ecological systems. Notable topics include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Marine and Fisheries Research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices

Xavier Basurto's publications have appeared frequently in the following venues:

  • Nature Food
  • AMBIO
  • Marine Policy
  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Basurto include:

  • "Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems," 2021, Nature Food
  • "The vital roles of blue foods in the global food system," 2022, Global Food Security
  • "Recognize fish as food in policy discourse and development funding," 2021, AMBIO
  • "WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies," 2021, Science
  • "Effective climate change adaptation means supporting community autonomy," 2022, Nature Climate Change

Xavier Basurto has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Nicole Franz
  • Edward H. Allison
  • Shakuntala H. Thilsted
  • John Virdin
  • Fiorenza Micheli

Best Publications

  • Where are Cultural and Social in Ecosystem Services? A Framework for Constructive Engagement

    Kai M. A. Chan;Anne D. Guerry;Patricia Balvanera;Sarah Klain

  • Capacity shortfalls hinder the performance of marine protected areas globally

    David A. Gill;Michael B. Mascia;Gabby N. Ahmadia;Louise Glew

  • Humans and Nature: How Knowing and Experiencing Nature Affect Well-Being

    Roly Russell;Anne D. Guerry;Patricia Balvanera;Rachelle K. Gould

  • Operationalizing the social-ecological systems framework to assess sustainability

    Heather M. Leslie;Xavier Basurto;Mateja Nenadovic;Leila Sievanen;Leila Sievanen

  • The social-ecological system framework as a knowledge classificatory system for benthic small-scale fisheries

    Xavier Basurto;Stefan Gelcich;Stefan Gelcich;Elinor Ostrom

  • The Challenges of Incorporating Cultural Ecosystem Services into Environmental Assessment

    Debra Satz;Rachelle K. Gould;Kai M. A. Chan;Anne Guerry

  • Crafting analytical tools to study institutional change

    Elinor Ostrom;Xavier Basurto

  • Structuring the Calibration of Qualitative Data as Sets for Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)

    Xavier Basurto;Johanna Speer

  • Engage key social concepts for sustainability

    Christina C. Hicks;Christina C. Hicks;Christina C. Hicks;Arielle Levine;Arun Agrawal;Xavier Basurto

  • Defining Small-Scale Fisheries and Examining the Role of Science in Shaping Perceptions of Who and What Counts: A Systematic Review

    Hillary Smith;Xavier Basurto

  • Reexamining the science of marine protected areas: linking knowledge to action

    Helen E. Fox;Michael B. Mascia;Xavier Basurto;Alice Costa

  • Conceptualizing and operationalizing human wellbeing for ecosystem assessment and management

    Sara Jo Breslow;Brit Sojka;Raz Barnea;Xavier Basurto

  • How Locally Designed Access and Use Controls Can Prevent the Tragedy of the Commons in a Mexican Small-Scale Fishing Community

    Xavier Basurto

  • Lack of cross-scale linkages reduces robustness of community-based fisheries management.

    Richard Cudney-Bueno;Xavier Basurto;Xavier Basurto

  • BEYOND THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS

    Xavier Basurto;Elinor Ostrom

  • Emerging frontiers in social-ecological systems research for sustainability of small-scale fisheries

    John N Kittinger;Elena M Finkbeiner;Natalie C Ban;Natalie C Ban;Kenneth Broad

  • A systematic approach to institutional analysis: Applying Crawford and Ostrom's grammar

    Xavier Basurto;Gordon Kingsley;Kelly McQueen;Mshadoni Smith

  • Multi-level governance for large marine commons: Politics and polycentricity in Palau's protected area network

    Rebecca L. Gruby;Xavier Basurto

  • Global Oceans Governance: New and Emerging Issues

    Lisa M. Campbell;Noella J. Gray;Luke Fairbanks;Jennifer J. Silver

  • Dissecting Policy Designs: An Application of the Institutional Grammar Tool

    Saba Siddiki;Christopher M. Weible;Xavier Basurto;John Calanni

Frequent Co-Authors

Elinor Ostrom
Elinor Ostrom Indiana University
Christina C. Hicks
Christina C. Hicks Lancaster University
Maja Schlüter
Maja Schlüter Stockholm University
Terre Satterfield
Terre Satterfield University of British Columbia
Beatrice Crona
Beatrice Crona Stockholm University
Sarah E. Lester
Sarah E. Lester Florida State University
Lisa M. Campbell
Lisa M. Campbell Duke University
Arun Agrawal
Arun Agrawal University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert S. Pomeroy
Robert S. Pomeroy University of Connecticut
Natalie C. Ban
Natalie C. Ban University of Victoria

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