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As a deliberately small yet extensively networked organization, the RA is highly adaptable and able to seek out opportunities for new ways of learning about and applying resilience theory.

Our approach involves three main strategies:

* Contributing toward theoretical advances in the dynamics of complex adaptive systems
* Supporting rigorous testing of theory through a variety of means, including: participatory approaches to regional case-studies, adaptive management applications, model development, and the use of scenarios and other envisioning tools
* Developing guidelines and principles that will enable others to assess the resilience of coupled human-natural systems and develop policy and management tools that support sustainable development

Governance:

* Established in 1999, the RA is supported by an international network of member institutions that includes universities, government, and non-government agencies.
* The Board of Directors includes a representative from each member organization and relies on an advisory Board of Science for direction and guidance.
* The Board of Science elects the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Ecology and Society, determines editorial policy for the journal, and oversees the quality of the science program.
* An Executive Director oversees the administrative structure of the Alliance. A Science Program Director co-ordinates the Science Program, including all activities funded under major grants and a Communications Program Director co-ordinates the Communications and Extension Program.