Addressing ecosystem destruction and unsustainable development requires appropriate frameworks to comprehensively investigate social-ecological systems. Focusing on woody plant management in southwestern Ethiopia, we combined social-ecological resilience and a leverage points perspective to (1) assess how stakeholders perceive and operationalize resilience principles; (2) investigate resilience challenges and solutions across different levels of systemic depth; and (3) assess how different stakeholder groups noted challenges and solutions at different levels of system depth. Data were collected in focus group discussions with multiple types of stakeholders and analyzed via quantitative content and descriptive analysis. All stakeholder groups identified two principles currently applied in the landscape, while other principles were not currently applied widely. In total, we identified 37 challenges and 44 solutions to resilience, mainly focused on “deeper” systemic change. This trend was noted across stakeholder groups, but particularly by local people. Based on our work, we suggest to foster bottom-up changes in system goals, rules, paradigms, and intent, drawing explicitly on local people and their knowledge. More broadly, we suggest that further research on combining social-ecological resilience and leverage points perspectives could be helpful to better navigate and transform social-ecological systems.

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解决生态系统破坏和不可持续发展需要适当的框架来全面调查社会生态系统。我们重点关注埃塞俄比亚西南部的木本植物管理，将社会生态复原力和杠杆点视角相结合，以（1）评估利益相关者如何看待和实施复原力原则；(2) 研究不同系统深度层面的复原力挑战和解决方案；(3) 评估不同利益相关者群体如何注意到不同系统深度级别的挑战和解决方案。数据是在与多种类型的利益相关者进行焦点小组讨论时收集的，并通过定量内容和描述性分析进行分析。所有利益相关者团体都确定了当前在景观中应用的两项原则，而其他原则目前尚未得到广泛应用。总的来说，我们确定了 37 个挑战和 44 个复原力解决方案，主要集中在“更深层次”的系统性变革。利益相关者团体，特别是当地人都注意到了这一趋势。根据我们的工作，我们建议在系统目标、规则、范式和意图方面促进自下而上的变革，明确利用当地人及其知识。更广泛地说，我们建议将社会生态弹性和杠杆点观点相结合的进一步研究可能有助于更好地引导和转变社会生态系统。我们建议明确利用当地人民及其知识，促进系统目标、规则、范式和意图的自下而上的变革。更广泛地说，我们建议将社会生态弹性和杠杆点观点相结合的进一步研究可能有助于更好地引导和转变社会生态系统。我们建议明确利用当地人民及其知识，促进系统目标、规则、范式和意图的自下而上的变革。更广泛地说，我们建议将社会生态弹性和杠杆点观点相结合的进一步研究可能有助于更好地引导和转变社会生态系统。

埃塞俄比亚西南部社会生态系统中可持续木本植被管理的后复原力原则和杠杆点视角首次出现在《生态与社会》杂志上。