BACKGROUND Current and future generations are confronted with the complex task of
devising sustainable solutions to environmental problems. The coming decade might …

It has long been claimed that a better understanding of human or social dimensions of
environmental issues will improve conservation. The social sciences are one important …

The Anthropocene signifies the start of a no-analogue trajectory of the Earth system that is
fundamentally different from the Holocene. This new trajectory is characterized by rising …

Context A background assumption of landscape approaches is that some landscape
patterns are more sustainable than others, and thus searching for these patterns should be a …

Collaborative governance is increasingly viewed as a proactive policy instrument, one in
which the strategy of collaboration can be deployed on a larger scale and extended from …

In order to develop climate resilient urban areas and reduce emissions, several
opportunities exist starting from conscious planning and design of green (and blue) spaces …

Based on a comprehensive analysis of key definitions of Green Infrastructure (GI) and their
conceptual evolution, we present a review of current GI map** approaches at multiple …

Many of the most pressing threats to forests result from complex interactions between
multiple stressors and require management on large spatial and temporal scales. For this …

Adaptive governance focuses our attention on the relationships between science and
management, whereby the so-called 'gaps' between these groups are seen to hinder …

In this paper we develop and assess alternative global land use patterns, guided by the
Planetary Boundaries framework, to quantify land use opportunities for staying within the …