A large proportion of the rural population in Ethiopia depends on community-managed
forests for food security and livelihoods. However, the government and development …

This paper proposes a thematic literature review of advances in the literature on forest
property rights over the first half of this decade. From a methodological point of view, we …

Tropical deforestation and forest degradation have resulted in substantial losses of goods
and services and a decline in the quality of life. Agroforestry is a viable land-use option to …

Context Human-dominated landscapes in the tropics need to be managed for biodiversity
and the maintenance of ecosystem services (ES). Nevertheless, integrating both biodiversity …

For their livelihoods, many people rely on the services offered by forest ecosystems.
Nevertheless, forests are being lost and degraded on a global scale, endangering the …

Human-driven land use change can result in unequitable outcomes in the provision and
appropriation of ecosystem services (ES). To better address equity-related effects of land …

Homegardens are important refugia for plant biodiversity mainly in degrading landscapes.
However, the factors mediating these roles were little understood, particularly in an agrarian …

Continued pressure and transformation of land-use by humans are key drivers of
biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) loss. To determine the sustainability of possible …

To understand future land use change, and related ecological and social impacts, scenario
planning has become increasingly popular. We demonstrate an approach for translating …

Ecosystem services are essential to human well-being. Different mechanisms modify
people's access to the benefits from ecosystem services, but who benefits from which …