Transformations towards sustainability are needed to address many of the earth's profound
environmental and social challenges. Yet, actions taken to deliberately shift social …

Executive summary Increases in global mean surface temperature are projected to result in
continued permafrost degradation and coastal degradation (high confidence), increased …

While community forestry has shown promise to reduce rural poverty, improve reforestation
and potentially offset carbon emissions, many projects have failed, either partly or …

Tree planting has been widely touted as an inexpensive way to meet multiple international
environmental goals for mitigating climate change, reversing landscape degradation and …

Commons—resources used or governed by groups of heterogeneous users through agreed-
upon institutional arrangements—are the subject of one of the more successful research …

Collaborative environmental governance seeks to engage diverse stakeholders to tackle
complex challenges efficiently, sustainably, and equitably. However, mixed empirical …

The international research on the benefits of community-based natural resource
management (CBNRM) regimes for sustainable development has raised concerns about the …

Creation of protected areas to conserve biodiversity can have both positive and negative
impacts, with impacts unequally distributed within local communities. A global shift towards …

Interventions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions strive to promote gender balance so that
men and women have equal rights to participate in, and benefit from, decision-making about …

Policy makers around the world tout decentralization as an effective tool in the governance
of natural resources. Despite the popularity of these reforms, there is limited scientific …