As conservation initiatives expand in response to biodiversity loss, there remains limited
understanding about what forms of governance and roles for different actors produce the …

The scope and complexity of international forest-related governance have expanded
tremendously over the last decades. As many as 41 'institutional elements' were counted by …

Globally, land and seascapes across the bioculturally diverse tropics are in transition.
Impacted by the demands of distant consumers, the processes of global environmental …

Conservationists increasingly position conservation that is mutually beneficial to people and
biodiversity on the promise of empowerment of people through participatory discourse …

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The reality for conservation of biodiversity across our planet is that all ecosystems are
modified by humans in some way or another. Thus, biodiversity conservation needs to be …

Quantifying the net carbon flux from land use and land cover changes (f LULCC) is critical
for understanding the global carbon cycle and, hence, to support climate change mitigation …

Expectations for agricultural landscapes in subtropical and tropical regions are high, aiming
for conservation and development amid climate change, unfair trade, poverty, and …

We highlight the need for ecological justice and ecological ethics to go hand in hand with
social justice in conservation science. We focus on the importance of ecocentric (non …

Forests are increasingly prominent in global policy discussions. Conservation, sustainable
management, and restoration of forests are widely understood as necessary to reach climate …