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 …

Community forest management (CFM) has been promoted for decades as a way to merge
environmental conservation with economic development and natural resource rights …

Addressing poverty is an urgent global priority. Many of the world's poor and vulnerable
people live in or near forests and rely on trees and other natural resources to support their …

Today, the importance of natural forests is obvious to everyone, but every year a large part of
these resources is lost due to various reasons such as human and natural factors, among …

Background Forests provide an essential resource to the livelihoods of an estimated 20% of
the global population. The contribution of forest ecosystems and forest-based resources to …

The notion of globalization and modernization encourages bilateral cooperation and
strategic connections between states. In 2013, China launched the Belt and Road Initiative …

Although the utilization of natural resources by traditional pastoral households has a certain
impact on ecosystems in arid and semiarid areas, this utilization can meet diversified …

Managing nature-based solutions (NBS) in urban areas for carbon mitigation and
biodiversity outcomes is a global policy challenge, yet little is known about how to both …

Highlights•Three novel trends in community forest management literature are
identified.•Studies examine REDD+ projects, superimposed on CFM institutions, and what …

This paper analyses the effects of ethnic and religious diversity on renewable and non-
renewable energy consumption for 187 countries worldwide (categorised into high-, middle …