We develop a theory of change for payments for environmental services (PES) to review
their imminent strengths and weaknesses in light of a growing body of impact evaluation …

This paper reviews the literature on women's land rights (WLR) and poverty reduction. It
uses the Gender, Agriculture and Assets Project (GAAP) conceptual framework to identify …

Land use is central to addressing sustainability issues, including biodiversity conservation,
climate change, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable energy. In this paper, we …

The 2020 coronavirus pandemic caused countries across the world to implement measures
of social distancing to curb spreading of COVID-19. The large and sudden disruptions to …

Forest restoration occupies centre stage in global conversations about carbon removal and
biodiversity conservation, but recent research rarely acknowledges social dimensions or …

Ensuring food security and sustainable development in China has been threatened by the
dilemma of the rapidly growing consumption of the country's land resources. Research on …

As pressures on water resources increase, the demand for innovative institutional
arrangements, which address the overuse of water, and underprovision of ecosystem health …

Protected areas (PAs) are a key strategy for protecting biological resources, but they vary
considerably in their effectiveness and are frequently reported as having negative impacts …

Recently the field of social acceptance research on energy was mapped by Gaede and
Rowlands [1]. Some of their observations are worrying and need reflection. Two essential …

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