We present an extensive literature review exploring the relationships between food
insecurity and rapid biodiversity loss, and the competing methods proposed to address each …

Hydrological processes in the humid tropics differ from other regions in having greater
energy inputs and faster rates of change, including human-induced change. Human …

This meta-analysis of land-cover transformations of the past 10–15 years in tropical forest-
agriculture frontiers world-wide shows that swidden agriculture decreases in landscapes …

Critical Political Ecology brings political debate to the science of ecology. As political
controversies multiply over the science underlying environmental debates, there is an …

To assess the effects of forest management on soil erosion in Southeast Asia, clear
distinctions must be made between surface erosion and landslide processes. Although …

Understanding historic patterns of land use and land cover change across large temporal
and spatial scales is critical for develo** effective biodiversity conservation management …

Rubber plantations are expanding rapidly throughout montane mainland Southeast Asia (–).
More than 500,000 ha may have been converted already in the uplands of China, Laos …

The pervasive influence of island biogeography theory on forest fragmentation research has
often led to a misleading conceptualization of landscapes as areas of forest/habitat and 'non …

Global economic change and policy interventions are driving transitions from long-fallow
swidden (LFS) systems to alternative land uses in Southeast Asia's uplands. This study …

Policy makers across the tropics propose that carbon finance could provide incentives for
forest frontier communities to transition away from swidden agriculture (slash‐and‐burn or …