Successful conservation needs to be informed by social science because it is closely linked
to socio-economic processes and human behaviour. Limited knowledge about ecosystems' …

Retention forestry implies that biological legacies like dead and living trees are deliberately
selected and retained beyond harvesting cycles to benefit biodiversity and ecosystem …

European Union (EU) climate/energy targets and policies are poised for the first full climate
policy cycle–from adoption and implementation of the policy package for 2020, to reform for …

Forest policy and management are subject to various and often conflicting demands, which
internationally have led to distinct policy responses and related management paradigms …

Natura 2000 is the core of the EU's biodiversity conservation policy. 50% of the overall
protected area under Natura 2000 is forest. Yet, comparatively little is known about the …

Successful management of complex social-ecological landscapes overlap** Natura 2000
sites requires collaboration between various actors such as law enforcement agencies …

The business models of tropical timber production have long been configured around illegal
practices that cause environmental degradation and hinder socioeconomic progress in the …

ABSTRACT Following the 2009 EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED), Norway has
overachieved its national renewables target and taken the European lead in new wind …

There have been important changes in the enforcement of European Union environmental
law over the last 25 years. Environmental law has traditionally been reliant on the European …

The establishment of Natura 2000, the European Union's network of protected areas, has
been a challenging process and has caused a variety of conflicts. These conflicts are related …