Edible insects have emerged in the past decade as a sustainable alternative to agro-
industrial production systems and livestock-based diets. Despite the expansion of the market …

Forest conversion for agriculture is the most expansive signature of human occupation on
the Earth's surface. This paper develops a conceptual model of factors underlying frontier …

The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly modified Earth's social-ecological systems in many
ways; here we study its impacts on human-nature interactions. We conducted an online …

Land system science (LSS) has substantially advanced understanding of land dynamics
throughout the world. However, studies that explicitly address the causative role of culture in …

In recent years, environmental values have become increasingly important for
understanding human–environment relationships and transitions towards sustainability …

Voluntary environmental arrangements generally coexist with State-based and private rules,
creating a property rights system that legitimizes certain behaviors. In a world of positive …

The balance between environment and economic stability is key to sustainable rural
development. This is particularly true in the agricultural frontier areas along the …

Research on the nonmaterial aspects of human-nature connections has grown steadily in
recent years, yet efforts to understand nonmaterial connections between individuals and …

Land-use change is one of the main threats to biodiversity conservation in tropical
landscapes and natural protected areas are particularly threatened because of the …

The Brazilian Amazon contains the largest remaining contiguous forest in the tropics, but
also faces strong development pressures and one of the highest rates of deforestation in the …