Environmental governance is recognized as a key issue in many natural and social
sciences. It is highly relevant for ecosystem services and common-pool resources as well …

Within conservation science and practice, community‐based conservation (CBC) includes
policy and management interventions incorporating engagement or participation of local …

People are not autonomous individuals but connected beings. Curae ergo sum–we care,
therefore we are. Relationality–which refers to the ethic and manner by which relational …

Freshwater resources (FWRs) are under enormous stress due to human activities and
climate change. Given the centrality of local communities in managing natural resources …

Seafood is one of the most internationally-traded food commodities. International markets
can provide higher revenues that benefit small-scale fishing communities but can also drive …

Global cooperation poses problems shaped by the effects of stakeholders' decisions on
future losses, and how collective risks are perceived. Institutional sanctioning of free-riders …

Considering increasing water insecurities related to climate change, there is a growing need
for effective collaboration across core-periphery boundaries to restore and regenerate …

The objectives of our study are to advance our understanding of the micro-level governance
conditions that facilitate more inclusive communal decision-making processes …

Incentives are a widely used tool for addressing deforestation and are often implemented as
collective contracts. Local institutions are crucial to the solution of collective action problems …

Anecdotal evidence suggests that involving beneficiaries in charity decision-making ensures
better governance processes. This paper provides the first experimental test of the effects of …