For both research and practice, it is paramount to understand what, where and when agri-
environmental policies have been put in place. Here we present a database of 6,124 agri …

The world's forests provide valuable contributions to people but continue to be threatened by
agricultural expansion and other land uses. Counterfactual-based methods are increasingly …

Ecosystem restoration is an important means to address global sustainability challenges.
However, scientific and policy discourse often overlooks the social processes that influence …

European agri-environmental policy has diverse and competing objectives. The Common
Agricultural Policy has been the main policy framework guiding the European Union (EU) …

Sustainable development requires jointly achieving economic development to raise
standards of living and environmental sustainability to secure these gains for the long run …

This article updates our previous comprehensive meta-analysis of what drives and stops
deforestation (Busch and Ferretti-Gallon). By including six additional years of research, this …

Successful implementation of Europe's agri-environmental policies faces various obstacles,
several of which are closely linked to participation. Effectively increasing adoption of agri …

Payment for ecosystem services (PES) programmes seek to promote conservation via
payments for desired resource-use behaviours. While PES has been found to produce some …

Restoration of degraded ecosystems is essential for having a stable climate, reducing
weather extremes and disease burden, producing enough food to feed growing populations …

Conventional agri-environmental schemes (AES) have been criticized for failing to exploit
conservation synergies that could be obtained from spatial coordination of conservation …