Abstract Changes in land systems generate many sustainability challenges. Identifying more
sustainable land-use alternatives requires solid theoretical foundations on the causes of …

Sustainable land-system transformations are necessary to avert biodiversity and climate
collapse. However, it remains unclear where entry points for transformations exist in …

Land system science and affiliated research linked to sustainability require improved
understanding and theorization of land and its change as a social-ecological system (SES) …

The northeastern SAVA region of Madagascar is the largest vanilla producing area in the
world and is flourishing due to a large global demand for natural vanilla. Although the …

Ending hunger and alleviating poverty are key goals for a sustainable future. Food security
is a constant challenge for agrarian communities in low-income countries, especially in …

We applied a participatory mapping approach supported by very high-resolution satellite
imagery to reconstruct spatially explicit, year-to-year land use transitions in two highly …

Land‐use change is the most important driver of biodiversity loss worldwide and particularly
so in the tropics, where natural habitats are transformed into large‐scale monocultures or …

Once fire-resistant rainforests are becoming fire prone. Uncontrolled fires reflect new
ecologies of the Anthropocene, driven by interactions of multiple actors and sectors across …

In the eastern rainforests of Madagascar, rainfed swidden rice cultivation remains prevalent
despite efforts to encourage uptake of irrigated systems to reduce deforestation. We used …

In many rural farming societies, wild plant foods (WPFs) continue to play an important role in
everyday diets as well as in coping with hunger during food shortages. However, WPF …