In this article, we analyse key issues in the Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) debate.
We argue that, despite recent advances, PES research remains weakly theorized in social …

The 'neoliberalization of nature'is one of the most controversial topics in contemporary
environmental management. The past few decades have witnessed a rapid increase in the …

Abstract In 2007, Michael Woods posited the notion of 'the global countryside'as a
hypothetical space within which globalising tendencies are fully realised in the …

The resilience of Australia's food-supply chain following natural disasters has been brought
into question, following the significant flooding and cyclone events of 2010/2011. How this …

Almost one in three people who live in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are hungry, higher than
anywhere else. This magnitude of food insecurity coupled with slow progress in regional …

Historically, agricultural policy in Australia has focused on maximising the economic
productivity and efficiency of the sector. The issues that have arisen from this governance …

Research on independent retail and grocery shops has largely been confined to more
advanced markets such as those of the United States and the United Kingdom, ignoring …

Current conservation strategies are increasingly drawing on economic metaphors in order to
communicate environmental concerns to society. In particular the metaphor of ecosystem …

This paper aims to explain why South Australian agricultural land use is focused on
continually increasing productivity, when the majority of produce is exported, at the long …

Historically, agricultural practice has been based on producing as much food and fibre as
possible. However, this approach to agricultural development has been challenged as the …