Landscapes are closely linked to human well-being, but they are undergoing rapid and
fundamental change. Understanding the societal transformation underlying these landscape …

Highlights•Distinguishing a spectrum from coordination to collaboration is important.•
Coordination seems to be easier and less costly to achieve than collaboration.•Coordination …

Concerns about ecological degradation and social inequalities have prompted increasing
calls for stewardship in the social–ecological systems and sustainability science literature …

Conventionally, forests and rice terraces are regarded as separate elements, and their
interactions are largely overlooked. Afforestation of rice terraces has been regarded as a …

In the last few decades, the scope of governanceauthr solutions for environmental problems
has increased substantially. The old trichotomy of governance by government, governance …

This article re-examines the question of environmental services from the perspective of
agriculture policy, and in the framework of implementing European Union agri …

Context The design of effective responses to safeguard cultural landscape values in Europe
needs collaborative action among the stakeholders involved. Despite considerable progress …

Traditional cultural landscapes–century old terraced olive groves, cultivations of spectacular
carob trees and extensive almond orchards–shape the foothills of the Sierra de Tramuntana …

Context People's well-being is influenced by the ability to establish a bond with a place and
attach meanings to it. Many studies show that the longer people reside in a place, the …

Die zunehmende Intensivierung der landwirtschaftlichen Produktion und die damit
verbundene Vereinfachung der Landschaftsstruktur ist eine große Bedrohung für die …