Highlights•REDD+ bundles of interventions are highly diverse.•There is insufficient use of
counterfactuals to attribute outcomes to REDD+.•Relatively few studies focus on the carbon …

Background: Conservation decisions not only impact wildlife, habitat, and environmental
health, but also human wellbeing and social justice. The inclusion of safeguards and equity …

Recent decades have witnessed a considerable increase in Payments for Ecosystem
Services (PES)—programmes that exchange value for land management practices intended …

A growing number of studies seek to identify global priority areas for conservation and
restoration. These studies often produce maps that highlight the benefits of concentrating …

Background. Though many studies have long considered the broad social implications of
climate change, researchers have only recently started to consider the gendered …

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) has emerged as an
important and cost-effective climate change mitigation strategy internationally. In many …

In the last decades tropical forests have experienced increased fragmentation due to a
global growing demand for agricultural and forest commodities. Satellite remote sensing …

This study synthesises published research on gender relations in small-scale and
community forestry to examine how gender roles, dynamics, and identities are understood in …

This paper analyses the design and implementation of Reducing Emissions from
Deforestation and Degradation, conserving and enhancing forest carbon stocks, and …

Forest carbon projects, in addition to climate mitigation and conservation benefits, are
expected to improve local livelihoods and contribute to poverty alleviation across developing …