Deforestation and degradation are tied to a complex array of socioeconomic and political
factors. Many assume that among the most important of these are the particular bundles of …

In recent years, perhaps the two most prominent debates in geography on issues of
biodiversity conservation have hinged upon, firstly, the positive and negative social impacts …

The urgency of restoring ecosystems to improve human wellbeing and mitigate climate and
biodiversity crises is attracting global attention. The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration …

An accessible, focused exploration of the field of political ecology The third edition of
Political Ecology spans this sprawling field, using grounded examples and careful readings …

Data gathered through community-based forest monitoring (CBFM) programs may be as
accurate as those gathered by professional scientists, but acquired at a much lower cost and …

More than two decades ago, Schlager and Ostrom (1992) developed 'a conceptual schema
for arraying property-rights regimes that distinguishes among diverse bundles of rights'. The …

REDD+ is an ambition to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest
degradation in the Global South. This ambition has generated unprecedented commitment …

State-controlled protected areas (PAs) have dominated conservation strategies globally, yet
their performance relative to other governance regimes is rarely assessed comprehensively …

The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation program, or REDD+,
has been the international community's first real attempt to create a global forest governance …

As interest grows in the contribution of ecosystem services to poverty alleviation, we present
a new conceptual framework, synthesizing insights from existing frameworks in social …