Private forest owners are the main forest ownership group within Europe, and important
conservation values have been found on their land. Yet, small plot sizes, societal …

We contribute to the growing body of literature on the ecological and socio-psychological
impacts of providing payments as rewards for conservation. We conducted a systematic …

Bangladesh is very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and adaptation is emerging
as a key policy response. Place based programs that build adaptive capacity are needed …

Executive summary How can we effectively maintain and enhance forest biodiversity in
Europe? hampered efforts to build a standardised, EU-level overview of how forest …

This paper analyses the occurrence of governance innovations for forest ecosystem service
(FES) provision in the forestry sector in Europe and the factors that influence innovation …

In the last two decades, attention on forests and ownership rights has increased in different
domains of international policy, particularly in relation to achieving the global sustainable …

If forest policies aim to orientate forest owners' behaviours, some gaps still remain between
policy makers' objectives and forest owners' final decision. In order to understand where …

In many parts of the world, the success of biodiversity conservation strongly depends on the
decisions of private landowners. These decisions are guided by the shared perceptions of …

This paper analyses the possibility of building a mutually supportive dynamics between
internally and externally motivated behaviour for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem …

Policies aiming to integrate biodiversity conservation into forest management rely on the
engagement of local forest owners. This requires the mobilization of their experiences and …