Woodland expansion is internationally accepted as a strategy to reduce biodiversity loss,
climate change and flood risk, but there has been limited assessment of the evidence for …

The evaluation of policy strategies to tackle wicked policy problems inevitably involves a
paradox of trying to judge solutions for problems that have no solutions and for which …

Abstract Climate-Smart Forestry (CSF) is an emerging branch of sustainable forest
management that aims to manage forests in response to climate change. Specific CSF …

Rural areas face profound challenges in transitioning towards sustainability. Intensive
agriculture is deeply implicated in high greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity decline and …

Pressure is increasing globally to deliver integrated land use at large spatial scales (10–100
s km 2) to address the climate and biodiversity emergencies through delivery of nature …

This paper explores the governance characteristics of marine plastic debris, some of the
factors underpinning its severity, and examines the possibility of harnessing corporate social …

Timely and reliable water footprint prediction is imperative and prerequisite to mitigate
climate risk and ensure water and food security and enhance the water-use efficiency. This …

Context Achieving sustainable development as an inclusive societal process, and securing
sustainability and resilience of human societies as well as the natural environment are …

Wicked problems are complex and multifaceted issues that have no single solution, and are
perceived by different stakeholders through contrasting views. Examples in the social …

The ecosystem services framework aims to encourage ecological sustainability through
political-economic decisions. However, it fails to capture the complexity of social–ecological …