We survey and evaluate selected participatory tools that have been proven effective in
natural resources management and research during our extensive experience with forest …

Interactions between conservation and the social sciences are frequently characterized by
either critique (of conservation by social scientists) or co‐optation (of social scientific …

Land use and related pressures have reduced local terrestrial biodiversity, but it is unclear
how the magnitude of change relates to the recently proposed planetary boundary (“safe …

Human activities, especially conversion and degradation of habitats, are causing global
biodiversity declines. How local ecological assemblages are responding is less clear—a …

Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as
habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global …

Abstract The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing
Terrestrial Systems (https://www. nhm. ac. uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts …

Science faces major challenges in tackling the interlinked problems of poverty and
environmental sustainability. This book investigates these challenges and calls for a …

The methods used to value tropical forests have the potential to influence how policy makers
and others perceive forest lands. A small number of valuation studies achieve real impact …

Owners and managers of homegardens have extensive knowledge of plants, their uses, and
ecosystemic processes. This knowledge might be highly valuable for many purposes. To …

This study builds on earlier quantitative ethnobotanical studies to develop an approach
which represents local values for useful forest species, in order to explore factors affecting …