Biodiversity conservation and human well-being are tightly interlinked. Yet, mismatches in
the scale at which these two priority issues are planned and implemented have exacerbated …

A large fraction of the current environmental crisis derives from the large rates of human-
driven biodiversity loss. Biodiversity conservation questions human practices towards …

Nature conservation is underresourced, requiring managers to prioritize where, when, and
how to spend limited funds. Prioritization methods identify the subset of actions that provide …

Abstract The United Nations has declared 2021–2030 the decade on ecosystem restoration
with the aim of preventing, stopping and reversing the degradation of the ecosystems of the …

A shifting focus in forest management from timber production to resilience and
multifunctionality in the face of changing disturbance regimes might entail altering the …

We explain some key challenges when dealing with a single-or multi-objective optimization
problem in practice. To overcome these challenges, we present a mathematical program …

Prolonged waiting to access health care is a primary concern for nations aiming for
comprehensive effective care, due to its adverse effects on mortality, quality of life, and …

We study a class of single-objective non-linear optimization problems, the so-called Integer
Linear Generalized Maximum Multiplicative Programs (IL-GMMP). This class of optimization …

Conservation planning involves identifying and selecting actions to best achieve objectives
for managing natural, social and cultural resources. Conservation problems are often high …

Optimizing a function over the efficient set of a multiojective problem plays an important role
in many fields of application. This problem arises whenever the decision maker wants to …