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frameworks, challenges and gaps
Integrated Environmental Models (IEMs) incorporating ecosystem services (ES) can be useful tools to support the decision-making. However, their successful application strongly... -
A comparative analysis for selected civil law jurisdictions
Condominium is a special and relatively new type of property right emerged in the last century to be a remedy for the management problems in multi-unit buildings. There are many... -
Mainly a matter of cognitive lock-in?
Agroforestry (AF) is promoted as an environmentally sound farming practice to address the pressing challenges of meeting a rising global demand for agricultural commodities... -
A meta-regression analysis
The considerable gap between urban and rural areas in China has been one of those social problems during the urbanization process. Since the early 2000s, an increasing number of... -
Identifying agents of change for sustainable land governance
Abstract Sustainable land governance in a telecoupled world is currently a challenge. Distant actors, institutions, and interactions shape local land uses and are assumed to... -
Sustainable bioenergy deployment in East and South East Asia: notes on recent...
The use and trade of solid biomass for modern bioenergy have grown rapidly in Asia. In September 2018, IEA Bioenergy organized a workshop in Tokyo to address these ongoing... -
Shedding light on relationships between plant diversity and tropical forest e...
Abstract This paper sheds light on the state of our knowledge of relationships between plant diversity and tropical forests ecosystem services. We systematically reviewed the... -
Mountain ecosystem services affected by land use changes and hydrological con...
Abstract The use of check-dams in mountain environments to regulate fluxes of water and sediments is widely applied across Mediterranean mountains. Besides the use of “grey... -
Trade-offs of European agricultural abandonment
Agricultural land abandonment is a policy challenge, especially for areas with unfavorable conditions for agriculture and remote and mountainous areas. Agricultural abandonment... -
gravel excavation in Dutch spatial and resources policies through the lens of...
Excavations can cause tension between local spatial interests at excavation sites and the demand for national resources. Policymakers have to weigh up the choices in... -
The value of green walls to urban biodiversity
Despite increased interest in the implementation of green walls in urban areas and the recognised benefits of monetary valuation of ecosystem services, no studies have been... -
Understanding farmers’ climate adaptation intention in Iran: a protection-mot...
Abstract Adaptation to climate change is a matter of urgent social scientific analysis. Within the agricultural sector of many developing nations, farmers must make long-term... -
Projected vegetation changes are amplified by the combination of climate chan...
Climate change is projected to strongly affect the hydrological cycle, altering water availability and causing successive shifts in vegetation composition and distribution. To... -
Benefits, limitations and sustainability of soil and water conservation struc...
Different types of soil and water conservation (SWC) structures were introduced to Ethiopia during the last four decades for abating water erosion and sustaining agricultural...
