Article
Ecology
Guangliang Jia, Yulin Dong, Siyu Zhang, Xingyuan He, Haifeng Zheng, Yujie Guo, Guoqiang Shen, Wei Chen
Summary: This study investigated the spatiotemporal changes and drivers of ecosystem service trade-offs in different forest types using the Greater Khingan Mountains as an example. The results showed that trade-offs between habitat quality and net primary productivity (NPP), NPP and soil conservation exhibited an increasing trend, while trade-offs between habitat quality and water conservation, NPP and water conservation, and soil conservation and water conservation showed a declining trend. The ecosystem service trade-offs were higher in coniferous forests than in broad-leaved or shrub forests. The changes in trade-offs were spatially heterogeneous, and land use, NDVI, and other factors were identified as important drivers. Environmental factors contributed more to the trade-offs than anthropogenic activities.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Nicole Wengerd, Michael P. Gilmore
Summary: This research explores how a biocultural approach can help understand and address trade-offs in protected area planning and management. By using participatory mapping and community visioning facilitation, this approach identifies geographic boundaries, resource-use patterns, and cultural relevance, enabling more meaningful community participation in the processes.
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Bin Li, Kaihan Yang, Konstantin E. Axenov, Long Zhou, Huiming Liu
Summary: This paper explores the specific authoritarian type of adaptive governance for urban regeneration, using Guangzhou city as an example. Unlike the democratic type of adaptive governance, which involves bottom-up policy initiations and community autonomy, adaptive governance in Guangzhou is characterized by top-down decision making and implementation of public authorities' solutions. The paper analyzes data collected from various sources and reveals three phases of urban regeneration in Guangzhou between 2009 and 2019, highlighting the tradeoffs among regeneration, land leasing income, and micro-regeneration as key means of policy adaptation.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Martin Drechsler
Summary: Conservation offsets offer cost-effective conservation of biodiversity, but the level of flexibility should be carefully chosen to balance ecological benefits and economic costs.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Xin Cheng, Sylvie Van Damme, Luyuan Li, Pieter Uyttenhove
Summary: This study aims to identify CES bundles, synergies, and trade-offs in Huanhuaxi Park, Chengdu, China. The results showed that CES bundles, trade-offs, and particularly synergies occurred frequently in the park. Different landscape features had a significant influence on the trade-offs and synergies. Overall, this study provides insights into CES interactions and offers valuable guidance for landscape practices.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Eini Nieminen, Santtu Kareksela, Panu Halme, Janne Sakari Kotiaho
Summary: Private land often contains biodiversity features of high conservation value, and the perspectives of landowners can influence conservation actions. However, the consequences on biodiversity and economic considerations from considering landowners' opinions are rarely quantitatively measured in decision-making. A study in Finland on boreal mire protection found that acknowledging landowners' resistance to protection changes the conservation sites chosen, and trade-offs occur between landowners' resistance, biodiversity protection, and financial costs in different conservation scenarios. The results suggest that while trade-offs cannot be fully avoided, a systematic examination of them can help alleviate their impacts, leading to better-informed conservation decisions and more effective allocation of resources.
Article
Environmental Studies
Simone Martino, Jasper O. Kenter, Nora Albers, Mark J. Whittingham, Dylan M. Young, James W. Pearce-Higgins, Julia Martin-Ortega, Klaus Glenk, Mark S. Reed
Summary: The paper examines the importance of recreation in peatlands and the trade-offs between natural properties and recreational infrastructure. The study finds that different types of recreationists have varying landscape preferences, highlighting potential value conflicts. These conflicts need to be considered in net zero climate mitigation strategies.
Article
Environmental Studies
Eric Rega Christophe Bayala, Kwabena Owusu Asubonteng, Mirjam Ros-Tonen, Houria Djoudi, Freddie Sayi Siangulube, James Reed, Terry Sunderland
Summary: In multifunctional landscapes, expanding economic activities threaten the integrity of biodiverse ecosystems, creating conservation-development trade-offs. This paper analyzes a participatory mapping process in Ghana's Western Wildlife Corridor, demonstrating how scenario building and participatory mapping can help negotiate conflicting objectives and reach a consensus. The study highlights the drivers of landscape degradation, including increasing demand for food and natural resources and climate change impacts, and emphasizes the importance of well-functioning multi-stakeholder platforms, navigating power imbalances, and recognizing different kinds and degrees of knowledge.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Audreanne Loiselle, Raphael Proulx, Marie Larocque, Stephanie Pellerin
Summary: Wetlands are crucial for ecosystem functions and services, but they are under threat. It is important to develop conservation strategies to optimize wetland ecosystem functions and services. Evaluating the relationships between different indicators is a useful framework to understand the challenges faced by conservationists. However, these relationships can vary depending on region, scale, and ecosystem type.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
James Reed, Colas Chervier, Joli Rumi Borah, Davison Gumbo, Kaala B. Moombe, Teddy M. Mbanga, Alida O'Connor, Freddie Siangulube, Malaika Yanou, Terry Sunderland
Summary: Integrated landscape approaches are becoming more popular for addressing social-ecological challenges in tropical landscapes. The use of theory of change models can help guide policy development and foster coordination between state and non-state actors.
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Development Studies
Louise Marie Busck-Lumholt, Esteve Corbera, Ole Mertz
Summary: This study develops a diagnostic approach based on Telecoupling theory to assess the level of institutional distance and opportunity for collective decision-making in Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs). The findings challenge the notion that participatory implementation is solely determined by project design, highlighting the importance of including local project actors to achieve collaboration, relevance, and social justice.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rayna Benzeev, Bradley Wilson, Megan Butler, Paulo Massoca, Karuna P. Paudel, Lauren P. Redmore, Lucia P. Zarba
Summary: This study focuses on the relationship between local governance and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, finding that municipalities with increasing numbers of agricultural companies tend to have higher deforestation rates, those with environmental funds tend to have lower deforestation rates, and those that had previously elected a female mayor tend to have lower deforestation rates.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sean Bradley, Israa H. Mahmoud, Alessandro Arlati
Summary: This article discusses the implementation of Nature-based Solutions in socially disadvantaged neighborhoods through Urban Living Labs in London, Milan, and Hamburg under the CLEVER Cities Horizon 2020 framework. The study aims to identify governance frameworks that are integrated, collaborative, and adaptive, in order to achieve innovation in governance structures in cities. It also analyzes the dynamic models of collaborative governance at different points in time.
Article
Urban Studies
Lilia Yumagulova, Ilan Vertinsky
Summary: This article examines specific and general resilience trade-offs in urban and regional planning for floods and sea-level rise in Canada's Metro Vancouver region. It highlights the importance of mechanisms that ensure the maintenance of long-term options for the development of general resilience, and identifies the lack of a consistent transparent framework to support overall decision-making as a key challenge.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Thomas D. Stokely, Urs G. Kormann, Jake Verschuyl, Andrew J. Kroll, David W. Frey, Scott H. Harris, Doug Mainwaring, Doug Maguire, Jeff A. Hatten, James W. Rivers, Stephen Fitzgerald, Matthew G. Betts
Summary: The research shows that increasing management intensity through herbicide use in forests may decrease biodiversity conservation and certain non-timber services, pointing to trade-offs between some services and timber production. However, some services appear to be compatible with timber production, suggesting that a balance may need to be struck for optimal ecosystem service provision across managed forest landscapes.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Tim Sunderland, Dan Marsh, Jane Lusardi, Cat Hudson, Ruth Waters
Summary: Natural Capital Accounts are an extension of traditional balance sheets that aim to incorporate the value of nature into decision-making. In comparison to UK decision-support guidance, these accounts introduce innovations such as explicit reporting of gaps, providing confidence level information, and reporting on the ecological state of assets. These innovations make the accounts more transparent and provide a useful snapshot of the condition of natural capital assets.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY
(2023)
Article
Geography
Jane Servin, William G. Moseley
Summary: This research reveals the importance of wild plants for dietary diversity, particularly for impoverished households in southwestern Burkina Faso.
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Moustapha Soungalo Drabo, Habtu Shumoy, Jonas Koala, Aly Savadogo, Katleen Raes
Summary: This study explores the ecological niche, genetic variation, and seed development of Senegalia macrostachya, a promising legume for alleviating food insecurity in drought-prone regions of sub-Saharan Africa. The results show low genetic variation and fitness of S. macrostachya in poor soils and semi-arid climates, and the seeds' maturity involves specific protein accumulation and chlorophyll degradation.
AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS
(2023)
Review
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Hossein Azadi, Samane Ghazali, Mehdi Ghorbani, Rong Tan, Frank Witlox
Summary: This study examines the impacts of small-scale farmers on food security enhancement. The findings suggest that small-scale farmers with natural/physical capital have positive effects on agricultural productivity and food income, while small-scale farmers with financial capital have negative effects on food security. The study recommends cultivating high-value crops, participating in income-generating activities, and providing agricultural credits.
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
James Reed, Colas Chervier, Joli Rumi Borah, Davison Gumbo, Kaala B. Moombe, Teddy M. Mbanga, Alida O'Connor, Freddie Siangulube, Malaika Yanou, Terry Sunderland
Summary: Integrated landscape approaches are becoming more popular for addressing social-ecological challenges in tropical landscapes. The use of theory of change models can help guide policy development and foster coordination between state and non-state actors.
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Mauricio R. Bellon, Gervais Ntandou-Bouzitou, Janet E. Lauderdale, Francesco Caracciolo
Summary: This study examines the contributions of different food sources to the dietary diversity of rural households in Benin. The findings suggest that both nonmarket food sources, such as self-produced or collected plants and domesticated animals, and foods purchased in markets play important roles in improving the diversity of diets in rural areas. The study highlights the need for a holistic approach that considers the complementarities between market and nonmarket sources of foods.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Camilla Moioli, Anil Shrestha, Dominik Roeser, Guangyu Wang, Terry Sunderland, Hisham Zerriffi
Summary: Despite global momentum in restoration activities, little attention has been paid to the socio-economic implications, with limited evidence on equity and equality outcomes. This study focuses on investigating the fairness within the Chinese Conversion of Cropland to Forest Program (CCFP) and proposes a quantitative methodology to assess equity and equality. The findings reveal a shift in households' economic structure, with a decrease in farming activities and an increase in out-migration, particularly among the lowest income groups. Both equality and equity have improved, with the best outcomes in regions where the CCFP has been implemented for a longer time. The level of participation in the Program also plays a significant role in explaining income variations.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Winy Vasquez, Terry Sunderland
Summary: The current paradigm of biodiversity conservation has resulted in the separation of humans and nature, leading to the loss of both biological and cultural-linguistic diversity. The annexation of land for conservation has curtailed rights and access to local and diverse food sources for rural communities. Indigenous Peoples and local communities are crucial for conserving biodiversity through sustainable use of nature, and their traditional knowledge supports conservation and healthy diets. To achieve a just and sustainable future, conservation initiatives should focus on rights, access, and equity, while respecting diverse perspectives and knowledge systems.
Article
Plant Sciences
Ngairangbam Yaipharembi, Elizabeth Huidrom, Khumukcham Nongalleima, Huidrom Birkumar Singh
Summary: This study explores the importance of wild tree vegetables in the dietary practices and economic livelihoods of three ethnic communities in Manipur, India. The results show that 32 wild tree species are used as traditional vegetables, with Zanthoxylum armatum and Wendlandia glabrata being widely used and valued in the market. Additionally, Clerodendrum colebrookianum, Zanthoxylum armatum, and Oroxylum indicum are highly valued for their medicinal properties.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Moctar Sacande, Giulia Muir
Summary: Large-scale restoration actions in drylands in Africa have been largely isolated from socioeconomic challenges and have not adequately considered the agriculture-nutrition linkages. Development and humanitarian interventions should focus on making restoration interventions nutrition-sensitive to improve their effectiveness.
FOOD AND NUTRITION BULLETIN
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ram Chandra Bajgai, Yadunath Bajgai, Stephen B. Johnson, Kenneth M. Olsen
Summary: Wild edible plants play a significant role in providing food and income for rural communities, and have the potential for conservation.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ira J. Sutherland, Josh Van Vianen, Dominic Rowland, Ignacio Palomo, Unai Pascual, Amanda Mathys, Sari Narulita, Terry Sunderland
Summary: The study applied a participatory framework to assess the differences in the use, values, and desire of ecosystem services (ES) in areas with varying land-use intensities. The findings revealed that agricultural intensification led to destabilization of ES uses, however, local people still valued a diversity of traditional ES and desired ES associated with agricultural intensification.
REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Asaye Asfaw, Ermias Lulekal, Tamrat Bekele, Asfaw Debella, Samuel Tessema, Asfaw Meresa, Eyob Debebe
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the diversity, usage, preparation methods, and consumption timing of wild edible plants in the Ensaro District of Ethiopia. The study found 43 species of wild edible plants, with the Moraceae, Fabaceae, and Tiliaceae families being the most popular. Wild edible plants were commonly used in the study area, with some being consumed during times of famine. Indigenous knowledge was positively correlated with the socio-demographic characteristics of informants.
TREES FORESTS AND PEOPLE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zeynab Jouzi, Yu-Fai Leung, Stacy Nelson
Summary: Food security and land conservation intersect and require a balance between agricultural productivity and habitat preservation. Cluster analysis helps understand this relationship and identify distinct groups with policy implications.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Freddie S. Siangulube, Mirjam A. F. Ros-Tonen, James Reed, Kaala. B. Moombe, Terry Sunderland
Summary: This study examines the influence and facilitation of multistakeholder platforms (MSPs) on landscape governance in Zambia. The study finds that MSPs vary in form, function, influence, and effectiveness across different levels of governance. While formal and informal MSPs enhance deliberative governance, local-level MSPs are less successful in influencing policy change.
