In Central Asia, actual cotton rotation practices are repeatedly believed to resemble “Soviet cropping conditions” with continuo...

Authors: Conrad, C.;Lamers, J.P.A.;Ibragimov, N.;Löw. F.;Martius, C.

Adaptation and mitigation share the ultimate purpose of reducing climate change impacts. However, they tend to be considered separ...

Authors: Kongsager, R.;Locatelli, B.;Chazarin, F.

The field of ecological restoration (ER) is now challenged by the need to achieve recovery at large spatial scales. Such scaling u...

Authors: Murcia, C.;Guariguata, M.R.;Andrade, A.;Andrade, G.I.;Aronson, J.;Escobar, E.M.;Etter, A.;Moreno, F.H.;Ramirez, W.;Montes, E.

Alternative livelihood project is a widely used term for interventions that aim to reduce the prevalence of activities deemed to b...

Authors: Wright, J.H.;Hill, N.A.O.;Roe, D.;Roe, D.;Rowcliffe, J.M.;Kümpel, N.F.;Day, M.;Booker, F.;Milner-Gulland, E.J.

Lack of data on carbon stocks hampers implementation of emission reduction mechanisms (e.g., REDD+). Addressing this issue is rele...

Authors: Dayamba, S.D.;Djoudi, H.;Zida, M.;Sawadogo, L.;Verchot, L.V.

Coastal vegetated wetlands such as mangrove forests provide multiple ecosystem services, though are potentially threatened by cont...

Authors: Sasmito, S.D.;Murdiyarso, D.;Friess, D.A.;Kurnianto, S.

Intercropping oil palm during its immature stage with food crops is usually blamed for its negative impact on the growth and futur...

Authors: Nchanji, Y.K.;Nkongho, R.N.;Mala, W.A.;Levang, P.

We combined two existing datasets of vegetation aboveground biomass (AGB) (Saatchi et al., 2011; Baccini et al., 2012) into a pan-...

Authors: Avitabile, V.;Herold, M.;Heuvelink, G. B. M.;Lewis, S.L.;Phillips, O.L.;Asner, G.P.;Armston, J.;Asthon, P.;Banin, L.;Bayol, N.;Berry, N.J.;Boeckx, P.;de Jong, B.H.J.;DeVries, B.;Girardin, C.;Kearsley, E.;Lindsell, J.;Lopez-Gonzalez, G.;Lucas, R.;Malhi, Y.;Morel, A.;Mitchard, E.T.A.;Nagy, L.;Qie, L.;Quinones, M.;Ryan, C.M.;Slik, F.;Sunderland, T.C.H.;Vaglio Laurin, G.;Valentini, R.;Verbeeck, H.;Wijaya, A.;Willcock, S.

An important part of conservation practice is the empirical evaluation of program and policy impacts. Understanding why conservati...

Authors: Baylis, K.;Honey-Rosés, J.;Börner, J.;Corbera, E.;Ezzine-de-Blas, D.;Ferraro, P.J.;Lapeyre, R.;Persson, U.M.;Pfaff, A.;Wunder, S.

We examined hunters’ perceptions of fauna to see if expert hunters and other hunters perceive wildlife abundance similarly. We us...

Authors: Van Holt, T.;Bernard, H.R.;Weller, S.;Townsend, W.;Cronkleton, P.