Abstract The Nature Futures Framework (NFF) is a heuristic tool for co-creating positive
futures for nature and people. It seeks to open up a diversity of futures through mainly three …

Private lands are important for conservation worldwide, but knowledge about their
effectiveness is still insufficient. To help fill this important knowledge gap, we analyzed the …

Climate change is one of humanity's greatest concerns because of its environmental,
economic, and social impacts. Our study addresses land tenure (expressed through …

A large proportion of recent Brazilian Amazon deforestation is occurring on untitled public
forestlands through land grabbing. This emerging risk demands long-term conservation …

Due to human activities, most natural ecosystems of the world have disappeared and the
rest are threatened. At a global scale, 40% of the remaining forests occur in Indigenous …

Forests serve a crucial role in our fight against climate change. Secondary forests provide
important potential for conservation of biodiversity and climate change mitigation. In this …

The European Union's Regulation on Deforestation-free products (Regulation (EU)
2023/1115)(EUDR) aims to reduce the impact of the EU on the world's forests by imposing …

Across the globe, the legal land rights and tenure of many Indigenous peoples are yet to be
recognized. A growing body of research demonstrates that tenure of Indigenous lands …

Lack of property rights is associated with lower investment, development, and welfare. In the
Brazilian Amazon, insecure property rights have historically led to civil conflicts and …

There is an urgent need for coordinated international action to curb global emissions, and
reducing deforestation is key in this effort. Tropical primary forests like the Amazon are …