Recent advances in land system science and in institutional analysis provide
complementary, but still largely disconnected perspectives on land use change …

On 4 August 2011, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) submitted an
unprecedented, scientific, groundbreaking environmental assessment report (EAR) on …

Studying the politics of energy policymaking is crucial for understanding how energy policies
are formulated and the factors that influence their development. This study focuses on policy …

In this article I analyze the strategies of indigenous peoples as norm entrepreneurs in UN
climate negotiations. I set out a conceptual linkage between the emerging literature on …

Transnational Municipal Networks (TMNs) are increasing in size, scope and number on the
global arena. They reflect a tendency for city governments to coordinate environmental …

Forests and climate change are increasingly dealt with as interconnected policy issues. Both
the potential synergies and policy conflicts between forest conservation and restoration and …

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) has emerged as an
important carbon governance mechanism. However, forest governance is weak in most …

For many decades, protected areas (PAs) have been considered by decision makers and
conservation practitioners as one of the most common policies to promote biodiversity …

Driven by various initiatives and international policy processes, the concept of Forest
Landscape Restoration, is globally receiving renewed attention. It is seen internationally and …

This article analyzes the increasing institutional and organizational complexity and
fragmentation surrounding the international financing mechanism REDD+ (reducing …