Tree planting is both a promising and controversial solution to climate change and
biodiversity loss. However, this controversy is largely theoretical because we lack detailed …

Agroforestry is often discussed as a strategy that can be used both for the adaptation to and
the mitigation of climate change effects. The climate of southern Africa is predicted to be …

Finding the optimal land allocation for providing ecosystem services, conserving biodiversity
and maintaining rural livelihoods is a key challenge of agricultural management and land …

How to simultaneously combat biodiversity loss and maintain ecosystem functioning while
improving human welfare remains an open question. Optimization approaches have proven …

In tropical regions, shifting from forests and traditional agroforestry to intensive plantations
generates conflicts between human welfare (farmers' demands and societal needs) and …

Abstract Models are essential to assess the socio-economic credentials of new agroforestry
systems. In this study, we showcase robust optimisation as a tool to evaluate agroforestry's …

Discounting is standard in economics to consider time preferences of people and account
for future market changes. However, so far discounting has mainly been applied to monetary …

Mapping ecosystem service (ES) supply, demand, and flow–and identifying supply/demand
mismatches–has become a focus of ES research and has benefitted from recent advances …

In this work, we advocate agroforestry as a sustainable agricultural method that leverages
biodiversity and ecosystem services, simultaneously tackling the problems of adaptation and …

Firewood serves as an essential cooking energy source for households in Rwanda.
However, the supply of firewood is hindered by various challenges, such as escalating …