Transformative rather than incremental adaptation will be necessary to keep pace with
rapidly changing social-ecological systems characteristic of the Anthropocene. Alongside …

This article updates our previous comprehensive meta-analysis of what drives and stops
deforestation (Busch and Ferretti-Gallon). By including six additional years of research, this …

The need for rapid and ambitious conservation and restoration is widely acknowledged, yet
concern exists that the widespread reallocation of land to nature would disproportionately …

China is now the world's largest official source of infrastructure financing to the developing
world, providing more than $85 billion of financing annually. However, very little is known …

Despite their ecological and socioeconomic importance, the forested areas of tropical dry
ecosystems remain among the most threatened biomes worldwide. There has been limited …

Understanding the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation and the agents of such
drivers is important for introducing appropriate policy interventions. Here, we identified …

Conservation practice has sometimes been criticized for relying on simplistic assumptions
about social contexts in natural resource management. Despite recent advances …

The success of conservation interventions often depends on the multifaceted and sometimes
competing interests and motivations that lead local people to sustainably manage natural …

In the global South, a rush of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) is occurring by
governments and transnational and domestic investors seeking to secure access to land in …

Despite the popularity of integrated conservation and development approaches to protected
area management, adjacent communities increasingly face livelihood dilemmas. Yet …