Two factors have elevated recent academic and policy interest in tropical deforestation: first,
the realization that it is a major contributor to climate change; and second, a revolution in …

Human societies and their politics are deeply rooted in the land. Land shapes politics
through its material nature and distribution across society, by serving as a mechanism of …

Conflicts between forest conservation and socio-economic development in the Brazilian
Legal Amazon (BLA) have persisted for years but the effects of Indigenous territory (ITs) and …

The world has pledged to protect 30 percent of its land and waters by 2030 to halt the rapid
deterioration of critical ecosystems. We summarize the state of knowledge about the impacts …

High agricultural profits motivate politicians to collude with local elites and ignore illegal
conversion of natural forests. Fighting corruption through fiscal audits can improve local …

What explains that some countries and cities provide more local environmental public
goods, such as good air quality, than others? Research in political science has emphasized …

Nature protected areas are hailed as an institutional solution to the global biodiversity crisis.
However, conservation entails local economic costs for some communities and benefits for …

The continuous loss of biodiversity has extended the Convention on Biological Diversity's
target towards safeguarding 30% of the planet by 2030 with some form of protected area …

What accounts for subnational variation in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon? Using
satellite imagery data and a novel shift-share instrumental variable design, I explore how …

The current study addresses political party trust and Environmental, Social, and Governance
(ESG) principle application in Italian regions. Trust in political parties is a principal driving …