Recent IPCC assessments highlight a key role for large‐scale carbon removal in meeting
the objectives of the Paris Agreement. This focus on removal, also referred to as negative …

Land use is regulated through various mixes of command-and-control interventions that
directly affect land use via land use restrictions, and other public interventions that indirectly …

Abstract The Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal
Amazon (PPCDAm), launched in 2004, promoted a drastic conservation reform in Brazil. To …

Market instruments such as Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) emerged as a concept to
compensate and encourage landowners to improve land management practices for the …

Deforestation causes diverse and profound consequences for the environment and species.
Direct or indirect effects can be related to climate change, biodiversity loss, soil erosion …

Insecure land tenure plagues many developing and tropical regions, often where
conservation concerns are highest. Conservation organizations have long focused on …

Abstract Purpose of Review The aim of this paper is to explore the nexus of climate change,
land use, and conflict. A particular focus is placed on the human security risks associated …

A number of international donors, national governments and project proponents have begun
to lay the groundwork for REDD+, but tenure insecurity–including the potential risks of land …

After tentative efforts during the 1990s, the past two decades have seen a rapid increase in
the number of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation policies, initially in a few …

The extent to which REDD+ initiatives should be a mechanism to address poverty and
provide other co-benefits apart from carbon storage, is hotly debated. Here, we examine the …