Protected area (PA) assessments rarely evaluate socio-economic and environmental
impacts relative to competing land uses, limiting understanding of socio-environmental trade …

Rigorous impact evaluations of local REDD+ (reduced emissions from deforestation and
forest degradation) initiatives have shown some positive outcomes for forests, while well …

Resource-based cities generally face the dual pressures of ecological damage and high
carbon emissions. Taking the National Sustainable Development Plan for Resource-Based …

Carbon offsets from the REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation)
framework to protect forests are expected to see a 100-fold increase in market value by …

Balancing biodiversity conservation and community livelihoods is a major challenge for
sustainable management of protected areas (PAs) in developing countries. Researchers …

Subnational initiatives to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation and
enhance carbon stocks (REDD+) have been implemented across the tropics over the last …

Abstract In the Brazilian Amazon, forest conservation has relied on the presence
of'traditional communities' and Indigenous peoples to secure legally demarcated protected …

In payment for ecosystem services (PES) models, participants receive payments for
conditionally securing the provision of ecosystem services. Nevertheless, various constraints …

Abstract The establishment of Forest Management Units (Kesatuan Pengelolaan
Hutan/KPH) represents one of Indonesia's most significant forest governance reforms …

Research on payments for ecosystem services (PES) schemes indicates that few of them in
fact implement full marketization, highlighting the need for better understanding of the …