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Nature’s contribution to adaptation: insights from examples of the transformation of social-ecological systems
(Ecosystems and People, 2020-01-01)
Transformation of social-ecological systems due to climate change requires, transformative adaptation responses. We propose the concept of nature s contribution to adaptation (NCA; previously called adaptation services), ...
On the links between nature's values and language
(People and Nature, 2023)
Recent research into the plural values about nature is focusing on relational values as a concept through which to better understand the breadth and importance of situated human–nature relations. However, potential relevance ...
Participatory mapping of ecosystem services across a gradient of agricultural intensification in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
(Ecosystems and People, 2023)
Agrarian change affects the supply and demand of ecosystem services (ES) by reducing the extent of natural ecosystems. Agricultural intensification can lead to changes in land covers and livelihood opportunities and it ...
Mapping the planet’s critical natural assets
(Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2023)
Sustaining the organisms, ecosystems and processes that underpin human wellbeing is necessary to achieve sustainable development. Here we define critical natural assets as the natural and semi-natural ecosystems that provide ...
Why telecoupling research needs to account for environmental justice
(Journal of Land Use Science, 2020-02-01)
Engaging with normative questions in land system science is a key challenge. This debate paper highlights the potential of incorporating elements of environmental justice scholarship into the evolving telecoupling framework ...
Motivational crowding effects in payments for ecosystem services: Exploring the role of instrumental and relational values
(People and Nature, 2022-04-01)
Nature is perceived and valued in many different ways. Often, the types of values that are the most important to people depend on how they cognitively frame desirable human–nature relations. For instance, the value of ...
Towards a multidimensional biodiversity index for national application
(Nature Sustainability, 2021-11-01)
The lack of urgent action to reverse biodiversity loss is partly due to the complex nature of biodiversity as a feature of our planet. Subsequently, policymakers receive an often-confusing variety of narratives on why ...
On the role of social equity in payments for ecosystem services in Latin America: A practitioner perspective
(ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, 2021)
One of the main debates surrounding payments for ecosystem services (PES) is to what extent should PES design focus on social equity concerns. While much of the debate is centered around theoretical arguments, here we focus ...
Social networks influence farming practices and agrarian sustainability
(PLoS ONE, 2021-01-07)
The social-ecological effects of agricultural intensification are complex. We explore farmers perceptions about the impacts of their land management and the impact of social information flows on their management through ...
Farmers vulnerability to global change in Navarre, Spain: large-scale irrigation as maladaptation
(Springer, 2019)
Agricultural landscapes are dynamic environments which change in response to cropping and trade opportunities, available technologies and climatic conditions. In this article, we investigate farmers vulnerability to ...