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Near East and North Africa regional overview of food insecurity. 2016: sustainable agriculture water management is key to ending hunger and to climate change adaptation.

Published online: 18 Apr 2018

Content type: Miscellaneous

This second edition of the Regional Overview of Food Insecurity in the Near East and North Africa coincides with the adoption of the sustainable devel...

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The future of teak - what policy makers and managers need to consider: summary and policy recommendations.

Published online: 13 Dec 2017

Authors: Kollert, W. & Kleine, M.

Content type: Bulletin article

This summary and policy recommendations have been developed and formulated on the occasion of a group meeting of 12 experts from 11 countries that was...

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Climate change is limiting our ability to achieve a future we want.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Singh, G. G. & Hilmi, N. & Bernhardt, J. & Montemayor, A. M. C. & Cashion, M. & Ota, Y. & Acar, S. & Brown, J. M. & Cottrell, R. & Djoundourian, S. & Gonzalez-Espinosa, P. C. & Lam, V. & Marshall, N. & Neumann, B. & Pascal, N. & Reygondeau, G. & Rocklov, J. & Safa, A. & Virto, L. R. & Cheung, W.

Content type: Blog

This paper provides information on how climate change is affecting oceans and linked ocean change to human well-being and the Sustainable Development ...

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Investment needs for irrigation infrastructure along different socioeconomic pathways.

Published online: 24 Apr 2019

Authors: Palazzo, A. & Valin, H. & Batka, M. & Havlík, P.

Content type: Bulletin

This paper conducts an assessment of the global costs for expanding, upgrading, and improving irrigation infrastructure in developing countries, along...

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Trade-offs in sustainable agricultural intensification: the farmers' perspective.

Published online: 09 Jul 2020

Authors: Adolph, B.

Content type: Bulletin

Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa face a constant challenge: to choose between many, often competing, social, economic and environmental objec...

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Sustainable protected areas: synergies between biodiversity conservation and socioeconomic development.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Gatiso, T. T. & Kulik, L. & Bachmann, M. & Bonn, A. & Bösch, L. & Freytag, A. & Heurich, M. & Wesche, K. & Winter, M. & Ordaz-Németh, I. & Sop, T. & Kühl, H. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Reconciling conservation and socioeconomic development goals is key to sustainability but remains a source of fierce debate. Protected areas (PAs) are...

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Challenges and opportunities of sustainable forest management through community forestry concessions in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Petén, Guatemala.

Published online: 18 Mar 2015

Authors: Kent, J. & Ammour, T. & Gálvez, J.

Content type: Bulletin article

In Guatemala, the community and industrial forest concessions in the Maya Biosphere Reserve were created as an innovative way to manage natural resour...

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Working with indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) in large-scale ecological assessments: reviewing the experience of the IPBES Global Assessment.

Published online: 28 Nov 2020

Authors: McElwee, P. & Fernández-Llamazares, Á. & Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y. & Babai, D. & Bates, P. & Galvin, K. & Guèze, M. & Liu JianGuo & Molnár, Z. & Ngo, H. T. & Reyes-García, V. & Chowdhury, R. R. & Samakov, A. & Shrestha, U. B. & Díaz, S. & Brondízio, E. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There have been calls for greater inclusion of Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) in applied ecosystems research and ecological assessments. The Int...

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Wildlife conservation can be compatible with human development, but increasing interactions with humans may pose problems.

Published online: 16 Sep 2020

Authors: Ament, J. M. & Collen, B. & Carbone, C. & Mace, G. M. & Freeman, R.

Content type: Blog

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include economic, social and environmental dimensions of human development and make explicit commitments t...

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The neglected importance of managing biological invasions for sustainable development.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Lenzner, B. & García-Rodríguez, A. & Colling, G. & Dullinger, S. & Fugger, J. & Glaser, M. & Hennenfeind, J. H. & Kaplan, E. & Liu DaiJun & Omer, A. & Pauchard, A. & Roy, H. E. & Schernhammer, T. & Schertler, A. & Stoett, P. & Tedeschi, L. & Vorstenbosch, T. & Wessely, J. & Essl, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Biological invasions have substantial and rising social-ecological impacts threatening human livelihoods and communities and hampering progress toward...

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