Concepts & Theory

Uncovering patterns of cattle intensification across South America's dry diagonal

Where cattle production expands into natural ecosystems, it typically leads to stark social–ecological impacts, including greenhouse …
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Improving the estimation of grazing pressure in tropical rangelands
Livestock grazing is a key land use globally, with major environmental impacts, yet the spatial footprint of grazing remains elusive, …
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Links between deforestation, conservation areas and conservation funding in major deforestation regions of South America
  1. Land-use change is a major driver of biodiversity loss, affecting tropical forests and savannas at an unprecedented rate. To protect …
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Moving beyond simplistic representations of land use in conservation
Land use is both a major cause of the biodiversity crises and a potential solution to it. Decisions about land use are made in complex …
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Mapping opportunities and barriers for coexistence between people and pumas in the Argentine Dry Chaco

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The persistence of large carnivore populations depends on their survival outside protected areas, where they often impact local …
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What is still at stake in the Gran Chaco? Social-ecological impacts of alternative land-system futures in a global deforestation hotspot
Commodity agriculture continues to spread into tropical dry forests globally, eroding their social-ecological integrity. Understanding …
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An actor-centered, scalable land system typology for addressing biodiversity loss in the world’s tropical dry woodlands
Land use is a key driver of the ongoing biodiversity crisis and therefore also a major opportunity for its mitigation. However, …
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Enabling spaces for bridging scales: scanning solutions for interdisciplinary human-environment research
To tackle the twenty-first-century challenges for sustainability, a deeper understanding of their complexity is needed. Hence, …
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An Outcome-Oriented, Social-Ecological Framework for Assessing Protected Area Effectiveness
Both the number and the extent of protected areas have grown considerably in recent years, but evaluations of their effectiveness …
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Conservation frontiers: understanding the geographic expansion of conservation
Land-use frontiers, such as agriculture expanding into forests, remain a major driver of biodiversity loss, and often lead to …
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