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Drivers of land-use change
A pivotal year for Bolivian conservation policy
As Bolivia approaches presidential elections in October 2019, the country’s environmental leadership is at stake. We discuss urgent …
Alfredo Romero-Muñoz
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Alvaro Fernandez-Llamazares
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Monica Moraes R
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Daniel M. Larrea-Alcazar
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Claire F. R. Wordley
DOI
Fires scorching Bolivia's Chiquitano forest
Alfredo Romero-Muñoz
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Martin Jansen
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Angela M. Nunez
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Marisol Toledo
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Roberto Vides Almonacid
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Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Large greenhouse gas savings due to changes in the post-Soviet food systems
As the global food system contributes significantly to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, understanding the sources of GHG …
Florian Schierhorn
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Thomas Kastner
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Patrick Meyfroidt
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Irina Kurganova
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Alexander V. Prishchepov
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Karl-Heinz Erb
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Richard A. Houghton
,
Daniel Muller
DOI
Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable
Laura Kehoe
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Tiago Reis
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Malika Virah-Sawmy
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Andrew Balmford
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Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Mapping and modelling past and future land use change in Europe’s cultural landscapes
Cultural landscapes are valued for their landscape character and cultural heritage. Yet, these often low-intensity, multifunctional …
Catharina J. E. Schulp
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Christian Levers
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Tobias Kuemmerle
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Koen F. Tieskens
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Peter H. Verburg
DOI
Post-Soviet Land-Use Change Affected Fire Regimes on the Eurasian Steppes
Fire is an important disturbance in grassland ecosystems. Anthropogenic factors, especially land use, have drastically altered fire …
Andrey Dara
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Matthias Baumann
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Norbert Holzel
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Patrick Hostert
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Johannes Kamp
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Daniel Muller
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Benjamin Ullrich
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Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Drivers of agricultural land-use change in the Argentine Pampas and Chaco regions
Agricultural expansion and intensification in South America’s dry forests and grasslands increase agricultural production, but …
Maria Piquer-Rodriguez
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Van Butsic
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P. Gartner
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Leandro Macchi
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Matthias Baumann
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Gregorio Gavier-Pizarro
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José N. Volante
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Nestor Ignacio Gasparri
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Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Mapping extinction debt highlights conservation opportunities for birds and mammals in the South American Chaco
Habitat loss is the primary cause of local extinctions. Yet, there is considerable uncertainty regarding how fast species respond to …
Asunción Semper-Pascual
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Leandro Macchi
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Francesco Maria Sabatini
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Julieta Decarre
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Matthias Baumann
,
Pedro G. Blendinger
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Bibiana Gomez-Valencia
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Matias E. Mastrangelo
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Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Mapping the timing of cropland abandonment and recultivation in northern Kazakhstan using annual Landsat time series
Much of the world’s temperate grasslands have been converted to croplands, yet these trends can reverse in some regions. This is …
Andrey Dara
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Matthias Baumann
,
Tobias Kuemmerle
,
Dirk Pflugmacher
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Andreas Rabe
,
Patrick Griffiths
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Norbert Holzel
,
Johannes Kamp
,
Martin Freitag
,
Patrick Hostert
DOI
Middle-range theories of land system change
Changes in land systems generate many sustainability challenges. Identifying more sustainable land-use alternatives requires solid …
Patrick Meyfroidt
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Rinku Roy Chowdhury
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Ariane C. de Bremond
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Erle Christopher Ellis
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Karl-Heinz Erb
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Tatiana Filatova
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Rachael D. Garrett
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Jean Morgan Grove
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Andreas Heinimann
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Tobias Kuemmerle
,
Christian A. Kull
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Eric F. Lambin
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Yoder Landon
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Yann le Polain de Waroux
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Peter Messerli
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Daniel Muller
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Jonas Ostergaard Nielsen
,
Garry D. Peterson
,
V. Rodriguez García
,
Maja Schluter
,
B. L. Turner
,
Peter H. Verburg
DOI
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