A5055595436- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Forest Management and Policy
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- French Urban and Social Studies
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Pennsylvania State University
2022-2025
London School of Economics and Political Science
2021-2024
Alliance for Education
2024
Michigan State University
2018-2022
University of Arizona
2018
Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin
2013
Abstract A growing number of studies seek to identify global priority areas for conservation and restoration. These often produce maps that highlight the benefits concentrating such activity in tropics. However, potential equity implications using these prioritization exercises guide policy are less explored articulated. We those issues by examining a widely publicized restoration map as an illustrative case. This is based on analysis sought places where agricultural land might provide...
A lack of systematic understanding the elements that determine success forest and landscape restoration (FLR) investments leads to inability clearly articulate strategic practical approaches support natural resource endeavors across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This review examines different challenges opportunities for effective interventions. Using a structured literature review, we draw evidence from broad range scholarly works on conservation governance investigate early dynamics FLR in...
Globally, forest landscape restoration (FLR) is gaining ground, alongside other forms of under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. In most cases, projects and initiatives fail to consider human dimensions that influence processes outcomes effort. These refer how why humans value natural resources; want resources be managed; affect or are affected by resource management decisions. Using model transition curve shows trajectory from loss forests restored forests, we discuss FLR intersects...
Ecosystem restoration is primarily led by biodiversity and climate change imperatives, often disregarding associated yet complex social, cultural, political, economic, institutional, behavioral aspects. Ultimately, it people who take decisions on, carry out, are impacted restoration. The sociopolitical contexts in which ecosystem takes place, stakeholders' leading to degradation or motivations restore, influencing factors such as values, norms, power relations, the activities their outcomes...
Climate variability and change significantly affect smallholder farmers’ food security livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa. Tree planting is one of the measures promoted by development programs to mitigate adapt climate change. also believed positively contribute livelihoods. This paper examines factors influencing smallholders’ tree activities four villages Ziro province, Southern Burkina Faso. Furthermore, it analyses challenges encountered willingness continue under current tenure...
How does sustainable agricultural intensification's (SAI) tenet of increased productivity on the same area land relate to prevailing gender-biased tenure systems? can one conceptualize interactions between intensified use and control over land, labour, crops benefits – how equitable outcomes be facilitated? These questions (which have not yet received sufficient attention in SAI research) are explored this study using a qualitative methodology gender-transformative approach. Semi-structured...
Restoring interlocking forest-agricultural landscapes—forest-agricscapes—to sustainably supply ecosystem services for socio-ecological well-being is one of Malawi’s priorities. Engaging local farmers crucial in implementing restoration schemes. While farmers’ land-use decisions shape land-use/cover and changes (LUCC) ecological conditions, why how they decide to embrace activities poorly understood neglected forest-agricscape restoration. We analyze the nature decisions, both individually...
The poverty and environmental degradation vicious circle hypothesis considers the poor as agents victims of environmentally degrading activities. Despite some studies, however, there still has not been a sufficient empirical examination poverty-environment nexus. Based on participatory assessment (PPA) methods with two hundred farm households categorized by wealth status in southern Burkina Faso, six indicators set land management practices were examined to answer following questions: (i)...
Farmers in the Sahel have been acknowledged for reclaiming degraded lands and improving food security by ingeniously modifying traditional agroforestry, water, soil management practices. Despite advantages offered this range of farming techniques, their adoption rate is influenced several factors. Using multivariate probit models a correlation coefficient, article examines factors influencing five land practices based on 220 household 40 farm surveys four adjacent rural communities southern...
To achieve equitable sustainable agricultural intensification (SAI), it is essential to understand differential access and control over resources by women youth, assess how interacts with gendered age-dependent relationships. Existing packages for assessing women's empowerment in agriculture tend be large-scale surveys that do not provide timely results, nor are they easily integrated into a gender-transformative process. This paper applies concepts from Kabeer on gender analysis evaluate...
The way forests are defined, using terms such as ancient, old-growth, primary, sacred, or intact forest landscapes, has far-reaching impacts on how, why, and where conserved managed. Definitions of "old-growth forests" have been discussed individually but not collectively assessed. Here, we review the definitions uses associated with natural near-natural systematic mapping methods critical analysis. Our findings reveal a variety for different terms, although few frequently cited ones...