A5028829226- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Mining and Resource Management
- Natural Resources and Economic Development
- Sustainability in Higher Education
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Mining Techniques and Economics
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
- Global Health and Surgery
- Data Visualization and Analytics
University of Bern
2017-2024
University of Antananarivo
2023
Centre for Research and Development
2022
Abstract Shifting cultivation remains an important land system in many tropical landscapes, but transitions away from shifting are increasingly common. So far, our knowledge on the social–economic and environmental drivers consequences of such is incomplete, focusing certain transitions, drivers, or regions. Here, we use archetype approach, validated through systematically identified literature, to describe eight archetypes encompassing (1) perennial plantation crops, (2) permanent...
Abstract Transdisciplinary research (TDR) has been developed to generate knowledge that effectively fosters the capabilities of various societal actors realize sustainability transformations. The development TDR theories, principles, and methods largely governed by researchers from global North reflected their contextual conditions. To enable more context-sensitive framing, we sought identify which characteristics affect design implementation in six case studies Asia, Latin America, Africa,...
In north-eastern Madagascar, maintenance of biodiversity competes with expansion land for agriculture and mining. The concept “telecoupling” provides a framework analysis distant actors institutions that influence local use decisions. However, there is lack knowledge regarding the extent telecoupling governance in Madagascar evidence its role driving change competition. Using descriptive Social Network Analysis, we disentangled interactions between terms flows institutions. Our findings show...
Abstract Tropical forest frontier areas support the well‐being of local populations in myriad ways. Not only do they provide material basis for people's livelihoods, also sustain socio‐cultural foundations through relational values. They host some most biodiverse ecosystems and largest carbon stocks on planet, are thus a focus global conservation efforts. prime location production many agricultural commodities. These dynamics—often intertwined—may trap between powerful interests, with...
Many social-ecological systems are in an unsustainable state. Bringing together disjunct published findings on complex interactions may enable the identification of leverage points for transformations towards sustainability. However, such interdisciplinary synthesis studies specific regional remain rare. Here, we pair a review systematically identified with cross-impact analysis to create interactive visual conflicts and synergies between land use, biodiversity conservation, human wellbeing...
Abstract Anthropogenic climate change has an unprecedented impact on ecosystems and their services, with severe consequences for human well‐being, particularly the marginalised vulnerable members of society in Global South. The well‐being communities relies not only material regulating services provide but also non‐material services. In this paper, we unravel diverse ways that impacts affect Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) rural populations four sites Madagascar—a biodiversity hotspot...
Mining has the potential to play an important role in contributing towards Sustainable Development Goals, whilst also threatening and damaging environment people's wellbeing, livelihoods local cultures. Global resource extraction is growing rapidly, this increase being observed Madagascar, a key global biodiversity hotspot. There are currently few large-scale extractive investment sites with more exploration planning phases. To understand place-based impacts of operational planned...