Understanding farm dams, including their distribution and reasoning, is important in Australia. While most researches have aimed at the impact of farm dams, quantifying their spatial distribution is highly desired from management perspective. However, it is a difficult task due to the large...

Arguably the greatest challenge to contemporary research is to capture the inter-relatedness and complexity of the real world environment within models so at to better inform decision makers of the accurate and complete consequences of differing options. The paper presents an integrated model of...

Protected areas are a cornerstone of forest conservation in developing countries. Yet we know little about their effects on forest cover change or the socioeconomic status of local communities, and even less about the relationship between these effects. This paper assesses whether 'win-win'...