agricultural production and biodiversity conservation. Rewarding the people who shape and maintain those landscapes could act as a … such an approach in two areas in Southern Africa differing in spatial configurations, history and socio-economic context … (conservation, production, institutions and livelihood) and ecosystem services (provisioning, regulating and cultural services). The …

the late 19th century, we examine changing spatial and temporal distributions of two vegetation types with high … conservation value in the southwestern United States: grasslands and riparian vegetation. In contrast to many reported vegetation …

, assessing the spatial extent of impacts is important for understanding the vulnerability of systems and guiding decisions about …

Studying the sustainable use of ecosystem services under uncertainty requires the consideration of the stochastic … dynamics of the system under study, risk and time preferences, risk management strategies and normative views pertaining to …

Studying the sustainable use of ecosystem services under uncertainty requires the consideration of the stochastic … dynamics of the system under study, risk and time preferences, risk management strategies and normative views pertaining to …

conservation in a world of increasing population and a drying, fire-prone environment. At just 0.1% of Australia’s terrestrial land … conservation in the region, wider recognition of the all-tenure, whole-of-landscape, whole-of-community approach to biodiversity … conservation and fire management is needed if the probability of further extinctions is to be reduced. …

resilience. Land cover change is evaluated using a mean-variance analysis in concert with a spatial persistence analysis. This …

factors. The BAU scenario is compared with alternative future scenarios incorporating policy targets and stronger spatial … potential, with greatest benefits when carbon-rich soils are excluded from afforestation. Spatial targeting can also enhance …