Recent Talks

Crop-raiding by wildlife and cropland abandonment as feedback from forest policy (China and Nepal)

Abstract Conservation efforts under the nature-based solutions (NbS) framework aim at better management of ecosystems and improvement of human well-being. Policies targeting forest-based livelihoods align well with the NbS principles, but their social-ecological outcomes are often confounded by complex human-environment interactions.

Mechanism of forest policies influence on land-cover/land-use in China

Governance for climate change

Effects of environmental policy on natural resource conservation and people’s livelihoods

Conservation policy & people's livelihoods

Determinants and consequences of migration in developing countries

Migration is an inherent dimension of economic development and socioeconomic change worldwide, particularly in developing countries. Migration is often a livelihood strategy for diversifying income sources and reducing poverty.

Divergent social-ecological outcomes of payments for ecosystem services

Related publications reforestaion policy, labor migration, and forest dynamics (Zhang et al. 2020)

Interaction between land use change and labor migration under forest conservation