'Indigenous Peoples [...] continue to protect and steward about 80% of all the remaining biodiversity on Earth. For Indigenous Peoples, every day is #EarthDay ...' The Lancet. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Grist magazine 2024/2025
'Imagine 2200 is an invitation to writers from all over the globe to imagine a future in which solutions to the climate crisis flourish and help bring about radical improvements to our world. We dare you to dream anew'
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Why Germany needs a policy for nature restoration that capitalizes on synergies between biodiversity conservation & land-use interest. Joint statement of 3 advisory councils to the Federal Government / Ministries (SRU, WBBGR, WBW, in German). umweltrat.de/SharedDocs/Pre…

Wilderness in the city: Beaver's lodge in Park Babelsberg, Potsdam.

How is it possible that a 3-4% party can so effectively block progress to social-ecological sustainability? An eloquent essay on the disproportional & destructive influence of a neoliberal party in German politics & society. By Hedwig Richter (in German). zeitung.faz.net/faz/feuilleton…

'Good fire made us. Bad fire may break us. The choice is ours.' Compelling synopsis of the human-wildfire relationship across history. By Stephen Pyne in Scientific American. scientificamerican.com/article/we-are…

Manchmal gibt es Texte, die sprechen einem einfach aus der Seele. Hedwig Richter ist das heute gelungen mit ihrem Rant über eine Politik von FDP und Scholz, die sich nur noch an der 'Suppenkasper-Freiheit' der Egoisten und Unverantwortlichen orientiert. zeitung.faz.net/faz/feuilleton…

I'm very happy to start as a lead editor of People and Nature in May. Within short time, this young journal has become a central part of the social-ecological research community. I look forward to collaborating w/ Kevin J. Gaston, Kai Chan, Stefan Partelow, Andrea Rawluk & R. Fish.

Proper restoration is not that easy – international restoration principles are a good starting points. A study gives insights from western Rwanda. Read more here: ideas4sustainability.wordpress.com/2024/04/15/int…

Thanaka  is a farm tree of cultural & historical significance (and of importance for farmers' livelihoods). A nicely visualised story by Khant Sandar Htet on her PhD fieldwork in Myanmar. #PeopleNatureLandscapesBlog . DAAD News. link.medium.com/18uNPEPOUIb

What is farmers' understanding of 'good soil management' & 'good farmer' identity? And how do these mental models differ between farmers practicing conservation agriculture vs. those who don't? Our new ConServeTerra study, out today. doi.org/10.1080/147359…

Interessiert an inter-/transdisziplinärer Forschung zu kooperativen Agrarumweltprogrammen? Für das Projekt KOOPERATIV (uni-goettingen.de/de/628701.html) besetzen wir zum 01.10.24 eine Promotionsstelle. Jetzt bewerben! obp.uni-goettingen.de/de-de/Stellen/…

📣Öffentliche Vorlesungsreihe im Sommersemester 2024: ‼️Unternehmerische Sorgfaltspflichten im Agrar- und Ernährungssektor‼️
Beginn: 22.04. über Zoom!
Anmeldung: siehe QR-Code 👉🏻(uni-goettingen.zoom.us/webinar/regist…)

Europe is rich in protected designations of origin. These have potential to act as catalysts for social-ecological landscape development through regional marketing, brand-building, tourism, regional value creation & other pathways. L. Flinzberger et al. doi.org/10.1080/174742…

A landmark ruling Tuesday by a European human rights court will likely pave the way for future lawsuits that could force countries to act more quickly to cut their planet-warming pollution. scientificamerican.com/article/climat…

The Pearl River Delta hosts valuable dike-pond landscapes that are being degraded. In this study, we use #Ostrom 's design principles to scrutinize local institutional arrangements & their interplay with landscape simplification. First PhD paper by W. Chi. doi.org/10.5334/ijc.13…

Human rights violated by inaction on climate, ECHR rules in landmark case theguardian.com/environment/20…

Learning from Doing: Closing Knowledge Gaps in Integrated Landscape Research. We look forward to contributions for our special issue in 'Ecology & Society'. With James Reed (CIFOR-ICRAF), Terry Sunderland & Elsa Varela. Deadline: 30.09.24. ecologyandsociety.org/feature/162/

I am glad to invite you to our SERIOUS GAMING WORKSHOP on May 6th at the University of Göttingen. This is a very engaging & interactive research & participatory method. Do you want to learn more? Register soon: forms.gle/cKvGrskNryePBC…

Wissenschaftler:innen für das Renaturierungsgesetz

„Das Gesetz ist von entscheidender Bedeutung für Ernährungssicherheit, biologische Vielfalt und das Klima', teilte der European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) mit.“

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