To address the challenges of biodiversity conservation and commodity production, a
framework has been proposed that distinguishes between the integration (“land sharing”) and …

Many systems and processes in ecology cannot be experimentally controlled, either because
the temporal and spatial scales are too broad, or because it would be unethical. Examples …

Land‐use change significantly contributes to biodiversity loss, invasive species spread,
changes in biogeochemical cycles, and the loss of ecosystem services. Planning for a …

The wildland-urban interface (WUI) is the area where houses and wildland vegetation meet
or intermingle, and where wildfire problems are most pronounced. Here we report that the …

Aligning food production with biodiversity conservation is one of the greatest challenges of
our time. One framing of this challenge is the land‐sharing vs. land‐sparing debate. Much …

Improved forest management (IFM) has the potential to remove and store large quantities of
carbon from the atmosphere. Around the world, 235 IFM offset projects have produced 14% …

Humans have altered land cover for centuries, and land-cover change is a main component
of global change. Land use transition trajectories, such as the forest transition theory (ie …

Forests provide humankind with essential raw materials and the demand for these materials
is increasing. Further expanding forestry into unmanaged forests is environmentally costly …

Tropical forests provide critical ecosystem services worldwide. Nonetheless, ongoing
agricultural expansion, timber extraction, and mining continue to jeopardize important forest …

Agricultural expansion and intensification in South America's dry forests and grasslands
increase agricultural production, but also result in major environmental trade-offs. The Pampas …