Old-growth forest structures in small-scale private forests are strongly shaped by landscape context and can be reliably predicted using freely available spatial data. Our new paper together with @plieningerlab.bsky.social ➡️ rdcu.be/fxynT #Forestry #Conservation #LowerSaxony #Biodiversity

Mediterranean grassroots initiatives are building wildfire-resilient landscapes through grazing, agroforestry, prescribed burning & more. They now need investment & long-term support to scale. Our new review: doi.org/10.1016/j.is...

How do farmers view soil conservation? Our Q-sorts study in 🇲🇦 🇪🇸 🇹🇳 reveals diverse perspectives - from #ConservationAgriculture to crop diversification and conventional tillage. Recognising these views is key to co-designing effective soil conservation. 🌱 #ConServeTerra doi.org/10.1080/2168...

Photo-sorting reveals diverging preferences for soil conservation and land-use intensification among Mediterranean farmers

The Mediterranean region has diverse farming landscapes with a unique mix of traditional and modern farming practices. Soil degradation and sustainable land and water management are key regional ch...

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To catalyse #TransformativeChange, landscape planning needs to: ➡️ Include diverse actors & knowledge systems ➡️ Better link planning with action for restoration & sustainable use ➡️ Be embedded in broader governance change Our paper in @esandpeople.bsky.social, Albert et al: 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/2639...

#news Eine neue Studie zeigt: Traditionelle Landwirtschaft kann Ernährung sichern und zugleich Ökosysteme, Biodiversität und kulturelle Identität bewahren. Dafür wurden 22 landwirtschaftliche Weltkulturerbe-Systeme in 13 Ländern untersucht. 🔗 Mehr zur Studie: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...

Traditionally farmed landscapes produce food while protecting nature & keeping cultural traditions alive. Our study of how Globally Important Agric.l Heritage Systems integrate natural & cultural heritage. Paper: ecologyandsociety.org/vol31/iss2/art3/ Summary: uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=8206

🌿🐺Sharing landscapes with wildlife: Our editorial in People & Nature. Livestock depredation is only one among many pressures on pastoralism. Coexistence with large carnivores requires not only compensation or fencing, but broader systemic societal-policy changes. 🔗https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70366

We are looking for an inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability scientist for our research project "A social-ecological analysis of co-production of Mediterranean terrace landscapes". This is a 3-year postdoc position (100%). Application deadline: 30.06.26. drive.google.com/file/d/1l1e_...

From A (like 🎨Arts-based methods) to V (like 🎥Video development): Our Participatory Research Methods for Sustainability toolkits are now complete🎉. Check out toolkit #17 on #Storytelling by M. Jay et al. 🔗 Storytelling toolkit: doi.org/10.14512/gai... 🔗 All 17 toolkits: gaia.oekom.de/index.php/ga...

“Urban foraging is one of the things that keeps people connected to their local ecosystems, it gives you a sense of place and cohesion with your neighbourhood” (S. Dhyani). Great report on food gathering from blue spaces in India's megacities. @mongabay.com. india.mongabay.com/2026/05/the-...

To establish agroforestry in degraded, tree-less agricultural landscapes is a challenge. Can farmers' voices, expressed in poets, help? Find out in Claudia Heindorf's beautifully visualised field report from Türkiye, Morocco & Tunisia. #PeopleNatureLandscapesBlog. medium.com/people-natur...

#IntegratedLandscapeApproaches that mitigate wildfires through pastoralism, tree crops, agroforestry & traditional forest uses are on the rise across the Mediterranean. Nice to see the food- & landscape-related co-benefits of these initiatives covered in @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/w...

How Wine, Truffles and Honey Could Help Europe Fight Wildfires

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#TransformativeChange toward sustainability takes place in the personal, political & practical spheres. In this new study, we use such lens to identify complex legal barriers & enabling factors for the scaling of #Agroforestry in Germany. 3rd PhD paper of Marina Klimke. doi.org/10.1007/s104....

I'm happy to join the Editorial Board of @esandpeople.bsky.social. E&P has developed into a central journal of the social-ecological community. I appreciate its author-friendly approach & its coverage of unconventional topics & regions. If you attend the ESP Prague conference, visit the E&P booth!

Motivations, practices & perceived benefits & barriers shape farmers'. Our study on a mental modeling workshop series with pioneer farmers in the Mediterranean. We find that soil health & other on-farm benefits are key motivators for transitioning to #ConservationAgriculture. doi.org/10.1007/s116...

How do mental models shape the way people understand food systems? Maria Chiara Camporese, Chaima Mobarak & Roxane Bradaczek report on their experiences from the Malmö Agroecology Forum in our #PeopleNatureLandscapesBlog. medium.com/people-natur...

Traditional irrigation systems have shaped Mediterranean mountains, plains & oases - supporting agricultural production, biodiversity & cultural heritage. We're happy to share our review of community-based stewardship of traditional irrigation systems. doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

Using the opportunity to highlight our study on peatlands & people. Claudia Heindorf et al. elicited societal values of a peat landscape under transformation in the form of participant-voiced poems. Top cited in @britishecologicalsociety.org's "People & Nature". doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

🧑‍🌾🐃🌾🐸 FAO-Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems introduce a cultural heritage perspective to #IntegratedLandscapeManagement. In this study, we identify 4 #GIAHS types, varying in how they balance food production & nature conservation. 1st PhD paper by MC Camporese. doi.org/10.5751/ES-1...

🥀 #Natura2000 protects the crown jewels of Europe's nature. How can this protected area network be future-proofed against environmental backlash? Here are some ideas how a biocultural perspective may help. 👉 Press release: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html... 🔗 Full paper: doi.org/10.1111/con4...

Reciprocity (the mutal care between humans & ecosystems) is a core value of a nature-positive society. Here, we disentangle the multiple dimensions of reciprocity between farmers in Myanmar & farm trees. @khant-htet.bsky.social @laurakmoch.bsky.social @esandpeople.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/2639...

Repeat photography is a simple but effective method for visualising changes & assessing long-term developments of landscapes. Participatory research methods for sustainability Toolkit #16, now out in GAIA. By Matthias Bürgi, Elena Siegrist, Susan Lock & Tamara Estermann. doi.org/10.14512/gai...

🫎 🐸🌳Happy to share a Perspective on how a biocultural approach can strengthen the Natura 2000 network. It may help future-proof protected areas in times of populism, environm. backsliding & land-use conflicts. With M. Jay & @thartel.bsky.social. @consletters.bsky.social. 🔗doi.org/10.1111/con4.70038

🫎 🐸🌳Happy to share our Perspective on how a biocultural approach can strengthen the European Natura 2000 network. Such approach may help future-proof protected areas in times of populism, environmental backsliding & land-use conflicts. With M. Jay & @thartel.bsky.social. 🔗doi.org/10.1111/conl.12958

New paper out in @consletters.bsky.social. We propose 5 leverage points for maintaining biodiversity in N2K sites: people, network design, monitoring, funding, and research. Nice collaboration with @plieningerlab.bsky.social and Marion Jay. Link: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

What motivates actors to collaborate in #IntegratedLandscapeManagement? The work group “Navigating trade-offs & synergies between biodiversity & society in protected multifunctional landscapes” is happy to present its first output. With F. Turkelboom, M. Torralba et al. doi.org/10.5751/ES-1...

Protected areas are boundary objects that facilitate multiple connections between people and nature. Marion Jay showcases narratives of nature experiences by visitors & users of Natura 2000 reserves in Germany in our #PeopleNatureLandscapesBlog. medium.com/people-natur...

🌿@ipbes.net defined archetypes of human-relationships, the "Life Frames" (living in, as, from & with nature). How do life frames define the perception of nature's values by residents around protected areas? Our new study, out now in "Biological Conservation", led by M. Jay. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

Congrats to Abul Polas for defending his PhD on "A people-centered approach to counter ecosystem degradation & support restoration" at @unikassel.bsky.social: 📍Sense of place: doi.org/10.1080/2639... 🌱Degradation/restoration: doi.org/10.1016/j.fo... 🌿Human-nature-connections: doi.org/10.1111/rec....

Degraded nature is increasing Europe's exposure to risks. The EU #NatureRestorationRegulation is thus not an environmental luxury, but provides basic risk management, says this interesting position paper from @easac.bsky.social. easac.eu/publications...