This meta-analysis of land-cover transformations of the past 10–15 years in tropical forest-agriculture
frontiers world-wide shows that swidden agriculture decreases in landscapes with …

Does the intensification of agriculture reduce cultivated areas and, in so doing, spare some
lands by concentrating production on other lands? Such sparing is important for many …

Redistributive land reforms have begun to attract the attention of scholars and policy makers
once again. In this paper, we review old arguments and bring them up‐to‐date in the light of …

This paper examines the literature on how biodiversity contributes to improved and diversified
diets in developing countries. We assess the current state of evidence on how wild and …

This study uses a multi-case dataset to question current assumptions about the gender
differentiation of forest product use. We test some of the commonly held ideas on how men and …

The relationship between forests and human nutrition is not yet well understood. A better
understanding of this relationship is vital at a time when the majority of new land for agriculture …

Highlights • Majority forecasts for feeding the future global population predict an increase in
a croplands at the expense of forests and pastures. • A third of the forecasts shows that it is …

Continued overexploitation of natural resources and the associated impacts of climate
change threaten the sustainability and biodiversity of our global social-ecological systems. ‘…

Highlights • Many food security experts have been calling for agricultural intensification in
developing countries to feed a growing global population. • This narrative is based on a …

With the growing demands from a population expected to reach 9 billion people by 2050, it
is unclear how our current global food system will meet future food needs. Ensuring that all …