Land use

Rents, actors, and the expansion of commodity frontiers in the Gran Chaco

Journal article / This article examines the roles played by large interests and smallholders in creating agricultural frontiers, focusing on the Gran Chaco region.

Is land a renewable resource?

Perspective / In light of recent UN efforts to leverage finance for sustainable land management, Francis X. Johnson discusses its benefits and what’s needed to realise it.

Energy and land use

Other publication / This paper examines land impact of terrestrial energy forms, the reduction of emissions from the use and supply of energy, and terrestrial carbon sinks.

Bringing EU policy into line with the planetary boundaries

SEI brief / This brief discusses how the planetary boundaries framework can be used to inform EU policy-making

Disentangling the pathways of land use impacts on the functional structure of fish assemblages in Amazon streams

Journal article / Multi-scale assessment of the biological condition of streams in the Amazon to date, examining functional responses of fish assemblages to land use

Chindwin biodiversity ecosystem services

Project / Helping to conserve biodiversity in the Chindwin River Basin in Myanmar by supporting local communities and state agencies.

New countries, new commodities: Trase gets major upgrade

Feature / SEI and the Global Canopy Programme unveil a raft of improvements and new features to our ground-breaking supply chain transparency and sustainability platform.

Soil organic matter responses to anthropogenic forest disturbance and land use change in the eastern Brazilian Amazon

Journal article / Changing land-use and its influence on soil C and N stocks, soil organic matter physical fractions, and the origin of SOM in the Amazon

To what extent are land resource managers preparing for high-end climate change in Scotland?

Journal article