Land use

Podcast series / A podcast about sustainability and justice. In each episode, experts explore how power dynamics create and sustain social and environmental inequities.

About Adaptation, Disaster risk, Forests, Land use and Renewables

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Time to fix the biodiversity leak

Journal article / Biodiversity leakage - displacing nature-damaging human activities by protecting or restoring areas of land - undermines global conservation efforts.

14 February 2025 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture and Land use

The economics of soil organic carbon: multi-benefits from sustainable land management for smallholders in Western Kenya

Other publication / Multi-benefits from sustainable land management for smallholders in Western Kenya.

10 February 2025 / About Food and agriculture and Land use

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LIFE at the edges of extinction

Feature / A new metric uses data on 30 000 vertebrate species to map global extinction risks, potentially reshaping land-use decisions on local and regional scales.

6 February 2025 / About Ecosystems, Forests and Land use

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NBS services promoting local biodiversity, wellbeing and scalable solutions (NBSPLUS)

Project / The NBSPLUS project aims to launch the concept of nature-based solution (NBS) services into practice.

2025 - 2027 / About Adaptation, Land use, Mitigation and Wellbeing

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Can conflict be planned away? A critical assessment of participatory land use planning in Swedish forest governance

Journal article / This paper critically analyses the Reindeer Husbandry Plan (Renbruksplan) in Sweden, evaluating its potential for resolving land use conflicts.

30 January 2025 / About Land use

Pursuing more equitable access to urban green spaces: engaging with social equity in urban planning in low- and middle-income countries

SEI report / This SEI report examines issues that must be addressed to foster community-led initiatives to plan, maintain, restore and expand urban nature spaces.

23 January 2025 / About Cities, Land use, Participation and Wellbeing

Currents in sustainability

Podcast series / Currents in sustainability is a podcast where we examine the forces shaping our global path towards a sustainable future.

About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Geopolitics, Innovation and Land use

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SEI Currents 2025

Collection / Get insights, discussions and perspectives on the key challenges shaping our world in 2025.

About Geopolitics, Innovation and Land use