Research news | 2022-03-20

Why forest restoration is more than just planting new trees

Niak Sian Koh tells us why it’s important that forest restoration policies respect indigenous people and local communities, and how insights from human rights law can help

Research news | 2022-02-11

Making sense of a water crisis

New film documents efforts to connect local communities with authorities and push for change in the years after Cape Town’s “Day Zero” drought

Research news | 2021-10-25

Strong civil society crucial to halt destruction of the world’s tropical forests

What is needed - and often missing - is a shared transformational objective and priority to keep the forests standing

Research news | 2021-10-20

Why the blue economy is at a tipping point

A sustainable and equitable ocean economy is within reach. But risks of the opposite loom, according to three reports commissioned by the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance

Research news | 2021-09-22

How can intersectionality contribute to social-ecological systems research?

Intersectionality is firmly making its way into research thinking. What does it offer sustainability scientists?

Research news | 2021-04-30

Bridging citizen science and Indigenous knowledge for a healthier planet

Continuous, reflexive dialogue with Indigenous knowledge holders crucial for stewardship of biodiversity and ecosystems

Research news | 2021-02-24

Life after Day Zero: how Cape Town can adapt to climate change while also addressing inequality

After the scare in 2018, ramped up efforts to waste less water came at a cost to the city’s most vulnerable. Researchers and community activists gave these marginalised communities a voice

Research news | 2020-04-24

In Indonesia, community forestry is shaped by power dynamics

How "prophets” help mobilize necessary resources to initiate partnerships, and benefit from them

Research news | 2019-11-29

On the other end of research

Sharing knowledge between local communities and researchers strengthens ties between science and society. And encourages well-being and sustainability

Research news | 2019-11-26

A digital backlash on the planetary health diet

How a pro-meat social media campaign attacking research related to healthy diets may have influenced social media audiences

Research news | 2019-11-21

Privileged people, privileged plants

A study of Cape Town’s plant life shows how post-apartheid poverty and inequality is mirrored in and exacerbated by ecological patterns

Research news | 2019-11-12

No community or ecosystem is an island

Why thinking global and acting local can actually undermine sustainability at larger scales, and how to make sure that it doesn’t

Research news | 2019-08-06

Nurturing nature

New research explores how environmental stewardship attitudes are influenced by the benefits humans receive from their environment

Research news | 2019-06-24

A buzz or a baller?

New study tests the theoretically popular notion that bottom-up approaches to urban environmental governance lead to a better match between social institutions and ecological realities

Research news | 2019-05-17

Making sense of place

Special feature in Sustainability Science illustrates how ‘sense of place’ as a concept can contribute more effectively to understanding environmental change

Research news | 2019-03-28

Protecting your place

A sense of place can be a powerful tool when it comes to environmental stewardship. A case study in Bangalore, India explores how local lake groups have helped to restore and protect urban lakes

Research news | 2019-03-08

Disrupted food practices in the Himalayas

How remote villages in the Eastern Himalayas have become symbols of forced-upon policies and globalisation

Research news | 2019-03-08

Learning the tech-talk

By expressing their interests in technical terms, previously excluded actors are able to gain influence and have their voices heard. Others remain marginalised

Research news | 2019-01-24

Biodiversity vs. poverty alleviation, or can we have both?

New study highlights an approach for balancing poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation efforts

Research news | 2018-12-19

They’d be MAD not to

How Multi-Actor Dialogues can unlock stalled negotiations