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New ERC project on land use, sustainability, and democratic backsliding, with preprint

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Jun 20, 2025
New ERC project on land use, sustainability, and democratic backsliding, with preprint
Preprint on a Policy roadmap for sustainable and just land systems

Our just uploaded preprint, led by colleague Rachael Garrett, this is a product from a GLP initiative to contribute to policy and political reflection about how to improve sustainability and justice in land systems, see more here and below

Jun 18, 2025
Preprint on a Policy roadmap for sustainable and just land systems
New paper - A framework for monitoring equity in unilateral value chain policies such as EUDR

Unilateral value chain policies have recently (re-)emerged as a key strategy of international land use governance. These policies are part of a broader trend towards trade-based environmental policies, from corporate due diligence to sustainability certification and trade moratoria, that has been critiqued for reinforcing inequities in global trade.

Apr 14, 2025
New paper - A framework for monitoring equity in unilateral value chain policies such as EUDR
Considering land use complexity and overlap is critical for sustainability planning

Considering land use complexity and overlap is critical for sustainability planning - new paper out in OneEarth led by Marie Pratzer

Apr 7, 2025
Considering land use complexity and overlap is critical for sustainability planning
To enhance SDG research, open up commercial satellite image archives

A call for action published in PNAS! In this opinion piece Philippe, Patrick, and an international team of experts on remote sensing in smallholder agricultural systems argue for improved access to commercial very-high-resolution satellite images.

Feb 13, 2025
To enhance SDG research, open up commercial satellite image archives
Preprint, direct and indirect deforestation in Ghana driven by cocoa, mining, plantations, settlements, and food crops and logging

New study preprint led by Cécile Renier, investigating the complex land use dynamics in the tropical moist forests of Ghana, looking at direct and indirect deforestation over 2000-2019.

Feb 3, 2025
Preprint, direct and indirect deforestation in Ghana driven by cocoa, mining, plantations, settlements, and food crops and logging
Global Land Programme Open Science Meeting - Part 2

The Land Systems 4 Sustainability Lab engaged in a vivid discussion on the scientific publishing industry and pathways for creating a community-based, not-for-profit, Open Access journal for Land System Science!

Nov 16, 2024
Global Land Programme Open Science Meeting - Part 2
Global Land Programme Open Science Meeting - Part 1

Several team members (Andrea, Erasmus, Philippe, Patrick, and Ana from Eric Lambin’s neighboring lab) participated to the 2024 conference of the Global Land Programme. Some news and highlights here!

Nov 15, 2024
Global Land Programme Open Science Meeting - Part 1
Do large fields belong to large farms? New paper with a quantitative exploration.
Aug 22, 2024
Do large fields belong to large farms? New paper with a quantitative exploration.
New study on impacts of large-scale forestry investments on neighboring small-scale agriculture in northern Mozambique
Aug 1, 2024
New study on impacts of large-scale forestry investments on neighboring small-scale agriculture in northern Mozambique