Jeffrey Sayer

Biographic Data

ID	114406
NAME	Jeffrey Sayer
GIVEN NAMES	Jeffrey
FAMILY NAME	Sayer
SIGNATURE	SAYER J
AFFILIATIONS	James Cook University
ORCID	0000-0002-4087-0794
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	44
TOTAL CITATIONS	145
AUTHOR COUNT	43
EDITOR COUNT	1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1992
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	7

Resilient Forest Management
Jeffrey SayerARTICLEThe International Forestry Review2026
Beyond imperfect maps: Evidence for Eudr ‐compliant agroforestry
Open AccessMeine Van Noordwijk, Sonya Dewi et al.ARTICLEPeople and Nature2025
Not all good intentions lead to effective and fair policy designs, as their implementation creates new problems. The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) may be an example. In targeting ‘deforestation‐free’ trade, it forces a complex social–ecological reality into an oversimplified forest–non‐forest representation. The forest definition used refers to tree cover but excludes farmer‐managed agroforestry (AF). Not all tree cover indicates…
Anticipatory governance for responsible investment in energy transition minerals in the Western Congo Basin
Open AccessFideline Mboringong, Rebecca Anne Riggs et al.ARTICLEThe Extractive Industries and…2025References: 37
Energy transition minerals could transform the Western Congo Basin. • Supporting anticipatory governance can guide responsible investment. • Learning from past and emerging initiatives can help to develop capabilities. • Just and sustainable futures require strengthening institutional capability. Demand for Energy Transition Minerals and Metals (ETMs) for clean energy technologies is driving a new wave of investment in mining. Many African countr…
Common ground: Integrated landscape approaches and small and medium forest enterprises for vibrant forest landscapes
Open AccessRebecca Anne Riggs, James D Langston et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2021Cited by: 1References: 21
Governance challenges to landscape restoration in Indonesia
Open AccessJeffrey Sayer, Agni Klintuni Boedhihartono et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2021Cited by: 3References: 40
Evaluating policy coherence: A case study of peatland forests on the Kampar Peninsula landscape, Indonesia
Open AccessDwi Amalia Sari, Chris Margules et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2021Cited by: 2References: 54
People and biodiversity in the 21st century: This article belongs to Ambio’s 50th Anniversary Collection. Theme: Biodiversity conservation
Open AccessJeffrey Sayer, C R Margules et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2021Cited by: 2References: 22
Broadening ambition of forest policies: The Spears legacy
Open AccessNeil Byron, R N Byron et al.ARTICLEThe International Forestry Review2020
Tropical forests rose to prominence in international conservation in the late 1970s. Fifty years have now elapsed during which forest conservation has remained a subject of continuous debate and controversy. There have been multiple forest conservation initiatives and a diversity of proposals made to define what human societies require of forests and how to sustain those requirements. The debate about tropical forests has suffered from the phenom…
An island in transition: Governing conservation and development in Seram, Indonesia
Open AccessJames D Langston, Rebecca Anne Riggs et al.ARTICLESingapore Journal of Tropical…2020
Seram is Indonesia's 8th largest island. It is central to the historic spice islands, once a hotbed for international trade of profitable tree‐products, primarily clove and nutmeg. Recent increased rates of social and ecological change, including costly conflicts, present Seram with new challenges and opportunities for conservation and development. Using place‐based transdisciplinary research methods, we diagnose the problems emerging in Seram. E…
Wild Meat Trade Chain on the Bird's Head Peninsula of West Papua Province, Indonesia
Open AccessFreddy Pattiselanno, Janice K F Lloyd et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnobiology2020Cited by: 1References: 33
Wild meat has long been a staple of rural communities in West Papua Province, Indonesia. However, development of commercial networks has resulted in wild meat being increasingly transported in from forests to urban areas. This study describes the structure and operation of the wild meat trade chain along the coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula (BHP) of West Papua, including how wild meat flows from forests to urban areas and contributes to local l…
Road improvement enhances smallholder productivity and reduces forest encroachment in Ghana
Open AccessEmmanuel Opoku Acheampong, Jeffrey Sayer et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2018References: 5
Incorporating governance into forest transition frameworks to understand and influence Cambodia's forest landscapes
Open AccessRebecca Anne Riggs, James D Langston et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2018Cited by: 7References: 15
Will China redefine development patterns in Africa? Evidence from Cameroon
Open AccessLingfei Weng, Jeffrey Sayer et al.ARTICLEThe Extractive Industries and…2017References: 8
Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries
Open AccessBruce Campbell, Bruce M Campbell et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2017Cited by: 32
Campbell, B. M., D. J. Beare, E. M. Bennett, J. M. Hall-Spencer, J. S. I. Ingram, F. Jaramillo, R. Ortiz, N. Ramankutty, J. A. Sayer, and D. Shindell. 2017. Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries. Ecology and Society 22(4):8. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09595-220408
Engaging communities in managing multiple hazards: Reflections from small islands in North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Open AccessMercy Maggy Franky Rampengan, Lisa Law et al.ARTICLESingapore Journal of Tropical…2016
Participatory methods are a common approach for giving voice to local communities in hazard and disaster research. Drawing on a study that trialled and modified a range of participatory methods in North Sulawesi, eastern Indonesia, this paper reflects on how such methods help document the capacities of small island communities. We assessed capacity from a sustainable livelihoods perspective, identifying the assets that enable villagers to cope wi…
Measuring the effectiveness of landscape approaches to conservation and development
Open AccessJeffrey Sayer, Chris Margules et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2016Cited by: 17References: 12
Forest tenure and conflict in Indonesia: Contested rights in Rempek Village, Lombok
Open AccessRebecca Anne Riggs, Jeffrey Sayer et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2016Cited by: 5References: 21
Agroforestry on an Active Volcanic Small Island inIndonesia: Prospering with Adversity
Open AccessMercy Maggy Franky Rampengan, Agni Klintuni Boedhihartono et al.ARTICLEGeographical Research2016References: 48
This paper draws on the literature on agroforestry, disaster risk reduction, and livelihoods of people on small islands as it applies to a community prospering in conditions of adversity inKinali village onSiauIsland,Indonesia. Siau Island produces between one-third and one-half of all nutmeg and mace exported fromIndonesia. TheKinali community has adopted strategies that enable it to prosper in spite of the risks of living on a small island with…
Landscape scenarios visualized by Baka and Aka Pygmies in the Congo Basin
Agni Klintuni Boedhihartono, Dominique Endamana et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2015
We describe our attempts to use visualization techniques to engage the Baka and Aka in the North-West Congo Basin in a debate about their preferred future options. Baka and Aka Pygmies in the Sangha Tri-National landscape live in extreme poverty and score poorly on most development indicators. Their traditional livelihoods have suffered as their forests are taken over by outsiders for farming and logging. Conservation programmes deny them access …
Comparative development benefits from small and large scale mines in North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Open AccessJames D Langston, Muhammad I Lubis et al.ARTICLEThe Extractive Industries and…2015Cited by: 2References: 12
Asian investment at artisanal and small-scale mines in rural Cameroon
Open AccessLingfei Weng, Dominique Endamana et al.ARTICLEThe Extractive Industries and…2014Cited by: 7References: 21
Landscape approaches; what are the pre-conditions for success
Open AccessJeffrey Sayer, Chris Margules et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2014Cited by: 16References: 5
Ten principles for a landscape approach to reconciling agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses
Open AccessJeffrey Sayer, Terry Sunderland et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2013
“Landscape approaches” seek to provide tools and concepts for allocating and managing land to achieve social, economic, and environmental objectives in areas where agriculture, mining, and other productive land uses compete with environmental and biodiversity goals. Here we synthesize the current consensus on landscape approaches. This is based on published literature and a consensus-building process to define good practice and is validated by a …
Oil palm expansion transforms tropical landscapes and livelihoods
Open AccessJeffrey Sayer, Jaboury Ghazoul et al.ARTICLEGlobal Food Security2012
Evidence-based Conservation: Lessons from the lower Mekong
Minh Ha Hoang, Terry C H Sunderland et al.BOOKEvidence-based conservation2012

Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa
Jeffrey SayerBOOKConservation Atlas of Tropical…1992
The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Asia and the Pacific
Norman Pye, N Mark Collins et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1993
The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa
James Delehanty, Jeffrey Sayer et al.ARTICLEAfrican Studies Review1994
Technological advance and the conservation of resources
Jeffrey Sayer, J A Sayer et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…1996
This paper reviews the nature of technological changes in forestry and the forest industries and their impacts on forest conservation and deforestation. While noting that technological changes have made available substantially more forest products to consumers, with higher quality and/or at lower prices than would otherwise have been possible, not all impacts have been positive. The authors take a long-term perspective of how changes in technolog…
Tropical Forest Biodiversity and the World Heritage Convention
Jeffrey Sayer, Natarajan Ishwaran et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2000References: 5
The World Heritage Convention has been ratified by 158 countries and provides an international legal regime for the conservation of sites of global cultural or natural value. There are 33 tropical forest sites listed under the convention, mainly for their global biodiversity value. They constitute an elite set of biodiversity sites covering approximately 2.5% of the world's closed tropical forests and making a significant contribution to the cons…
Tropical Forest Biodiversity and the World Heritage Convention
Jeffrey Sayer, Natarajan Ishwaran et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2000Cited by: 6
The World Heritage Convention has been ratified by 158 countries and provides an international legal regime for the conservation of sites of global cultural or natural value. There are 33 tropical forest sites listed under the convention, mainly for their global biodiversity value. They constitute an elite set of biodiversity sites covering approximately 2.5% of the world's closed tropical forests and making a significant contribution to the cons…
Voicing interests and concerns: Challenges for forest research
Open AccessJeff Burley, Risto Seppälä et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2001Cited by: 2
Research to Integrate Productivity Enhancement, Environmental Protection, and Human Development
Open AccessJeffrey Sayer, Jeffrey A Sayer et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2002
Sayer, J. A. and B. Campbell 2002. Research to Integrate Productivity Enhancement, Environmental Protection, and Human Development. Conservation Ecology 5(2):32. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-00300-050232
Assessing the Performance of Natural Resource Systems
Open AccessBruce Campbell, Jeffrey Sayer et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2002
Campbell, B., J. A. Sayer, P. Frost, S. Vermeulen, M. Ruiz-Pérez, T. Cunningham and R. Prabhu 2001. Assessing the Performance of Natural Resource Systems. Conservation Ecology 5(2):22. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-00316-050222
The Principles of Conservation and Development: Do They Apply in Malinau
Open AccessAgni Klintuni Boedhihartono, Petrus Gunarso et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2007Cited by: 1
Boedhihartono, A. K., P. Gunarso, P. Levang, and J. Sayer 2007. The principles of conservation and development: do they apply in Malinau? Ecology and Society 12(2): 2. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02060-120202
Improving the Effectiveness of Interventions to Balance Conservation and Development: A Conceptual Framework
Open AccessStephen T Garnett, Jeffrey Sayer et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2007Cited by: 18
Garnett, S. T., J. Sayer, and J. Du Toit. 2007. Improving the effectiveness of interventions to balance conservation and development: a conceptual framework. Ecology and Society 12(1): 2. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-01963-120102
Mediating Forest Transitions: Grand Design′ or ′Muddling Through
Open AccessJeffrey Sayer, Gary Bullb et al.ARTICLEConservation and Society2008
Present biodiversity conservation programmes in the remaining extensive forest blocks of the humid trop??ics are failing to achieve outcomes that will be viable in the medium to long term. Too much emphasis is given to what we term 'grand design'-ambitious and idealistic plans for conservation. Such plans im??plicitly oppose or restrict development and often attempt to block it by speculatively establishing paper parks. Insufficient recognition i…
External Influences on and Conditions for Community Logging Management in Cameroon
Open AccessDriss Ezzine De Blas, Manuel Ruiz Pérez et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2008Cited by: 14References: 6
When Donors Get Cold Feet: The Community Conservation Concession in Setulang (Kalimantan, Indonesia) that Never Happened
Open AccessSven Wunder, Bruce Campbell et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2008Cited by: 2
Wunder, S., B. Campbell, P. G. H. Frost, J. A. Sayer, R. Iwan, and L. Wollenberg. 2008. When donors get cold feet: the community conservation concession in Setulang (Kalimantan, Indonesia) that never happened. Ecology and Society 13(1): 12. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02376-130112
Navigating Trade-Offs: Working for Conservation and Development Outcomes
Open AccessBruce Campbell, Bruce M Campbell et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2010Cited by: 3
"In this introductory essay, we synthesize some lessons from integrated conservation-development initiatives in developing countries, drawing particularly on the case study material in this special issue. There is an emerging consensus that at the heart of achieving positive outcomes are a core of institutional issues involving landscape governance, trust building, empowerment, and good communication, all implying long-term commitment by, and fle…
The Role of Participatory Modeling in Landscape Approaches to Reconcile Conservation and Development
Open AccessMarieke Sandker, Bruce Campbell et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2010Cited by: 2
Sandker, M., B. M. Campbell, M. Ruiz-Pérez, J. A. Sayer, R. Cowling, H. Kassa, and A. T. Knight. 2010. The role of participatory modeling in landscape approaches to reconcile conservation and development. Ecology and Society 15(2): 13. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03400-150213
Logging or conservation concession: Exploring conservation and development outcomes in Dzanga-Sangha, Central African Republic
Open AccessMarieke Sandker, BrunoBokoto-de Semboli et al.ARTICLEConservation and Society2011
The Dzanga-Sangha landscape consists of a national park surrounded by production forest. It is subject to an integrated conservation and development project (ICDP). In collaboration with the ICDP personnel, a participatory model was constructed to explore wildlife conservation and industrial logging scenarios for the landscape. Three management options for the landscape's production forest were modelled: (I) 'predatory logging', exploitation by a…
Science for action: The use of scoping models in conservation and development
Open AccessNeil Collier, Bruce Campbell et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2011References: 6
Oil palm expansion transforms tropical landscapes and livelihoods
Open AccessJeffrey Sayer, Jaboury Ghazoul et al.ARTICLEGlobal Food Security2012
Evidence-based Conservation: Lessons from the lower Mekong
Minh Ha Hoang, Terry C H Sunderland et al.BOOKEvidence-based conservation2012
Forest Governance in a Changing World: Reconciling Local and Global Values
Jeffrey Sayer, Jeffrey A Sayer et al.ARTICLEThe Round Table2012Cited by: 2References: 7
There has been intense international debate on the governance of forests, in particular tropical forests. This has been driven by contrasting pressures from conservation and human rights groups, respectively calling for global values to prevail so as to protect biodiversity and reduce climate change, or for freedom of choice that empowers local people with the right to manage their own forests. Both sides have condemned irresponsible behaviour by…
Ten principles for a landscape approach to reconciling agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses
Open AccessJeffrey Sayer, Terry Sunderland et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2013
“Landscape approaches” seek to provide tools and concepts for allocating and managing land to achieve social, economic, and environmental objectives in areas where agriculture, mining, and other productive land uses compete with environmental and biodiversity goals. Here we synthesize the current consensus on landscape approaches. This is based on published literature and a consensus-building process to define good practice and is validated by a …
Asian investment at artisanal and small-scale mines in rural Cameroon
Open AccessLingfei Weng, Dominique Endamana et al.ARTICLEThe Extractive Industries and…2014Cited by: 7References: 21
Landscape approaches; what are the pre-conditions for success
Open AccessJeffrey Sayer, Chris Margules et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2014Cited by: 16References: 5
Landscape scenarios visualized by Baka and Aka Pygmies in the Congo Basin
Agni Klintuni Boedhihartono, Dominique Endamana et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2015
We describe our attempts to use visualization techniques to engage the Baka and Aka in the North-West Congo Basin in a debate about their preferred future options. Baka and Aka Pygmies in the Sangha Tri-National landscape live in extreme poverty and score poorly on most development indicators. Their traditional livelihoods have suffered as their forests are taken over by outsiders for farming and logging. Conservation programmes deny them access …