Julie G Zaehringer
Biographic Data
| ID | 145977 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julie G Zaehringer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julie G |
| FAMILY NAME | Zaehringer |
| SIGNATURE | ZAEHRINGER J G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bern |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3253-5128 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 150 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Inner dimensions, outer change
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is a critical livelihood activity across the Global South, but it remains enmeshed in environmental degradation and governance deficits. In Madre de Dios, Peru, government-led formalization efforts have failed to resolve these complex issues. Drawing on qualitative interviews with ten leaders from mining collectives and ten key informants, we apply a value-oriented leadership framework to explore how leaders’…
Exploring household preferences for ecosystem services as a basis for strategic land use and conservation planning
In rapidly changing tropical landscapes, large-scale resource exploitation threatens biodiversity, ecosystem services (ES) and human well-being. This study examines land use, ES and ecosystem disservices (EDS) in Savannakhet Province, Laos, focusing on household preferences amid shifting land use patterns. Using a survey of 336 households across 22 villages, we assessed preferences for 63 ES and 16 EDS, along with key land types providing or caus…
Unveiling pervasive assumptions
This paper reflects on the continued persistence of the idea in conservation research and practice that poverty drives biodiversity loss (the poverty-biodiversity loss association [PBLA]). We draw on evidence to show how the PBLA has proven resistant to counter-evidence and is particularly visible at local-level implementation, and is often implicit in conservation strategies. We untangle three underlying reasons that help to explain why the PBLA…
Reaping what we sow
In many transdisciplinary research settings, a lack of attention to the values underpinning project aims can inhibit stakeholder engagement and ultimately slow or undermine project outcomes. As a research collective (The Careoperative), we have developed a set of four shared values through a facilitated visioning process, as central to the way we work together: care, reflexivity, inclusivity, and collectivity. In this paper, we explore the implic…
Mixed impacts of protected areas and a cash crop boom on human well‐being in North‐Eastern Madagascar
Tropical forest frontier areas support the well‐being of local populations in myriad ways. Not only do they provide the material basis for people's livelihoods, they also sustain socio‐cultural foundations through relational values. They host some of the most biodiverse ecosystems and largest carbon stocks on the planet, and are thus a focus of global conservation efforts. They are also a prime location for the production of many global agricultu…
Exploring the relationship between plural values of nature, human well‐being, and conservation and development intervention
Globally, land and seascapes across the bioculturally diverse tropics are in transition. Impacted by the demands of distant consumers, the processes of global environmental change and numerous interventions seeking climate, conservation and development goals, these transitions have the potential to impact the relationships and plurality of values held between people and place. This paper is a Synthesis of seven empirical studies within the Specia…
Drivers and consequences of archetypical shifting cultivation transitions
Shifting cultivation remains an important land system in many tropical landscapes, but transitions away from shifting cultivation are increasingly common. So far, our knowledge on the social–economic and environmental drivers and consequences of such shifting cultivation transitions is incomplete, focusing on certain transitions, drivers, consequences or regions. Here, we use an archetype approach, validated through systematically identified lite…
Reflexive use of methods
In transformative sustainability science, reflexivity is considered critical for ethically sound and socially relevant research. In practice, many transdisciplinary knowledge co-production processes have faced problems in mitigating power hierarchies among the participating actors and the different types of knowledge. In this paper, we develop and test a reflexive framework that enables transdisciplinary researchers to convey more explicitly how …
Toward spatial fit in the governance of global commodity flows
Global commodity flows between distally connected social-ecological systems pose important challenges to sustainability governance. These challenges are partly due to difficulties in designing and implementing governance institutions that fit or match the scale of the environmental and social problems generated in such telecoupled systems. We focus on the spatial dimension of governance fit in relation to global commodity flows and telecoupled sy…
Patterning Conservation Flows
Conservation Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are crucial actors in global conservation governance. They shape resource flows, establish cross-sector and cross-scale networks, and influence conservation discourses and practices. While research on conservation NGOs is growing, less attention has been paid to how conservation NGOs structure their networks. In this article, we interrogate the interpersonal social relationships that underpin the…
How context affects transdisciplinary research
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-022-01201-3
Patterns of land system change in a Southeast Asian biodiversity hotspot
Growing demand for agricultural commodities like rubber or oil palm is causing rapid change in Southeast Asia's biodiversity-rich forested landscapes. This change is particularly pronounced in Myanmar, whose economy is developing at great speed after the end of decades-long economic and political isolation and armed conflicts. Interventions are needed to ensure that development is sustainable. Designing successful interventions requires spatially…
Large-scale agricultural investments in Eastern Africa
Available empirical evidence about the impacts of large-scale agricultural investments (LAIs) in low-income countries is skewed towards the assessment of economic benefits. How LAIs affect land use and the environment is less understood. This study assesses how small-scale farmers living close to an LAI perceive the changes LAI's inflict on land use, land management, and tree cover in Kenya, Mozambique, and Madagascar. It also investigates their …
Ecosystem Service Provision by Secondary Forests in Shifting Cultivation Areas Remains Poorly Understood
Six modes of co-production for sustainability
Creating leadership collectives for sustainability transformations
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-021-00909-y
Co-productive agility and four collaborative pathways to sustainability transformations
Co-production, the collaborative weaving of research and practice by diverse societal actors, is argued to play an important role in sustainability transformations. Yet, there is still poor understanding of how to navigate the tensions that emerge in these processes. Through analyzing 32 initiatives worldwide that co-produced knowledge and action to foster sustainable social-ecological relations, we conceptualize ‘co-productive agility’ as an eme…
Between a rock and a hard place
Once fire-resistant rainforests are becoming fire prone. Uncontrolled fires reflect new ecologies of the Anthropocene, driven by interactions of multiple actors and sectors across scales. They threaten the ecological integrity of tropical forests, impact global climate regimes and importantly cause considerable social and economic burdens. Numerous smallholder farming communities throughout the forested tropics experience the immediate place-base…
Identifying agents of change for sustainable land governance
Why do large-scale agricultural investments induce different socio-economic, food security, and environmental impacts? Evidence from Kenya, Madagascar, and Mozambique
Oberlack, C., M. Giger, W. Anseeuw, C. Adelle, M. Bourblanc, P. Burnod, S. Eckert, W. Fitawek, E. Fouilleux, S. L. Hendriks, B. Kiteme, L. Masola, Z. Mawoko, S. Mercandalli, A. Reys, M. da Silva, M. van der Laan, J. G. Zaehringer, and P. Messerli. 2021. Why do large-scale agricultural investments induce different socio-economic, food security, and environmental impacts? Evidence from Kenya, Madagascar, and Mozambique. Ecology and Society 26(4):18…
Poverty trends in villages affected by land-based investments in rural Laos
The cash crop boom in southern Myanmar
Tropical forest landscapes are undergoing vast transformations. Myanmar was long an exceptionto this trend–until recent policy reforms put economic development at the forefront. Underambiguous land rights, commercial agriculture has spread rapidly, causing an unprecedentedloss of biodiversity-rich forest. In south-eastern Myanmar, where land tenure is highly contesteddue to several decades of conflict, scientific evidence on these complex social-…
Large agricultural investments in Kenya’s Nanyuki Area
Protecting half of the planet could directly affect over one billion people
Utilization of research knowledge in sustainable development pathways
Co-productive agility and four collaborative pathways to sustainability transformations
Co-production, the collaborative weaving of research and practice by diverse societal actors, is argued to play an important role in sustainability transformations. Yet, there is still poor understanding of how to navigate the tensions that emerge in these processes. Through analyzing 32 initiatives worldwide that co-produced knowledge and action to foster sustainable social-ecological relations, we conceptualize ‘co-productive agility’ as an eme…
Six modes of co-production for sustainability
Protecting half of the planet could directly affect over one billion people
Utilization of research knowledge in sustainable development pathways
Creating leadership collectives for sustainability transformations
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-021-00909-y
Reflexive use of methods
In transformative sustainability science, reflexivity is considered critical for ethically sound and socially relevant research. In practice, many transdisciplinary knowledge co-production processes have faced problems in mitigating power hierarchies among the participating actors and the different types of knowledge. In this paper, we develop and test a reflexive framework that enables transdisciplinary researchers to convey more explicitly how …
Between a rock and a hard place
Once fire-resistant rainforests are becoming fire prone. Uncontrolled fires reflect new ecologies of the Anthropocene, driven by interactions of multiple actors and sectors across scales. They threaten the ecological integrity of tropical forests, impact global climate regimes and importantly cause considerable social and economic burdens. Numerous smallholder farming communities throughout the forested tropics experience the immediate place-base…
How context affects transdisciplinary research
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-022-01201-3
Identifying agents of change for sustainable land governance
Toward spatial fit in the governance of global commodity flows
Global commodity flows between distally connected social-ecological systems pose important challenges to sustainability governance. These challenges are partly due to difficulties in designing and implementing governance institutions that fit or match the scale of the environmental and social problems generated in such telecoupled systems. We focus on the spatial dimension of governance fit in relation to global commodity flows and telecoupled sy…
Why do large-scale agricultural investments induce different socio-economic, food security, and environmental impacts? Evidence from Kenya, Madagascar, and Mozambique
Oberlack, C., M. Giger, W. Anseeuw, C. Adelle, M. Bourblanc, P. Burnod, S. Eckert, W. Fitawek, E. Fouilleux, S. L. Hendriks, B. Kiteme, L. Masola, Z. Mawoko, S. Mercandalli, A. Reys, M. da Silva, M. van der Laan, J. G. Zaehringer, and P. Messerli. 2021. Why do large-scale agricultural investments induce different socio-economic, food security, and environmental impacts? Evidence from Kenya, Madagascar, and Mozambique. Ecology and Society 26(4):18…
Large agricultural investments in Kenya’s Nanyuki Area
Protecting half of the planet could directly affect over one billion people
Utilization of research knowledge in sustainable development pathways
Poverty trends in villages affected by land-based investments in rural Laos
The cash crop boom in southern Myanmar
Tropical forest landscapes are undergoing vast transformations. Myanmar was long an exceptionto this trend–until recent policy reforms put economic development at the forefront. Underambiguous land rights, commercial agriculture has spread rapidly, causing an unprecedentedloss of biodiversity-rich forest. In south-eastern Myanmar, where land tenure is highly contesteddue to several decades of conflict, scientific evidence on these complex social-…
Large agricultural investments in Kenya’s Nanyuki Area
Patterns of land system change in a Southeast Asian biodiversity hotspot
Growing demand for agricultural commodities like rubber or oil palm is causing rapid change in Southeast Asia's biodiversity-rich forested landscapes. This change is particularly pronounced in Myanmar, whose economy is developing at great speed after the end of decades-long economic and political isolation and armed conflicts. Interventions are needed to ensure that development is sustainable. Designing successful interventions requires spatially…
Large-scale agricultural investments in Eastern Africa
Available empirical evidence about the impacts of large-scale agricultural investments (LAIs) in low-income countries is skewed towards the assessment of economic benefits. How LAIs affect land use and the environment is less understood. This study assesses how small-scale farmers living close to an LAI perceive the changes LAI's inflict on land use, land management, and tree cover in Kenya, Mozambique, and Madagascar. It also investigates their …
Ecosystem Service Provision by Secondary Forests in Shifting Cultivation Areas Remains Poorly Understood
Six modes of co-production for sustainability
Creating leadership collectives for sustainability transformations
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-021-00909-y
Co-productive agility and four collaborative pathways to sustainability transformations
Co-production, the collaborative weaving of research and practice by diverse societal actors, is argued to play an important role in sustainability transformations. Yet, there is still poor understanding of how to navigate the tensions that emerge in these processes. Through analyzing 32 initiatives worldwide that co-produced knowledge and action to foster sustainable social-ecological relations, we conceptualize ‘co-productive agility’ as an eme…
Between a rock and a hard place
Once fire-resistant rainforests are becoming fire prone. Uncontrolled fires reflect new ecologies of the Anthropocene, driven by interactions of multiple actors and sectors across scales. They threaten the ecological integrity of tropical forests, impact global climate regimes and importantly cause considerable social and economic burdens. Numerous smallholder farming communities throughout the forested tropics experience the immediate place-base…
Identifying agents of change for sustainable land governance
Why do large-scale agricultural investments induce different socio-economic, food security, and environmental impacts? Evidence from Kenya, Madagascar, and Mozambique
Oberlack, C., M. Giger, W. Anseeuw, C. Adelle, M. Bourblanc, P. Burnod, S. Eckert, W. Fitawek, E. Fouilleux, S. L. Hendriks, B. Kiteme, L. Masola, Z. Mawoko, S. Mercandalli, A. Reys, M. da Silva, M. van der Laan, J. G. Zaehringer, and P. Messerli. 2021. Why do large-scale agricultural investments induce different socio-economic, food security, and environmental impacts? Evidence from Kenya, Madagascar, and Mozambique. Ecology and Society 26(4):18…
Patterning Conservation Flows
Conservation Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are crucial actors in global conservation governance. They shape resource flows, establish cross-sector and cross-scale networks, and influence conservation discourses and practices. While research on conservation NGOs is growing, less attention has been paid to how conservation NGOs structure their networks. In this article, we interrogate the interpersonal social relationships that underpin the…
How context affects transdisciplinary research
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-022-01201-3
Mixed impacts of protected areas and a cash crop boom on human well‐being in North‐Eastern Madagascar
Tropical forest frontier areas support the well‐being of local populations in myriad ways. Not only do they provide the material basis for people's livelihoods, they also sustain socio‐cultural foundations through relational values. They host some of the most biodiverse ecosystems and largest carbon stocks on the planet, and are thus a focus of global conservation efforts. They are also a prime location for the production of many global agricultu…
Exploring the relationship between plural values of nature, human well‐being, and conservation and development intervention
Globally, land and seascapes across the bioculturally diverse tropics are in transition. Impacted by the demands of distant consumers, the processes of global environmental change and numerous interventions seeking climate, conservation and development goals, these transitions have the potential to impact the relationships and plurality of values held between people and place. This paper is a Synthesis of seven empirical studies within the Specia…
Drivers and consequences of archetypical shifting cultivation transitions
Shifting cultivation remains an important land system in many tropical landscapes, but transitions away from shifting cultivation are increasingly common. So far, our knowledge on the social–economic and environmental drivers and consequences of such shifting cultivation transitions is incomplete, focusing on certain transitions, drivers, consequences or regions. Here, we use an archetype approach, validated through systematically identified lite…
Reflexive use of methods
In transformative sustainability science, reflexivity is considered critical for ethically sound and socially relevant research. In practice, many transdisciplinary knowledge co-production processes have faced problems in mitigating power hierarchies among the participating actors and the different types of knowledge. In this paper, we develop and test a reflexive framework that enables transdisciplinary researchers to convey more explicitly how …
Toward spatial fit in the governance of global commodity flows
Global commodity flows between distally connected social-ecological systems pose important challenges to sustainability governance. These challenges are partly due to difficulties in designing and implementing governance institutions that fit or match the scale of the environmental and social problems generated in such telecoupled systems. We focus on the spatial dimension of governance fit in relation to global commodity flows and telecoupled sy…
Unveiling pervasive assumptions
This paper reflects on the continued persistence of the idea in conservation research and practice that poverty drives biodiversity loss (the poverty-biodiversity loss association [PBLA]). We draw on evidence to show how the PBLA has proven resistant to counter-evidence and is particularly visible at local-level implementation, and is often implicit in conservation strategies. We untangle three underlying reasons that help to explain why the PBLA…
Reaping what we sow
In many transdisciplinary research settings, a lack of attention to the values underpinning project aims can inhibit stakeholder engagement and ultimately slow or undermine project outcomes. As a research collective (The Careoperative), we have developed a set of four shared values through a facilitated visioning process, as central to the way we work together: care, reflexivity, inclusivity, and collectivity. In this paper, we explore the implic…
Inner dimensions, outer change
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is a critical livelihood activity across the Global South, but it remains enmeshed in environmental degradation and governance deficits. In Madre de Dios, Peru, government-led formalization efforts have failed to resolve these complex issues. Drawing on qualitative interviews with ten leaders from mining collectives and ten key informants, we apply a value-oriented leadership framework to explore how leaders’…
Exploring household preferences for ecosystem services as a basis for strategic land use and conservation planning
In rapidly changing tropical landscapes, large-scale resource exploitation threatens biodiversity, ecosystem services (ES) and human well-being. This study examines land use, ES and ecosystem disservices (EDS) in Savannakhet Province, Laos, focusing on household preferences amid shifting land use patterns. Using a survey of 336 households across 22 villages, we assessed preferences for 63 ES and 16 EDS, along with key land types providing or caus…
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (16 works) · Ecology (16 works) · Geography (16 works) · Economics (15 works) · Business (12 works) · Environmental resource management (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Agriculture (10 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (9 works) · Natural resource economics (9 works)