Lasse Loft
Biographic Data
| ID | 1571867 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lasse Loft |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lasse |
| FAMILY NAME | Loft |
| SIGNATURE | LOFT L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5640-7289 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Local voices on conservation equity: Farmer perceptions in Ghana's incentive-based agroforestry program
Incentive-based conservation initiatives are continually promoted as instruments for restoring degraded forest landscapes, yet their legitimacy depends on the perceived fairness of procedural equity. Despite extensive studies on Ghana's Modified Taungya System, there remains limited empirical evidence on procedural equity from farmers' perspectives. This study explores farmers' perspectives on procedural equity and the actual benefits and burdens…
Unravelling nature's values in EU agricultural policy: A critical discourse analysis
Agriculture plays a dual role as both a key driver and a potential solution for biodiversity loss. Farmers, holding a variety of values related to nature, are therefore key actors in biodiversity conservation. EU environmental policies, however, neglect this value diversity, potentially leading to ineffective and unjust outcomes. Acknowledging the EU Common Agricultural Policy's (CAP) substantial influence on farmers and nature conservation, we e…
Will the EU deforestation-free products regulation (Eudr) reduce tropical forest loss? Insights from three producer countries
Gold mining in the Colombian Amazon: Empirical insights on the links between sustainability, equity, and power
Gold mining is widespread in the Colombian Amazon and negatively impacts biodiversity, climate, and social equity. While some claim that sustainable gold mining can address these issues, we have analyzed different narratives of sustainable gold mining, focusing on equity and power dimensions. Our research, conducted through participatory observation and interviews across scales between 2022 and 2023, involved local miners, Indigenous representati…
A decolonial and participatory research approach to envision equitable transformations toward sustainability in the Amazon
How people relate to and see themselves as part of nature relations differs worldwide and often depends on culture and worldviews. Nonetheless, challenging the dominant Euro-Western epistemic domination is needed to attain more equitable and sustainable future visions. This change entails fostering decolonial mediation between different knowledge systems in a context of intersectional difference. The collective struggles of Black, Indigenous, and…
Lost in action: Climate friendly use of European peatlands needs coherence and incentive-based policies
An environmental justice perspective on ecosystem services
Mainstreaming of ecosystem service approaches has been proposed as one path toward sustainable development. Meanwhile, critics of ecosystem services question if the approach can account for the multiple values of ecosystems to diverse groups of people, or for aspects of inter- and intra-generational justice. In particular, an ecosystem service approach often overlooks power dimensions and capabilities that are core to environmental justice. This …
Scanning the solutions for the sustainable supply of forest ecosystem services in Europe
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-022-01111-4
How fair can incentive-based conservation get? The interdependence of distributional and contextual equity in Vietnam's payments for Forest Environmental Services Program
Effectiveness and equity of Payments for Ecosystem Services: Real-effort experiments with Vietnamese land users
Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) are widespread in conservation policy. In PES, environmental effectiveness and social equity are often perceived as conflicting goals. Empirical studies on the relationship between popular design features, such as payment differentiation and payment conditionality, and effectiveness and equity are scarce. Further, they struggle with measuring and separating ecological and equity outcomes. In this study, we co…
Whose Equity Matters? National to Local Equity Perceptions in Vietnam's Payments for Forest Ecosystem Services Scheme
The Economic Approach to Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity: Policy Design and Institutions Matter
An economic approach to ecosystem services provision and biodiversity conservation may add a rationale for addressing conservation objectives in the policy sphere. It also has the potential to raise additional funding sources through market-based instruments. However, it is important to clearly take into account and communicate the challenges and limitations of valuation and the design of policy instruments .Economic approaches continue to gain t…
Benefit Distribution and Equity in Ecuador's Socio Bosque Program
In this article we analyze the equity and distribution of financial incentives in Ecuador's Programa Socio Bosque (PSB). PSB aims to conserve native ecosystems on privately owned lands while reducing rural poverty. Based on the analysis of 1,563 conservation contracts, representing nearly 900,000 ha of land in Ecuador and more than 90,000 beneficiaries, we scrutinize the regional distribution of benefits among three regions (the Coast, the Andes,…
Who Should Benefit from Redd+? Rationales and Realities
Luttrell, C., L. Loft, M. F. Gebara, D. Kweka, M. Brockhaus, A. Angelsen, and W. D. Sunderlin. 2013. Who should benefit from REDD+? Rationales and realities. Ecology and Society 18(4): 52. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05834-180452
Benefit Distribution and Equity in Ecuador's Socio Bosque Program
In this article we analyze the equity and distribution of financial incentives in Ecuador's Programa Socio Bosque (PSB). PSB aims to conserve native ecosystems on privately owned lands while reducing rural poverty. Based on the analysis of 1,563 conservation contracts, representing nearly 900,000 ha of land in Ecuador and more than 90,000 beneficiaries, we scrutinize the regional distribution of benefits among three regions (the Coast, the Andes,…
An environmental justice perspective on ecosystem services
Mainstreaming of ecosystem service approaches has been proposed as one path toward sustainable development. Meanwhile, critics of ecosystem services question if the approach can account for the multiple values of ecosystems to diverse groups of people, or for aspects of inter- and intra-generational justice. In particular, an ecosystem service approach often overlooks power dimensions and capabilities that are core to environmental justice. This …
Who Should Benefit from Redd+? Rationales and Realities
Luttrell, C., L. Loft, M. F. Gebara, D. Kweka, M. Brockhaus, A. Angelsen, and W. D. Sunderlin. 2013. Who should benefit from REDD+? Rationales and realities. Ecology and Society 18(4): 52. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05834-180452
Scanning the solutions for the sustainable supply of forest ecosystem services in Europe
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-022-01111-4
Lost in action: Climate friendly use of European peatlands needs coherence and incentive-based policies
Effectiveness and equity of Payments for Ecosystem Services: Real-effort experiments with Vietnamese land users
Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) are widespread in conservation policy. In PES, environmental effectiveness and social equity are often perceived as conflicting goals. Empirical studies on the relationship between popular design features, such as payment differentiation and payment conditionality, and effectiveness and equity are scarce. Further, they struggle with measuring and separating ecological and equity outcomes. In this study, we co…
A decolonial and participatory research approach to envision equitable transformations toward sustainability in the Amazon
How people relate to and see themselves as part of nature relations differs worldwide and often depends on culture and worldviews. Nonetheless, challenging the dominant Euro-Western epistemic domination is needed to attain more equitable and sustainable future visions. This change entails fostering decolonial mediation between different knowledge systems in a context of intersectional difference. The collective struggles of Black, Indigenous, and…
Benefit Distribution and Equity in Ecuador's Socio Bosque Program
In this article we analyze the equity and distribution of financial incentives in Ecuador's Programa Socio Bosque (PSB). PSB aims to conserve native ecosystems on privately owned lands while reducing rural poverty. Based on the analysis of 1,563 conservation contracts, representing nearly 900,000 ha of land in Ecuador and more than 90,000 beneficiaries, we scrutinize the regional distribution of benefits among three regions (the Coast, the Andes,…
Who Should Benefit from Redd+? Rationales and Realities
Luttrell, C., L. Loft, M. F. Gebara, D. Kweka, M. Brockhaus, A. Angelsen, and W. D. Sunderlin. 2013. Who should benefit from REDD+? Rationales and realities. Ecology and Society 18(4): 52. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05834-180452
The Economic Approach to Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity: Policy Design and Institutions Matter
An economic approach to ecosystem services provision and biodiversity conservation may add a rationale for addressing conservation objectives in the policy sphere. It also has the potential to raise additional funding sources through market-based instruments. However, it is important to clearly take into account and communicate the challenges and limitations of valuation and the design of policy instruments .Economic approaches continue to gain t…
Whose Equity Matters? National to Local Equity Perceptions in Vietnam's Payments for Forest Ecosystem Services Scheme
How fair can incentive-based conservation get? The interdependence of distributional and contextual equity in Vietnam's payments for Forest Environmental Services Program
Effectiveness and equity of Payments for Ecosystem Services: Real-effort experiments with Vietnamese land users
Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) are widespread in conservation policy. In PES, environmental effectiveness and social equity are often perceived as conflicting goals. Empirical studies on the relationship between popular design features, such as payment differentiation and payment conditionality, and effectiveness and equity are scarce. Further, they struggle with measuring and separating ecological and equity outcomes. In this study, we co…
Scanning the solutions for the sustainable supply of forest ecosystem services in Europe
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-022-01111-4
Lost in action: Climate friendly use of European peatlands needs coherence and incentive-based policies
An environmental justice perspective on ecosystem services
Mainstreaming of ecosystem service approaches has been proposed as one path toward sustainable development. Meanwhile, critics of ecosystem services question if the approach can account for the multiple values of ecosystems to diverse groups of people, or for aspects of inter- and intra-generational justice. In particular, an ecosystem service approach often overlooks power dimensions and capabilities that are core to environmental justice. This …
Unravelling nature's values in EU agricultural policy: A critical discourse analysis
Agriculture plays a dual role as both a key driver and a potential solution for biodiversity loss. Farmers, holding a variety of values related to nature, are therefore key actors in biodiversity conservation. EU environmental policies, however, neglect this value diversity, potentially leading to ineffective and unjust outcomes. Acknowledging the EU Common Agricultural Policy's (CAP) substantial influence on farmers and nature conservation, we e…
Will the EU deforestation-free products regulation (Eudr) reduce tropical forest loss? Insights from three producer countries
Gold mining in the Colombian Amazon: Empirical insights on the links between sustainability, equity, and power
Gold mining is widespread in the Colombian Amazon and negatively impacts biodiversity, climate, and social equity. While some claim that sustainable gold mining can address these issues, we have analyzed different narratives of sustainable gold mining, focusing on equity and power dimensions. Our research, conducted through participatory observation and interviews across scales between 2022 and 2023, involved local miners, Indigenous representati…
A decolonial and participatory research approach to envision equitable transformations toward sustainability in the Amazon
How people relate to and see themselves as part of nature relations differs worldwide and often depends on culture and worldviews. Nonetheless, challenging the dominant Euro-Western epistemic domination is needed to attain more equitable and sustainable future visions. This change entails fostering decolonial mediation between different knowledge systems in a context of intersectional difference. The collective struggles of Black, Indigenous, and…
Local voices on conservation equity: Farmer perceptions in Ghana's incentive-based agroforestry program
Incentive-based conservation initiatives are continually promoted as instruments for restoring degraded forest landscapes, yet their legitimacy depends on the perceived fairness of procedural equity. Despite extensive studies on Ghana's Modified Taungya System, there remains limited empirical evidence on procedural equity from farmers' perspectives. This study explores farmers' perspectives on procedural equity and the actual benefits and burdens…
Ecology (10 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Environmental resource management (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Ecosystem (6 works) · Ecosystem services (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Economic and Environmental Valuation (5 works)