Karen E Allen

Biographic Data

ID1575256
NAMEKaren E Allen
GIVEN NAMESKaren E
FAMILY NAMEAllen
SIGNATUREALLEN K E
AFFILIATIONSFurman University
ORCID0000-0003-1632-5662
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS19
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Horizontal portability

    Open AccessAustin Himes, Barbara Muraca et al.ARTICLEPeople and Nature2025

    Relational values feature prominently in recent international efforts to protect global biodiversity. In this article, we provide a conceptual approach for researchers, facilitators and policy‐makers to adequately represent place‐based relational values in assessments of nature's value that inform practice and policy. We suggest employing horizontal portability as an alternative and complement to the dominant mode of assessing nature's value via …

  • Cultivating connections

    Open AccessCourtney Quinn, Karen E Allen et al.ARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values2025References: 3

    Local food purchasing options have expanded significantly in the United States, yet their viability remains closely tied to social interactions between producers and consumers. This study investigated the alignment of sustainability values between small-scale food producers and consumers and focused on the social, ecological, and economic implications within South Carolina’s local food networks. Using a mixed methods design, we integrated semi-st…

  • Grassroots relational approaches to agricultural transformation in Latin America

    Open AccessKaren E Allen, Stefan Ortiz‐przychodzka et al.ARTICLEEcosystems and People2024

    Recent emphasis on market-based mechanisms as the key to solving sustainability challenges has left scholars and activists wringing their hands. This frustration and sense of urgency has been particularly poignant in the issues surrounding food production and land-use change. While creative approaches to promoting sustainable land-uses have abounded, intensive agricultural systems persist as a major cause of biodiversity loss. Mounting evidence i…

  • Connecting Communities, Connecting Environments

    Karen E Allen, Sarah J Mclean et al.ARTICLESociety & Natural Resources2022References: 7

    Landscape-level conservation initiatives typically need to connect a diverse group of stakeholders to achieve conservation goals. This requires an understanding of the role that social capital plays in leveraging conservation actions across scales. We researched how conservation organizations use social capital to achieve their goals through a case study of the Bellbird Biological Corridor (CBPC) in Costa Rica. We conducted a social network analy…

  • Using dialogue to contextualize culture, ecosystem services, and cultural ecosystem services

    Open AccessKaren E Allen, Celia Castellano et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2021Cited by: 2

    Allen, K. E., C. Castellano, and S. Pessagno. 2021. Using dialogue to contextualize culture, ecosystem services, and cultural ecosystem services. Ecology and Society 26(2):7. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12187-260207

  • Understanding PES from the ground up

    Open AccessKaren E Allen, Gregory ColsonARTICLESustainability Science2019Cited by: 1References: 8

  • Why Exchange Values are Not Environmental Values

    Open AccessKaren E Allen, Karen AllenARTICLEConservation and Society2018

    In recent years, scholars have critiqued neoliberal conservation, asserting that neoliberal conservation policies tend to have ineffective outcomes and reinforce existing power relations. I build on this research by using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data from research in the Bellbird Biological Corridor, Costa Rica. I demonstrate that only a small subset of values for sustainable land uses align with monetary exchange values for…

  • Relational values in agroecosystem governance

    Open AccessKaren E Allen, Courtney Quinn et al.ARTICLECurrent Opinion in Environmental…2018Cited by: 2References: 24

  • A place-based approach to payments for ecosystem services

    Open AccessMyer S Reed, Karen E Allen et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2017Cited by: 10References: 11

    We introduce and define a place-based approach to Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES). • The approach incorporates multi-level governance, bundling and shared values for ecosystem services. • The approach is evaluated using case study research to develop the Peatland Code. • Place-based PES schemes may mitigate negative trade-offs between ecosystem services. • They may more effectively include cultural ecosystem services and empower stakeholders…

  • Forest cover, development, and sustainability in Costa Rica

    Open AccessKaren E Allen, Steve Padgett VásquezARTICLELand Use Policy2017Cited by: 2References: 35

  • Trade-offs in nature tourism

    Open AccessKaren E AllenARTICLEConservation Ecology2015

    A challenge for landscape planning is to understand how trade-offs are differently negotiated across privately held parcels and how economic incentives for conservation affect these trade-offs. I used the efficiency frontier framework to explore the trade-offs associated with the nature tourism industry, an economic incentive for conservation, in Monteverde, Costa Rica. I modeled regional changes in forest cover from 1985 through 2009, dates that…

  • Acknowledging Trade-offs and Understanding Complexity

    Open AccessRichard A Vercoe, Meredith Welch-Devine et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2014Cited by: 2

    Vercoe, R. A., M. Welch-Devine, D. Hardy, J. A. Demoss, S. N. Bonney, K. Allen, P. Brosius, D. Charles, B. Crawford, S. Heisel, N. Heynen, R. G. De Jesús-Crespo, N. Nibbelink, L. Parker, C. Pringle, A. Shaw, and L. Van Sant. 2014. Acknowledging trade-offs and understanding complexity: exurbanization issues in Macon County, North Carolina. Ecology and Society 19(1): 23. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05970-190123