L Biber-Freudenberger
Biographic Data
| ID | 34805 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L Biber-Freudenberger |
| GIVEN NAMES | L |
| FAMILY NAME | Biber-Freudenberger |
| SIGNATURE | BIBER-FREUDENBERGER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bonn |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8106-5372 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Bridging Cross‐Scale Science–Policy Interfaces for Coherent Land‐Use Governance
Land is fundamental to livelihoods and ecosystem health but faces mounting pressure from human activities, climate change, and competing development demands. Science–policy interfaces (SPIs)—platforms that connect experts and policymakers—are vital for co‐producing knowledge to inform coherent, sustainable land‐use governance. Yet, limited understanding exists of how global and national SPIs interact in Africa, particularly in Kenya, where biodiv…
More than carbon
The rapid expansion of AI has intensified concerns about its environmental sustainability. Current assessments focus on operational carbon emissions using secondary data, overlooking impacts in other life cycle stages. This study presents a comprehensive, multi-criteria life cycle assessment of AI training, building on an innovative life cycle inventory methodology for electronic products that combines physical teardown and multi-element composit…
Toward successful implementation of agroforestry-based community forests in Myanmar
Farmers prioritized forest products and income from agroforestry-based community forests (ACFs) over other ecosystem services. • Education level influenced the perceived importance of specific ecosystem services. • Current contributions of ACFs to provisioning services remain low. • Promoting short-term income-generating and fast-growing native tree species could enhance benefits. Agroforestry is a popular reforestation approach in agriculture-fo…
Roads reshape forests
Understanding how roads affect tropical forest loss is essential for evidence-based conservation planning. The distance-decay theory proposes that road impacts are strongest near roads, leading to higher deforestation rates close to transport networks. We analyzed forest cover loss across Tanzania between 2001 and 2020 using spatial district-year observations across 195 districts, focusing primarily on non-protected forests. Forest loss was evalu…
Valuing ecosystem services in Sudan
Gum arabic forests in Sudan are significant and biodiverse habitats, providing various ecosystem services (ES) that support both rural livelihoods and the national economy. However, effectively protecting and managing these forests is challenging, as the government's primary objective of producing gum for export often conflicts with local communities' reliance on forests for other ES. In this study, we explored the valuation of ES in the Okalma R…
Votes for roads
Road investments are intended to promote economic development and enhance access to social services. Ideally, such infrastructure projects should be prioritized based on objective assessments of local needs and development potential. However, political considerations often influence public road investment decisions, favoring specific electoral groups. This study analyzes the role of electoral motives in road development in Kenya using a hybrid mo…
The Rise of Sustainability Provisions in International Investment Agreements
There is a lively debate about whether international investment agreements (IIAs)—the central instruments governing foreign direct investment—are compatible with sustainable development objectives. One critical argument is that investment treaty provisions limit governments’ policy space to achieve transitions toward sustainability and may lead to costly legal disputes. Against this background, governments, international organizations, and other …
Incentives for biodiversity conservation under asymmetric land ownership
Are Stakeholders Aware of the Contributions of Ecosystem Services for Their Well-Being? A Case Study of a Unesco Geopark Project in Brazil
Integrating scientific and local knowledge to address environmental conflicts
The world is witnessing an increase in environmental conflicts (ECs) caused by the overexploitation and pollution of natural resources. We argue that addressing the unsustainable and vicious cycle of most contemporary human-nature interactions fuelling these conflicts requires a shift towards inter- and transdisciplinary research. Through critical reflection upon six case studies, we conclude that transdisciplinary approaches often require academ…
A holistic sustainability assessment of organic (certified and non-certified) and non-organic smallholder farms in Kenya
The introduction of organic farm management practices in sub-Saharan Africa could act as a lever for supporting regional sustainable development. In this study, we sought to assess the sustainability performance of organic (certified and non-certified) and non-organic farms in the dry Kajiado County and the wet Murang’a County in Kenya, based on four sustainability dimensions: Good Governance , Environmental Integrity , Economic Resilience and So…
Effectiveness factors and impacts on policymaking of science-policy interfaces in the environmental sustainability context
Organizations connecting science and policy, referred to as science-policy interfaces, aim to support policymakers with decision-relevant knowledge, scientific findings, and co-production processes. Given the rising significance of the role of evidence in decision-making in a world dealing with complex problems, a proliferation of literature has developed theories on the effectiveness of such interfaces. While there are studies providing evidence…
Crisis-induced disruptions in place-based social-ecological research ‐ an opportunity for redirection
Place-based research faces multiple threats, including both natural and global health hazards and political conflicts, which may disrupt fieldwork. The current COVID-19 pandemic shows how these threats can drastically affect social-ecological research activities given its engagement with different local stakeholders, disciplines, and knowledge systems. The crisis reveals the need for adaptive research designs while also providing an opportunity f…
Bioeconomy futures
Economic sectors relying on the use of biological organisms, processes, and principles to create products and services are expected to experience accelerated growth due to innovation in the bioeconomy. Associated benefits and risks for sustainable development are increasingly subject to societal debate. We compiled expectation patterns from a global survey with bioeconomy experts and a systematic literature review identifying areas of consensus a…
Exploring criteria for transformative policy capacity in the context of South Africa’s biodiversity economy
In the wake of increasingly complex sustainability challenges, societal transformations of currently unsustainable socio-economic production and consumption patterns are imperative. At the same time, international scholarly debates emphasise a decline in the policy capacity of societal actors to deal with the complexity of putting policy into practice. South Africa’s national development strategy of utilising its unique biodiversity for developin…
Organic and conventional agriculture in Kenya
Exploring criteria for transformative policy capacity in the context of South Africa’s biodiversity economy
In the wake of increasingly complex sustainability challenges, societal transformations of currently unsustainable socio-economic production and consumption patterns are imperative. At the same time, international scholarly debates emphasise a decline in the policy capacity of societal actors to deal with the complexity of putting policy into practice. South Africa’s national development strategy of utilising its unique biodiversity for developin…
Bioeconomy futures
Economic sectors relying on the use of biological organisms, processes, and principles to create products and services are expected to experience accelerated growth due to innovation in the bioeconomy. Associated benefits and risks for sustainable development are increasingly subject to societal debate. We compiled expectation patterns from a global survey with bioeconomy experts and a systematic literature review identifying areas of consensus a…
Organic and conventional agriculture in Kenya
Effectiveness factors and impacts on policymaking of science-policy interfaces in the environmental sustainability context
Organizations connecting science and policy, referred to as science-policy interfaces, aim to support policymakers with decision-relevant knowledge, scientific findings, and co-production processes. Given the rising significance of the role of evidence in decision-making in a world dealing with complex problems, a proliferation of literature has developed theories on the effectiveness of such interfaces. While there are studies providing evidence…
Are Stakeholders Aware of the Contributions of Ecosystem Services for Their Well-Being? A Case Study of a Unesco Geopark Project in Brazil
Organic and conventional agriculture in Kenya
Bioeconomy futures
Economic sectors relying on the use of biological organisms, processes, and principles to create products and services are expected to experience accelerated growth due to innovation in the bioeconomy. Associated benefits and risks for sustainable development are increasingly subject to societal debate. We compiled expectation patterns from a global survey with bioeconomy experts and a systematic literature review identifying areas of consensus a…
Exploring criteria for transformative policy capacity in the context of South Africa’s biodiversity economy
In the wake of increasingly complex sustainability challenges, societal transformations of currently unsustainable socio-economic production and consumption patterns are imperative. At the same time, international scholarly debates emphasise a decline in the policy capacity of societal actors to deal with the complexity of putting policy into practice. South Africa’s national development strategy of utilising its unique biodiversity for developin…
Crisis-induced disruptions in place-based social-ecological research ‐ an opportunity for redirection
Place-based research faces multiple threats, including both natural and global health hazards and political conflicts, which may disrupt fieldwork. The current COVID-19 pandemic shows how these threats can drastically affect social-ecological research activities given its engagement with different local stakeholders, disciplines, and knowledge systems. The crisis reveals the need for adaptive research designs while also providing an opportunity f…
Integrating scientific and local knowledge to address environmental conflicts
The world is witnessing an increase in environmental conflicts (ECs) caused by the overexploitation and pollution of natural resources. We argue that addressing the unsustainable and vicious cycle of most contemporary human-nature interactions fuelling these conflicts requires a shift towards inter- and transdisciplinary research. Through critical reflection upon six case studies, we conclude that transdisciplinary approaches often require academ…
A holistic sustainability assessment of organic (certified and non-certified) and non-organic smallholder farms in Kenya
The introduction of organic farm management practices in sub-Saharan Africa could act as a lever for supporting regional sustainable development. In this study, we sought to assess the sustainability performance of organic (certified and non-certified) and non-organic farms in the dry Kajiado County and the wet Murang’a County in Kenya, based on four sustainability dimensions: Good Governance , Environmental Integrity , Economic Resilience and So…
Effectiveness factors and impacts on policymaking of science-policy interfaces in the environmental sustainability context
Organizations connecting science and policy, referred to as science-policy interfaces, aim to support policymakers with decision-relevant knowledge, scientific findings, and co-production processes. Given the rising significance of the role of evidence in decision-making in a world dealing with complex problems, a proliferation of literature has developed theories on the effectiveness of such interfaces. While there are studies providing evidence…
The Rise of Sustainability Provisions in International Investment Agreements
There is a lively debate about whether international investment agreements (IIAs)—the central instruments governing foreign direct investment—are compatible with sustainable development objectives. One critical argument is that investment treaty provisions limit governments’ policy space to achieve transitions toward sustainability and may lead to costly legal disputes. Against this background, governments, international organizations, and other …
Incentives for biodiversity conservation under asymmetric land ownership
Are Stakeholders Aware of the Contributions of Ecosystem Services for Their Well-Being? A Case Study of a Unesco Geopark Project in Brazil
Bridging Cross‐Scale Science–Policy Interfaces for Coherent Land‐Use Governance
Land is fundamental to livelihoods and ecosystem health but faces mounting pressure from human activities, climate change, and competing development demands. Science–policy interfaces (SPIs)—platforms that connect experts and policymakers—are vital for co‐producing knowledge to inform coherent, sustainable land‐use governance. Yet, limited understanding exists of how global and national SPIs interact in Africa, particularly in Kenya, where biodiv…
More than carbon
The rapid expansion of AI has intensified concerns about its environmental sustainability. Current assessments focus on operational carbon emissions using secondary data, overlooking impacts in other life cycle stages. This study presents a comprehensive, multi-criteria life cycle assessment of AI training, building on an innovative life cycle inventory methodology for electronic products that combines physical teardown and multi-element composit…
Toward successful implementation of agroforestry-based community forests in Myanmar
Farmers prioritized forest products and income from agroforestry-based community forests (ACFs) over other ecosystem services. • Education level influenced the perceived importance of specific ecosystem services. • Current contributions of ACFs to provisioning services remain low. • Promoting short-term income-generating and fast-growing native tree species could enhance benefits. Agroforestry is a popular reforestation approach in agriculture-fo…
Roads reshape forests
Understanding how roads affect tropical forest loss is essential for evidence-based conservation planning. The distance-decay theory proposes that road impacts are strongest near roads, leading to higher deforestation rates close to transport networks. We analyzed forest cover loss across Tanzania between 2001 and 2020 using spatial district-year observations across 195 districts, focusing primarily on non-protected forests. Forest loss was evalu…
Valuing ecosystem services in Sudan
Gum arabic forests in Sudan are significant and biodiverse habitats, providing various ecosystem services (ES) that support both rural livelihoods and the national economy. However, effectively protecting and managing these forests is challenging, as the government's primary objective of producing gum for export often conflicts with local communities' reliance on forests for other ES. In this study, we explored the valuation of ES in the Okalma R…
Votes for roads
Road investments are intended to promote economic development and enhance access to social services. Ideally, such infrastructure projects should be prioritized based on objective assessments of local needs and development potential. However, political considerations often influence public road investment decisions, favoring specific electoral groups. This study analyzes the role of electoral motives in road development in Kenya using a hybrid mo…
Business (8 works) · Ecology (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sustainability (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (5 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (4 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works)