James Reed

Biographic Data

ID3590125
NAMEJames Reed
GIVEN NAMESJames
FAMILY NAMEReed
SIGNATUREREED J
AFFILIATIONSCenter for International Forestry Research
ORCID0000-0001-8188-3914
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS60
TOTAL CITATIONS229
AUTHOR COUNT60
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1959
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX8

  • Integrated Landscape Approaches: A Pathway Towards Just Sustainable Development

    Open AccessMirjam A F Ros-Tonen, Mirjam Ros-Tonen et al.ARTICLEProgress in Development Studies2026References: 12

    Landscape approaches mobilize stakeholders across sectors and scales to negotiate development–conservation trade-offs and land-use allocation. Building on the concept of earth system justice, we examine how efforts to operationalize such approaches in Ghana, Zambia and Indonesia advance landscape justice. We observed contributions to procedural, recognitional and intergenerational justice, while interspecies justice remains overlooked. Yet, power…

  • Unveiling pervasive assumptions: Moving beyond the poverty-biodiversity loss association in conservation

    Open AccessRachel Carmenta, Mairon G Bastos Lima et al.ARTICLECurrent Opinion in Environmental…2025References: 20

    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…

  • Reconciling conservation and development requires enhanced integration and broader aims: A cross-continental assessment of landscape approaches

    Open AccessNatalia Estrada-Carmona, Rachel Carmenta et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2024

  • From conflict to collaboration through inclusive landscape governance: Evidence from a contested landscape in Ghana

    Open AccessJames Reed, Mirjam Ros-Tonen et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2024Cited by: 2References: 10

    We report on a multistakeholder negotiation process to develop a theory of change. • Drivers of landscape change and barriers to reconciling conflicting aims identified. • Stakeholders agree on a shared vision of inclusive landscape governance. • Short- to long-term goals and activities identified for a pathway of change. • State actors influence the pathway of change more than community representatives. The Western Wildlife Corridor (WWC) in Gha…

  • The Hybridisation, Resilience, and Loss of Local Knowledge and Natural Resource Management in Zambia

    Open AccessMalaika P Yanou, Mirjam A F Ros-Tonen et al.ARTICLEHuman Ecology2024Cited by: 1References: 79

    The contribution of Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) to natural resource management has recently gained increasing prominence in academia, policymaking, and civil society. However, persistent knowledge gaps concerning the contribution of ILK to sustainable landscape management remain. We investigate existing local knowledge and practices of the Tonga of Kalomo District, Zambia, and their contribution to sustainable landscape management by com…

  • Local knowledge and practices among Tonga people in Zambia and Zimbabwe: A review

    Open AccessMalaika P Yanou, Mirjam Ros-Tonen et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2023

    There is increasing recognition of the role of Indigenous and local knowledge systems in sustainable land use and conservation practices. However, the evidence base remains fragmented, while local knowledge remains marginalised in many national biodiversity strategies and development plans. This applies to the Tonga people of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Here, we synthesise existing evidence of Tonga knowledge and practices to explore their potential con…

  • Structuring the complexity of integrated landscape approaches into selectable, scalable, and measurable attributes

    Open AccessPatrick O Waeber, Rachel Carmenta et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2023Cited by: 1References: 16

    Integrated landscape approaches (ILA) aim to reconcile multiple, often competing, interests across agriculture, nature conservation, and other land uses. Recognized ILA design principles provide guidance for implementation, yet application remains challenging, and a strong performance evidence-base is yet to be formed. Through a critical literature review and focus group discussions with practitioners, we identified considerable diversity of ILA …

  • Towards more inclusive community landscape governance: Drivers and assessment indicators in northern Ghana

    Open AccessEric Rega Christophe Bayala, Mirjam Ros-Tonen et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2023Cited by: 1References: 17

    Community-based approaches to landscape governance are considered more legitimate, equitable, and inclusive ways to manage natural resources and more effective in achieving conservation and livelihood goals than centralised and top-down approaches. In Ghana, the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission devolved decision-making authority over natural resources through the Community Resource Management Area (CREMA) governance system. While ther…

  • Multistakeholder platforms for integrated landscape governance: The case of Kalomo District, Zambia

    Open AccessFreddie Sayi Siangulube, Mirjam A F Ros-Tonen et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2023References: 44

    Multistakeholder platforms (MSPs) that bring together a range of actors to collaboratively address land and natural resource governance issues are increasingly common in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the extent to which such platforms effectively harmonise complex social-ecological challenges and deliver improved outcomes is poorly understood. This study examines how MSPs across different scales of governance in Zambia have influenced and facilita…

  • White sclera is present in chimpanzees and other mammals

    Open AccessIsabelle R Clark, Kevin Lee et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2023Cited by: 1References: 29

  • Co-producing theory of change to operationalize integrated landscape approaches

    Open AccessJames Reed, Colas Chervier et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2022Cited by: 4References: 14

    Integrated landscape approaches that engage diverse stakeholder groups in landscape governance are increasingly promoted to address linked social-ecological challenges in tropical landscapes. Recent research suggests that a transdisciplinary approach to landscape management can help identify common research needs, enhance knowledge co-production, guide evidence-based policy development, and harmonize cross-sectorial integration. Meanwhile, guidin…

  • Learning from Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Ghana and Zambia: Lessons for integrated landscape approaches

    Open AccessSamuel Adeyanju, Alec O'connor et al.ARTICLEThe International Forestry Review2021

    Land use in much of sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by legislative frameworks based on a strong colonial legacy, focusing strongly on state control and minimal devolution of management responsibilities to local communities. However, attempts to reconcile conservation and socio-economic development by increasing stakeholder engagement in community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) have been undertaken since the late 1980s. Based on a revie…

  • Victim selection patterns of community‐residing child molesters identified by a nationwide youth‐serving organization

    Open AccessJanet I Warren, James Reed et al.ARTICLEBehavioral Sciences & the Law2021

    The current study examines data extracted from revocation files of a national youth‐serving organization (YSO) involving 7819 revoked individuals and 12,254 alleged child victims to better understand victim selection patterns of community‐residing child molesters. These data demonstrate consistent patterns of victim selection based upon the age, gender, and YSO affiliation of each victim. We created two variables to explore whether the revoked in…

  • The lethality of non‐familial child abductions: Characteristics and outcomes of 565 incidents involving youth under the age of 18 years

    Open AccessJanet I Warren, Domingo Bello Janeiro et al.ARTICLEBehavioral Sciences & the Law2021

    Offender motivation for child abduction determines both the nature and final outcome of the abduction. Research has identified victim characteristics, offender characteristics, and sexual motivations as factors influencing child abduction and child abduction homicide. We examine 565 child abductions identified through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to determine the characteristics of victim, perpetrator, and crime and their influence o…

  • Hot topics in governance for forests and trees: Towards a (just) transformative research agenda

    Open AccessAllan Larson, A M Larson et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2021Cited by: 10References: 26

    We are living in a time of crisis on planet Earth. Urgent calls for transformational change are getting louder. Technical solutions have an important role to play in addressing pressing global challenges, but alone they are not enough. After all, who decides what kind of transformation is needed, of what, and for whom? What principles guide those decisions, and how are decision-makers held accountable? This commentary article argues that these go…

  • Toward a tenure-responsive approach to forest landscape restoration: A proposed tenure diagnostic for assessing restoration opportunities

    Open AccessR Mclain, Steven Lawry et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2021Cited by: 14References: 52

    The Bonn Challenge, a voluntary global initiative launched in 2011, aims to bring up to 350 million hectares of degraded land into some level of restorative state by 2030. Pilot forest landscape restoration (FLR) efforts indicate that enhancing community and smallholder tenure rights is critical for achieving FLR’s desired joint environmental and social well-being objectives. The Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM) is a decisi…

  • Characterizing and Evaluating Integrated Landscape Initiatives

    Open AccessRachel Carmenta, David A Coomes et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2020

  • The extent and distribution of joint conservation-development funding in the tropics

    Open AccessJames Reed, Johan A Oldekop et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2020

    Despite ongoing debates about the viability of sustaining economic growth while maintaining environmental integrity, international sustainability agendas increasingly propose reconciling socio-economic development and global environmental goals. Achieving these goals is impeded by limited funding and a lack of information on where financial flows to integrate environment and development are targeted. We analyze World Bank and Global Environment F…

  • Integrated landscape approaches in the tropics: A brief stock-take

    Open AccessJames Reed, Amy Ickowitz et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2020Cited by: 6References: 84

    Continued overexploitation of natural resources and the associated impacts of climate change threaten the sustainability and biodiversity of our global social-ecological systems. ‘Integrated landscape approaches’ are governance strategies that attempt to reconcile multiple and conflicting land-use claims to harmonize the needs of people and the environment and establish more sustainable and equitable multi-functional landscapes. Such approaches h…

  • Trees for life: The ecosystem service contribution of trees to food production and livelihoods in the tropics

    Open AccessJames Reed, Josh van Vianen et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2017Cited by: 16References: 11

    Despite expanding interest in ecosystem service research over the past three decades, in-depth understanding of the contribution of forests and trees to food production and livelihoods remains limited. This review synthesizes the current evidence base examining the contribution of forest and trees to agricultural production and livelihoods in the tropics, where production often occurs within complex land use mosaics that are increasingly subjecte…

  • Have integrated landscape approaches reconciled societal and environmental issues in the tropics

    Open AccessJames Reed, Josh van Vianen et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2017Cited by: 14References: 69

    Landscape approaches to integrated land management have recently gained considerable attention in the scientific literature and international fora. The approach is gaining increasing support at governmental and intergovernmental levels, as well as being embraced by a host of international research and development agencies. In an attempt to determine whether, and how, these approaches compare with previous conservation and development paradigms, w…

  • Bridging funding gaps for climate and sustainable development: Pitfalls, progress and potential of private finance

    Open AccessRobert A Clark, Robyn Clark et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2017Cited by: 34References: 1

    In a world where natural capital is often unpriced or undervalued, thus making resource exploitation very lucrative, environmentally degrading activities will continue to dominate the economy. The past decade has seen a bourgeoning interest in scaling up private investment to address persistent socioeconomic and environmental challenges globally. The recently formulated sustainable development goals and global climate agenda have further heighten…

  • Integrated landscape approaches to managing social and environmental issues in the tropics: Learning from the past to guide the future

    Open AccessJames Reed, Josh van Vianen et al.ARTICLEGlobal Change Biology2016

    Poverty, food insecurity, climate change and biodiversity loss continue to persist as the primary environmental and social challenges faced by the global community. An alternative is to focus on integrated solutions at landscape scales or ‘landscape approaches’. The appeal of landscape approaches has resulted in the production of a significant body of literature in recent decades, yet confusion over terminology, application and utility persists. …

  • Measuring the effectiveness of landscape approaches to conservation and development

    Open AccessJeffrey Sayer, Chris Margules et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2016Cited by: 17References: 12

  • Virgil's Gaze: Nation and Poetry in the Aeneid

    James Reed, J D ReedBOOKVirgil's Gaze2007Cited by: 94

    Virgil's Aeneid invites its reader to identify with the Roman nation whose origins and destiny it celebrates. But, as J. D. Reed argues in Virgil's Gaze , the great Roman epic satisfies this identification only indirectly--if at all. In retelling the story of Aeneas' foundational journey from Troy to Italy, Virgil defines Roman national identity only provisionally, through oppositions to other ethnic identities--especially Trojan, Carthaginian, I…