Six principles to get natural climate solutions right in Africa.

Pereira, L.M., Archibald, S., Selomane, O. et al. Six principles to get natural climate solutions right in Africa. Nature Sustainability. Doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01652-3

An aspirational approach to planetary futures.

Ellis, E.C., Malhi, Y., Ritchie, H. et al. 2025. An aspirational approach to planetary futures. Nature. Doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09080-1

Viability and desirability of financing conservation in Africa through fire management.

Knowles, T., Stevens, N., Amoako, E.E. et al. 2025. Viability and desirability of financing conservation in Africa through fire management.Nature Sustainability. Doi:10.1038/s41893-024-01490-9

There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored.

Pilon, N., Peixoto, F., Oliveira, R.S., et al. 2025. Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored. Plants, People, Planet. Doi:10.1002/ppp3.10635

The costs of subsidies and externalities of economic activities driving nature decline,

Reyes-Garcia, V., Villasante, S., Benessaiaih, K., Pandit, R., Agrawal, A., Claudet, J., Garibaldi, L.A., Kabisa, M., Pereira, L., Zinngrebe, Y. (2025) The costs of subsidies and externalities of economic activities driving nature decline, Ambio, Doi:10.1007/s13280-025-02147-3

The seeds’ substrate: A concept to understand how transformations towards Good Anthropocenes can be enabled.

Gianelli, I., Trimble, M., Juri, S., Pereira, L., González García-Mon, B., & Villasante, S. 2025. The seeds’ substrate: A concept to understand how transformations towards Good Anthropocenes can be enabled. Ecology and Society. Doi: 10.5751/ES-15792-300138

Public finance allocation does not reflect biodiversity priorities.

Selomane, O., Fourie, M., Archibald, S., Pereira, L., Sitas, N., & Zoeller, K. 2025. Public finance allocation does not reflect biodiversity priorities. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 74, 101524. Doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101524

A decolonial and participatory research approach to envision equitable transformations toward sustainability in the Amazon.

Sanchez-García, P. A., Schröter, B., Krause, T., Merrie, A. S., Pereira, L., Nielsen, J. Ø., & Loft, L. 2025. A decolonial and participatory research approach to envision equitable transformations toward sustainability in the Amazon. Futures, 103638. Doi:10.1016/j.futures.2025.103638

Addressing critiques refines global estimates of reforestation potential for climate change mitigation.

Fesenmyer, K.A., Poor, E.E., Terasaki Hart, D.E. et al. 2025. Addressing critiques refines global estimates of reforestation potential for climate change mitigation. Nat Commun 16, 4572.  Doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59799-8

The Perspective of Youth: Envisioning Transformative Pathways and Desirable Futures for People and Nature.

Schmitt, Thomas M., Juliette Aminian-Biquet, Polina Blinova, Yohana G. Jimenez, Lider Sinav, Hana Vašková, Ana Sofia Lorda Dumont, et al. 2025. ‘The Perspective of Youth: Envisioning Transformative Pathways and Desirable Futures for People and Nature’. Sustainability Science, May.  Doi:10.1007/s11625-025-01693-9

Reviews and Syntheses: Current Perspectives on Biosphere Research 2024–2025 – Eight Findings from Ecology, Sociology, and Economics.

Bohn, Friedrich J., Ana Bastos, Romina Martin, Anja Rammig, Niak Sian Koh, Giles B. Sioen, Bram Buscher… Pereira, L. et al. 2025. ‘Reviews and Syntheses: Current Perspectives on Biosphere Research 2024–2025 – Eight Findings from Ecology, Sociology, and Economics’. Biogeosciences 22 (10): 2425–60.  Doi:10.5194/bg-22-2425-2025

Transforming towards what? A review of futures-thinking applied in the quest for navigating sustainability transformations

Juri, S., Marais-Potgieter, A., Achieng, T., Gianelli, I., Kabisa, M., Nkgothoe, B., Ojino, J.,Tcheton, S., Carpenter-Urquhart, L., & Pereira, LM. 2025. Transforming towards what? A review of futures-thinking applied in the quest for navigating sustainability transformations, Environmental Research Letters, 20(5): Doi:10.1088/1748-9326/adcbc4

Ecosystems managed for wildlife and livestock: Contrasting herbivore impacts in a heavily grazed African savanna.

Voysey, M. D., Archibald, S., Harris, M. A., Hempson, G. P.,  Greve, M. 2024. Ecosystems managed for wildlife and livestock: Contrasting herbivore impacts in a heavily grazed African savanna. Journal of Arid Environments, 225, 105267. Doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2024.105267

State of wildfires 2023–2024.

Jones, M. W., Kelley, D. I., Burton, C. A., Di Giuseppe, F., Barbosa, M. L. F., Brambleby, E., … & Xanthopoulos, G. 2024. State of wildfires 2023–2024. Earth System Science Data, 16(8), 3601-3685. Doi: 10.5194/essd-16-3601-2024

A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations.
Gupta, J., Bai, X., Liverman, D.M., Rockström, J., Qin, D., Stewart-Koster, B., Rocha, J.C., Jacobson, L., Abrams, J.F., Andersen, L.S., Armstrong McKay, D.I., Bala, G., Bunn, S.E., Ciobanu, D., DeClerck, F., Ebi, K.L., Gifford, L., Gordon, C., Hasan, S., Kanie, N., Lenton, T.M., Loriani, S., Mohamed, A., Nakicenovic, N., Obura, D., Ospina, D., Prodani, K., Rammelt, C., Sakschewski, B., Scholtens, J., Tharammal, T., van Vuuren, D., Verburg, P.H., Winkelmann, R., Zimm, C., Bennett, E., Bjørn, A., Bringezu, S., Broadgate, W.J., Bulkeley, H., Crona, B., Green, P.A., Hoff, H., Huang, L., Hurlbert, M., Inoue, C.Y.A., Kılkış, S., Lade, S.J., Liu, J., Nadeem, I., Ndehedehe, C., Okereke, C., Otto, I.M., Pedde, S., Pereira, L., Schulte-Uebbing, L., Tàbara, J.D., Vries, W., Whiteman, G., Xiao, C., Xu, X., Zafra-Calvo, N., Zhang, X., Fezzigna, P., Gentile, G. 2024. A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations. The Lancet Planetary Health 8, Issue 10,pp e813-e873. Doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00042-1

Nurturing gastronomic landscapes for biosphere stewardship.
Jonsson, A., Haider, L.J., Pereira, L., Fremier, A., Folke, C., Tengö, M., Gordon, L.J. 2024. Nurturing gastronomic landscapes for biosphere stewardship. Global Food Security 42, 100789. Doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100789

Power & protein—closing the ‘justice gap’ for food system transformation.
Baudish, I., Sahlin, K.R., Béné, C., Oosterveer, P., Prins, H., Pereira, L. 2024. Power & protein—closing the ‘justice gap’ for food system transformation. Environmental Research Letters 19, 084058. Doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ad3d6f

African futures: a review of scenarios for Indigenous and local people and nature in Africa. 
Chibwe, B., Terry, N., Noumonvi, K.D., Carpenter-Urquhart, L., Tcheton, S., Pereira, L.M. 2024. African futures: a review of scenarios for Indigenous and local people and nature in Africa. Ecology and Society 29, pp 32. Doi:10.5751/ES-15322-290332

NUS so fast: the social and ecological implications of a rapidly developing indigenous food economy in the Cape Town area.
Willis, J., Losch, B., Pereira, L.M. 2024. NUS so fast: the social and ecological implications of a rapidly developing indigenous food economy in the Cape Town area. Sustainability Science 19, pp 1595–1607. Doi:10.1007/s11625-024-01528-z

A framework to assess the degrowth transformative capacity of niche initiatives.
CVrettos, C., Hinton, J.B., , Laura Pereir, L.M. 2024. A framework to assess the degrowth transformative capacity of niche initiatives. In Degrowth journal (Vol. 2). Doi:10.36399/Degrowth.002.01.07

Degrowth scenarios for biodiversity? Key methodological steps and a call for collaboration.
Otero, I., Rigal, S., Pereira, L. et al. Degrowth scenarios for biodiversity? Key methodological steps and a call for collaboration. Sustainability Science. Doi:10.1007/s11625-024-01483-9

Demystifying food systems transformation: a review of the state of the field.
Juri, S., Terry, N., Pereira, L.M. 2024. Demystifying food systems transformation: a review of the state of the field. Ecology and Society 29, pp5. Doi:10.5751/ES-14525-290205

WTO must complete an ambitious fisheries subsidies agreement.
Sumaila, U.R., Alam, L., Abdallah, P.R. et al. 2024. WTO must complete an ambitious fisheries subsidies agreement. npj Ocean sustainability 3, pp 6. Doi:10.1038/s44183-024-00042-0

Envisioning desirable futures in small-scale fisheries: a transdisciplinary arts-based co-creation process.
Gianelli, I., Trimble, M., Juri, S., Beretta, N.A., Torena, D., Acosta, M., Acosta, R., Del Bó, M., Fuster, J.A., González, V., Kurta, D., Kurta, M., López, T., Marfetán, M.E., Montes de Oca, P., Morales, A., Pardo, V., Sandoval, J., Schuch, N., Taroco, C., Norström, A.V., Pereira, L.M., Villasante, S. 2024. Envisioning desirable futures in small-scale fisheries: a transdisciplinary arts-based co-creation process. Ecology and Society 29(1):20. Doi:10.5751/ES-14869-290120

Transformative foresight for diverse futures: the Seeds of Good Anthropocenes initiative.
Preiser, R., Hichert, T., Biggs, R., van Velden, J., Magadzire, N., Peterson, G., Pereira, L., Mayer, K. & Benessaiah, K. 2024. Transformative foresight for diverse futures: the Seeds of Good Anthropocenes initiative. Development Policy Review 42, e12791. Doi:10.1111/dpr.12791

Biosphere Futures: a database of social-ecological scenarios.
Kuiper, J.J., Carpenter-Urquhart,L. R., Bérbes-Blázquez, M., Oteros-Rozas, E., Fredström,L., Psiuk, K., Savu, C., Kautsky, R., Guerry, A.D., Carpenter, S.R., Green,C.E., Meacham, M., Remme, R.P., Ravera, F.I., Wankmüller, F., Arkema, K.K., Pereira, L.M., Peterson, G.D. 2024. Biosphere Futures: a database of social-ecological scenarios. Ecology and Society 29, pp 19. Doi:10.5751/ES-14795-290119

Exploring Alternative Futures in the Anthropocene.
Cork, S., Alexandra, C., Alvarez-Romero, J.G., Bennett, E.M., Berbés-Blázquez, M., Bohensky, E., Bok, B., Costanza, R., Hashimoto, S., Hill, R., Inayatullah, S., Kok, K., Kuiper, J.J., Moglia, M., Pereira, L., Peterson, G., Weeks, R., Wyborn, C. 2024. Exploring Alternative Futures in the Anthropocene. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 48, pp 25-54. Doi:10.1146/annurev-environ-112321-095011

The African Regional Greenhouse Gases Budget (2010–2019)
Ernst, Y., Archibald, S., Balzter, H., Chevallier, F., Ciais, P., Fischer, C.G., et al. (2024). The African regional greenhouse gases budget (2010–2019). Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 38, e2023GB008016. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GB008016

Five priorities to advance transformative transdisciplinary research
Augenstein, K., Lam, D. P., Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Bernert, P., Charli-Joseph, L., Cockburn, J., … & Sellberg, M. M. (2024). Five priorities to advance transformative transdisciplinary research. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 68, 101438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101438

Envisioning desirable futures in small-scale fisheries: a transdisciplinary arts-based co-creation process
Gianelli, I., Trimble, M., Juri, S., Beretta, N. A., Torena, D., Acosta, M., … & Villasante, S. (2024). Envisioning desirable futures in small-scale fisheries: a transdisciplinary arts-based co-creation process. Ecology and Society, 29(1). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-14869-290120

Biosphere Futures: a database of social-ecological scenarios
Kuiper, J. J., Carpenter-Urquhart, L. R., Berbés-Blázquez, M., Oteros-Rozas, E., Fredström, L., Psiuk, K., … & Peterson, G. D. (2024). Biosphere Futures: a database of social-ecological scenarios. Ecology and Society, 29(1). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-14795-290119

WTO must complete an ambitious fisheries subsidies agreement
Sumaila, U. R., Alam, L., Abdallah, P. R., Aheto, D., Akintola, S. L., Alger, J., … & Pauly, D. (2024). WTO must complete an ambitious fisheries subsidies agreement. npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00042-0

Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: Modelling Nature Futures.

Kim, H., Peterson, G. D., Cheung, W. W. L., Ferrier, S., Alkemade, R., Arneth, A., Kuiper, J. J., Okayasu, S., Pereira, L., Acosta, L. A., Chaplin-Kramer, R., den Belder, E., Eddy, T. D., Johnson, J. A., Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S., Kok, M. T. J., Leadley, P., Leclère, D., Lundquist, C. J., … Pereira, H. M. 2023. Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: Modelling Nature Futures. Global Environmental Change, 82, 102681. Doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102681

Earth system boundaries and Earth system justice: Sharing the ecospace.

Gupta, J., Prodani, K., Bai, X., Gifford, L., Lenton, T. M., Otto, I., Pereira, L., Rammelt, C., Scholtens, J., & Tàbara, J. D. 2023. Earth system boundaries and Earth system justice: Sharing the ecospace. Environmental Politics. Doi:10.1080/09644016.2023.2234794

Participatory pathways to the Sustainable Development Goals: Inviting divergent perspectives through a cross-scale systems approach.

Collste, D., Aguiar, A. P. D., Harmáčková, Z. V., Galafassi, D., Pereira, L. M., Selomane, O., & Leeuw, S. van D. 2023. Participatory pathways to the Sustainable Development Goals: Inviting divergent perspectives through a cross-scale systems approach. Environmental Research Communications, 5(5), 055014.   Doi:10.1088/2515-7620/acce25

Ten New Insights in Climate Science 2023/2024
Bustamante, M., Roy, J., Ospina, D., Achakulwisut, P., Aggarwal, A., Bastos, A., … & Zscheischler, J. (2023). Ten new insights in climate science 2023/2024. Global Sustainability, 1-58. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2022.21

The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses
Clements, H. S., Do Linh San, E., Hempson, G., Linden, B., Maritz, B., Monadjem, A., … & Peel, M. J. (2024). The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses. Scientific data, 11(1), 191. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02832-6

Research into land-atmosphere interactions supports the Sustainable Development agenda
Hayman, G., Poulter, B., Ghude, S. D., Blyth, E., Sinha, V., Archibald, S., … & Wolff, S. (2024). Research into land atmosphere interactions supports the Sustainable Development agenda. Global Sustainability, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2024.3

Equity and Justice should underpin the discourse on Tipping Points
Pereira, L. M., Gianelli, I., Achieng, T., Amon, D., Archibald, S., Arif, S., … & Sumaila, U. R. (2023). Equity and Justice should underpin the discourse on Tipping Points. EGUsphere, 2023, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1455

Inviting a decolonial praxis for future imaginaries of nature: Introducing the Entangled Time Tree
Terry, N., Castro, A., Chibwe, B., Karuri-Sebina, G., Savu, C., & Pereira, L. (2024). Inviting a decolonial praxis for future imaginaries of nature: Introducing the Entangled Time Tree. Environmental Science & Policy, 151, 103615. DOI.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2023.103615

South African grasslands and ploughing: Outlook for agricultural expansion in Africa
Slooten, E., Jordaan, E., White, J. D., Archibald, S., & Siebert, F. (2023). South African grasslands and ploughing: Outlook for agricultural expansion in Africa. South African Journal of Science, 119(9/10). DOI.org/10.17159/sajs.2023/15540

Grazing lawns and overgrazing in frequently grazed grass communities
Hempson, G. P., Parr, C. L., Lehmann, C. E., & Archibald, S. (2022). Grazing lawns and overgrazing in frequently grazed grass communities. Ecology and Evolution, 12(9), e9268. DOI.org/10.1002/ece3.9268

Nature-reliant, low-income households face the highest rates of woody-plant encroachment in South Africa
White, J. D., Stevens, N., Fisher, J. T., Archibald, S., & Reynolds, C. (2022). Nature‐reliant, low‐income households face the highest rates of woody‐plant encroachment in South Africa. People and Nature, 4(4), 1020-1031. DOI.org/10.1002/pan3.10329

“Manisa bozaka” or “Counting grass”: Global Grassy Group guide to understanding and measuring the functional and taxonomic composition of ground layer plants
Lehmann, C. E., Archibald, S., Vorontsova, M. S., Hempson, G. P., & Wieczorkowski, J. D. (2022). “Manisa bozaka” or “Counting grass”: Global Grassy Group guide to understanding and measuring the functional and taxonomic composition of ground layer plants. DOI.org/10.21203/rs.3.pex-1905/v1

Fire ecology for the 21st century: Conserving biodiversity in the age of megafire
Nimmo, D. G., Andersen, A. N., Archibald, S., Boer, M. M., Brotons, L., Parr, C. L., & Tingley, M. W. (2022). Fire ecology for the 21st century. Diversity and Distributions, 28(3), 350-356. DOI.org/10.1111/ddi.13482

Bringing the nature futures framework to life: creating a set of illustrative narratives of nature futures.
Durán, A.P., Kuiper, J.J., Aguiar, A.P.D., Cheung, W.W.L., Diaw, M.C., Halouani, G., Hashimoto, S., Gasalla, M.A., Peterson, G.D., Schoolenberg, M.A., Abbasov, R., Acosta, L.A., Armenteras, D., Davila, F., Donboba, M.A., Harrison, P.A., Harhash, K.A., Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S., Kim, H., Lundquist, C.J., Miller, B.W., Okayasu, S., Pichs-Madruga, R., Sathyapalan, J., Saysel, A.K., Yu, D., & Pereira, L.M. (2023). Bringing the nature futures framework to life: Creating a set of illustrative narratives of nature futures. Sustainability Science. DOI.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01316-1

The living infinite: envisioning futures for transformed human-nature relationships on the high seas.
Pereira, L.M., Crespo, G.O., Amon, D.J., Badhe, R., Bandeira, S., Bengtsson, F., Boettcher, M., Carmine, G., Cheung, W.W.L., Chibwe, B., Dunn, D., Gasalla, M.A., Halouani, G., Johnson, D.E., Jouffray, J., Juri, S., Keys, P.W., Lübker, H.M., Merrie, A.S., Obaidullah, F., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Shannon, L.J., Sumaila, U.R., Superchi, E., Terry, N., Wabnitz, C.C.C., Yasuhara, M., & Zhou, W. (2023). The living infinite: Envisioning futures for transformed human-nature relationships on the high seas. Marine Policy, 153, Article 105644. DOI.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105644

The Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society: an emergent community of practice
Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs, Belinda Reyers, Ryan Blanchard, Hayley Clements,Jessica Cockburn, Graeme S.Cumming, Georgina Cundill, Alta de Vos, Luthando Dziba, Karen J. Esler, Christo Fabricius, Maike Hamann, Rebecka Henriksson, Karen Kotschy, Regina Lindborg, Linda Luvuno, Vanessa Masterson, Jeanne L. Nel, Patrick O’Farrell, Carolyn G. Palmer, Laura Pereira, Sharon Pollard, Rika Preiser, Dirk J. Roux, Robert J. Scholes, Odirilwe Selomane, Charlie Shackleton, Sheona Shackleton, Nadia Sitas, Jasper A.Slingsby, Marja Spierenburg & Maria Tengö, 2023. The Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society: an emergent community of practice. Ecosystems and People (Online). Doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2022.2150317

Social-ecological change: insights from the Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society
Biggs, R., Clements, H.S., Cumming, G.S., Cundill, G., de Vos, A., Hamann, M., Luvuno, L., Roux, D.J., Selomane, O., Blanchard, R. and Cockburn, J., 2022. Social-ecological change: insights from the Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society. Ecosystems and People, 18(1), pp.447-468. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2022.2097478

The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS)–a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus
Norström, A.V., Agarwal, B., Balvanera, P., Baptiste, B., Bennett, E.M., Brondízio, E., Biggs, R., Campbell, B., Carpenter, S.R., Castilla, J.C. and Castro, A.J., 2022. The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS)–a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus. Ecosystems and People, 18(1), pp.598-608. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2022.2133173

Managing biodiversity in the Anthropocene: discussing the Nature Futures Framework as a tool for adaptive decision-making for nature under climate change
Palacios-Abrantes, J., Badhe, R., Bamford, A., Cheung, W.W., Foden, W., Frazão Santos, C., Grey, K.A., Kühn, N., Maciejewski, K., McGhie, H. and Midgley, G.F., 2022. Managing biodiversity in the Anthropocene: discussing the Nature Futures Framework as a tool for adaptive decision-making for nature under climate change. Sustainability Science, pp.1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01200-4

Impacts of meeting minimum access on critical earth systems amidst the Great Inequality.
Crelis F. Rammelt, Joyeeta Gupta, Diana Liverman, Joeri Scholtens, Daniel Ciobanu, Jesse F. Abrams, Xuemei Bai, Lauren Gifford, Christopher Gordon, Margot Hurlbert, Cristina Y. A. Inoue, Lisa Jacobson, Steven J. Lade, Timothy M. Lenton, David I. Armstrong McKay, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Chukwumerije Okereke, Ilona M. Otto, Laura M. Pereira, Klaudia Prodani, Johan Rockström, Ben Stewart-Koster, Peter H. Verburg & Caroline Zimm, 2022. Impacts of meeting minimum access on critical earth systems amidst the Great Inequality.  Nature Sustainability (Online). Doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00995-5

Mosquitoes, mushrooms, magic: Africanfuturist SF for nature’s futures.
Lavery, C., Pereira, L., Chibwe, B., Moonsamy, N., Onwaulu, C. and Terry, N., 2022. Mosquitoes, mushrooms, magic: Africanfuturist SF for nature’s futures. Vector (Online). https://vector-bsfa.com/2022/09/27/mosquitoes-mushrooms-magic-africanfuturist-sf-for-natures-futures/

Ancient grasslands guide ambitious goals in grassland restoration.
Buisson, E., Archibald, S., Fidelis, A. and Suding, K.N., 2022. Ancient grasslands guide ambitious goals in grassland restoration. Science 377(6606), pp.594-598. Doi:10.1126/science.abo460

Reconciling safe planetary targets and planetary justice: Why should social scientists engage with planetary targets?
Gupta, J., Liverman, D., Bai, X., Gordon, C., Hurlbert, M., Inoue, C.Y.A., Jacobson, L., Kanie, N., Lenton, T.M., Obura, D. and Otto, I.M., 2021. Reconciling safe planetary targets and planetary justice: Why should social scientists engage with planetary targets?. Earth System Governance, 10, p.100122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2021.100122