Govern land as a global commons

Global land use change, economic globalization, and the looming land scarcity

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Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

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Future urban land expansion and implications for global croplands

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Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action

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Competition for land

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Global potential of biospheric carbon management for climate mitigation

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The Limits Of Lockean Rights In Property

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On Global Justice

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On Global Justice

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On Global Justice

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The international political economy and international institutionsPreprint

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Ramsey meets Thünen: the impact of land taxes on economic development and land conservation

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Land Use in the 21st Century: Contributing to the Global Public Good

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Negative emissions—Part 2: Costs, potentials and side effects

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Negative emissions—Part 1: Research landscape and synthesis

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The mutual dependence of negative emission technologies and energy systems

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What Have We Learned from the Land Sparing-sharing Model?

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Cross-site analysis of perceived ecosystem service benefits in multifunctional landscapes

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Considering sustainability thresholds for BECCS in IPCC and biodiversity assessments

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COVID-19 and pathways to low-carbon air transport until 2050

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Winners and losers of national and global efforts to reconcile agricultural intensification and biodiversity conservation

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Assessing human and environmental pressures of global land-use change 2000–2010

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Assessing the role of CAP for more sustainable and healthier food systems in Europe: A literature review

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We need biosphere stewardship that protects carbon sinks and builds resilience

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Co-producing climate policy and negative emissions: trade-offs for sustainable land-use

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Bioenergy and carbon capture with storage (BECCS): the prospects and challenges of an emerging climate policy response

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Can land taxes foster sustainable development? An assessment of fiscal, distributional and implementation issues

Kalkuhl, M., Milan, B. F., Schwerhoff, G., Jakob, M., Hahnen, M., & Creutzig, F. (2018) · Land Use Policy · doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.07.008 · Cited by 71 · see citing works

Monitoring periodically national land use changes and analyzing their spatiotemporal patterns in China during 2015–2020

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Underground space, the legal governance of a critical resource in circular economy

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Rethinking standards of permanence for terrestrial and coastal carbon: implications for governance and sustainability

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Can bioenergy carbon capture and storage aggravate global water crisis?

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Integrated approaches for managing soil salinization: Detection, mitigation, and sustainability

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Interprovincial food trade aggravates China’s land scarcity

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Land system science and its contributions to sustainable development goals: A systematic review

Zhao, Q., Yu, L., & Chen, X. (2024) · Land Use Policy · doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107221 · Cited by 25 · see citing works

The battle over the commons in port cities

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The geopolitics of negative emissions technologies: learning lessons from REDD+ and renewable energy for afforestation, BECCS, and direct air capture

Kreuter, J., & Lederer, M. (2021) · Global Sustainability · doi:10.1017/sus.2021.24 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

Renewable Energy Resource Assessment

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Focus on cross-scale feedbacks in global sustainable land management

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The interrelations of land ownership, soil protection and privileges of capital in the aspect of land take

Stankovics, P., Montanarella, L., Kassai, P., Tóth, G., & Tóth, Z. (2020) · Land Use Policy · doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105071 · Cited by 21 · see citing works

Limits to Liberalism: Considerations for the Anthropocene

Creutzig, F. (2020) · Ecological Economics · doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106763 · Cited by 19 · see citing works

Governing drylands as global environmental commons

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Direct air capture of CO2 in the Republic of Ireland. Is it necessary?

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Generated land systems: recognition and prospects of land system science

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Simulation of Land-Use Spatiotemporal Changes under Ecological Quality Constraints: The Case of the Wuhan Urban Agglomeration Area, China, over 2020–2030

Li, J., Gong, J., Guldmann, J., Yang, J., & Zhang, Z. (2022) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph19106095 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

新时代国土空间格局变化和美丽愿景规划实施的若干问题探讨

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Navigating a just and peaceful transition: Environment of Peace (Part 3)

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Study on the Spatial Differences in Land-Use Change and Driving Factors in Tibet

Wu, C. (2022) · Land · doi:10.3390/land11091584 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Chromohalobacter salixigens uronate dehydrogenase: Directed evolution for improved thermal stability and mutant CsUDH-inc X-ray crystal structure

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Building a More Secure Territory Spatial Pattern in China: An Analysis Based on Human-Environment Interactions

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A good governance framework for strengthening the enhanced, more sustainable use of underground resources in Europe

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Land and Soil Policy

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Collaboration tools for land use policy development

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Study on the ecosystem service value and inter-basin ecological compensation between provinces in China

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Original Nation Approaches to Inter-National Law (ONAIL)

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Znaczenie obszarów wspólnie użytkowanych (land commons) w Polsce w produkcji żywności – wstęp do dyskusji

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Ethics, risks, and governance of NETs

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Land-Use Implications of Carbon Dioxide Removal: An Emerging Legal Issue?

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Land system science for global environmental change and sustainability: Advances, challenges, and future directions

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UK land use and the global commons.

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Keynote Address: From Global Commons to Global Community

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¿Cómo habitar la Tierra?: De la posesión exclusiva al uso compartido

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Human Rights and the Commons: Bridging Gaps and Exploring Complementary Approaches to the Governance of Land and Natural Resources:Paper presented at the International Association for the Study of the Commons conference in Utrecht in July 2017

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The Global Commons : a challange to international cooperation

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