Shifting to a Land Systems Paradigm in Conservation

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Unpacking the role of failed land investments in driving tropical deforestation

Author(s): Ana Buchadas, Tobias Kuemmerle, Matthias Baumann, Juliet Lu, Angela Kronenburg García, Matias Mastrangelo, Yann le Polain de Waroux, Marie Pratzer, Arnim Scheidel, Patrick Meyfroidt
Published in: Ecology and Society, Issue 31, 2026, ISSN 1708-3087
Publisher: The Resilience Alliance
DOI: 10.5751/es-17073-310202

The potential of historical spy-satellite imagery to support research in ecology and conservation

Author(s): Catalina Munteanu; Benjamin M Kraemer; Henry H Hansen; Sofia Miguel; E J Milner-Gulland; Mihai Nita; Igor Ogashawara; Volker C Radeloff; Simone Roverelli; Oleksandra O Shumilova; Ilse Storch; Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: BioScience, Issue 74, 2024, Page(s) 159–168, ISSN 1525-3244
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biae002

Diversity Loss and Homogenization in Snake Communities in a Deforestation Hotspot

Author(s): Hugo Cabral, Alfredo Romero‐Muñoz, Diego J. Santana, Gerardo C. Leynaud, Javier Nori, Liliana Piatti, Ricardo Torres, Ruben Chavez, Maria Soledad Andrade‐Diaz, Mathias Baumann, Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Diversity and Distributions, Issue 31, 2026, ISSN 1366-9516
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.70105

Hunting and Habitat Destruction Drive Widespread Functional Declines of Top Predators in a Global Deforestation Hotspot

Author(s): Alfredo Romero‐Muñoz, Benjamin Bleyhl, Ana Benítez‐López, Micaela Camino, Julieta Decarre, A. Sofía Nanni, Andrew Noss, Anthony J. Giordano, Verónica A. Quiroga, Ricardo Torres, Jeffrey J. Thompson, Laura Villalba, Mauricio M. Nuñez Regueiro, Carlos De Angelo, Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Diversity and Distributions, Issue 31, 2025, ISSN 1366-9516
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.70003

Partitioning the effects of habitat loss, hunting and climate change on the endangered Chacoan peccary

Author(s): Ricardo Torres, Tobias Kuemmerle, Matthias Baumann, Alfredo Romero-Muñoz, Mariana Altrichter, Gabriel I. Boaglio, Hugo Cabral, Micaela Camino, Juan M. Campos Krauer, José L. Cartes, Rosa L. Cuéllar, Julieta Decarre, Marcelo Gallegos, Anthony J. Giordano, Leónidas Lizarraga, Leonardo Maffei, Nora N. Neris, Veronica Quiroga, Silvia Saldivar, Daniela Tamburini, Jeffrey Thompson, Marianela Velilla
Published in: Diversity and Distributions, 2023, ISSN 1366-9516
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13701

Uncovering major types of deforestation frontiers across the world’s tropical dry woodlands

Author(s): Ana Buchadas, Matthias Baumann, Patrick Meyfroidt & Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Nature Sustainability, 2022, ISSN 2398-9629
Publisher: Springer Nature Ltd
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-022-00886-9

<i>frontiermetrics</i> : An R Package for Characterizing Deforestation Frontiers

Author(s): Pablo Yair Huais, Ana Buchadas, Eduardo Lacerda, Javier Nori, Matthias Baumann, Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2026, ISSN 2056-3485
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/rse2.70092

Ten facts about land systems for sustainability

Author(s): Patrick Meyfroidt, Ariane de Bremond, Casey M. Ryan [...], Erasmus K. H. J. zu Ermgassen
Published in: PNAS, 2022, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2109217118

Conservation frontiers: understanding the geographic expansion of conservation

Author(s): Buchadas, Ana; Qin, Siyu; Meyfroidt, Patrick; Kuemmerle, Tobias
Published in: Journal of land use science, 2022, ISSN 1747-423X
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/1747423x.2021.2018516

Contrasting patterns of deforestation and reforestation in India’s tropical dry woodlands

Author(s): Dhanapal Govindarajulu, Timothy Foster, Rose Pritchard, Matthias Baumann, Tobias Kuemmerle, Bhumika Morey, Abhijeet Parmar, Ashwini Chhatre, Johan A Oldekop
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, Issue 21, 2026, Page(s) 094011, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ae61cb

Revealing land control dynamics in emerging agricultural frontiers

Author(s): Olivia del Giorgio, Matthias Baumann, Tobias Kuemmerle, Yann le Polain de Waroux
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 122, 2025, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2407916122

Moving beyond simplistic representations of land use in conservation

Author(s): Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Conservation Letters, Issue 17, 2024, ISSN 1755-263X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/conl.13055

Attributing deforestation-driven biodiversity decline in the Gran Chaco to agricultural commodity supply chains

Author(s): Isabel Carpenter, Tobias Kuemmerle, Alfredo Romero-Muñoz, Sebastián Aguiar, Ignacio Gasparri, Michael J. Lathuillière, Sofía Nanni, Vivian Ribero, Matthias Baumann
Published in: Global Environmental Change, Issue 92, 2026, Page(s) 103011, ISSN 0959-3780
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2025.103011

Commodity frontiers expand more slowly into tropical forests where forest smallholders are present

Author(s): Marie Pratzer, Patrick Meyfroidt, Maria Vallejos, Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 123, 2026, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2528453123

Explaining the stickiness of supply chain relations in the Brazilian soybean trade

Author(s): Tiago N.P. dos Reis, Vivian Ribeiro, Rachael D. Garrett, Tobias Kuemmerle, Philippe Rufin, Vinicius Guidotti, Pedro C. Amaral, Patrick Meyfroid
Published in: Global Environmental Change, 2023, ISSN 0959-3780
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102633

Tropical dry woodland loss in India since 1880 and its relation to current megafauna distributions

Author(s): Tamanna Kalam, Matthias Baumann, Florian Pötzschner, C. Sudhakar Reddy, Arash Ghoddousi, Parth Sarathi Roy, Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Ecological Applications, Issue 35, 2026, ISSN 1051-0761
Publisher: Ecological Society of America
DOI: 10.1002/eap.70054

Fire dynamics in the South American Chaco and their link to agriculture and drought

Author(s): Matthias Baumann, Oswaldo Maillard, Ignacio Gasparri, Jamie Burton, Gregorio Gavier Pizarro, Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Nature Sustainability, Issue 9, 2026, Page(s) 674-681, ISSN 2398-9629
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-026-01793-z

Social-ecological determinants of contemporary megafauna distributions in Indian tropical dry woodlands

Author(s): Tamanna Kalam, Marie Pratzer, Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi, Xiang Liu, Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Ecology and Society, Issue 30, 2025, ISSN 1708-3087
Publisher: The Resilience Alliance
DOI: 10.5751/es-16471-300430

Changing determinants of international conservation funding committed to major deforestation regions in South America

Author(s): Siyu Qin, Marie Pratzer, Patrick Meyfroidt, Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Biological Conservation, Issue 288, 2023, Page(s) 110362, ISSN 0006-3207
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110362

Agricultural intensification, Indigenous stewardship and land sparing in tropical dry forests

Author(s): Marie Pratzer, Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, Patrick Meyfroidt, Tobias Krueger, Matthias Baumann, Stephen T. Garnett & Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Nature Sustainability, 2023, ISSN 2398-9629
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-023-01073-0

An actor-centered, scalable land system typology for addressing biodiversity loss in the world’s tropical dry woodlands

Author(s): Marie Pratzer, Patrick Meyfroidt, Marina Antongiovanni , Roxana Aragon, Germán Baldi, Stasiek Czaplicki Cabezas, Cristina A. de la Vega-Leinert, Shalini Dhyani, Jean-Christophe Diepart, Pedro David Fernandez, Stephen T. Garnett, Gregorio I. Gavier Pizarro, Tamanna Kalam, Pradeep Koulgi, Yann le Polain de Waroux, Sofia Marinaro, Matias Mastrangelo, Daniel Mueller, Robert Mueller, Ranjini Murali ,
Published in: Global Environmental Change, Issue 86, 2024, Page(s) 102849, ISSN 0959-3780
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102849

Priority areas for promoting co-benefits between conservation and the traditional use of mammals and birds in the Chaco

Author(s): Tamburini, Daniela; Torres, Ricardo; Kuemmerle, Tobias; Levers, Christian; Nori, Javier
Published in: Biological Conservation, 2023, ISSN 0006-3207
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109827

Impacts of agricultural expansion on the resource availability of forest-dependent Indigenous communities in the Dry Chaco

Author(s): María Vallejos, Ana Álvarez, Olivia del Giorgio, Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Ambio, Issue 55, 2025, Page(s) 147-163, ISSN 0044-7447
Publisher: Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien/Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02217-6

Quantifying the Spatial Footprint of Agriculture‐Driven Edge Effects in a Global Deforestation Hotspot

Author(s): Sebastián Torrella, Matthias Baumann, Marie Pratzer, Sebastián Aguiar, María Piquer‐Rodríguez, Rubén Ginzburg, Gregorio Gavier Pizarro, Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Global Change Biology, Issue 32, 2026, ISSN 1354-1013
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.70737

Uncovering patterns of cattle intensification across South America’s dry diagonal

Author(s): Tobias Kuemmerle, Pedro D Fernández, Matthias Baumann, Jamie Burton
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, Issue 20, 2025, Page(s) 074004, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/addc81

Considering land use complexity and overlap is critical for sustainability planning

Author(s): Marie Pratzer, Oswaldo Maillard, Germán Baldi, Matthias Baumann, Jamie Burton, Pedro Fernandez, Christian Levers, Patrick Meyfroidt, Macarena Tasquer, Maria Vallejos, Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: One Earth, Issue 8, 2025, Page(s) 101247, ISSN 2590-3322
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101247

Frontier metrics for a process-based understanding of deforestation dynamics

Author(s): Matthias Baumann; Ignacio Gasparri; Ana Buchadas; Julian Oeser; Patrick Meyfroidt; Christian Levers; Alfredo Romero-Muñoz; Yann le Polain de Waroux; Daniel Müller; Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, 2022, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac8b9a

Links between deforestation, conservation areas and conservation funding in major deforestation regions of South America

Author(s): Siyu Qin, Ana Buchadas, Patrick Meyfroidt, Yifan He, Arash Ghoddousi, Florian Pötzschner, Matthias Baumann, Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: People and Nature, Issue 6, 2024, Page(s) 1789-1803, ISSN 2575-8314
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10718

Capturing the multidimensionality of land-use agents in a deforestation hotspot

Author(s): Melina Faingerch, Tobias Kuemmerle, Matthias Baumann, Marcos Texeira, Matias Mastrangelo
Published in: Ecology and Society, Issue 30, 2025, ISSN 1708-3087
Publisher: The Resilience Alliance
DOI: 10.5751/es-16487-300329

Only one-third of protected areas in the Chaco effectively curb woodland loss, but their impact extends beyond their boundaries

Author(s): Pablo Yair Huais, Tobias Kuemmerle, Javier Nori, Ana N. Tomba, Javier Maximiliano Cordier, Matthias Baumann
Published in: Biological Conservation, Issue 308, 2025, Page(s) 111196, ISSN 0006-3207
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111196

Explaining the emergence of land-use frontiers

Author(s): Meyfroidt Patrick, Abeygunawardane Dilini, Baumann Matthias, Bey Adia, Buchadas Ana, Chiarella Cristina, Junquera Victoria, Kronenburg García Angela, Kuemmerle Tobias, le Polain de Waroux Yann, Oliveira Eduardo, Picoli Michelle, Qin Siyu, Rodriguez García Virginia and Rufin Philippe
Published in: Royal Society Open Science, Issue 11, 2024, Page(s) 240295, ISSN 2054-5703
Publisher: Royal Society Publishing
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.240295

Tropical dry woodland loss occurs disproportionately in areas of highest conservation value

Author(s): Ana Buchadas, Martin Jung, Mercedes Bustamante, Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, Stephen T. Garnett, Ana Sofía Nanni, Natasha Ribeiro, Patrick Meyfroidt, Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Global Change Biology, 2023, ISSN 1354-1013
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16832

Mapping the geography of livestock systems in South America’s dry diagonal

Author(s): Jamie Burton, Pedro David Fernández, Micaela Camino, María Soledad Andrade-Díaz, Matthias Baumann, Holly Gibbs, Jacob Munger, Lisa Rausch, Macarena Tasquer, Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Global Environmental Change, Issue 98, 2026, Page(s) 103156, ISSN 0959-3780
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2026.103156

Improving the estimation of grazing pressure in tropical rangelands

Author(s): Pedro David Fernández, Matthias Baumann, Lisandro Blanco, Francisco Murray, José Nasca, Johannes Piipponen, Macarena Tasquer, Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, Issue 20, 2025, Page(s) 034036, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/adb445

Mapping opportunities and barriers for coexistence between people and pumas in the Argentine Dry Chaco

Author(s): A. Sofía Nanni, Arash Ghoddousi, Alfredo Romero‐Muñoz, Matthias Baumann, Jamie Burton, Micaela Camino, Julieta Decarre, Felipe Martello, André Luis Regolin, Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Diversity and Distributions, Issue 30, 2024, ISSN 1366-9516
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13920

What is still at stake in the Gran Chaco? Social-ecological impacts of alternative land-system futures in a global deforestation hotspot.

Author(s): Christian Levers; Maria Piquer-Rodriguez; Florian Gollnow; Matthias Baumann; Micaela Camino; Nstor Ignacio Gasparri; Gregorio Ignacio Gavier-Pizarro; Yann le Polain de Waroux; Daniel Mller; Javier Nori; Florian Ptzschner; Alfredo Romero-Muoz; Tobias Kuemmerle
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, Issue 19, 2024, Page(s) 064003, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad44b6

Troubled waters at the frontier: Mapping forest-dependent people's access to surface water in the Dry Chaco

Author(s): Patrice Soraya Matthews, Matthias Baumann, Christian Levers, Tobias Kuemmerle, Yann le Polain de Waroux
Published in: Applied Geography, Issue 169, 2024, Page(s) 103342, ISSN 0143-6228
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103342

Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation

Author(s): Florence Pendrill, Toby A. Gardner, Patrick Meyfroidt, U. Martin Persson, Justin Adams, Tasso Azevedo, Mairon G. Bastos Lima, Matthias Baumann, Philip G. Curtis, Veronique De Sy, Rachael Garrett, Javier Godar, Elizabeth Dow Goldman, Matthew C. Hansen, Robert Heilmayr, Martin Herold, Tobias Kuemmerle, Michael J. Lathuillière, Vivian Ribeiro, Alexandra Tyukavina, Mikaela J. Weisse, Chris West
Published in: Science, 2022, ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.abm9267

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