Professorship for Sustainable Landscapes
Organisational unit: Professoship
Organisation profile
The working group "Sustainable Landscapes" was established in November 2010 by Prof. Joern Fischer and is affiliated to the School of Sustainabilty at Leuphana University.
We are an interdisciplinary team working on human-environment relationships. Much of our work focuses on the landscape scale. We are particularly interested in how people use landscapes, and how land use, in turn, affects biodiversity and ecosystem services. We see people and nature as interdependent.
Main research areas
In addition to our work at the landscape scale, we are interested in the conceptual development of sustainability science at a global scale. Here, too, we are influenced by an ecosystems approach, but we also draw on the insights from the social sciences as appropriate.
Our goal is to contribute to sustainable development through solution-oriented research.
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Land sparing versus land sharing: moving forward
Fischer, J., Abson, D., Butsic, V., Chappell, M. J., Ekroos, J., Hanspach, J., Kuemmerle, T., Smith, H. G. & von Wehrden, H., 2013, ASPECTS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY 121: Rethinking Agricultural Systems in the UK. AAB, p. 105-107 3 p. (Aspects of Applied Biology).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Land use intensification causes the spatial contraction of woody-plant based ecosystem services in southwestern Ethiopia
Duguma, D. W., Law, E., Shumi, G., Schultner, J., Abson, D. J. & Fischer, J., 12.2024, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 5, 1, 10 p., 263.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Land use legacy effects on woody vegetation in agricultural landscapes of south-western Ethiopia
Shumi, G., Schultner, J., Dorresteijn, I., Rodrigues, P., Hanspach, J., Hylander, K., Senbeta, F. & Fischer, J., 01.08.2018, In: Diversity and Distributions. 24, 8, p. 1136-1148 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Large trees are keystone structures in urban parks
Stagoll, K., Lindenmayer, D. B., Knight, E., Fischer, J. & Manning, A. D., 04.2012, In: Conservation Letters. 5, 2, p. 115-122 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Legacy effects of past land use on current biodiversity in a low-intensity farming landscape in Transylvania (Romania)
Culbert, P. D., Dorresteijn, I., Loos, J., Clayton, M. K., Fischer, J. & Kuemmerle, T., 01.02.2017, In: Landscape Ecology. 32, 2, p. 429-444 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Lessons from Ethiopian coffee landscapes for global conservation in a post-wild world
Hylander, K., Nemomissa, S., Fischer, J., Zewdie, B., Ayalew, B. & Tack, A. J. M., 12.2024, In: Communications Biology. 7, 1, 13 p., 714.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Leverage points for addressing marine and coastal pollution: A review
Riechers, M., Brunner, B. P., Dajka, J. C., Dușe, I. A., Lübker, H. M., Manlosa, A. O., Sala, J. E., Schaal, T. & Weidlich, S., 01.06.2021, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 167, 10 p., 112263.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Leverage points for improving gender equality and human well-being in a smallholder farming context
Manlosa, A. O., Schultner, J., Dorresteijn, I. & Fischer, J., 01.03.2019, In: Sustainability Science. 14, 2, p. 529-541 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Leverage points for sustainability transformation
Abson, D. J., Fischer, J., Leventon, J., Newig, J., Schomerus, T., Vilsmaier, U., von Wehrden, H., Abernethy, P., Ives, C. D., Jager, N. W. & Lang, D. J., 01.02.2017, In: Ambio. 46, 1, p. 30-39 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Leverage points to foster human–nature connectedness in cultural landscapes
Riechers, M., Pătru-Dușe, I. A. & Balázsi, Á., 01.09.2021, In: Ambio. 50, 9, p. 1670-1680 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review