Resilience and regeneration for a world in crisis

Fischer, J., Farny, S., Pacheco-Romero, M. & Folke, C., 25.11.2025, In: Ambio. 11 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Five Frontiers for Science and Practice of Ecosystem Restoration in East African Forest Landscapes

Duguma, D. W., Löhr, K., Temperton, V. M., Apollinaire, W., Baumann, M., Kaplin, B. A., Nyiramvuyekure, V., Vögele, S., Kmoch, L., Plieninger, T., Loos, J., Aime, T., Beatrice, N., Bohn, S., Ernest, U., Frietsch, M., Gatali, C., Innocent, N., Kangondo, A., Franklin, B., Maniraho, L., Martín-López, B., Mukaneza, D., Ndagijimana, V., Ndayizeye, G., Nizeyimana, M., Nyandwi, E., Nzibaza, V., Sieber, S., Sun, P., Ullman, J. L., Umuziranenge, G., Wollni, M. & Fischer, J., 16.10.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Integrative Conservation. 12 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

A coffee corridor for biodiversity and livelihoods: climatic feasibility of shade coffee cultivation in western Rwanda

Reckmann, T., Frietsch, M., Schwenck, C., Mukuralinda, A., Duguma, D. W. & Fischer, J., 09.2025, In: Trees, Forests and People. 21, 100941.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Proposing a social-ecological framework for successful grassland restoration in Germany—an overview and insights from the Grassworks project

Temperton, V. M., Pătru-Dușe, I. A., Twerski, A., Laeseke, P., Neudert, R., Cebrián-Piqueras, M. A., Romero, M. P., Bauer, M., Beckmann, V., Fischer, J., Gray, K., Härdtle, W., Kollmann, J., Kuhn, L., Laschke, C. J., Loos, J., Lutz, L., May, F., Meyer, M., Martin-Lopez, B., Riechers, M., Ptacek, M., Seifert, D., Schmidt, A., Sturm, L., Thiele, J., Tischew, S., Unseld, L., Venus, T., Wiesmeier, M. & Kirmer, A., 09.2025, In: Restoration Ecology. 33, 7, 15 p., e70109.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Design principles for social-ecological research at the landscape scale applied to western Rwanda

Baumann, M., Duguma, D., Vögele, S., Wollni, M., Sun, P., Ndayizeye, G. & Fischer, J., 08.2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 8, 11 p., e0330704.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Using causal loop diagrams to see the “big picture” and embrace complexity in human-wildlife coexistence governance

Kansky, R., Riechers, M. & Fischer, J., 08.2025, In: Biological Conservation. 308, 13 p., 111198.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Ecosystem service supply and (in)equality archetypes

Benra, F., Pacheco-Romero, M. & Fischer, J., 02.2025, In: Ecosystem Services. 71, 11 p., 101683.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

‘Chains of leverage’ as way to identify and foster transformative potential

Riechers, M., Schaal-Lagodzinski, T., Pereira, L., Loos, J. & Fischer, J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: People and Nature. 12 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Participatory mapping of local people's values in restoration landscapes in Western Rwanda

Ndayizeye, G., Kmoch, L., Baumann, M., Nsengimana, V., Fischer, J. & Plieninger, T., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Restoration Ecology. 13 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

A social-ecological approach to support equitable land use decision-making

Brück, M., Benra, F., Duguma, D. W., Fischer, J., Jiren, T. S., Law, E. A., Pacheco-Romero, M., Schultner, J. & Abson, D. J., 12.2024, In: Ambio. 53, 12, p. 1752-1767 16 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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

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

National ecosystem restoration pledges are mismatched with social-ecological enabling conditions

Benra, F., Brück, M., Sigman, E., Pacheco-Romero, M., Shumi, G., Abson, D. J., Frietsch, M. & Fischer, J., 12.2024, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 5, 1, 10 p., 731.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

A cautious approach to subsidies for environmental sustainability: Transformational change is possible, but design and implementation must seek to avoid lock-in

Segerson, K., Polasky, S., Scheffer, M., Sumaila, U. R., Cárdenas, J. C., Nyborg, K., Fenichel, E. P., Anderies, J. M., Barrett, S., Bennett, E. M., Carpenter, S. R., Crona, B., Daily, G., de Zeeuw, A., Fischer, J., Folke, C., Kautsky, N., Kremen, C., Levin, S. A., Lindahl, T., Pinsky, M. L., Tavoni, A., Walker, B. & Weber, E. U., 04.10.2024, In: Science. 386, 6717, p. 28-30 3 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Navigating social–ecological changes: A mixed-method analysis of extensive livestock systems in southern Patagonian forests, Argentina

Rodríguez, P., Benra, F., Fischer, J., Romano, S. & Soler, R., 10.2024, In: Ambio. 53, 10, p. 1541-1555 15 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Participatory co-learning for human–wildlife coexistence: Reflections on a novel program applying systems thinking, nonviolent communication, and learning-based approaches

Kansky, R., Maassarani, T. & Fischer, J., 10.2024, In: Ambio. 53, 10, p. 1479-1491 13 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

The social–ecological ladder of restoration ambition

Frietsch, M., Pacheco-Romero, M., Temperton, V. M., Kaplin, B. A. & Fischer, J., 09.2024, In: Ambio. 53, 9, p. 1251-1261 11 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Mainstreaming regenerative dynamics for sustainability

Fischer, J., Farny, S., Abson, D. J., Zuin Zeidler, V., von Salisch, M., Schaltegger, S., Martín-López, B., Temperton, V. M. & Kümmerer, K., 08.2024, In: Nature Sustainability. 7, 8, p. 964–972 9 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Applying social-ecological system resilience principles to the context of woody vegetation management in smallholder farming landscapes of the Global South

Shumi, G., Loos, J. & Fischer, J., 05.2024, In: Ecosystems and People. 20, 1, 17 p., 2339222.

Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

The relevance of international restoration principles for ecosystem restoration practice in Rwanda

Frietsch, M., Fischer, J., Kaplin, B. A. & Martín-López, B., 03.2024, In: Restoration Ecology. 32, 3, 11 p., e14085.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Future ecosystem service provision under land-use change scenarios in southwestern Ethiopia

Duguma, D. W., Brueck, M., Shumi, G., Law, E., Benra, F., Schultner, J., Nemomissa, S., Abson, D. J. & Fischer, J., 2024, In: Ecosystems and People. 20, 1, 14 p., 2321613.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Future-proofing ecosystem restoration through enhancing adaptive capacity

Frietsch, M., Loos, J., Löhr, K., Sieber, S. & Fischer, J., 12.2023, In: Communications Biology. 6, 1, 9 p., 377.

Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

Agriculture: reform the global food system

Fischer, J., Bennett, E. & Pe’er, G., 19.10.2023, In: Nature. 622, 7983, p. 461 1 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research

Correction to: Human–nature connectedness and other relational values are negatively affected by landscape simplification: insights from Lower Saxony, Germany (Sustainability Science, (2022), 17, 3, (865-877), 10.1007/s11625-021-00928-9)

Riechers, M., Martín-López, B. & Fischer, J., 09.2023, In: Sustainability Science. 18, 5, 1 p., 2505.

Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research

Drivers of ecosystem service specialization in a smallholder agricultural landscape of the Global South: a case study in Ethiopia

Brück, M., Fischer, J., Law, E. A., Schultner, J. & Abson, D. J., 01.07.2023, In: Ecology and Society. 28, 3, 38 p., 1.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Resilience principles and a leverage points perspective for sustainable woody vegetation management in a social-ecological system of southwestern Ethiopia

Shumi, G., Wahler, H., Riechers, M., Senbeta, F., Abson, D. J., Schultner, J. & Fischer, J., 01.06.2023, In: Ecology and Society. 28, 2, 31 p., 34.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Response diversity as a sustainability strategy

Walker, B., Crépin, A. S., Nyström, M., Anderies, J. M., Andersson, E., Elmqvist, T., Queiroz, C., Barrett, S., Bennett, E., Cardenas, J. C., Carpenter, S. R., Chapin, F. S., de Zeeuw, A., Fischer, J., Folke, C., Levin, S., Nyborg, K., Polasky, S., Segerson, K., Seto, K. C., Scheffer, M., Shogren, J. F., Tavoni, A., van den Bergh, J., Weber, E. U. & Vincent, J. R., 01.06.2023, In: Nature Sustainability. 6, 6, p. 621-629 9 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Toward a pluralistic conservation science

Cumming, G. S., Davies, Z. G., Fischer, J. & Hajjar, R., 01.05.2023, In: Conservation Letters. 16, 3, 8 p., e12952.

Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research

Spatial predictions for the distribution of woody plant species under different land-use scenarios in southwestern Ethiopia

Duguma, D. W., Law, E., Shumi, G., Rodrigues, P., Senbeta, F., Schultner, J., Abson, D. J. & Fischer, J., 05.2023, In: Landscape Ecology. 38, 5, p. 1249-1263 15 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Bridging scenario planning and backcasting: A Q-analysis of divergent stakeholder priorities for future landscapes

Jiren, T. S., Abson, D. J., Schultner, J., Riechers, M. & Fischer, J., 04.2023, In: People and Nature. 5, 2, p. 572-590 19 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Governing landscapes: An agenda for the assessment of grasslands and savannahs

Eufemia, L., Wawrzynowicz, I., Bonatti, M., Partelow, S., Fischer, J. & Sieber, S., 09.03.2023, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Resource Management. 2, 7 p., 1134393.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research

The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum

Hartel, T., Fischer, J., Shumi, G. & Apollinaire, W., 01.03.2023, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 38, 3, p. 211-214 4 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research

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., Castro, A. J., Cramer, W., Cumming, G. S., Felipe-Lucia, M., Fischer, J., Folke, C., DeFries, R., Gelcich, S., Groth, J., Ifejika Speranza, C., Jacobs, S., Hofmann, J., Hughes, T. P., Lam, D. P. M., Loos, J., Manyani, A., Martín-López, B., Meacham, M., Moersberger, H., Nagendra, H., Pereira, L., Polasky, S., Schoon, M., Schultz, L., Selomane, O. & Spierenburg, M., 31.12.2022, In: Ecosystems and People. 18, 1, p. 598–608 11 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

The role of perceptions and social norms in shaping women’s fertility preferences: a case study from Ethiopia

Rodrigues, P., Manlosa, A. O., Fischer, J., Schultner, J., Hanspach, J., Senbeta, F. & Dorresteijn, I., 01.11.2022, In: Sustainability Science. 17, 6, p. 2473-2488 16 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Earth stewardship: Shaping a sustainable future through interacting policy and norm shifts

Chapin, F. S., Weber, E. U., Bennett, E. M., Biggs, R., van den Bergh, J., Adger, W. N., Crépin, A. S., Polasky, S., Folke, C., Scheffer, M., Segerson, K., Anderies, J. M., Barrett, S., Cardenas, J. C., Carpenter, S. R., Fischer, J., Kautsky, N., Levin, S. A., Shogren, J. F., Walker, B., Wilen, J. & de Zeeuw, A., 01.09.2022, In: Ambio. 51, 9, p. 1907-1920 14 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Operationalising the leverage points perspective for empirical research

Riechers, M., Fischer, J., Manlosa, A. O., Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. & Sala, J. E., 01.08.2022, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 57, 101206.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

From stories to maps: translating participatory scenario narratives into spatially explicit information

Duguma, D. W., Schultner, J., Abson, D. J. & Fischer, J., 06.2022, In: Ecology and Society. 27, 2, 26 p., 13.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

A multi-level assessment of changes in stakeholder constellations, interest and influence on ecosystem services under different landscape scenarios in southwestern Ethiopia

Jiren, T. S., Schultner, J., Abson, D. & Fischer, J., 09.05.2022, In: PLOS Sustanaibility and Transformation. 1, 5, 24 p., e0000012.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Human–nature connectedness and other relational values are negatively affected by landscape simplification: insights from Lower Saxony, Germany

Riechers, M., Martín-López, B. & Fischer, J., 01.05.2022, In: Sustainability Science. 17, 3, p. 865-877 13 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Governance in the Face of Extreme Events: Lessons from Evolutionary Processes for Structuring Interventions, and the Need to Go Beyond

Levin, S. A., Anderies, J. M., Adger, N., Barrett, S., Bennett, E. M., Cardenas, J. C., Carpenter, S. R., Crépin, A. S., Ehrlich, P., Fischer, J., Folke, C., Kautsky, N., Kling, C., Nyborg, K., Polasky, S., Scheffer, M., Segerson, K., Shogren, J., van den Bergh, J., Walker, B., Weber, E. U. & Wilen, J., 01.04.2022, In: Ecosystems. 25, 3, p. 697-711 15 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Using a leverage points perspective to compare social-ecological systems: a case study on rural landscapes

Fischer, J., Abson, D., Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Hartel, T., Schultner, J. & Sherrene, K., 03.2022, In: Ecosystems and People. 18, 1, p. 119-130 12 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Broadening the scope of ecosystem services research: Disaggregation as a powerful concept for sustainable natural resource management

Brück, M., Abson, D. J., Fischer, J. & Schultner, J., 01.02.2022, In: Ecosystem Services. 53, 11 p., 101399.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Spatial variation in human disturbances and their effects on forest structure and biodiversity across an Afromontane forest

Beche, D., Tack, A., Nemomissa, S., Warkineh, B., Lemessa, D., Rodrigues, P., Fischer, J. & Hylander, K., 01.02.2022, In: Landscape Ecology. 37, 2, p. 493-510 18 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Advancing research on ecosystem service bundles for comparative assessments and synthesis

Meacham, M., Norströma, A. V., Peterson, G. D., Andersson, E., Bennett, E. M., Biggs, R., Crouzat, E., Cord, A. F., Enfors, E., Felipe-Lucia, M. R., Fischer, J., Hamann, M., Hanspach, J., Hicks, C., Jacobs, S., Lavorel, S., Locatelli, B., Martín-López, B., Plieninger, T. & Queiroz, C., 02.2022, In: Ecosystems and People. 18, 1, p. 99-111 13 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Participatory scenario planning to facilitate human-wildlife coexistence

Jiren, T. S., Riechers, M., Kansky, R. & Fischer, J., 01.12.2021, In: Conservation Biology. 35, 6, p. 1957-1965 9 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

Artificial intelligence, systemic risks, and sustainability

Galaz, V., Centeno, M. A., Callahan, P. W., Causevic, A., Patterson, T., Brass, I., Baum, S., Farber, D., Fischer, J., Garcia, D., McPhearson, T., Jimenez, D., King, B., Larcey, P. & Levy, K., 01.11.2021, In: Technology in Society. 67, 10 p., 101741.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

From grief to hope in conservation

Fischer, J. & Riechers, M., 10.2021, In: Conservation Biology. 35, 5, p. 1698-1700 3 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research

Understanding relational values in cultural landscapes in Romania and Germany

Riechers, M., Balázsi, Á., Engler, J. O., Shumi, G. & Fischer, J., 10.2021, In: People and Nature. 3, 5, p. 1036-1046 11 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

A social-ecological assessment of food security and biodiversity conservation in Ethiopia

Fischer, J., Bergsten, A., Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Hylander, K., Jiren, T. S., Manlosa, A. O., Rodrigues, P., Schultner, J., Senbeta, F. & Shumi, G., 28.07.2021, In: Ecosystems and People. 17, 1, p. 400-410 11 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

A leverage points perspective on institutions for food security in a smallholder-dominated landscape in southwestern Ethiopia

Jiren, T. S., Riechers, M., Bergsten, A. & Fischer, J., 05.2021, In: Sustainability Science. 16, 3, p. 767-779 13 p.

Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review