Publications

2018

Frey, G.P., West, T.A.P., Hickler, T., Rausch, L., Gibbs, H.K. Börner, J. 2018. Simulated Impacts of Soy and Infrastructure Expansion in the Brazilian Amazon: A Maximum Entropy Approach. Forests, 9, 600.

Rodríguez, L.O., Cisneros, E., Pequeño, T., Fuentes, M.T., Zinngrebe, Y. 2018. Building Adaptive Capacity in Changing Social-Ecological Systems: Integrating Knowledge in Communal Land-Use Planning in the Peruvian Amazon. Sustainability 10 (2), 511.

Schielein, J. 2018. Deforestation Frontiers in the Brazilian Amazon. doi:10.7910/DVN/AGLYOW, Harvard Dataverse, V1.

2017

Börner, J., K. Baylis, E. Corbera, D. Ezzine-de-Blas, J. Honey-Rosés, U. M. Persson and S. Wunder. 2017. The Effectiveness of Payments for Environmental Services. World Development, 96: 359–374.

Khamzina, A., J.P.A. Lamers, J. Börner with O.O. Cofie, P. Drechsel, Chr. Gordon, J. Miranda, S. Mukherjee, L.Verchot, H. Vereecken, L. Weihermüller, S. Zelaya-Bonilla, F. Ziadat. 2017. Land resources and the SDGs. In: Paul L. G. Vlek, Asia Khamzina, and Lulseged Tamene (eds.): Land degradation and the Sustainable Development Goals: Threats and potential remedies. CIAT / CGIAR. 17-31.

Nascimento, N., Paiva, A. C., Borner, J., Ometto, J. P. B. 2017. Land use and land cover changes and its implications for local and regional climate change: perceptions and challenges for mitigation and adaptation actions. In: São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Climate Change: Scientific basis, adaptation, vulnerability and mitigation, 2017, São Paulo. São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Climate Change: Scientific basis, adaptation, vulnerability and mitigation. p. 1-135.

Rosa da Conceicao, Hugo; Jung, Sebastian. 2017. Transferencias condicionadas de recursos como políticas basadas en incentivos – Conceptos y recomendaciones para el Programa Bosques. Nota Técnica 19. Proyecto CBC-GIZ Peru.
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Schielein, J. 2017. Potentially navigable rivers in South America. doi:10.7910/DVN/1G8PZI, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Schielein, J., Frey, G., & Miranda, J. 2017. Friction Map for Brazil in 2014 [Data set]. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.557151.

Valone, T.J., Barta, Z., Börner, J., Cardenas, J.-C., Giraldeau, L.-A., Kokko, H., Oldekop, J., Pauly, D., Rustagi, D., Sutherland, W. 2017. Governance of Renewable Resources. In: Giraldeau, L.-A., Heeb, P., Kosfeld, M. (eds.): Investors and Exploiters in Ecology and Economics: Principles and Applications. Ernst Strüngemann Forum / The MIT Press. 97-118.

2016

Bolte, A., Börner, J., Bräsicke, N., Degen, B., Dieter, M., Saake, B., Schneider, B.U. 2016. Perspektiven der Forst- und Holzwirtschaft in Deutschland.

Börner, J., Wunder, S., Giudice, R. 2016 Will up-scaled forest conservation incentives in the Peruvian Amazon produce cost-effective and equitable outcomes? Environmental Conservation.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892916000229

Börner J., Baylis K., Corbera E., Ezzine-de-Blas D., Ferraro PJ., Honey-Rosés J., et al. 2016. Emerging Evidence on the Effectiveness of Tropical Forest Conservation. PLoS ONE 11(11): e0159152. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159152

Souza Cunha, FAF., Börner, J., Wunder, S., Cosenza, CAN., Lucena, AFP. 2016. The implementation costs of forest conservation policies in Brazil. Ecological Economics 130.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.07.007

Strohmaier, R., Rioux, J., Seggel, A., Meybeck, A., Bernoux, M., Salvatore, M., Miranda, J. and Agostini, A. 2016. The agriculture sectors in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions: Analysis. Environment and Natural Resources Management Working Paper No. 62. FAO, Rome.

2015

Baylis, K., J. Honey-Rosés, J. Börner, E. Corbera, D. Ezzine-de-Blas, P. Ferraro, R. Lapeyre, U. M. Persson, A. Pfaff and S. Wunder. 2015. Mainstreaming impact evaluation in nature conservation. Conservation Letters, : in press.
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Börner, J., Kis-Katos, K., Hargrave, J., König, K. 2015. Post-Crackdown Effectiveness of Field-Based Forest Law Enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon. PLOS ONE, 10(4): e0121544. (Open Access)
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Börner, J., Marinho, E. and S. Wunder. 2015. Mixing Carrots and Sticks to Conserve Forests in the Brazilian Amazon: A Spatial Probabilistic Modeling Approach. PLoS ONE 10(2): e0116846.
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Börner, J., Shively, G., Wunder, S., Wyman, M. 2015. How do rural households cope with economic shocks? Insights from global data using hierarchical analysis. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 66(2): 392-414.Download [PDF | 269.68KB]
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Cisneros E., Zhou SL., Börner J. 2015. Naming and Shaming for Conservation: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0136402. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136402

Guta, DD; Börner, J. 2015.  Energy security, uncertainty, and energy resource use option in Ethiopia: A sector modelling approach, ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy, No. 201.
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Mirzabaev, A., D. Guta, J. Goedecke, V. Gaur, J. Börner, D. Virchow, M. Denich and J. von Braun. 2015. Bioenergy, food security and poverty reduction: trade-offs and synergies along the water–energy–food security nexus. Water International, : 1:19.
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Noack, F., Wunder, S., Angelsen, A., Boerner, Jan, 2015. Responses to Weather and Climate: A Cross‐Section Analysis of Rural Incomes. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 7478.

Reimer, F., Asner, G P.,  Joseph, S. 2015. Advancing reference emission levels in subnational and national REDD+ initiatives: a CLASlite approach. Carbon Balance and Management, 10(5). (Open Access)
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Rodríguez Osuna V. 2015. Targeting watershed protection in the Guapiaçu-Macacu region of the Atlantic Forest, Brazil: An environmental and economic assessment of the potential for a payment for ecosystem services scheme. Kölner Schriften zur Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaftlichen Forschung. Band 1/2015. Cologne Open Science. Cologne, Germany
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Rosa da Conceição, H., Börner, J., Wunder, S. 2015. Policy choice and incentive-based Amazon forest conservation: evidence from Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru. Ecosystem Services 16, 243–252.

Rosa da Conceição, H., J. Börner and S. Wunder. 2015. Why were upscaled incentive programs for forest conservation adopted? Comparing policy choices in Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru. Ecosystem Services
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.10.004i

Zhou, S.L., Börner, J. 2015. Sustainable consumption and the fate of tropical forests: Can trees make us happier? ZEF news, 29, Bonn, Germany.

2014

Angelsen, A., Jagger, P., Babigumira, R., Belcher, B., Hogarth, N., Bauch, S., Börner, J., Smith-Hall, C., and S. Wunder. 2014. Environmental Income and Rural Livelihoods: A Global-Comparative Analysis. World Development, 64:12-28.
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Börner, J., Wunder, S., Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S., Hyman, G., Nascimento, N. 2014. Forest law enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon: costs and income effects. Global Environmental Change, 29: 294–305.
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Duchelle, A. E., A. M. Almeyda Zambrano, S. Wunder, J. Börner and K. A. Kainer. 2014. Smallholder Specialization Strategies along the Forest Transition Curve in Southwestern Amazonia. World Development, 64: 149–158.
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Duchelle, A. E., M. Cromberg, M. F. Gebara, R. Guerra, T. Melo, A. Larson, P. Cronkleton, J. Börner, E. Sills, S. Wunder, S. Bauch, P. May, G. Selaya and W. D. Sunderlin. 2014. Linking Forest Tenure Reform, Environmental Compliance, and Incentives: Lessons from REDD+ Initiatives in the Brazilian Amazon. World Development, 55: 53-67.
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Lambin, E.F., P. Meyfroidt, X. Rueda, A. Blackman, J. Börner, P.O. Cerutti, T. Dietsch, L. Jungmann, P. Lamarque and J. Lister. 2014. Effectiveness and synergies of policy instruments for land use governance in tropical regions. Global Environmental Change, 28: 129-140.
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Potapov, P., J. Dempewolf, Y. Talero, M. Hansen, S. Stehman, C. Vargas, E. Rojas, D. Castillo, E. Mendoza, A. Calderón, R. Giudice, N. Malaga and B.R. Zutta. 2014. "National satellite-based humid tropical forest change assessment in Peru in support of REDD+ implementation." Environmental Research Letters 9(12): 124012.

Rodríguez Osuna, V., Börner, J., Cunha, M. 2014. Scoping Adaptation Needs for Smallholders in the Brazilian Amazon: A Municipal Level Case Study. Change Adaptation Socioecol. Syst. (CASES), 1(1): 12-25.
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Rodríguez Osuna, V., Börner, J., Cunha, M. 2014. Small-Scale Producers, Risk and Climate Change in an Amazonian Municipality. In: Lac, S., McHenry, M.P. (eds.): Climate Change and Forest Ecosystems. Climate change and its causes, effect and prediction. Nova Publishers Inc.. 135-151.
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Rodríguez Osuna V., Börner J., Nehren U., Prado R.B., Gaese H., Heinrich J. 2014. Priority areas for watershed service conservation in the Guapi-Macacu region of Rio de Janeiro, Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Ecological Processes, 1 (3). (Open Acess).
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Rodríguez Osuna, V., Prado, R.B., Monteiro, J.M.G., Gaese, H., Börner, J., Heinrich, J. 2014. Perfil dos sistemas de produção agropecuária: uma visão do produtor rural na sub-bacia de Batatal em Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Boletim de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Embrapa Solos.

Rosa da Conceicao, H. 2014. Conditional Cash Transfer in the context of social welfare and environmental incentive based public policies. Nota Técnica 14. Proyecto CBC-GIZ Peru.
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Wunder, S., J. Börner, G. Shively and M. Wyman. 2014. Safety Nets, Gap Filling and Forests: A Global-Comparative Perspective. World Development, 64: 29-42.
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WWF-Brasil. 2014. Guidelines for a national policy for payment for ecosystem services (Diretrizes para a Política Nacional de Pagamento por Serviços Ambientais). Brasilia, Brazil.
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2013

Börner, J. and S. Vosti. 2013. Managing Tropical Forest Ecosystem Services: An Overview of Options. In: R. Muradian and L. Rival (eds.): Governing the Provision of Ecosystem Services. Springer. 21-46.

Börner, J., Higgins, S.I., Scheiter, S. and J. Kantelhardt. 2013. Approximating Optimal Numerical Solutions to Bio-economic Systems: How useful is Simulation-Optimization?. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, 52(3): 179-198.

Börner, J., Wunder, S., Reimer, F., Bakkegaard, R.K., Viana, V., Tezza, J., Pinto, T., Lima, L., Marostica, S. 2013. Promoting Forest Stewardship in the Bolsa Floresta Programme: Local Livelihood Strategies and Preliminary Impacts. CIFOR/FAS, Manaus.

Figueiredo, R. de O., Börner, J. and E.A. Davidson. 2013. Watershed services payments to small-holders in the Brazilian Amazon: challenges and perspectives. Revista Ambiente & Água , 8(2): 6-17.

Luijk, G. van, Cowling, R.M., Riksen, M.J.P.M. and J. Glenday. 2013. Hydrological implications of desertification: Degradation of South African semi-arid subtropical thicket. Journal of Arid Environments, 91: 14-21.

Prado Córdova, J., S. Wunder, C. Smith-Hall and J. Börner. 2013. Rural Income and Forest Reliance in Highland Guatemala. Environmental Management, 51(5): 1034-1043.

Rodríguez Osuna, V. 2013. Smallholder Production and Climate Risk: The Lower Amazon Region, Brazil. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. Book. Cologne, Germany: P. 164. ISBN 978-3-659-32187-0.

2012

Börner, J., Wunder. S. 2012. The Scope for Reducing Emissions from Forestry and Agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon. Forests 3, 546-572

Börner, J., Wunder, S. 2012. Mitigation options from forestry and agriculture in the Amazon. In Wollenberg, E., Nihart, A., Tapio-Biström, Grieg-Gran, M. (ed): Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture. Earthscan.

Wunder, S., Börner, J. 2012. Payments for environmental services to mitigate climate change: agriculture and forestry compared. In Wollenberg, E., Nihart, A., Tapio-Biström, Grieg-Gran, M. (ed): Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture. Earthscan.