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Marja Spierenburg
Researcher at Radboud University Nijmegen
Publications - 87
Citations - 5235
Marja Spierenburg is an academic researcher from Radboud University Nijmegen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Land reform & Sustainability. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 82 publications receiving 3902 citations. Previous affiliations of Marja Spierenburg include VU University Amsterdam & Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
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Interconnected place-based social–ecological research can inform global sustainability
Patricia Balvanera,Rafael Calderón-Contreras,Antonio Castro,Antonio Castro,María R. Felipe-Lucia,Ilse R. Geijzendorffer,Sander Jacobs,Berta Martín-López,Ugo Arbieu,Chinwe Ifejika Speranza,Bruno Locatelli,Natalia Pérez Harguindeguy,Ilse Ruiz Mercado,Marja Spierenburg,Ameline Vallet,Laura Lynes,Lindsey Gillson +16 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the current and potential role of place-based research into informing global sustainability initiatives by assessing the strengths, challenges, and opportunities of the place-baring research.
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Stakeholder engagement and biodiversity conservation challenges in social-ecological systems: Some insights from biosphere reserves in western Africa and France
Meriem Bouamrane,Marja Spierenburg,Arun Agrawal,Amadou Boureima,Marie-Christine Cormier-Salem,Michel Etienne,Christophe Le Page,Harold Levrel,Raphaël Mathevet +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the evolution of the concept of biosphere reserves and its application over time in different socioeconomic and cultural settings, highlighting the importance of early stakeholder engagement to build knowledge for achieving sustainable development.
Toward a more resilient agriculture
Elena M. Bennett,S.R. Carpenter,L.J. Gordon,N. Ramankutty,P. Balvanera,B. Campbell,Wolfgang Cramer,Jonathan A. Foley,Carl Folke,L. Karlberg,Junguo Liu,Hermann Lotze-Campen,Nathaniel D. Mueller,Garry D. Peterson,Stephen Polasky,Johan Rockström,Robert J. Scholes,Marja Spierenburg +17 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on increasing the efficiency of agricultural production relative to resource use and relative to unintended outcomes such as water pollution, biodiversity loss, and greenhouse gas emissions.
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Enclosing the Local for the Global Commons: Community Land Rights in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the differences among the different actors in terms of power and capacities, which are often ignored in the promotion of TFCAs, and show how international negotiations interact with national policies of decentralisation to shape and sometimes even disable local government institutions.
Preliminary guide regarding diverse conceptualization of multiple values of nature and its benefits, including biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services
Sandra Díaz,György Pataki,Eva Roth,Robert T. Watson,Yousef S. Al-Hafedh,S. Ahn,Edward Amankwah,Stanley T. Asah,Patricia Balvanera,Sara Jo Breslow,Craig Bullock,Daniel Cáceres,V. Chobotová,H. Daly-Hasen,E. Basak Dessane,Eugenio Figueroa,Christopher D. Golden,Erik Gómez-Baggethun,Mine Islar,Eszter Kelemen,Ritesh Kumar,K. Ma,Virginie Maris,M. Masozera,P.H. May,Aroha Te Pareake Mead,A. Mohamed,D. Moran,Patrick J. O’Farrell,Diego Pacheco,Ram Pandit,Walter Pengue,R. Pichs,Florin Popa,R. Povazan,Martin F. Quaas,T. Rakotobe,Heli Saarikoski,Bernardo B. N. Strassburg,Suneetha M. Subramanian,M. van den Belt,Madhu Verma,X. Wang,Fern Wickson,Heidi Wittmer,Nobuyuki Yagi,E.B. Barbier,Michael Burton,J. Houdet,Hans Keune,S. Liu,S. Maynard,R. Portela,Marja Spierenburg +53 more