Peter H. May

TL;DR: In this paper, an alternative and novel theoretical approach to the conceptualization and analysis of payments for environmental services (PES) is presented, taking into account complexities related to uncertainty, distributional issues, social embeddedness, and power relations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the rationale for the inclusive valuation of nature's contributions to people (NCP) in decision making, as well as broad methodological steps for doing so, and argue that transformative practices aiming at sustainable futures would benefit from embracing such diversity, which require recognizing and addressing power relationships across stakeholder groups that hold different values on human nature-relations and NCP.

TL;DR: In this paper, the suitability of payments for ecosystem services and the most important challenges they face are discussed, while over-reliance on payments as win-win solutions might lead to ineffective outcomes.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed an innovative theoretical framework that combines institutional and policy network approaches to study multi-level governance, and derived a number of propositions on how cross-level power imbalances shape communication and collaboration across multiple levels of governance.

TL;DR: The authors in this paper estimated the greenhouse gas emissions associated with cattle raising in Brazil, focusing on the period from 2003 to 2008 and the three principal sources: 1) portion of deforestation resulting in pasture establishment and subsequent burning of felled vegetation; 2) pasture burning; and 3) bovine enteric fermentation.