Rachel Carmenta

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• 2025

  Burning perceptions that integrate wellbeing and ecosystem services to inform fire governance in the Peruvian Andes

  Luna-Celino, V., Kainer, K. A., Carmenta, R., Loiselle, B. & Cuellar, A., May 2025, In: Journal of Rural Studies. 116, 103610.

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• Integrated fire management as an adaptation and mitigation strategy to altered fire regimes

  Menor, I. O., Prat-Guitart, N., Spadoni, G. L., Hsu, A., Fernandes, P. M., Puig-Gironès, R., Ascoli, D., Bilbao, B. A., Bacciu, V., Brotons, L., Carmenta, R., de-Miguel, S., Gonçalves, L. G., Humphrey, G., Ibarnegaray, V., Jones, M. W., Machado, M. S., Millán, A., de Morais Falleiro, R., Mouillot, F., & 6 othersPinto, C., Pons, P., Regos, A., Senra de Oliveira, M., Harrison, S. P. & Armenteras Pascual, D., 15 Mar 2025, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 6, 202.

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• The use of fire to preserve biodiversity under novel fire regimes

  Puig-Gironès, R., Palmero-Iniesta, M., Fernandes, P. M., Oliveras Menor, I., Ascoli, D., Kelly, L. T., Charles-Dominique, T., Regos, A., Harrison, S., Armenteras, D., Brotons, L., De-Miguel, S., Spadoni, G. L., Carmenta, R., Machado, M., Cardil, A., Santos, X., Erdozain, M., Canaleta, G., Berlinck, C. N., & 6 othersVilalta-Clapés, Q., Mouillot, F., Salis, M., Verdinelli, M., Bacciu, V. & Pons, P., 17 Apr 2025, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 380, 1924, 20230449.

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• 2024

  Balancing ambitions and realities: Stakeholder perspectives on jurisdictional approach outcomes in Sabah’s Forests

  Ng, J. S. C., Chevier, C., Carmenta, R., Samdin, Z., Azhar, B. & Karsenty, A., Jan 2024, In: Environmental Management. 73, p. 259-273 15 p.

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• Evaluating the impacts of a large-scale voluntary REDD+ project in Sierra Leone

  Malan, M., Carmenta, R., Gsottbauer, E., Hofman, P., Kontoleon, A., Swinfield, T. & Voors, M., Feb 2024, In: Nature Sustainability. 7, 2, p. 120–129 10 p.

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• Reconciling conservation and development requires enhanced integration and broader aims: A cross-continental assessment of landscape approaches

  Estrada-Carmona, N., Carmenta, R., Reed, J., Betemariam, E., Declerck, F., Falk, T., Hart, A. K., Jones, S. K., Kleinschroth, F., McCartney, M., Meinzen-Dick, R., Milder, J., Quintero, M., Remans, R., Valbuena, D., Willemen, L., Zanzanaini, C. & Zhang, W., 18 Oct 2024, In: One Earth. 7, 10, p. 1858-1873 16 p.

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• Understanding non-participation in local governance institutions in Indonesia

  Miller, A., Ahmad, A., Carmenta, R., Zabala, A., Muflihati, Kartikawati, S. M., Damatashia, P., Sagita, N. & Phelps, J., 1 Jun 2024, In: Biological Conservation. 294, 110605.

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• 2023

  Connected Conservation: Rethinking conservation for a telecoupled world

  Carmenta, R., Barlow, J., Bastos Lima, M. G., Bereguer, E., Choiruzzad, S., Estrada-Carmona, N., França, F., Kallis, G., Killick, E., Lees, A., Martin, A., Pascual, U., Pettorelli, N., Reed, J., Rodriguez, I., Steward, A. M., Sunderland, T., Vira, B., Zaehringer, J. G. & Hicks, C., Jun 2023, In: Biological Conservation. 282, 110047.

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• Protecting peatlands requires understanding stakeholder perceptions and relational values: A case study of peatlands in the Yorkshire Dales

  Lees, K. J., Carmenta, R., Condliffe, I., Gray, A., Marquis, L. & Lenton, T. M., Jul 2023, In: AMBIO. 52, 7, p. 1282-1296 15 p.

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• Stakeholder preferences for pangolin conservation interventions in south-east Nigeria

  Emogor, C. A., Zabala, A., Onyeche Adaje, P., Clark, D., Steensen Nielsen, K. & Carmenta, R., Jun 2023, In: People and Nature. 5, 3, p. 1010-1026 17 p.

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• Structuring the complexity of integrated landscape approaches into selectable, scalable, and measurable attributes

  Waeber, P. O., Carmenta, R., Estrada Carmona, N., Garcia, C. A., Falk, T., Fellay, A., Ghazoul, J., Reed, J., Willemen, L., Zhang, W. & Kleinschroth, F., Sept 2023, In: Environmental Science & Policy. 147, p. 67-77 11 p.

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• The comparative performance of land sharing, land sparing type interventions on place‐based human well‐being

  Carmenta, R., Steward, A., Albuquerque, A., Carneiro, R., Vira, B. & Estrada Carmona, N., Dec 2023, In: People and Nature. 5, 6, p. 1804-1821 18 p.

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• The drivers and impacts of Amazon forest degradation

  Lapola, D. M., Pinho, P., Barlow, J., Aragão, L. E. O. C., Berenguer, E., Carmenta, R., Liddy, H. M., Seixas, H., Silva, C. V. J., Silva-Junior, C. H. L., Alencar, A. A. C., Anderson, L. O., Armenteras, D., Brovkin, V., Calders, K., Chambers, J., Chini, L., Costa, M. H., Faria, B. L., Fearnside, P. M., & 15 othersFerreira, J., Gatti, L., Gutierrez-Velez, V. H., Han, Z., Hibbard, K., Koven, C., Lawrence, P., Pongratz, J., Portela, B. T. T., Rounsevell, M., Ruane, A. C., Schaldach, R., Silva, S. S. D., Randow, C. V. & Walker, W. S., 27 Jan 2023, In: Science. 379, 6630

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• Understanding stakeholders’ perspectives on the collaborative governance challenges in Sabah’s (Malaysian Borneo) jurisdictional approach

  Ng, J. S. C., Chevier, C., Roda, J-M., Samdin, Z. & Carmenta, R., Oct 2023, In: Journal of Development Studies. 59, 11, p. 1699-1717 19 p.

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• 2022

  A global evaluation of the effectiveness of voluntary REDD+ projects at reducing deforestation and degradation in the moist tropics

  Guizar-Coutiño, A., Jones, J. P. G., Balmford, A., Carmenta, R. & Coomes, D. A., Dec 2022, In: Conservation Biology. 36, 6, e13970.

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• 2021

  Between a rock and a hard place: The burdens of uncontrolled fire for smallholders across the tropics

  Carmenta, R., Cammelli, F., Dressler, W., Verbicaro, C. & Zähringer, J., 1 Sept 2021, In: World Development. 145, 105521.

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• Evaluating bundles of interventions to prevent peat-fires in Indonesia

  Carmenta, R., Zabala, A., Trihadmojo, B., Gaveau, D., Salim, M. A. & Phelps, J., Mar 2021, In: Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions. 67, 102154.

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• Experts and resource users split over solutions to peatland fires

  Phelps, J., Zabala, A., Daeli, W. & Carmenta, R., Oct 2021, In: World Development. 146, 105594.

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• Recalibrating burdens of blame: Anti-swidden politics and green governance in the Philippine uplands

  Dressler, W. H., Smith, W., Kull, C. A., Carmenta, R. & Pulhim, J. M., Aug 2021, In: Geoforum. 124, 6, p. 348-359 12 p.

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• Re-integrating ecology into integrated landscape approaches

  Reed, J., Kusters, K., Barlow, J., Balinga, M., Borah, J. R., Carmenta, R., Chervier, C., Djoudi, H., Gumbo, D., Laumonier, Y., Moombe, K. B., Yuliani, E. L. & Sunderland, T., Aug 2021, In: Landscape Ecology. 36, 8, p. 2395–2407 13 p.

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• Where policy and culture collide: Perceptions and responses of swidden farmers to the burn ban in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

  Daeli, W., Carmenta, R., Monroe, M. & Adams, A., Apr 2021, In: Human Ecology. 49, 2, p. 159-170 12 p.

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• 2020

  Characterising policy responses to complex socio-ecological problems: 60 fire management interventions in Indonesian peatlands

  Jefferson, U., Carmenta, R., Daeli, W. & Phelps, J., 31 Jan 2020, In: Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions. 60, 10 p., 102027.

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• Characterizing and evaluating integrated landscape initiatives

  Carmenta, R., Coomes, D. A., DeClerck, F. A. J., Hart, A. K., Harvey, C. A., Milder, J., Reed, J., Vira, B. & Estrada-Carmona, N., 21 Feb 2020, In: One Earth. 2, 2, p. 174-187 14 p.

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• Plural valuation of nature for equity and sustainability: Insights from the Global South

  Zafra-Calvo, N., Balvanera, P., Pascual, U., Mercon, J., Martin-Lopez, B., van Noordwijk, M., Heita Mwampamba, T., Lele, S., Speranza, C. I., Arias-Arevalo, P., Cabrol, D., Caceres, D. M., O'Farrell, P., Subramanian, S. M., Devy, S., Krishnan, S., Carmenta, R., Guibrunet, L., Kraus-Elsin, Y., Moersberger, H., & 2 othersCarino, J. & Diaz, S., Jul 2020, In: Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions. 63, 12 p., 102115.

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• The extent and distribution of joint conservation-development funding in the tropics

  Reed, J., Oldekop, J. A., Barlow, J., Carmenta, R., Geldman, J., Ikowitz, A., Narulita, S., Rahman, S., van Vianen, J., Yanou, M. & Sunderland, T., 18 Dec 2020, In: One Earth. 3, 6, p. 753-762 10 p.

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• 2019

  Development and equity: A gendered inquiry in a swidden landscape

  Maharani, C. D., Moeliono, M., Wong, G. Y., Brockhaus, M., Carmenta, R. & Kallio, M., Apr 2019, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 101, p. 120-128 9 p.

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• Engaging multiple stakeholders to reconcile climate, conservation and development objectives in tropical landscapes

  Reed, J., Barlow, J., Carmenta, R., van Vianen, J. & Sunderland, T., Oct 2019, In: Biological Conservation. 238, 9 p., 108229.

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• Forbidden fire: Does criminalising fire hinder conservation efforts in swidden landscapes of the Brazilian Amazon?

  Carmenta, R., Coudel, E. & Steward, A. M., Mar 2019, In: The Geographical Journal. 185, 1, p. 23-37 15 p.

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• 2017

  Framing REDD+ in the Brazilian national media: how discourses evolved amid global negotiation uncertainties

  Gebara, M. F., May, P. H., Carmenta, R., Calixto, B., Brockhaus, M. & DiGregorio, M., Mar 2017, In: Climatic Change.

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• Overlapping land claims limit the use of satellites to monitor no-deforestation commitments and no-burning compliance

  Gaveau, D. L. A., Pirard, R., Salim, M. A., Tonoto, P., Yaen, H., Parks, S. A. & Carmenta, R., Mar 2017, In: Conservation Letters. 10, 2, p. 257-264 8 p.

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• Perceptions across scales of governance and the Indonesian peatland fires

  Carmenta, R., Zabala, A., Daeli, W. & Phelps, J., Sept 2017, In: Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions. 46, p. 50-59 10 p.

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• 2016

  Does the establishment of sustainable use reserves affect fire management in the humid tropics?

  Carmenta, R., Blackburn, G. A., Davies, G., de Sassi, C., Lima, A., Parry, L., Tych, W. & Barlow, J., 17 Feb 2016, In: PLoS One. 11, 2, 19 p., 0149292.

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• 2014

  Advocacy coalitions, REDD+, and forest governance in Papua New Guinea: how likely is transformational change?

  Babon, A., McIntyre, D., Gowae, G. Y., Gallemore, C., Carmenta, R., Di Gregorio, M. & Brockhaus, M., 2014, In: Ecology and Society. 19, 3, 13 p., 16.

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• REDD+ policy networks: exploring actors and power structures in an emerging policy domain

  Brockhaus, M., Di Gregorio, M. & Carmenta, R., 2014, In: Ecology and Society. 19, 4, 29.

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• The REDD+ Policy arena in Vietnam: participation of policy actors

  Pham, T. T., Di Gregorio, M., Carmenta, R., Brockhaus, M. & Dung, L. T., 2014, In: Ecology and Society. 19, 2, 22.

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• 2013

  Shifting cultivation and fire policy: insights from the Brazilian Amazon

  Carmenta, R., Vermeylen, S., Parry, L. & Barlow, J., Aug 2013, In: Human Ecology. 41, 4, p. 603–614 12 p.

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• 2012

  From conflict of use to multiple use: Forest management innovations by small holders in Amazonian logging frontiers

  Shanley, P., da Serra Silva, M., Melo, T., Carmenta, R. & Nesi, R., 15 Mar 2012, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 268, p. 70-80 11 p.

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• The critical importance of considering fire in REDD+ programs

  Barlow, J., Parry, L., Gardner, T. A., Ferreira, J. N., Aragão, L. E. O. C., Carmenta, R., Berenguer, E., Viera, I. C. G., Souza, C. & Cochrane, M. A., 30 Apr 2012, In: Biological Conservation. 3, 34, p. 1-8 8 p.

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• 2011

  Understanding human-fire interactions in tropical forest regions: a case for interdisciplinary research across the natural and social sciences

  Carmenta, R., Parry, L., Blackburn, A., Vermeylen, S. & Barlow, J., 30 Jul 2011, In: Ecology and Society. 16, 1, 53.

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