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Patrick Meyfroidt

Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)

Place Pasteur, 3

Louvain-la-Neuve, 1348

Belgium

F.R.S.-FNRS

Rue d’Egmont 5

Brussels, 1000

Belgium

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Unpacking the role of failed land investment projects in driving tropical deforestation

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Apr 2024
Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin - Department of Geography, Humboldt University of Berlin, Department of Forest Resources Management, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia,, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Earth and Life Institute, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, McGill University - Institute for the Study of International Development, Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA - UAB) and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
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Commodity frontiers, Indigenous People, Land rights, Land rush, Large-scale land acquisitions

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Middle-Range Theories of Land System Change

Global Environmental Change, 53, 52-67, 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.08.006
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 30 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2018
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Clark University - Graduate School of Geography, - Department of Geographical Sciences, - Geography & Environmental Systems, Alpen Adria University, University of Twente - Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability, Boston University - Department of Earth and Environment, USDA Forest Service, University of Bern - Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Humboldt University of Berlin - Department of Geography, University of Lausanne - Institute for Geography and Sustainability, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Georges Lemaître Center for Earth and Climate Research, Indiana University Bloomington - School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA), McGill University - Institute for the Study of International Development, University of Bern - Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Humboldt University of Berlin - Department of Geography, Humboldt University of Berlin - Department of Geography, Stockholm University - Stockholm Resilience Center, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Georges Lemaître Center for Earth and Climate Research, Stockholm University - Stockholm Resilience Center, Arizona State University (ASU) and VU University Amsterdam - Environmental Geography Group
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Trade-Offs Between Environment and Livelihoods: Bridging the Global Land Use and Food Security Discussions

Global Food Security, 16, 9-16, Doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2017.08.001 .
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 07 Jan 2019
Patrick Meyfroidt
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
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Land Management: Data Availability and Process Understanding for Global Change Studies.

Global Change Biology, 23 (2), 512-533, Doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13443
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 08 Jan 2019
Alpen Adria University, VU University Amsterdam, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Thünen Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture, Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Humboldt University of Berlin - Department of Geography, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt, VU University Amsterdam, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Alpen Adria University, Met Office, University of Wisconsin-Madison, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Met Office, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), Met Office and VU University Amsterdam
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Land Management, Global Land Use Datasets, Data Availability, Land-Cover Modification, Process Understanding, Earth System Models

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Rents, Actors, and the Expansion of Commodity Frontiers in the Gran Chaco

Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 108 (1), 204-225, Doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2017.1360761
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 07 Jan 2019
McGill University - Institute for the Study of International Development, Humboldt University of Berlin, National University of Tucuman, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Stockholm, Humboldt University of Berlin - Department of Geography, Independent, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA) and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
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Cattle, Frontiers, Gran Chaco, Rent, Soy

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Understanding Trade Stickiness to Improve the Sustainability of Global Commodity Supply Chains

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Jan 2020
Université catholique de Louvain - Earth and Life Institute, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Université catholique de Louvain - Earth and Life Institute, University of York - Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), York, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Stockholm, Université catholique de Louvain - Earth and Life Institute, University of York - Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), York, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Stockholm and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Stockholm
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stickiness, international trade, commodity supply chains, agriculture, zero-deforestation commitments, land use, soy supply chain, sustainability, temporal network analysis.

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Synthesis, part of a Special Feature on Archetype Analysis in Sustainability Research Archetype analysis in sustainability research: meanings, motivations, and evidence-based policy making

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 08 Apr 2025
University of Bern, University of Bern - Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), - Department of Geographical Sciences, affiliation not provided to SSRN, VU University Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Humboldt-University Berlin, Resource Economics Group, University of Maryland, College Park, Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Political Science, Independent, University of Bern - Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), affiliation not provided to SSRN, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (Bilthoven), affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Bern - Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Palacký University Olomouc and Autonomous University of Barcelona
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archetype, land systems, social-ecological system, sustainability, vulnerability

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Why Care about Theories? Innovative Ways of Theorizing in Sustainability Science

Maja Schlüter, Guido Caniglia, Kirill Orach, Örjan Bodin, Nicolas Magliocca, Patrick Meyfroidt, Belinda Reyers, Why care about theories? Innovative ways of theorizing in sustainability science, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Volume 54, 2022, 101154, ISSN 1877-3435
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 05 Dec 2022
Stockholm University - Stockholm Resilience Center, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Stockholm University - Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm University - Stockholm Resilience Center, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and Independent
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Representation of Decision-Making in European Agricultural Agent-Based Models

Agricultural Systems, 167, 143-160, 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2018.09.007
Posted: 08 Jan 2019
ETH Zürich, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), University of Hohenheim, University of Cambridge - Department of Geography, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, ETH Zürich, Huazhong Agricultural University, ETH Zürich, Government of the Swiss Confederation - Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), King’s College London, UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, The Macaulay Institute, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), ETH Zürich, University of Hohenheim and ETH Zürich

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Global Forest Transition: Prospects for an End to Deforestation

Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Vol. 36, pp. 343-371, 2011
Posted: 05 Nov 2011
Patrick Meyfroidt and Eric F. Lambin
Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)

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