These days everyone seems to thinks that "planting trees" is an important solution to the climate crisis. They're mostly wrong, and in this paper we explain why. Instead of planting trees, we need to talk about people managing landscapes. 1/x

It was -10 F (-23 C) and our gas boiler/radiators aren't working but our house was plenty warm last night with our cold climate heat pump. Globally few people live in places that regularly get this cold, the vast majority live in places where a heat pump is all you need.

Systematic review of evidence on Miyawaki forest restoration: Its at least 10,000 times more expensive than other techniques, yet has no well documented benefits

Open PhD position here in UMN forest resources in the analysis of forest change in tropical mountains, with a focus on geospatial analysis. Applications due Dec. 8. More information and instructions on how to apply here:

A couple weeks remain to submit your proposals to our conference panel at POLLEN in Barcelona next summer about the future of restoration - due December 5.

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The School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies at San José State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. We welcome applicants who apply an environmental justice lens to their work.

Improved local democracy is a core environmental policy. In India, infrastructure development leads to species loss, "Yet the extent of species loss is more than halved when local institutions enable marginalized communities to mobilize..."

If vulnerability is the propensity for loss and suffering, what lies in wait if it is to be addressed? To which future should we strive?

More fundamentally, this framing provides insight into our shared human condition in present times, amidst mounting climate-related damages, a pandemic, wars, and continued political upheaval

We argue that a more experiential and cross-cutting understanding of vulnerability holds potential to support development pathways that better address people’s lived needs and aspirations in ways that recognize their sense of self and agency.

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Our work reveals how these more dramatic events intersect with a wide range of everyday human concerns — health, labour, debt, care for loved ones, and the need for social belonging.

We illustrate this framing by recounting three in-depth life histories complemented with observations from a broader sample of 52 households in rural Nepal, a context that has experienced significant climate, environmental, and other shocks in recent years.

Second, we argue for an understanding of vulnerability that is far more than avoiding loss but always experienced in relation to the lives people have reason to value and strive to build.

We recast vulnerability as an experientially grounded, cross-cutting concept by arguing for two analytical shifts. First, we decenter climate by analyzing how vulnerability unfolds across interconnected spheres of life within a broader life trajectory.

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"Vulnerability is a core concept within the environmental social sciences. Yet contemporary discussions often focus narrowly on specific kinds of risks, especially relating to climate, with particular attention to avoiding loss and harm.

This is the most innovative and important paper I've read this year:

Reposting this position - still looking for strong candidates and open until Oct. 31. And please note that we have specific instructions and are looking for people with specific skillsets - don't waste your time (or ours) if you don't fit the job requirements.

My department is hiring an assistant professor of forest regeneration. The University of Minnesota department of forest resources is a great place to work, I really like it here, and hope we end up hiring someone I can collaborate with.

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Pollen sort of stands for "political ecology network." We would love to feature your paper in our panel - I believe the link will take you to directly to where you can submit a paper to the panel.

Several colleagues and I are organizing a panel on "From global restoration goals to people's visions for the future: Capturing diverse imaginaries of ecosystem restoration" at the upcoming Pollen conference in Barcelona (June 29-July 3, 2026). https://t.co/1AVeLcHML9

Applications due Oct. 31