Policy principles for sustainable and just land systems
Garrett, Rachael (University of Cambridge. Department of Geography)
Meyfroidt, Patrick (Universite Catholique de Louvain. Earth and Life Institute)
De Bremond, Ariane (University of Maryland College Park. Department of Geographical Sciences)
Wartenberg, Ariani (University of Maryland College Park. Department of Geographical Sciences)
Barbieri, Lindsay (University of Cambridge. Department of Geography)
Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Acheampong, Emmanuel (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Department of Silviculture and Forest Management)
Addoah, Thomas (Cambridge University. Department of Plant Sciences)
Adeleye, Matthew (University of Cambridge. Department of Geography)
Alexander, Peter (University of Edinburgh. Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security)
Brandão, Joyce (University of Cambridge. Department of Geography)
Coomes, David (University of Cambridge. Department of Plant Sciences)
Ellis, Erle C. (University of Maryland Baltimore County. Geography and Environmental Systems)
Fajardo, J. (University of Cambridge. Department of Geography)
Jacobi, Johanna (ETH Zürich. Department of Environmental Systems Science)
Leach, Melissa (University of Cambridge. Department of Social Anthropology)
Lele, Sharachandra (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment. Centre for Environment and Development)
Zonta, Aymara Llanque (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research)
Lyons-White, Joss (University of Cambridge. Department of Geography)
Martin, Adrian (University of East Anglia)
Messerli, Peter (University of Bern. Wyss Academy for Nature)
Milner-Gulland, E. J. (University of Oxford. Department of Biology)
Müller, Daniel (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Department of Geography)
Mills, Morena (Imperial College London. Centre for Environmental Policy)
Kalunda, Pauline Nantongo (Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda)
Pascual, Unai 1973- (Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science)
Rueda, Ximena (Universidad de los Andes (Colombia))
Ryan, Casey (University of Edinburgh)
Setty, Siddappa (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment)
Pham, Thu Thuy (Flinders University. College of Business, Government and Law)
Zagaria, Cecilia (Wageningen University and Research)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia

Data:	2025
Resum:	Land systems are the nexus of many global sustainability and justice challenges. Here we present eight guiding principles (P1-8) for improved land system policies following the heuristic stages of a policy cycle. The principles are as follows: embrace recognitional justice (P1), be politically strategic (P2), consider multiple policy goals (P3), address systemic issues (P4), take an integrative scope (P5), foster co-development (P6), adopt clear and monitorable targets (P7) and integrate diagnostic and adaptive capacities (P8). We then explore how well policies align with these principles in two globally relevant cases (land-based climate mitigation and biodiversity-friendly agriculture). In both cases, we find that when policies align poorly with the principles at the agenda-setting stage, there is further misalignment at the policy formulation stage. In the instances when recognitional justice is embraced at the onset, policies subsequently integrate more diverse goals and co-development, but they insufficiently consider political strategy and struggle to handle system complexity. Nonetheless, we identify promising policy mixes that provide benefits to multiple actors, integrate multiple goals, take an integrative scope and have strong monitoring and adaptation, aligning well with multiple principles. Further investigation of these principles could reveal promising policy pathways for land systems.
Ajuts:	European Commission 949932 Agencia Estatal de Investigación CEX2021-001201-M
Nota:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Climate ; Conservation ; Food ; Governance ; Science-policy ; Sustainability transitions ; Transformation ; SDG 2 - Zero Hunger ; SDG 13 - Climate Action ; SDG 15 - Life on Land
Publicat a:	Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 12, Issue 10 (October 2025) , art. 250810, ISSN 2054-5703

DOI: 10.1098/rsos.250810
PMID: 41103768

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