Ole Mertz

Ole Mertz

Professor


  1. 2024
  2. Published

    Trees on smallholder farms and forest restoration are critical for Rwanda to achieve net zero emissions

    Mugabowindekwe, M., Brandt, M., Mukuralinda, A., Ciais, P., Reiner, F., Kariryaa, A., Igel, C., Chave, J., Mertz, O., Hiernaux, P., Tong, X., Rwanyiziri, G., Gominski, D., Li, S., Liu, S., Gasangwa, I., Hategekimana, Y., Ndoli, A., Nduwamungu, J., Saatchi, S. & 1 others, Fensholt, Rasmus, 2024, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 5, 1, 10 p., 113.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 2023
  4. Published

    Codesigning sustainable land uses: framing participatory methods for research and development projects

    Sachet, Erwan Gilles Norman, Mertz, Ole, Vanegas, M., Cruz-garcia, G. S., Beltran, M., Angel-Sanchez, Y. K., Zapata, Y. C., Lavelle, P., Solarte, A., Suarez, J. C., Alvarez, F., Romero, M., Rico, A., Sierra, L. & Quintero, M., 2023, In: Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 47, 3, p. 413-440

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Drivers and consequences of archetypical shifting cultivation transitions

    Martin, D. A., Llopis, J. C., Raveloaritiana, E., Coomes, O. T., Andriamihaja, O. R., Bruun, Thilde Bech, Heinimann, A., Mertz, Ole, Rakotonarivo, O. S. & Zaehringer, J. G., 2023, In: People and Nature . 5, 2, p. 529-541

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    More than one quarter of Africa's tree cover is found outside areas previously classified as forest

    Reiner, F., Brandt, M., Tong, X., Skole, D., Kariryaa, A., Ciais, P., Davies, A., Hiernaux, P., Chave, J., Mugabowindekwe, M., Igel, C., Oehmcke, S., Gieseke, F., Li, S., Liu, S., Saatchi, S., Boucher, P., Singh, J., Taugourdeau, S., Dendoncker, M. & 4 others, Song, X., Mertz, Ole, Tucker, C. J. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 10 p., 2258.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Nation-wide mapping of tree-level aboveground carbon stocks in Rwanda

    Mugabowindekwe, M., Brandt, M., Chave, J., Reiner, F., Skole, D. L., Kariryaa, A., Igel, C., Hiernaux, P., Ciais, P., Mertz, O., Tong, X., Li, S., Rwanyiziri, G., Dushimiyimana, T., Ndoli, A., Uwizeyimana, V., Lillesø, J-P. B., Gieseke, F., Tucker, C. J., Saatchi, S. & 1 others, Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Nature climate change. 13, p. 91-97

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Synthesis: Understanding change and innovation in shifting cultivation

    Mertz, Ole, 2023, Farmer Innovations and Best Practices by Shifting Cultivators in Asia-Pacific. Cairns, M., Hill, B. & Kurupunya, T. (eds.). CABI Publishing, p. 2-7

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  9. 2022
  10. Published

    Adaptive approaches to REDD+ are needed for countries with high forest cover and low deforestation rates

    Schweikart, M., Mertz, Ole & Müller, D., 2022, In: Environmental Research Letters. 17, 11, 10 p., 114011.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    How are institutions included in Integrated Conservation and Development Projects? Developing and testing a diagnostic approach on the World Bank’s Forest and Community project in Salta, Argentina

    Busck-Lumholt, L. M., Corbera, E. & Mertz, Ole, 2022, In: World Development. 157, 14 p., 105956.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Resilience of breadfruit agro-ecosystems in Hawaiʻi during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Berning, E. H., Andersen, C. V. H., Mertz, Ole, Dickinson, Noel Dakar, Opgenorth, Michael Lee, Lincoln, N. K., Rashford, J. H. & Rønsted, Nina, 2022, In: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience. 3, 8 p., 56.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Sociopolitical drivers and environmental outcomes of protected area downgrading and degazettement in Cambodia

    Ford, S. A., Persson, Joel Gustav, Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck & Mertz, Ole, 2022, In: Regional Environmental Change. 22, 4, 12 p., 114.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Telecoupling as a framework to support a more nuanced understanding of causality in land system science

    Busck-Lumholt, L. M., Coenen, J., Persson, Joel Gustav, Pedersen, A. F., Mertz, Ole & Corbera, E., 2022, In: Journal of Land Use Science. 17, 1, p. 386-406 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Ten facts about land systems for sustainability

    Meyfroidt, P., de Bremond, A., Ryan, C. M., Archer, E., Aspinall, R., Chhabra, A., Camara, G., Corbera, E., DeFries, R., Díaz, S., Dong, J., Ellis, E. C., Erb, K. H., Fisher, J. A., Garrett, R. D., Golubiewski, N. E., Grau, H. R., Grove, J. M., Haberl, H., Heinimann, A. & 30 others, Hostert, P., Jobbágy, E. G., Kerr, S., Kuemmerle, T., Lambin, E. F., Lavorel, S., Lele, S., Mertz, Ole, Messerli, P., Metternicht, G., Munroe, D. K., Nagendra, H., Nielsen, J. Ø., Ojima, D. S., Parker, D. C., Pascual, U., Porter, John Roy, Ramankutty, N., Reenberg, A., Roy Chowdhury, R., Seto, K. C., Seufert, V., Shibata, H., Thomson, A., Turner, B. L., Urabe, J., Veldkamp, T., Verburg, P. H., Zeleke, G. & Zu Ermgassen, E. K. H. J., 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 7, 12 p., e2109217118.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    The Impact of Unimplemented Large-Scale Land Development Deals

    Broegaard, Rikke Brandt, Vongvisouk, T. & Mertz, Ole, 2022, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6, 13 p., 789809.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    The Intensification of Shifting Cultivation in Tanzania: Effects on Soil and Vegetation

    Kilawe, C. J., Mohamed Maliondo, S., Bruun, Thilde Bech, Birch-Thomsen, Torben, Silayo, D. S. A. & Mertz, Ole, 2022, Agriculture, Environment and Sustainable Development: Experiences and Case Studies. Rukhsana & Alam, A. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 21-42 22 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    What makes a national park? Multiple environmentalities and politics of scale in governing Laos’ protected areas

    Persson, Joel Gustav, Mertz, Ole & Nielsen, J. Ø., 2022, In: Regional Environmental Change. 22, 4, 17 p., 134.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. 2021
  20. Published

    Agroecological Transitions: A Systematic Review of Research Approaches and Prospects for Participatory Action Methods

    Sachet, Erwan Gilles Norman, Mertz, Ole, Le Coq, J., Cruz-garcia, G. S., Francesconi, W., Bonin, M. & Quintero, M., 2021, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 5, 13 p., 709401.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Ecosystem Service Provision by Secondary Forests in Shifting Cultivation Areas Remains Poorly Understood

    Mertz, Ole, Bruun, Thilde Bech, Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck, Ryan, C. M., Zaehringer, J. G., Hinrup, J. S. & Heinimann, A., 2021, In: Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 49, p. 271–283 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Large Differences in Livelihood Responses and Outcomes to Increased Conservation Enforcement in a Protected Area

    Persson, Joel Gustav, Ford, S., Keophoxay, A., Mertz, Ole, Nielsen, J. Ø., Vongvisouk, T. & Zörner, M., 2021, In: Human Ecology. 49, p. 597–616 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. 2020
  24. Published

    An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel

    Brandt, M., Tucker, C. J., Kariryaa, A., Rasmussen, K., Abel, C., Small, J., Chave, J., Rasmussen, L. V., Hiernaux, P., Diouf, A. A., Kergoat, L., Mertz, O., Igel, C., Gieseke, F., Schöning, J., Li, S., Melocik, K., Meyer, J., Sinno, S., Romero, E. & 4 others, Glennie, E., Montagu, A., Dendoncker, M. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2020, In: Nature. 587, p. 78–82

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Arealanvendelse – drivkæfter, årsager og virkninger

    Mertz, Ole, 2020, In: Geografisk Orientering. 50, 5, p. 28-29

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  26. Published

    Comparing climate change perceptions and meteorological data in rural West Africa to improve the understanding of household decisions to migrate

    De Longueville, F., Ozer, P., Gemenne, F., Henry, S., Mertz, Ole & Nielsen, J., 2020, In: Climatic Change. 160, p. 123–141 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Deforestation leakage undermines conservation value of tropical and subtropical forest protected areas

    Ford, S. A., Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck, Kingston, N., Lewis, E., Brooks, T. M., Macsharry, B. & Mertz, Ole, 2020, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29, 11, p. 2014-2024 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Geografi for fremtiden – universitetet

    Mertz, Ole, 2020, In: Geografisk Orientering. 50, 2, p. 26-27 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Harmonization of global land use change and management for the period 850–2100 (LUH2) for CMIP6

    Hurtt, G. C., Chini, L., Sahajpal, R., Frolking, S., Bodirsky, B. L., Calvin, K., Doelman, J. C., Fisk, J., Fujimori, S., Klein Goldewijk, K., Hasegawa, T., Havlik, P., Heinimann, A., Humpenöder, F., Jungclaus, J., Kaplan, J. O., Kennedy, J., Krisztin, T., Lawrence, D., Lawrence, P. & 12 others, Ma, L., Mertz, Ole, Pongratz, J., Popp, A., Poulter, B., Riahi, K., Shevliakova, E., Stehfest, E., Thornton, P., Tubiello, F. N., Van Vuuren, D. P. & Zhang, X., 2020, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 13, 11, p. 5425-5464 40 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Navigating between Tea and Rubber in Xishuangbanna, China: When New Crops Fail and Old Ones Work

    Slothuus, C. F., Schmidt-Vogt, D. & Mertz, Ole, 2020, In: Land. 9, 1, 15 p., 22.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. 2019
  32. Published

    A Nested Land Uses–Landscapes–Livelihoods Approach to Assess the Real Costs of Land-Use Transitions: Insights from Southeast Asia

    Lestrelin, G., Castella, J., Li, Q., Vongvisouk, T., Nguyen, D. T. & Mertz, Ole, 2019, In: Land. 8, 1, 23 p., 11.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Discursive Telecouplings

    Persson, Joel Gustav & Mertz, Ole, 2019, Telecoupling: Exploring Land-Use Change in a Globalised World. Friis, C. & Nielsen, J. Ø. (eds.). 1 ed. Cham, Schweiz, p. 313-336 24 p. (Palgrave Studies in Natural Resource Management).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Ecosystem services and nature's contribution to people: negotiating diverse values and trade-offs in land systems

    Ellis, E. C., Pascual, U. & Mertz, Ole, 2019, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 38, p. 86-94 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Unravelling the link between global rubber price and tropical deforestation in Cambodia

    Grogan, K., Pflugmacher, D., Hostert, P., Mertz, Ole & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2019, In: Nature Plants. 5, 1, p. 47-53 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. 2018
  37. Published

    Closing global knowledge gaps: Producing generalized knowledge from case studies of social-ecological systems

    Magliocca, N. R., Ellis, E. C., Allington, G. R. H., de Bremond, A., Dell'Angelo, J., Mertz, Ole, Messerli, P., Meyfroidt, P., Seppelt, R. & Verburg, P. H., 14 Mar 2018, In: Global Environmental Change. 50, p. 1-14

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Evaluation of the Social Sciences in Norway: Report from Panel 1 – Geography

    Mertz, Ole, Pike, A., Varley, A., Lehtinen, A., Forsberg, G. & Forsyth, T., 2018, Research Council of Norway. 162 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportCommissioned

  39. Published

    Evaluation of the Social Sciences in Norway: Report from the Principal Evaluation Committee

    Eckerberg, K., Mertz, Ole, Liljeblom, E., Bergmark, K. H., Mitchell, J. & Vestergaard, N., 2018, Research Council of Norway. 50 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportCommissioned

  40. Published

    Land use intensification: The promise of sustainability and the reality of trade-offs

    Martin, A., Coolsaet, B., Corbera, E., Dawson, N., Fisher, J., Franks, P., Mertz, Ole, Pascual, U., Rasmussen, Laura Vang & Ryan, C., 2018, Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation: Trade-Offs and Governance. Routledge, p. 94-110 17 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Reduction of tree cover in West African woodlands and promotion in semi-arid farmlands

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Hiernaux, P., Herrmann, S., Tucker, C. J., Tong, Xiaoye, Tian, F., Mertz, Ole, Kergoat, L., Mbow, C., David, J. L., Melocik, K. A., Dendoncker, M., Vincke, C. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2018, In: Nature Geoscience. 11, 5, p. 328-333 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Social-ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Coolsaet, B., Martin, A., Mertz, Ole, Pascual, U., Corbera, E., Dawson, N., Fisher, J. A., Franks, P. & Ryan, C. M., 2018, In: Nature Sustainability. 1, 6, p. 275-282 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    The effect of shortening fallow length on recovery of plant species richness, composition and growth in shifting cultivation landscapes of Kilosa District, Tanzania

    Kilawe, C. J., Aristaricky Silayo, D. S., Mohamed Maliondo, S., Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Mertz, Ole, 2018, In: Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation. 87, 2, p. 15-30 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Transformation of shifting cultivation: Extent, driving forces and impacts on livelihoods in Tanzania

    Kilawe, C. J., Mertz, Ole, Aristaricky Silayo, D. S., Birch-Thomsen, Torben & Mohamed Maliondo, S., 2018, In: Applied Geography. 94, p. 84-94 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Uncertainty in establishing forest reference levels and predicting future forest-based carbon stocks for REDD+

    Mertz, Ole, Grogan, K. J., Pflugmacher, D., Lestrelin, G., Castella, J., Vongvisouk, T., Hett, C., Fensholt, Rasmus, Sun, Z., Berry, N. J. & Müller, D., 2018, In: Journal of Land Use Science. 13, 1-2, p. 1-15

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. 2017
  47. Published

    A global view of shifting cultivation: Recent, current, and future extent

    Heinimann, A., Mertz, Ole, Frolking, S., Egelund Christensen, Andreas, Hurni, K., Sedano, F., Chini, L. P., Sahajpal, R., Hansen, M. & Hurtt, G., 2017, In: PLOS ONE. 12, 9, 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Contradictory land use plans and policies in Laos: tenure security and the threat of exclusion

    Broegaard, Rikke Brandt, Vongvisouk, T. & Mertz, Ole, 2017, In: World Development. 89, p. 170–183 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Environmental justice research shows the importance of social feedbacks in ecosystem service trade-offs

    Dawson, N. M., Grogan, K. J., Martin, A., Mertz, Ole, Pasgaard, M. & Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 2017, In: Ecology and Society. 22, 3, 13 p., 12.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    From food to pest: conversion factors determine switches between ecosystem services and disservices

    Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Egelund Christensen, Andreas, Danielsen, F., Dawson, N., Martin, A., Mertz, Ole, Sikor, T., Thongmanivong, S. & Xaydongvanh, P., 2017, In: Ambio Special Report. 46, 2, p. 173-183 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Geographic overlaps between priority areas for forest carbon-storage efforts and those for delivering peacebuilding programs: Implications for policy design

    Nunez, A. C. C., Mertz, Ole & Sosa, C. C., 2017, In: Environmental Research Letters. 12, 5, 12 p., 054014.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    Human population growth offsets climate-driven increase in woody vegetation in sub-Saharan Africa

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Peñuelas, J., Tian, F., Schurgers, Guy, Verger, A., Mertz, Ole, R. B. Palmer, J. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2017, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1, 6 p., 0081 .

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  53. Published

    Intensification of upland agriculture in Thailand: development or degradation?

    Bruun, Thilde Bech, de Neergaard, Andreas, Burup, M. L., Hepp, C. M., Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted, Abel, Christin, Aumtong, S., Magid, Jakob & Mertz, Ole, 2017, In: Land Degradation & Development. 28, 1, p. 83-94 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. Published

    Land Sparing and Land Sharing Policies in Developing Countries - Drivers and Linkages to Scientific Debates

    Mertz, Ole & Mertens, C. F., 2017, In: World Development. 98, p. 523-535 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  55. Published

    Land related grievances shape tropical forest-cover in areas affected by armed-conflict

    Nunez, A. C. C., Mertz, Ole, Buritica, A., Sosa, C. C. & Lee, S. T., 2017, In: Applied Geography. 85, p. 39-50 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  56. Published

    Mangrove forest decline: consequences for livelihoods and environment in South Sulawesi

    Malik, A., Mertz, Ole & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2017, In: Regional Environmental Change. 17, 1, p. 157-169 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  57. Published

    Shifting Cultivation Policies in Southeast Asia: A need to work with, rather than against, smallholder farmers

    Mertz, Ole & Bruun, Thilde Bech, 2017, Shifting Cultivation Policies: Balancing Environmental and Social Sustainability. Cairns, M. (ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing, p. 81-96 16 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  58. Published

    The impact of swidden decline on livelihoods and ecosystem services in Southeast Asia: a review of the evidence from 1990 to 2015

    Dressler, W. H., Wilson, D., Clendenning, J., Cramb, R., Keenan, R., Mahanty, S., Bruun, Thilde Bech, Mertz, Ole & Lasco, R. D., 2017, In: Ambio. 46, 3, p. 291-310 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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