Prof. Dr. Peter Messerli

2024

Eckert, Sandra; Schmid, Luc; Messerli, Peter; Zaehringer, Julie G. (2024). Spatiotemporal assessment of deforestation and forest degradation indicates spillover effects from mining activities and related biodiversity offsets in Madagascar. Remote sensing applications : society and environment, 36 Elsevier 10.1016/j.rsase.2024.101269

Martin, Dominic A.; Pham-Truffert, Myriam; Gillham, Lara; Andriamihaja, O. Ravaka; Andriatsitohaina, R. Ntsiva N.; Diebold, Clara L.; Fulgence, Thio Rosin; Kellner, Elke; Llopis, Jorge Claudio; Messerli, Peter; Rakotomalala, Anjaharinony A. N. A.; Raveloaritiana, Estelle; Wurz, Annemarie; Zaehringer, Julie G.; Heinimann, Andreas (2024). Interactive visual syntheses for social-ecological systems understanding. Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling, 6 International Environmental Modelling and Software Society 10.18174/sesmo.18637

2023

Pravalprukskul, Pin; Bruun, Thilde Bech; Messerli, Peter (2023). Maize boom, bust and beyond: Investigating land use transitions in the northern Thai uplands. Land use policy, 132 Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106815

Kenney-Lazar, Miles; Schönweger, Oliver; Messerli, Peter; Nanhthavong, Vong (2023). Governing Land Concessions in Laos. In: Neef, Andreas; Ngin, Chanrith; Moreda, Tsegaye; Mollett, Sharlene (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Global Land and Resource Grabbing (pp. 96-109). Routledge 10.4324/9781003080916-9

Löfqvist, Sara; Kleinschroth, Fritz; Bey, Adia; de Bremond, Ariane; DeFries, Ruth; Dong, Jinwei; Fleischman, Forrest; Lele, Sharachchandra; Martin, Dominic A; Messerli, Peter; Meyfroidt, Patrick; Pfeifer, Marion; Rakotonarivo, Sarobidy O; Ramankutty, Navin; Ramprasad, Vijay; Rana, Pushpendra; Rhemtulla, Jeanine M; Ryan, Casey M; Guimarães Vieira, Ima Célia; Wells, Geoff J; ... (2023). How Social Considerations Improve the Equity and Effectiveness of Ecosystem Restoration. Bioscience, 73(2), pp. 134-148. Oxford University Press 10.1093/biosci/biac099

Latthachack, Phokham; Llopis, Jorge C.; Heinimann, Andreas; Thongmanivong, Sithong; Vongvisouk, Thoumthone; Messerli, Peter; Zaehringer, Julie G. (2023). Agricultural commercialization in borderlands: Capturing the transformation of a tropical forest frontier through participatory mapping. Frontiers in sustainable food systems, 6 Frontiers 10.3389/fsufs.2022.1048470

2022

Schaepman, Michael; Tarantino, Matteo; Aggarwal-Khan, Sheila; Biller-Andorno, Nikola; de Giorgi, Giacomo; Ducrest, Jacques; Messerli, Peter; Phakeng, Mamokgeti; Türk, Volker; Stoffel, Markus (2022). Are our data ready for the next global challenges? Resilient data for resilient societies and economies. Environmental science & policy, 138, pp. 146-148. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.10.006

Schneider, Flurina; Llanque-Zonta, Aymara; Andriamihaja, Onintsoa Ravaka; Andriatsitohaina, R. Ntsiva N.; Tun, Aung Myin; Kiteme, Boniface; Jacobi, Johanna; Celio, Enrico; Diebold, Clara Léonie; Patrick, Laby; Latthachack, Phokham; Llopis, Jorge Claudio; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Messerli, Peter; Mukhovi, Stellah; Tun, Nwe Nwe; Rabemananjara, Zo Hasina; Ramamonjisoa, Bruno Salomon; Thongmanivong, Sithong; Vongvisouk, Thoumthone; ... (2022). How context affects transdisciplinary research: insights from Asia, Africa and Latin America. Sustainability science, 17(6), pp. 2331-2345. Springer 10.1007/s11625-022-01201-3

Meyfroidt, Patrick; de Bremond, Ariane; Ryan, Casey M.; Archer, Emma; Aspinall, Richard; Chhabra, Abha; Camara, Gilberto; Corbera, Esteve; DeFries, Ruth; Díaz, Sandra; Dong, Jinwei; Ellis, Erle C.; Erb, Karl-Heinz; Fisher, Janet A.; Garrett, Rachael D.; Golubiewski, Nancy E.; Grau, H. Ricardo; Grove, J. Morgan; Haberl, Helmut; Heinimann, Andreas; ... (2022). Ten facts about land systems for sustainability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS, 119(7), e2109217118. National Academy of Sciences NAS 10.1073/pnas.2109217118

Llopis, Jorge C.; Diebold, Clara L.; Schneider, Flurina; Harimalala, Paul C.; Andriamihaja, O. Ravaka; Messerli, Peter; Zähringer, Julie G. (2022). Mixed impacts of protected areas and a cash crop boom on human well‐being in North‐Eastern Madagascar. People and nature, 5(6), pp. 1786-1803. British Ecological Society 10.1002/pan3.10377

Llopis, Jorge C.; Diebold, Clara L.; Schneider, Flurina; Harimalala, Paul C.; Andriamihaja, O. Ravaka; Messerli, Peter; Zaehringer, Julie G. (2022). Data for "Mixed impacts of protected areas and a cash crop boom on human well-being in north-eastern Madagascar" [Dataset]. Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.6411476

2021

Oberlack, Christoph; Giger, Markus; Anseeuw, Ward; Adelle, Camilla; Bourblanc, Magalie; Burnod, Perrine; Eckert, Sandra; Fitawek, Wegayehu; Fouilleux, Eve; Hendriks, Sheryl L.; Kiteme, Boniface; Masola, Livhuwani; Mawoko, Zaka Diana; Mercandalli, Sara; Reys, Aurélien; da Silva, Maya; van der Laan, Michael; Zaehringer, Julie G.; Messerli, Peter (2021). Why do large-scale agricultural investments induce different socio-economic, food security, and environmental impacts? Evidence from Kenya, Madagascar, and Mozambique. Ecology and Society, 26(4) Resilience Alliance Publications 10.5751/ES-12653-260418

Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara M.; Metz, Florence; Fischer, Manuel; Schneider, Flurina; Myint, Win; Messerli, Peter (2021). The making of land use decisions, war, and state. Journal of land use science, 16(4), pp. 359-381. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/1747423X.2021.1961897

von Steiger, Tatjana; Messerli, Peter (July 2021). Protecting biodiversity requires transforming human-nature relations. Rural 21: the international journal for rural development, 55(2/2021), pp. 6-8. DLG

Nanhthavong, Vong; Oberlack, Christoph; Hett, Cornelia; Messerli, Peter; Epprecht, Michael (2021). Pathways to human well-being in the context of land acquisitions in Lao PDR. Global environmental change, 68, p. 102252. Elsevier 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102252

Andriamihaja, O. Ravaka; Metz, Florence; Zaehringer, Julie G.; Fischer, Manuel; Messerli, Peter (2021). Identifying agents of change for sustainable land governance. Land use policy, 100, p. 104882. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104882

Moser, Stephanie; Bader, Christoph; Bieri, Sabin; Breu, Thomas; Bürgi, Elisabeth; Pham-Truffert, Myriam; Messerli, Peter (2021). Strategie Nachhaltige Entwicklung 2030. Vernehmlassungsantwort des Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Universität Bern und der Wyss Academy for Nature, Universität Bern Bern, Schweiz: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Universität Bern

Llopis, Jorge C.; Chastonay, Jonas F.; Birrer, Franziska C.; Bär, Roger; Andriatsitohaina, R. Ntsiva N.; Messerli, Peter; Heinimann, Andreas; Zaehringer, Julie G. (2021). Year-to-year ecosystem services supply in conservation contexts in north-eastern Madagascar: Trade-offs between global demands and local needs. Ecosystem services, 48, p. 101249. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101249

Zaehringer, Julie Gwendolin; Messerli, Peter; Giger, Markus; Kiteme, Boniface; Atumane, Ali; Da Silva, Maya; Rakotoasimbola, Lovasoa; Eckert, Sandra (2021). Large-scale agricultural investments in Eastern Africa: consequences for small-scale farmers and the environment. Ecosystems and people, 17(1), pp. 342-357. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/26395916.2021.1939789

Oberlack, Christoph; Andriamihaja, Onintsoa Ravaka Niaina; Grêt-Regamey, Adrienne; Llopis Sendino, Jorge Claudio; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Tun, Nwe Nwe; Messerli, Peter; Myint, Win; Rabemananjara, Zo Hasina; Ramamonjisoa, Bruno; Schneider, Flurina; Thongmanivong, Sithong; Vongvisouk, Thoumthone; Zähringer, Julie (2021). Telecouplings in forest frontier regions: An archetype analysis (Unpublished). In: 4th Workshop on Archetype Analysis in Sustainability Research.

2020

Breu, Thomas; Bergöö, Michael; Ebneter, Laura; Pham-Truffert, Myriam; Bieri, Sabin; Messerli, Peter; Ott, Cordula; Bader, Christoph (2020). Where to begin? Defining national strategies for implementing the 2030 Agenda: the case of Switzerland. Sustainability science, 16(1), pp. 183-201. Springer 10.1007/s11625-020-00856-0

Messerli, Peter; Brönnimann, Stefan (2020). Interview mit Peter Messerli, 13. Juli 2020 [Movie]. Bern: Geographisches Institut der Universität Bern

Llopis, Jorge C.; Diebold, Clara L.; Schneider, Flurina; Harimalala, Paul C.; Patrick, Laby; Messerli, Peter; Zaehringer, Julie G. (2020). Capabilities Under Telecoupling: Human Well-Being Between Cash Crops and Protected Areas in North-Eastern Madagascar. Frontiers in sustainable food systems, 3(126) Frontiers 10.3389/fsufs.2019.00126

Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Mulanovich, Augusto J.; Jaquet, Stéphanie; Bieri, Sabin; Lojas, Juan; Breu, Thomas; Messerli, Peter (2020). Establishing a science-policy-society interface for biodiversity conservation and human well-being in the Amazon: the case of Madre de Dios, Peru. Ecosistemas, 29(1) Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre 10.7818/ECOS.1882

Schneider, Flurina; Feurer, Mélanie; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara Maria; Myint, Win; Nuam, Cing Don; Nydegger, Katharina; Oberlack, Christoph; Tun, Nwe Nwe; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Tun, Aung Myin; Messerli, Peter (2020). Sustainable Development Under Competing Claims on Land: Three Pathways Between Land-Use Changes, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being. The European journal of development research, 32(2), pp. 316-337. Springer 10.1057/s41287-020-00268-x

Nanhthavong, Vong; Epprecht, Michael; Hett, Cornelia; Zaehringer, Julie G.; Messerli, Peter (2020). Poverty trends in villages affected by land-based investments in rural Laos. Applied geography, 124(102298), p. 102298. Elsevier 10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102298

Pham-Truffert, Myriam; Metz, Florence; Fischer, Manuel; Rueff, Henri; Messerli, Peter (2020). Interactions among Sustainable Development Goals: Knowledge for identifying multipliers and virtuous cycles. Sustainable development, 28(5), pp. 1236-1250. Wiley 10.1002/sd.2073

2019

Giger, Markus; Nolte, Kerstin; Anseeuw, Ward; Breu, Thomas; Chamberlain, Wytske O.; Messerli, Peter; Oberlack, Christoph; Haller, Tobias (2019). Impacts of large-scale land acquisitions on common-pool resources: evidence from the land matrix. In: Haller, Tobias; Breu, Thomas; De Moor, Tine; Rohr, Christian; Znoj, Heinzpeter (eds.) The Commons in a Glocal World: Global Connections and Local Responses. Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management (pp. 257-279). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge

Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Schneider, Flurina; Heinimann, Andreas; Messerli, Peter (2019). Co-producing Knowledge for Sustainable Development in Telecoupled Land Systems. In: Friis, Cecilie; Nielsen, Jonas Ø. (eds.) Telecoupling: Exploring Land-Use Change in a Globalised World. Palgrave Studies in Natural Resource Management (pp. 357-381). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-030-11105-2_19

Andriamihaja, Onintsoa Ravaka Niaina; Metz, Florence Alessa; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Fischer, Manuel; Messerli, Peter (2019). Land Competition under Telecoupling: Distant Actors’ Environmental versus Economic Claims on Land in North-Eastern Madagascar (Unpublished). In: Global Land Project 4th Open Science Meeting (GLP-OSM). Bern, Switzerland. 24-26 April 2019.

Schneider, Flurina; Kläy, Andreas; Zimmermann, Anne; Buser, Tobias Johannes; Ingalls, Micah; Messerli, Peter (2019). How can science support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development? Four tasks to tackle the normative dimension of sustainability. Sustainability science, 14(6), pp. 1593-1604. Springer 10.1007/s11625-019-00675-y

Ehrensperger, Albrecht; de Brémond, Ariane; Providoli, Isabelle; Messerli, Peter (2019). Land system science and the 2030 agenda: exploring knowledge that supports sustainability transformation. Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 38, pp. 68-76. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cosust.2019.04.006

Oberlack, Christoph; Breu, Thomas; Giger, Markus; Harari, Nicole; Herweg, Karl Günter; Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Messerli, Peter; Moser, Stephanie; Ott, Cordula; Providoli, Isabelle; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Zimmermann, Anne; Schneider, Flurina (2019). Theories of change in sustainability science: Understanding how change happens. GAIA - Ökologische Perspektiven für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / ecological perspectives for science and society, 28(2), pp. 106-111. Oekom Verlag 10.14512/gaia.28.2.8

Oberlack, Christoph; Sietz, Diana; Bürgi-Bonanomi, Elisabeth; de Brémond, Ariane; Dell’ Angelo, Jampel; Eisenack, Klaus; Ellis, Erle; Epstein, Graham; Giger, Markus; Heinimann, Andreas; Kimmich, Christian; Kok, Marcel T.J.; Manuel-Navarrete, David; Messerli, Peter; Meyfroidt, Patrick; Václavík, Tomáš; Villamayor-Tomás, Sergio (2019). Archetype analysis in sustainability research: Meanings, motivations, and evidence-based policy-making (Unpublished). In: 4th Open Science Meeting of Global Land Programme. Bern, Switzerland. 24-26 April 2019.

Oberlack, Christoph; Sietz, Diana; Bürgi Bonanomi, Elisabeth; de Brémond, Ariane; Dell'Angelo, Jampel; Eisenack, Klaus; Ellis, Erle C.; Epstein, Graham; Giger, Markus; Heinimann, Andreas; Kimmich, Christian; Kok, Marcel TJ; Manuel-Navarrete, David; Messerli, Peter; Meyfroidt, Patrick; Václavík, Tomás; Villamayor-Tomas, Sergio (2019). Archetype analysis in sustainability research: meanings, motivations, and evidence-based policy making. Ecology and Society, 24(2) Resilience Alliance Publications 10.5751/ES-10747-240226

Bieri, Sabin; Breu, Thomas; Bürgi Bonanomi, Elisabeth; Messerli, Peter; Tschopp, Maurice Nicolas (2019). Vernehmlassungsbeitrag CDE zur Botschaft des Bundes zur Internationalen Zusammenarbeit 2021-2024 (Policy Document - Vernehmlassungsbeitrag). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Messerli, Peter; Kim, Eun Mee; Lutz, Wolfgang; Moatti, Jean-Paul; Richardson, Katherine; Saidam, Muhammad; Smith, David; Eloundou-Enyegue, Parfait; Foli, Ernest; Glassman, Amanda; Licona, Gonzalo Hernandez; Murniningtyas, Endah; Staniškis, Jurgis Kazimieras; van Ypersele, Jean-Pascal; Furman, Eeva (2019). Expansion of sustainability science needed for the SDGs. Nature sustainability, 2(10), pp. 892-894. Springer Nature 10.1038/s41893-019-0394-z

Messerli, Peter; Murniningtyas, Endah; Eloundou-Enyegue, Parfait; Foli, Ernest G.; Furman, Eeva; Glassman, Amanda; Hernández Licona, Gonzalo; Kim, Eun Mee; Lutz, Wolfgang; Moatti, Jean-Paul; Richardson, Katherine; Saidam, Muhammad; Smith, David; Kazimieras Staniškis, Jurgis; van Ypersele, Jean-Pascal (2019). Global Sustainable Development Report 2019: The Future is Now – Science for Achieving Sustainable Development New York, USA: United Nations

de Brémond, Ariane; Ehrensperger, Albrecht; Providoli, Isabelle; Messerli, Peter (2019). What role for global change research networks in enabling transformative science for global sustainability? A Global Land Programme perspective. Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 38, pp. 95-102. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cosust.2019.05.006

Lutz, Wolfgang; Messerli, Peter (2019). Kernbotschaften des Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) (Unpublished). In: Rückenwind für Umweltpolitik – Kernbotschaften des ersten Globalen Nachhaltigkeitsberichts. Berlin, Deutschland. 29 November 2019.

Messerli, Peter; Lubchenco, Jane (2019). The pressing global challenges and what science can offer to address them (Unpublished). In: Global Forum for Funders. Funding Science for Sustainability - Accelerating Impact on the Sustainable Development Goals. Washington, United States. 08-09 July 2019.

Messerli, Peter (2019). The role of science for sustainability as envisaged in the GSDR (Unpublished). In: The Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) - Science as a leverage point for sustainable development. Brussels, Belgium. 9 October 2019.

Messerli, Peter; Ducrest, Jacques; Dubas, Daniel (2019). Präsentation Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) (Unpublished). In: Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) & Strategie Nachhaltige Entwicklung (SNE) der Schweiz. Bern, Schweiz. 05 September 2019.

Messerli, Peter; Murniningtyas, Endah; Kim, Eun Mee; Smith, David (2019). Leaders Dialogues 1, Opening Plenary of the SDG Summit (Unpublished). In: High-level Political Forum (HLPF) under the 74th Session of the General Assembly. New York, United States. 24-25 September 2019.

Messerli, Peter (2019). Urgency to act: Global Sustainable Development (Unpublished). In: Europe That Protects: Safeguarding Our Planet, Safeguarding Our Health’ (EU2019.FI). Helsinki, Finland. 03 -04 December 2019.

Messerli, Peter (2019). Präsentation 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) (Unpublished). In: Nachhaltige Entwicklung: Eine Frage der Wissenschaft. Jahreskonferenz Wissenschaftsplattform Nachhaltigkeit 2030. Berlin, Deutschland. 05-06 Dezember 2019.

Andriamihaja, O. Ravaka; Metz, Florence; Zähringer, Julie G.; Fischer, Manuel; Messerli, Peter (2019). Land Competition under Telecoupling: Distant Actors’ Environmental versus Economic Claims on Land in North-Eastern Madagascar. Sustainability, 11(3), p. 851. MDPI 10.3390/su11030851

Schneider, Flurina; Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara Maria; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Myint, Win; Tun, Nwe Nwe; Oberlack, Christoph; Feurer, Melanie; Nydegger, Katharina Barbara; Messerli, Peter (2019). Sustainable and Just Development in Myanmar: Land disputes in Tanintharyi Region between commercial interests, nature conservation and human well-being (Unpublished). In: Global Land Project 4th Open Science Meeting (GLP-OSM). Bern, Switzerland. 24-26 April 2019.

Lundsgaard, Lara; Tun, Nwe Nwe; Hunt, Glenn; Bastide, Joan; Myint, Win; Schneider, Flurina; Messerli, Peter (2019). Does it really contribute to peace- and state-building? Land governance and land use changes during the civil war in southern Myanmar (Unpublished). In: Global Land Project 4th Open Science Meeting (GLP-OSM). Bern, Switzerland. 24-26 April 2019.

Pham-Truffert, Myriam; Rueff, Henri; Messerli, Peter (2019). Knowledge for Sustainable Development: Interactive repository of SDG interactions [Map]. Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Switzerland

2018

Oberlack, Christoph; Winiger, Andrea; Kupferschmied, Patrick; Giger, Markus; Messerli, Peter; Rist, Stephan (November 2018). Archetypical strategies for safeguarding community access to land and natural resources in the global land rush (Unpublished). In: Earth System Governance Conference 2018. Utrecht, Netherlands. 05-08 November 2018.

Magliocca, Nicholas R.; Ellis, Erle C.; Allington, Ginger R.H.; Brémond, Ariane Carole; Dell’Angelo, Jampel; Mertz, Ole; Messerli, Peter; Meyfroidt, Patrick; Seppelt, Ralf; Peter H., Verburg (2018). Closing global knowledge gaps: Producing generalized knowledge from case studies of social-ecological systems. Global environmental change, 50, pp. 1-14. Elsevier 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.03.003

Oberlack, Christoph; Boillat, Sébastien; Brönnimann, Stefan; Gerber, Jean-David; Heinimann, Andreas; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Messerli, Peter; Rist, Stephan; Wiesmann, Urs Martin (2018). Polycentric governance in telecoupled resource systems. Ecology and Society, 23(1) Resilience Alliance Publications 10.5751/ES-09902-230116

Giger, Markus; Anseeuw, Ward; Hendriks, Sheryl L.; Van Der Laan, Michael; Annandale, John; Bourblanc, Magalie; Fouilleux, Eve; Mercandalli, Sara; Burnod, Perrine; Reys, Aurélien; Eckert, Sandra; Kiteme, Boniface; Oberlack, Christoph; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Adelle, Camilla; Messerli, Peter (2018). Impacts of Large Agricultural Investments - a comparative analysis from three African countries (Unpublished). In: Land and Poverty Conference 2018: Land Governance in an Interconnected World. Washington, DC, USA. 19-23 March 2018.

Nilsson, Måns; Chisholm, Elinor; Griggs, David; Howden-Chapman, Philippa; McCollum, David; Messerli, Peter; Neumann, Barbara; Stevance, Anne-Sophie; Visbeck, Martin; Stafford-Smith, Mark (2018). Mapping interactions between the sustainable development goals: lessons learned and ways forward. Sustainability science, 13(6), pp. 1489-1503. Springer 10.1007/s11625-018-0604-z

Meyfroidt, Patrick; Chowdhury, Rinku Roy; Brémond, Ariane Carole; Ellis, Erle; Erb, Karlheinz; Filatova, Tatiana; Garrett, Rachael; Grove, J. Morgan; Heinimann, Andreas; Kuemmerle, Tobias; Kull, Christian A.; Lambin, Eric F.; Landon, Y.; le Polain de Waroux, Yann; Messerli, Peter; Müller, Daniel; Nielsen, Jonas; Peterson, Garry; García, V. Rodriguez; Schlüter, Maja; ... (2018). Middle-range theories of land system change. Global environmental change, 53, pp. 52-67. Elsevier 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.08.006

Messerli, Peter (2018). 2030 Agenda – The Contribution of Science? (Unpublished). In: Sustainable Development Goals: The Contribution of Science. Conference of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences and the Swiss Commission for UNESCO. Berne, Switzerland. 22 January 2018.

Messerli, Peter (2018). The role of the science-policy-society interface in the 2030 Agenda (Unpublished). In: Journées Biennales des Géoscience et de l’Environnement. Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. 12-16 February 2018.

Messerli, Peter (2018). Science for Sustainable Development: A Topic for Dialoge or a New Academic Field? (Unpublished). In: Abschlusssymposium Prof. Dr. Doris Wastl-Walter. Universität Bern, Bern. 24-25 May 2018.

Messerli, Peter (2018). Science for Sustainable Development: The Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) (Unpublished). In: Brain Power for Sustainable Development. Leopoldina Symposium. Berlin, Germany. 13 June 2018.

Messerli, Peter (2018). Die Agenda 2030 – Herausforderung und Chance für die Geographie (Unpublished). In: Geographie – Forschen und Bilden für eine nachhaltige Zukunft. Jubiläumstagung Geographiedidaktik Schweiz VGD/AGD. Zürich, Schweiz. 08 Juni 2018.

Messerli, Peter (2018). The UN Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR): Knowledge for transformations between global challenges and local realities (Unpublished). In: Seedbeds of Transformation conference. Port Elizabeth, South Africa. 09-11 May 2018.

Messerli, Peter (2018). Evidence-based policymaking for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda (Unpublished). In: Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region. Geneva, Switzerland. 01-02 March 2018.

Messerli, Peter (2018). Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR 2019). Mobilizing science towards transformation pathways for sustainable development (Unpublished). In: UN High-Level Political Forum 2018. New York, USA. 09-18 July 2018.

Messerli, Peter (2018). Global Sustainable Development Report GSDR 2019 (Unpublished). In: Global Policymaking for the SDGs Final Working Group Meeting. Bern, Switzerland. 03-04 September 2018.

Messerli, Peter (2018). Gewinnbringende Nachhaltigkeit? Die Agenda 2030 als Kompass für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Keynote (Unpublished). In: Swiss Green Economy Symposium 2018. Winterthur, Schweiz. 04 September 2018.

Messerli, Peter (2018). Is access to resources the key issue in conflicts? (Unpublished). In: Rencontres Economiques d'Aix-en-Provence 2018. Aix-en-Provence, France. 06-08 July 2018.

Oberlack, Christoph; Sietz, Diana; Bürgi, Elisabeth; Brémond, Ariane Carole; Dell’ Angelo, Jampel; Eisenack, Klaus; Ellis, Erle; Epstein, Graham; Giger, Markus; Heinimann, Andreas; Heinimann, Andreas; Kimmich, Christian; Kok, Marcel T.J.; Manuel-Navarrete, David; Messerli, Peter; Meyfroidt, Patrick; Václavík, Tomáš; Villamayor-Tomás, Sergio (2018). Archetype analysis in sustainability research: Meanings, motivations, and evidence-based policy-making (Unpublished). In: 2nd International Research Workshop on Archetype Analysis in Sustainability Research. Berlin, Germany. 28 February - 02 March 2018.

Eckert, Sandra; Messerli, Peter; Kiteme, Boniface; Van Der Laan, Michael; Da Silva, Maya; Wambugu, Grace; Atumane, Ali; Berger, Sibylle; Burnot, Perrine; Giger, Markus; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin (2018). Environmental Impacts of Large Agricultural Investments – a Comparative Analysis from Kenya, Mozambique and Madagascar (Unpublished). In: Swiss Researching Africa Days. Bern, Switzerland. 26-27 October 2018.

Messerli, Peter (2018). Science-Policy-Dialog: Nachhaltige Entwicklung als Innovationsfaktor (Unpublished). In: Einweihung Cantina dell'Accademia. Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences. Bern, Schweiz. 13 November 2018.

Messerli, Peter (2018). Presentation of the draft Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) (Unpublished). In: Meeting of the multi-stakeholder platform on the implementation of the SDGs in the EU. Brussels, Belgium. 11 October 2018.

Messerli, Peter; Bieri, Sabin (2018). Können wir die Zukunft gestalten? - Die Agenda 2030 als Impuls für die Handlungsfähigkeit der Schweiz. In: Die Schweiz 2030: was muss die Politik heute anpacken? 77 Antworten (pp. 163-166). Zürich, Schweiz: Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft. Bundeskanzlei. NZZ LIBRO

Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Ramamonjisoa, Bruno; Messerli, Peter (2018). Conservation versus local livelihoods? Sustainable development challenges in Madagascar (CDE Policy Brief 12). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, with Bern Open Publishing (BOP)

Llopis Sendino, Jorge Claudio; Diebold, Clara Léonie; Turin, Arthur; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Schneider, Flurina; Heinimann, Andreas; Messerli, Peter (2018). Shifting capabilities in northeast Madagascar: Methodological advances to explore land-use change and human well-being (Unpublished). In: 4th Forests & Livelihoods: Assessment, Research, and Engagement (FLARE) Meeting. Copenhagen, Denmark. 17-20 October 2018.

Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara; Schneider, Flurina; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Oberlack, Christoph; Myint, Win; Messerli, Peter (2018). Whose Agency Counts in Land Use Decision-Making in Myanmar? A Comparative Analysis of Three Cases in Tanintharyi Region. Sustainability, 10(10), p. 3823. MDPI 10.3390/su10103823

2017

Giger, Markus; Anseeuw, Ward; Fouilleux, Eve; Mercandalli, Sara; Burnod, Perrine; Eckert, Sandra; Kiteme, Boniface; Oberlack, Christoph; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Adelle, Camilla; Messerli, Peter (September 2017). How national and local contexts shape the impacts of foreign investment in land: a comparative analysis from three African countries (Unpublished). In: International Conference on Research for Development, (ICRD Conference). Bern, Switzerland. 05–08 September 2017.

Althoff, Christof; Anseeuw, Ward; Chamberlain, Wytske; Giger, Markus; Lay, Jann; Messerli, Peter; Niassy, Saliou; Nolte, Kerstin; Seghezzo, Lucas (22 March 2017). The Land Matrix initiative – from a global data base to a network of decentralised and thematic land observatories (Unpublished). In: Land and Poverty Conference 2017: Responsible Land Governance—Towards an Evidence-Based Approach. Washington DC. 22 March 2017.

Zähringer, Julie G.; Schwilch, Gudrun; Andriamihaja, O. Ravaka; Ramamonjisoa, Bruno; Messerli, Peter (2017). Remote sensing combined with social-ecological data: The importance of diverse land uses for ecosystem service provision in north-eastern Madagascar. Ecosystem services, 25, pp. 140-152. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.04.004

Oberlack, Christoph; Boillat, Sébastien; Brönnimann, Stefan; Gerber, Jean-David; Giger, Markus; Heinimann, Andreas; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Mann, Stefan; Messerli, Peter; Rist, Stephan; Wiesmann, Urs (2017). Polycentric governance in telecoupled resource systems: Is the tragedy of the grabbed commons unavoidable? (Unpublished). In: XVI. Global Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons. Utrecht, Netherlands. 10-14 July 2017.

Balsiger, Urs; Bastide, Joan; Bieri, Sabin; Breu, Thomas; da Silva-Trolliet, Tamara Rebecca; Ehrensperger, Albrecht; Harari, Nicole; Heinimann, Andreas; Kiteme, Bonifcae; Lardelli, Corina; Messerli, Peter; Oberlack, Christoph; Weger, Barbara (2017). Spotlight on engaged and transformative science. CDE annual report 2016 (CDE Annual Report 2016). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Messerli, Peter; Oberlack, Christoph; Tejada, Laura; Rist, Stephan; Giger, Markus (2017). Sustainable livelihoods in the global land rush? Archetypes of livelihood vulnerability and sustainability potentials. Keynote presentation. (Unpublished). In: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty. Washington, DC, USA. 20-24 March 2017.

Messerli, Peter (2017). The Agenda 2030: a compass for future science-policy dialogue in Lao PDR? Keynote: Integrating knowledge for implementing the SDGs (Unpublished). In: International Conference on Sustainability Science, Future Earth. Stockholm, Sweden. 24-26 August 2017.

Messerli, Peter (2017). Science-policy interface: new ideas, insights, and solutions. Keynote (Unpublished). In: UN High-level Political Forum 2017. New York, USA. 10-19 July 2017.

Messerli, Peter (2017). The role of Science Technology and Innovation to achieve the SDGs. Keynote (Unpublished). In: UNESCO conference on mobilising chairs and natural science towards the 2030 Agenda. Geneva, Switzerland. 05-07 July 2017.

Messerli, Peter (2017). Land use transformations. Keynote: Transformations towards Sustainable Development (Unpublished). In: International Symposium of the UN Global Sustainable Development Report (GDSR). Helsinki, Finland. 12 December 2017.

Messerli, Peter (2017). Die Agenda 2030 – Kompass für eine gerechte Entwicklung? (Unpublished). In: Swiss Associations of Geography in Bern, Basel, Zürich, St. Gallen. Bern, Switzerland. 27 September 2017.

Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Llopis Sendino, Jorge Claudio; Messerli, Peter (2017). The persistence of shifting cultivation as the main deforestation driver in north-eastern Madagascar – the complex underpinnings of a local exception to a global trend (Unpublished). In: International Conference on Research for Development, (ICRD Conference). Bern, Switzerland. 05-08 September 2017.

Lundsgaard-Hansen, Lara M.; Tun, Nwe Nwe; Schneider, Flurina; Bastide, Joan; Thein, U Shwe; Mynt, Win; Oberlack, Christoph; Fischer, Manuel; Messerli, Peter (2017). The potential of social learning for a land governance transformation in Southern Myanmar: Multi-stakeholder platform for the review of oil palm concessions (Unpublished). In: Resilience Conference. Stockholm, Sweden. 21-23 August 2017.

2016

Oberlack, Christoph; Tejada, Laura; Messerli, Peter; Rist, Stephan; Giger, Markus (2016). Sustainable livelihoods in the global land rush? Archetypes of livelihood vulnerability and sustainability potentials. Global environmental change, 41, pp. 153-171. Elsevier 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.10.001

Giger, Markus; Nolte, Kerstin; Messerli, Peter; Anseeuw, Ward (May 2016). Using evidence from the Land Matrix and other data repositories to investigate impacts of large-scale land investments on common-pool resources (Unpublished). In: IASC Regional Conference (Europe) 2016. Global connections and local responses. Bern. 10.-13.05.2016..

Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Hett, Cornelia; Ramamonjisoa, Bruno; Messerli, Peter (2016). Beyond deforestation monitoring in conservation hotspots: Analysing landscape mosaic dynamics in north-eastern Madagascar. Applied geography, 68, pp. 9-19. Elsevier 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.12.009

Eckert, Sandra; Giger, Markus; Messerli, Peter (2016). Contextualizing local-scale point sample data using global-scale spatial datasets: Lessons learnt from the analysis of large-scale land acquisitions. Applied geography, 68, pp. 84-94. Elsevier 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.01.008

Breu, Thomas; Bader, Christoph; Messerli, Peter; Heinimann, Andreas; Rist, Stephan; Eckert, Sandra (2016). Large-scale land acquisition and its effects on the water balance in investor and host countries. PLoS ONE, 11(3), e0150901. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0150901

Breu, Thomas Michael; Messerli, Peter; Rist, Stephan; Heinimann, Andreas; Bader, Christoph; Eckert, Sandra (2016). Effects of foreign direct investments on water resources and its relevance for common pool resources (Unpublished). In: IASC Regional Conference (Europe) 2016. Global connections and local responses. Bern, Switzerland. 10.-13.05.2016.

Breu, Thomas Michael; Bürgi Bonanomi, Elisabeth; Epprecht, Michael; Giger, Markus; Jaquet, Stéphanie; Kohler, Thomas; Lardelli, Corina; Messerli, Peter; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin (2016). Spotlight on Dealing With Trade-Offs in Sustainable Development. CDE Annual Report 2015 (CDE Annual Report 2015). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

2015

Messerli, Peter; Bader, Christoph; Hett, Cornelia; Epprecht, Michael; Heinimann, Andreas (2015). Towards a spatial understanding of trade-offs in sustainable development: A meso-scale analysis of the nexus between land use, poverty, and environment in the Lao PDR. PLoS ONE, 10(7), e0133418. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0133418

Schoenweger, Oliver; Messerli, Peter (2015). Land acquisition, investment, and development in the Lao coffee sector: Successes and failures. Critical Asian Studies, 47(1), pp. 94-122. Taylor & Francis (Routledge) 10.1080/14672715.2015.997095

Zähringer, Julie; Eckert, Sandra; Messerli, Peter (2015). Revealing regional deforestation dynamics in north-eastern Madagascar - Insights from multi-temporal land cover change analysis. Land, 4(2), pp. 454-474. MDPI 10.3390/land4020454

Breu, Thomas Michael; Giger, Markus; Hurni, Hans; Jucker Riva, Matteo; Lannen, Anu; Lardelli, Corina; Lauterburg, Nina Juanita; Messerli, Peter; Schwilch, Gudrun; Trechsel, Lilian Julia; Wolfgramm, Bettina (2015). Spotlight on the role of soils in sustainable development: CDE Annual report 2014 (CDE Annual Report 2014). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Hurni, Hans; Giger, Markus; Liniger, Hanspeter; Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Messerli, Peter; Portner, Brigitte; Schwilch, Gudrun; Wolfgramm, Bettina; Breu, Thomas Michael (2015). Soils, agriculture and food security: The interplay between ecosystem functioning and human well-being. Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 15, pp. 25-34. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cosust.2015.07.009

Eckert, Sandra; Giger, Markus; Kohler, Thomas; Messerli, Peter (2015). Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Mountain Areas - Analysis of Land Matrix Data (Unpublished). In: Perth III: Mountains of Our Future Earth. Perth, Scotland. 04.10.-08.10.2015.

Messerli, Peter; Peeters, Amaury; Schoenweger, Oliver; Nanhthavong, Vong; Heinimann, Andreas (2015). Marginal lands or marginal people? Analysing key processes determining the outcomes of large-scale land acquisitions in Lao PDR and Cambodia. In: Large-scale land acquisitions: Focus on South-East Asia. International development policy: Vol. 6 (pp. 136-171). Brill 10.4000/poldev.2037

Gironde, Christophe; Golay, Christophe; Messerli, Peter (eds.) (2015). Large-scale land acquisitions: Focus on South-East Asia. International development policy: Vol. 6. Brill 10.1163/9789004304758

2014

Eakin, Hallie; DeFries, Ruth; Kerr, Suzi; Lambin, Eric F.; Liu, Jianguo; Marcotullio, Peter J.; Messerli, Peter; Reenberg, Anette; Rueda, Ximena; Swaffield, Simon R.; Wicke, Birka; Zimmerer, Karl (2014). Significance of telecoupling for exploration of land-use change. In: Seto, Karen C.; Reenberg, Anette (eds.) Rethinking global land use in an urban era. Strüngmann Forum Reports: Vol. 14 (pp. 141-161). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press

Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Hett, Cornelia; Eckert, Sandra; Ramamonjisoa, Bruno; Messerli, Peter (2014). Shifting cultivation dynamics within an ecosystem service hotspot of pronounced global interest – a first step towards negotiating trade-offs in North-East Madagascar. Proceedings of the Global Land Project 2nd Open Science Meeting, Berlin, March 19-21, 2014, pp. 196-197.

Messerli, Peter; Giger, Markus; Dwyer, Michael B.; Breu, Thomas Michael; Eckert, Sandra (2014). The geography of large-scale land acquisitions: Analysing socio-ecological patterns of target contexts in the global South. Applied geography, 53, pp. 449-459. Elsevier 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.07.005

Giger, Markus; Messerli, Peter; Eckert, Sandra (2014). Land deals intensify competition for scarce resources (CDE Policy Brief 2). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Gironde, Christophe; Golay, Christophe; Messerli, Peter; Peeters, Amaury; Schoenweger, Oliver (2014). Large-scale land acquisitions in Southeast Asia: Rural transformations between global agendas and peoples' right to food Geneva, Switzerland: Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS)

2013

Messerli, Peter; Heinimann, Andreas; Giger, Markus; Breu, Thomas Michael; Schoenweger, Oliver (2013). From 'land grabbing' to sustainable investments in land: potential contributions by land change science. Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 5(5), pp. 528-534. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.03.004

Hurni, Kaspar; Hett, Corelia; Epprecht, Michael; Messerli, Peter; Heinimann, Andreas (2013). A Texture-based land cover classification for the delineation of a shifting cultivation landscape in the Lao PDR using landscape metrics. Remote sensing, 5(7), pp. 3377-3396. MDPI 10.3390/rs5073377

Thanichanon, Puwadej; Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich; Messerli, Peter; Heinimann, Andreas; Epprecht, Michael (2013). Secondary Forests and Local Livelihoods along a Gradient of Accessibility: A Case Study in Northern Laos. Society & Natural Resources, 26(11), pp. 1283-1299. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/08941920.2013.788429

Heinimann, Andreas; Messerli, Peter (2013). Coping with a land-grab world: lessons from Laos. Global Change Newsletter, 80, pp. 12-15. International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

Hurni, Kaspar; Hett, Cornelia; Heinimann, Andreas; Messerli, Peter; Wiesmann, Urs (2013). Dynamics of Shifting Cultivation Landscapes in Northern Lao PDR Between 2000 and 2009 Based on an Analysis of MODIS Time Series and Landsat Images. Human ecology, 41(1), pp. 21-36. New-York, NY: Springer 10.1007/s10745-012-9551-y

Heinimann, Andreas; Hett, Cornelia; Hurni, Kaspar; Messerli, Peter; Epprecht, Michael; Jørgensen, Lars; Breu, Thomas Michael (2013). Socio-Economic Perspectives on Shifting Cultivation Landscapes in Northern Laos. Human ecology, 41(1), pp. 51-62. Springer 10.1007/s10745-013-9564-1

Anseeuw, Ward; Giger, Markus; Althoff, Christof; Messerli, Peter; Nolte, Kerstin; Taylor, Michael; Seelaff, Antti (2013). Creating a public tool to assess and promote transparency in global land deals: the experience of the Land Matrix (Unpublished). In: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty. Washington, USA. 08.-11.04.2013.

Hett, Cornelia; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Messerli, Peter; Eckert, Sandra; Huafang, Chen; Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich (2013). Landscape mosaics maps as a basis for spatial assessment and negotiation of ecosystem services and their trade-offs at the meso-scale: Examples from Laos, Madagascar and China. In: 6th Annual International ESP Conference 2013. Making ecosystem services count!. Indonesien. 26.-30.08.2013.

Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Hett, Cornelia; Eckert, Sandra; Ramamonjisoa, Bruno; Messerli, Peter (2013). Ecosystem service trade-offs and stakeholder claims - a meso-scale study from a Madagascar biodiversity hotspot. In: 6th Annual international ESP conference 2013. Making ecosystem services count!. Indonesien. 26.-30.08.2013.

Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Hett, Cornelia; Eckert, Sandra; Ramamonjisoa, Bruno; Messerli, Peter (2013). Paysages, acteurs et services environnementaux au nord-est de Madagascar – une analyse éco-régionale (Unpublished). In: La biodiversité et les populations dans le contexte du changement climatique. Antananarivo, Madagaskar. 10.-11.12.2013.

Anseeuw, Ward; Lay, Jann; Messerli, Peter; Giger, Markus; Taylor, Michael (2013). Creating a public tool to assess and promote transparency in global land deals: the experience of the Land Matrix. The journal of peasant studies, 40(3), pp. 521-530. Routledge 10.1080/03066150.2013.803071

Hurni, Hans; Breu, Thomas Michael; Messerli, Peter; Portner, Brigitte (2013). Key implications of land conversions in agriculture. Trade and environment review, 2013, pp. 220-233. UNCTAD

Balsiger, Urs; Bottazzi, Patrick; Breu, Thomas Michael; Bürgi, Elisabeth; Ehrensperger, Albrecht; Giger, Markus; Kiteme, Boniface; Kohler, Thomas; Lardelli, Corina; Messerli, Peter; Rist, Stephan; Schneider, Flurina (2013). Spotlight on governance of land and natural resources: CDE annual report 2012 (CDE Annual Report, 2012). Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Epprecht, Michael; Heinimann, Andreas; Messerli, Peter; Wiesmann, Urs Martin (2013). Targeting poverty in Laos: how well do current approaches reach the poor? (Evidence for Policy Series, Regional edition Southeast Asia 3). Pathumthani, Thailand: NCCR North-South

2012

Anseeuw, Ward; Boche, Matthieu; Breu, Thomas; Giger, Markus; Lay, Jann; Messerli, Peter; Nolte, Kerstin (2012). Transnational land deals for agriculture in the global South: Analytical report based on the land matrix database. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Van Vliet, Nathalie; Mertz, Ole; Heinimann, Andreas; Langanke, Tobias; Pascual, Unai; Schmook, Birgit; Adams, Cristina; Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich; Messerli, Peter; Leisz, Stephen; Castella, Jean-Christophe; Jørgensen, Lars; Birch-Thomsen, Torben; Hett, Cornelia; Bech-Bruun, Thilde; Ickowitz, Amy; Chi Vu, Kim; Yasuyuki, Kono; Fox, Jefferson; Padoch, Christine; ... (2012). Trends, drivers and impacts of changes in swidden cultivation in tropical forest-agriculture frontiers: A global assessment. Global environmental change, 22(2), pp. 418-429. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.10.009

Kohler, Thomas; Messerli, Peter; Breu, Thomas; Balsiger, Urs (2012). Report 2011: Global change and its impacts on sustainable development Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Messerli, Peter; Ludi, Eva; Breu, Thomas (2012). 'Green economy': development opportunity of buzzword? Bern: CDE / NCCR North-South

Hett, Cornelia; Heinimann, Andreas; Epprecht, Michael; Messerli, Peter; Hurni, Kaspar (2012). Carbon pools and poverty peaks in Lao PDR. Mountain Research and Development, 32(4), pp. 390-399. Boulder, Colo.: International Mountain Society 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-12-00065.1

Mertz, Ole; Müller, Daniel; Sikor, Thomas; Hett, Cornelia; Heinimann, Andreas; Castella, Jean-Christophe; Lestrelin, Guillaume; Ryan, Casey M.; Reay, David S.; Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich; Danielsen, Finn; Theilade, Ida; Noordwijk, Meine van; Verchot, Louis V.; Burgess, Neil D.; Berry, Nicholas J.; Pham, Thu Thuy; Messerli, Peter; Xu, Jianchu; Fensholt, Rasmus; ... (2012). The forgotten D: challenges of addressing forest degradation in complex mosaic landscapes under REDD+. Geografisk tidskrift - Danish journal of geography, 112(1), pp. 63-76. København: Routledge; Taylor & Francis Group 10.1080/00167223.2012.709678

Anseeuw, Ward; Boche, Mathieu; Forno, Silvia; Giger, Markus; Lay, Jann; Messerli, Peter; Nolte, Kerstin; Taylor, Michael (2012). The state of large-scale land acquistions in the World - Features and determinants. In: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, 23.-26.4.2012, Washington D.C., United States of America.

Boche, Mathieu; Nolte, Kerstin; Anseeuw, Ward; Giger, Markus; Lay, Jann; Messerli, Peter (2012). Land under pressure - The state of large-scale land acquisitions in the World. In: Planet under Pressure, 26.-29.3.2012, London, UK.

Giger, Markus; Messerli, Peter (2012). The state of large-scale land acquisitions in the "global south". In: International Conference on Research for Development, 20.-22.8.2012, Bern, Switzerland. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Anseeuw, Ward; Boche, Mathieu; Breu, Thomas; Giger, Markus; Lay, Jann; Messerli, Peter; Nolte, Kerstin (2012). Large-scale land acquisitions in the 'Global South': creating evidence on a global level. GLP News(9), pp. 9-12. São Paulo: International Project Office - GLP IPO

Messerli, Peter (2012). Public development interventions in Lao PDR: Based on contextual evidence or serving globalised agendas? In: International Conference on Research for Development, 20.-22.8.2012, Bern, Switzerland. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Messerli, Peter; Kaufmann, Manfred; Giger, Markus (2012). Large-scale land acquisitions in the global south: Towards a research agenda for the coming years. In: International Conference on Research for Development, 20.-22.8.2012, Bern, Switzerland. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

2011

Giger, Markus; Taylor, Michael; Messerli, Peter (April 2011). An initiative for participatory monitoring of large scale acquisitions: Opportunities and results thus far (Unpublished). In: World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty. Washington DC, USA. 18.-20. April 2011.

Messerli, Peter (2011). Green economy - Neues Schlagwort oder Chance für nachhaltige Entwicklung und Umwelt Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Breu, Thomas; Hurni, Hans; Portner, Brigitte; Schwilch, Gudrun; Wolfgramm, Bettina; Messerli, Peter; Herweg, Karl (2011). Sustainable land management and global development: Factors affecting land users' efforts to adopt and sustain the productive use of natural resources. In: Wiesmann, Urs; Hurni, Hans; , (eds.) Research for Sustainable Development: Foundations, Experiences, and Perspectives. Perspectives of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South: Vol. 6 (pp. 427-449). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Ehrensperger, Albrecht; Heinimann, Andreas; Messerli, Peter; Notter, Benedikt; Muchemi, Julius; Breu, Thomas; Epprecht, Michael (2011). Towards a differentiated assessment of geographic information sciences for sustainable development. In: Wiesmann, Urs Martin; Hurni, Hans (eds.) Research for Sustainable Development: Foundations, Experiences, and Perspectives. Perspectives of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South: Vol. 6 (pp. 361-376). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Messerli, Peter; Heinimann, Andreas; Epprecht, Michael (2011). Finding homogeneity in heterogeneity: A new approach to quantifying landscape mosaics, developed for the Lao PDR. In: Wiesmann, Urs Martin; Hurni, Hans (eds.) Research for Sustainable Development: Foundations, Experiences, and Perspectives. Perspectives of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South: Vol. 6 (pp. 377-402). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Hett, Cornelia; Heinimann, Andreas; Messerli, Peter (2011). Spatial assessment of carbon stocks of living vegetation at the national level in Lao PDR. Geografisk tidskrift - Danish journal of geography, 111(1), pp. 11-26. København: Routledge; Taylor & Francis Group 10.1080/00167223.2011.10669519

Kohler, Thomas; Messerli, Peter; Breu, Thomas Michael; Balsiger, Urs (2011). Report 2010: Innovations in sustainable development Bern, Schweiz: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

2010

Wymann von Dach, Susanne; Heinimann, Andreas; Messerli, Peter; Epprecht, Michael (November 2010). Knowledge for Agrobiodiversity and Livelihoods (Unpublished). In: Zukunft Biodiversität Schweiz: SWIFCOB 10 / Jahreskongress SCNAT / Wissenschaftstage BAFU. Villars-sur-Glâne, Schweiz. 08.11.-09.11.2010.

Messerli, Peter (April 2010). From governance landscapes to landscape governance: analyzing spaces of public sector interventions in rural areas of Lao PDR. In: UCLA Joint Conference on Southeast Asian Studies: Space, Movement, and Place in Southeast Asia. Berkeley, California, USA. 2.-3. April 2010.

Epprecht, Michael; Heinimann, Andreas; Messerli, Peter; Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich; Wiesmann, Urs Martin (2010). Accessibility as a determinant of environmental dynamics in socio-economic disparities in mainland Southeast Asia. In: Hurni, Hans; Wiesmann, Urs (eds.) Global Change and Sustainable Development: A Synthesis of Regional Experiences from Research Partnerships. Perspectives / NCCR North-South: Vol. 5 (pp. 371-384). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Ngana, James; Notter, Benedikt; Messerli, Peter; Mbeyale, Gimbage; Msuya, Tuli; Chitiki, A. (2010). Managing water resources in dynamic settings: A multi-level, multi-stakeholder perspective. In: Hurni, Hans; Wiesmann, Urs (eds.) Global Change and Sustainable Development: A Synthesis of Regional Experiences from Research Partnerships. Perspectives / NCCR North-South: Vol. 5 (pp. 91-106). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Messerli, Peter (2010). Global Change and Rural Transformation in the Lao PDR. A meso-level analysis of landscapes as contexts for sustainable development. In: Ester Boserup Conference 2010 - A Centennial Tribute. Vienna, Austria. 15.-17. November 2010.

Messerli, Peter (2010). Slow mountains: Bridging the gap between contextuality and globalised agendas in mountain development. In: Global Change and the World's Mountains. Perth, UK. 26.-30. September 2010.

Heinimann, Andreas; Epprecht, Michael; Messerli, Peter (2010). Landscapes of Poverty and Environment in Lao PDR. GLP news - newsletter of the Global Land Project(6), pp. 5-8. São Paulo: International Project Office - GLP IPO

Heim, Eva Maria; Michel, Claudia; Zimmermann, Anne; Breu, Thomas; Messerli, Peter; Herweg, Karl; Salmi, Annika (2010). Partnership Actions for Mitigating Syndromes (PAMS): Experience with a transdisciplinary tool in the NCCR North-South programme (Unpublished). In: Transdisciplinarity Net Conference. Geneva, Switzerland. 15.-17. September 2010.

Giger, Markus; Kläy, Andreas; Wymann von Dach, Susanne; Messerli, Peter (2010). Competence-Mapping CDE : Resultate einer Umfrage im Herbst 2009 (Unpublished) Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Messerli, Peter (2010). Mit bestem Wissen und Gewissen? Armutslinderung und globaler Wandel in Laos (Unpublished). In: Ringvorlesung Asien. Köln, Deutschland. 20.04.-17.07.2010.

2009

Messerli, Peter (2009). Decision-making on Human-environment Systems: A Meso-scale Analysis of Governance Landscapes (Unpublished). In: IHDP Open Science Conference. Bonn, Germany. 26.04.-30.04.2009.

Messerli, Peter; Heinimann, Andreas; Epprecht, Michael (2009). Finding Homogeneity in Heterogeneity - A New Approach to Quantifying Landscape Mosaics Developed for the Lao PDR. Human ecology, 37(3), pp. 291-304. New-York, NY: Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 10.1007/s10745-009-9238-1

Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich; Leisz, Stephan J.; Mertz, Ole; Heinimann, Andreas; Thiha, Rerkasem Kanok; Messerli, Peter; Epprecht, Michael; Cu Phan, Van; Chi Vu, Kim; Hardiono, Martin; Dao, Truong M. (2009). An Assessment of Trends in the Extent of Swidden in Southeast Asia. Human ecology, 37(3), pp. 269-280. New-York, NY: Springer 10.1007/s10745-009-9239-0

Messerli, Peter; Heinimann, Andreas; Epprecht, Michael; Hurni, Kaspar (2009). The poverty-environment nexus in the Lao PDR: spatial patterns of development contexts from a meso-scale perspective. In: Vulnerability of Land Systems in Asia: The Global Land Project Workshop of IHDP. Beijing, China. 15.06.-17.06.2009.

2008

Epprecht, Michael; Minot, Nicolas; Dewina, Reno; Messerli, Peter; Heinimann, Andreas (2008). The Geography of Poverty and Inequality in the Lao PDR [Textbook] . Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Messerli, Peter; Heinimann, Andreas; Epprecht, Michael; Souksavath, Phonesaly; Chanthalanouvong, Thiraka; Minot, Nicholas (2008). Socio-economic atlas of the Lao PDR. An analysis based on the 2005 population and housing census [Textbook] . Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Messerli, Peter (2008). Finding Homogeneity in Heterogeneity: Reconnecting Knowledge and Decision-Making for Human-Environmental Systems. In: International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD 2008). Pre-conference Proceedings University of Bern, Switzerland, 2-4 July 2008. NCCR North-South Dialogue: Vol. 21 (p. 64). Bern: CDE / NCCR North-South

Weber, Adrian; Heinimann, Andreas; Messerli, Peter (2008). Use of Nasa World Wind Java SDK for Three-Dimensional Accessibility Visualization of Remote Areas in Lao PDR. In: Hurni, Lorenz; Kriz, Karel (eds.) Mountain Mapping and Visualisation: Proceedings of the 6th ICA Mountain Cartography Workshop (pp. 255-259). Zurich, Switzerland: ETH Zürich

2007

Heinimann, Andreas; Messerli, Peter; Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich; Wiesmann, Urs (2007). The Dynamics of Secondary Forest Landscapes in the Lower Mekong Basin: A Regional-Scale Analysis. Mountain Research and Development, 27(3), pp. 232-241. Boulder, Colo.: International Mountain Society 10.1659/mrd.0875

Wiesmann, Urs; Messerli, Peter (2007). Wege aus den konzeptionellen Fallen der Nachhaltigkeit - Beiträge der Geographie. In: Kaufmann, Ruth; Burger, Paul; Stoffel, Martine (eds.) Nachhaltigkeitsforschung - Perspektiven der Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften. Nachhaltige Entwicklung (pp. 123-142). Bern, Schweiz: Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften SAGW

Messerli, Peter; Heinimann, Andreas (2007). Development interventions and the poverty-environment nexus in the Lower Mekong Basin. Sustainable sloping lands and watershed management. National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI)

Messerli, Peter; Salmi, Annika; Herweg, Karl; Breu, Thomas (2007). Bridging Research and Development : Partnership Actions for Mitigating Syndromes (PAMS) in the Swiss National Centre of Competence (NCCR) North-South - Capitalising on Experience (NCCR North-South Dialogue 17). Bern, Switzerland: NCCR North-South

2006

Messerli, Peter (2006). Exploring innovative strategies for livelihoods in a slash-and-burn context in Madagasar: Experiencing the role of human geography in sustainability-oriented research. Geographica Helvetica, 61(4), pp. 266-274. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/gh-61-266-2006

2005

Giger, Markus; Messerli, Peter (2005). Syndromes of Global Change and the Poor: "Seminar on Policy Approaches, Practical Interventions and Lessons on Poverty-Environment Links in IUCN and Swiss Institutions" (Unpublished). In: Seminar on Policy Approaches, Practical Interventions and Lessons on Poverty-Environment Links in IUCN and Swiss Institutions. Gland, Switzerland. 23.06.-24.06.2005.

Messerli, Peter (2005). Brandrodung auf Madagaskar : Lösungsansätze für das Dilemma zwischen klein-bäuerlicher Existenzsicherung und Ressourcenschutz. Geographische Rundschau, 4(2005), pp. 50-57. Westermann

Messerli, Peter; Wiesmann, Urs; Hurni, Hans (2005). The mountain and highland focus of the Swiss National Centre of Competences in Research (NCCR) North-South. Mountain Research and Development, 25(2), pp. 174-179. International Mountain Society 10.1659/0276-4741(2005)025[0174:TMAHFO]2.0.CO;2

2004

Messerli, Peter (2004). Alternatives à la culture sur brûlis sur la Falaise Est de Madagascar: Stratégies en vue d'une gestion plus durable des terres. Reihe A African Studies: Vol. 17. Bern, Schweiz: Geographica Bernensia

Hurni, Hans; Wiesmann, Urs Martin; Anton, Pascale; Messerli, Peter (2004). Initiating Research for Mitigating Syndromes of Global Change in Different Contexts. In: Hurni, Hans; Wiesmann, Urs; Schertenleib, Roland (eds.) Research for Mitigating Syndromes of Global Change: A Transdisciplinary Appraisal of Selected Regions of the World to Prepare Development-Oriented Research Partnerships. Perspectives of the NCCR North-South: Vol. 1 (pp. 11-30). Bern, Switzerland: Geographica Bernensia

Messerli, Peter; Wiesmann, Urs (2004). Synopsis of Syndrome Contexts and Core Problems Associated with Syndromes of Global Change. In: Hurni, Hans; Wiesmann, Urs; Schertenleib, Roland (eds.) Research for Mitigating Syndromes of Global Change: A Transdisciplinary Appraisal of Selected Regions of the World to Prepare Development-Oriented Research Partnerships. Perspectives of the NCCR North-South: Vol. 1 (pp. 383-423). Bern, Switzerland: Geographica Bernensia

Hurni, Hans; Messerli, Peter; Pfister, Franziska Rita (2004). Forschungspartnerschaften mit dem Süden: die Schweiz etabliert ein neuartiges Instrument der Entwickungszusammenarbeit. Zeitschrift Entwicklungspolitik, 18/19, pp. 54-56. eins Entwicklungspolitik Information Nord-Süd

Messerli, Peter (2004). E207 ESAPP Project Report 2004 (Unpublished) Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Messerli, Peter; Hurni, Hans; Herweg, Karl Günter (2004). Research partnerships in international cooperation: Overview of research within the NCCR North-South by 31 March 2004 (Unpublished) Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

2003

Hurni, Hans; Veit, Heinz; Wanner, Heinz; Germann, Peter; Kienholz, Hans; Weingartner, Rolf; Wunderle, Stefan; Messerli, Paul Walter; Egli, Hans-Rudolf; Wastl-Walter, Doris; Maselli, Daniel; Messerli, Peter; Wiesmann, Urs (2003). Research on Mountains and Global Change. Geographica Helvetica, 58(3), pp. 253-266. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/gh-58-253-2003

2002

Kistler, Pierre; Messerli, Peter (2002). Livelihood Strategies, Knowledge Management, and Innovation in a Slash-and-burn Cultivation System in Madagascar. In: Flury, Manuel; Geiser, Urs (eds.) Local Environmental Management in a North-South Perspective. Issues of Participation and Knowledge Management (pp. 237-255). Zürich: Hochschulverlag der ETH Zürich

1996

Messerli, Peter; Ludi, Eva; Hurni, Hans; Herweg, Karl Günter (1996). Das Dilemma der Subsaharischen Subsistenzwirtschaft am Beispiel Äthiopiens. Entwicklung und ländlicher Raum, 96(4), pp. 12-15. Eschborn: Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GtZ)