The PECA Research Programme

We are interested in understanding landscape changes, the linkages between agriculture and forestry in smallholder systems, local land uses as risk management strategies in time of climate change and the changing role of forests in rural people lives and work.

PECA 2022-2026

Wild animals - biodiversity or pest? Creating local dialogues for dealing with farming-wildlife conflicts in rural Himalayan landscapes.

PECA 2023-2025

Secondary forests, commodity frontiers and the micro-politics of land claims: Struggling to build smallholder forest futures.

PECA 2021-2024

What is secondary about secondary forest? Building smallholder forest futures in Peru’s Amazonian frontier.

PECA 2015-2019

Thinking beyond REDD: Analysing smallholders’ motivations and actions for ecosystem service management.

PECA 2012-2015

Paying for Ecosystem Services: Consequences and alternatives (PECA).