Ida Djenontin's research interests center on the human dimensions of interlinked environmental and climate change issues affecting forest-agricultural systems. She questions how to balance biodiversity, mitigation, and other ecological needs with natural resource-based livelihoods, food security, and development goals.
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How do trees outside forests contribute to human wellbeing? A systematic review from South Asia
Choksi, P., Lalai, D., Menon, A., Joglekar, A., Roy, A., Ramprasad, V., Thapa, M. S., Gudasalamani, R., Dhyani, S., Bunyan, M., Shastri, S., Plieninger, T., Adhikari, B., Fischer, H., Lahiri, S., Djenontin, I. N. S., Elias, F., Kocher, M., Cuadra, J. O. & Fleischman, F., Mar 1 2025, In: Environmental Research Letters. 20, 3, 034040.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Coproducing water-energy-food Nexus actionable knowledge: Lessons from a multi-actor collaborative learning school in Uganda, East Africa
Djenontin, I. N. S., Daher, B., Johnson, J. W., Adule, K., Hishe, B. K., Kekirunga, P., King, V., Mullaney, E. G., Nimushaba, P., Jacobson, M. G., Huber-Lee, A., Kayendeke, E. J., Konak, A., Morrone, V. L., Obonyo, E., Sanya, L. N., Olabisi, L. S., Jiménez, S. U. & Scott, C., Apr 2025, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 166, 104028.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Unveiling global narratives of restoration policy: Big data insights into competing framings and implications
Djenontin, I. N. S., Fischer, H. W., Yin, J. & Chi, G., May 2025, In: Geoforum. 161, 104241.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Accelerating forest landscape restoration monitoring in Africa: informing tangible actions from a practical perspective
Elias, F., Djenontin, I. N. S., Kamoto, J. F. M. & Mansourian, S., Mar 2025, In: Restoration Ecology. 33, 3, e14366.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ecosystem restoration centered in people
Mansourian, S., Djenontin, I. N. S., Elias, M., Oldekop, J. A., Derkyi, M. A. A., Kull, C. A. & Pacheco, P., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Restoration Ecology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Trends in forest livelihoods research – Taking stock in 2024
Djenontin, I. N. S., Larson, A. M. & Miller, D. C., Dec 2024, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 169, 103337.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Situating the “human” in forest landscape restoration
Mansourian, S., Djenontin, I. N. S., Elias, M., Oldekop, J. A., Derkyi, M. A. A., Kull, C. A. & Pacheco, P., 2024, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 12, 1522979.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The human well-being outcomes of tree plantations in sub-Saharan Africa: A reassessment of evidence using longitudinal subnational-year data
Mensah, E. R., Shinde, N., Kakpo, A. T. & Djenontin, I. N. S., Mar 2024, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 160, 103141.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Promoting cleaner cooking technologies in urban Malawi: Assessing the acceptance of pellet-fed gasifier cookstoves from a pilot targeted distribution model
Zulu, L. C., Kamoto, J. F. M., Djenontin, I. N. S., Jumbe, C. B. L., Pangapanga-Phiri, I., Richardson, R. B., Subakanya, M., Nzokou, P. & Makungwa, S. D., Dec 2024, In: Energy for Sustainable Development. 83, 101570.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Whose perspective counts? A critical look at definitions of terms used for natural and near-natural forests
Savilaakso, S., Lausberg, N., Waeber, P. O., Hillgén, O., Isotalo, A., Kleinschroth, F., Djenontin, I. N. S., Boul Lefeuvre, N. & Garcia, C. A., Nov 17 2023, In: One Earth. 6, 11, p. 1477-1493 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Do youth conceptualizations influence the inclusion of young people in sustainable agriculture intensification? Insights from Ghana and Malawi
Zulu, L. C., Djenontin, I. N. S., Kamoto, J. F., Kampanje-Phiri, J. M. & Fischer, G., Dec 2023, In: Environment, Development and Sustainability. 25, 12, p. 13909-13935 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Landscape-scale effects of farmers’ restoration decision making and investments in central Malawi: an agent-based modeling approach
Djenontin, I. N. S., Ligmann-Zielinska, A. & Zulu, L. C., 2022, In: Journal of Land Use Science. 17, 1, p. 281-306 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Smallholder farmers and forest landscape restoration in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Central Malawi
Djenontin, I. N. S., Zulu, L. C. & Richardson, R. B., Nov 2022, In: Land Use Policy. 122, 106345.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
What do we (not) know on forest management institutions in sub-Saharan Africa? A regional comparative review
Kimengsi, J. N., Owusu, R., Djenontin, I. N. S., Pretzsch, J., Giessen, L., Buchenrieder, G., Pouliot, M. & Acosta, A. N., Mar 2022, In: Land Use Policy. 114, 105931.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Recognizing the equity implications of restoration priority maps
Schultz, B., Brockington, D., Coleman, E. A., Djenontin, I., Fischer, H. W., Fleischman, F., Kashwan, P., Marquardt, K., Pfeifer, M., Pritchard, R. & Ramprasad, V., Nov 1 2022, In: Environmental Research Letters. 17, 11, 114019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review