Sustainable Landscapes and Livelihoods

    College of Agricultural & Life Sciences

    UNIVERSITY of WISCONSIN-MADISON UW-MADISON

    Publications

    1. Castle, S.E., Oldekop, J., Newton, P., Baylis, K., & Miller, D.C. (2026). Global forest cover dataset incongruence creates high uncertainties for sustainability science. One Earth, 9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101558
    2. Castle, S. E., Ramirez, A., Miller, D. C., Wardropper, C. (accepted). Agroforestry for the Midwest: Developing a Social-Ecological Suitability Decision Support Tool. Journal of Extension. Draft available upon request.
    3. Castle, S.E., Miller, D.C., & Wardropper, C. (2025). Mapping the social-ecological suitability of agroforestry in the US Midwest. Environmental Research Letters, 20(2), 024041. doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adab09 
    4. Amadu, F., Castle, S. E., Munien, S., Jackson, B. A., Walker, R. N., Stanton, J., Reycraft, K., Mays, T., & Corfee-Morlot, J. (2024). Understanding the Impacts of Climate Smart Agriculture Interventions on Climate Policy Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Evidence and Gap Map Protocol. a Other Configurative Reviews (e.g. evidence maps or scoping reviews). PROCEED-24-00285. https://doi.org/10.57808/proceed.2024.32
    5. Ge, X., Brown, S.E., Rana, P., Varshney, L.R. and Miller, D.C., 2023. Network Analysis as a Tool for Shaping Conservation and Development Policy: A Case Study of Timber Market Optimization in India. arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.13907.
    6. Newton, P., Castle, S.E., Kinzer, A.T., Miller, D.C., Oldekop, J.A., Linhares-Juvenal, T., Pina, L., Madrid, M. & de Lamo Rodriguez, J. 2022. The number of forest- and tree-proximate people – A new methodology and global estimates. Forestry Working Paper No. 34. Rome, FAO. http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cc2544en
    7. FAO. 2022. The State of the World’s Forests 2022. Forest pathways for green recovery and building inclusive, resilient and sustainable economies. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb9360en (Castle, S.E. contributing author to Chapter 2)
    8. Castle, S. E., Miller, D. C., Merten, N., Ordonez, P. J. & Baylis, K. (2022). Evidence for the impacts of agroforestry on ecosystem services and human well-being in high-income countries: a systematic map. Environmental Evidence, 11(1), 1-27. doi.org/10.1186/s13750-022-00260-4
    9. Hajjar, R., Newton, P., Ihalainen, M., Agrawal, A., Alix-Garcia, J., Castle, S. E., Erbaugh, J. T., Gabay, M., Hughes, K., Mawutor, S., Pacheco, P., Schoneveld, G., & Timko, J. A. (2021). Levers for alleviating poverty in forests. Forest Policy and Economics, 132, 102589. doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102589
    10. Razafindratsima, O. H., Kamoto, J. F. M., Sills, E. O., Mutta, D. N., Song, C., Kabwe, G., Castle, S. E., Kristjanson, P. M., Ryan, C. M., Brockhaus, M. & Sunderland, T. 2021. Reviewing the evidence on the roles of forests and tree-based systems in poverty dynamics. Forest Policy and Economics, 131, 102576. doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102576
    11. Castle, S.E., Miller, D.C., Ordonez, P.J., Baylis, K., & Hughes, K. (2021). The Impacts of Agroforestry Interventions on Agricultural Productivity, Ecosystem Services, and Human Well-Being in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 17(2), e1167. doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1167
    12. Hajjar, R., Newton, P., Ihalainen, M., Agrawal, A., Gabay, M., Alix-Garcia, J., Brown, S. E., Erbaugh, J. T., Hughes, K., Mawutor, S., Pacheco, P., Schoneveld, G., Song, C., & Timko, J. (2020). Levers for Alleviating Poverty in Forests and Tree-Based Systems. In D. C. Miller, S. Mansourian, & C. Wildburger (Eds.), Forests, Trees and the Eradication of Poverty: Potential and Limitations. A Global Assessment Report (Vol. IUFRO World Series Volume 39, pp. 240 p.). Vienna: International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). www.iufro.org/news/article/2020/10/15/world-series-vol-39-forests-trees-and-the-eradication-of-poverty-potential-and-limitations/
    13. Razafindratsima, O. H., Kamoto, J., Sills, E. O., Mutta, D. N., Song, C., Sunderland, T., Kabwe, G., Ryan, C., Brown, S. E., Kristjanson, P. M., Brockhaus, M., Logo, P. B., Mihigo, B.-P. N., Ongolo, S., Xiao, J., & Zhao, Y. (2020). Forest-Poverty Dynamics: Current State of Knowledge. In D. C. Miller, S. Mansourian, & C. Wildburger (Eds.), Forests, Trees and the Eradication of Poverty: Potential and Limitations. A Global Assessment Report (Vol. IUFRO World Series Volume 39, pp. 240 p.). Vienna: International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). www.iufro.org/news/article/2020/10/15/world-series-vol-39-forests-trees-and-the-eradication-of-poverty-potential-and-limitations/
    14. Miller, D.C., Ordonez, P.J., Brown, S.E., Forrest, S., Nava, N.J., Hughes, K., & Baylis, K. (2020). The Impacts of Agroforestry on Agricultural Productivity, Ecosystem Services, and Human Well-Being in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Evidence and Gap Map. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 16, e1066. doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1066
    15. Brown S.E., Miller D.C., Ordonez P.J., & Baylis K. (2018). Evidence for the Impacts of Agroforestry on Agricultural Productivity, Ecosystem Services, and Human Well-Being in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Map Protocol. Environmental Evidence, 7(24), 1-16. doi.org/10.1186/s13750-018-0136-0
    • Works In Progress:
    • Ramirez, A., Castle, S. E., Wardropper, C. (under review). Influence of place attachment on agroforestry adoption. Draft available upon request.
    • Amadu, F., Castle, S. E., Corfee-Morlot, J., Wright, C. C., Martinez, A., Reycraft, K., Mays, T. (under review). Climate Smart Agriculture in Low and Middle Income Countries: An Evidence Gap Map to Assess Progress in Policy Effectiveness. Draft available upon request.
    • Castle, S. E., Ramirez, A., Miller, D. C., Wardropper, C. (in prep). Exploring the role of nature values in agroforestry adoption decision-making. Draft available upon request.
    • Castle, S. E., Ramirez, A., Miller, D. C., Wardropper, C. (in prep). Agroforestry transitions: opportunities and barriers to agroforestry adoption in Illinois.
    • Farrae, M., Castle, S.E., Miller, D.C. (in prep). Forest-proximate people in poverty for Pakistan.
    • Castle, S.E., Alencar, L., Baylis, K., Costa, L., Kinzer, A., Nakamura, K., Newton, P., Oldekop, J., Sanford, L., Tripathy, P., and Miller, D. (in prep). Global estimates and spatial distribution of forest-proximate people in poverty.
    • Sanford, L., Castle, S.E., Martinez-Alvarez, C. B. (in prep). Deforestation from the Tren Maya Railway: Evidence from Satellite-Based Monitoring.

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