1. Recognizing our authors

   • Kazuhiko Takeuchi

   Announcement 23 August 2017 Pages: 631 - 632

2. Call for Papers for “Future scenarios for socio-ecological production landscape and seascape”

   • Kazuhiko Takeuchi
   • Osamu Saito
   • Takehisa Yamakita

   Announcement 27 July 2017 Pages: 633 - 634

3. Sustainability science for meeting Africa’s challenges: setting the stage

   • Alexandros Gasparatos
   • Kazuhiko Takeuchi
   • Harro von Blottnitz

   Special Feature: Editorial 06 September 2017 Pages: 635 - 640

4. Constraints to the adoption of fodder tree technology in Malawi

   • Gregory G. Toth
   • P. K. Ramachandran Nair
   • Steven C. Franzel

   Special Feature: Original Article 04 August 2017 Pages: 641 - 656

   

5. Applying the robust adaptation planning (RAP) framework to Ghana’s agricultural climate change adaptation regime

   • Abrar S. Chaudhury
   • Thomas F. Thornton
   • Chase Sova

   Special Feature: Original Article Open access 19 August 2017 Pages: 657 - 676

   

6. Assessing the food security outcomes of industrial crop expansion in smallholder settings: insights from cotton production in Northern Ghana and sugarcane production in Central Ethiopia

   • Rodolfo Dam Lam
   • Yaw Agyeman Boafo
   • Osamu Saito

   Special feature: Case Report 28 June 2017 Pages: 677 - 693

   

7. Indigenous resource management practices in the Gamo Highland of Ethiopia: challenges and prospects for sustainable resource management

   • Engdawork Assefa
   • Bork Hans-Rudolf

   Special Feature: Original Article 23 August 2017 Pages: 695 - 709

   

8. Transdisciplinary research for systemic change: who to learn with, what to learn about and how to learn

   • Dirk J. Roux
   • Jeanne L. Nel
   • Christo Fabricius

   Special Feature: Original Article 16 June 2017 Pages: 711 - 726

   

9. Forest conservation and the private sector: stakeholder perceptions towards payment for ecosystem service schemes in the tobacco and sugarcane sectors in Malawi

   • Linda Chinangwa
   • Alexandros Gasparatos
   • Osamu Saito

   Special Feature: Original Article 23 August 2017 Pages: 727 - 746

   

10. Sustainability assessment of mine-affected communities in Ghana: towards ecosystems and livelihood restoration

    • Effah Kwabena Antwi
    • Wiafe Owusu-Banahene
    • Kazuhiko Takeuchi

    Special Feature: Original Article 07 September 2017 Pages: 747 - 767

    

11. A life-cycle-based review of sulfur dioxide abatement installations in the South African platinum group metal sector

    • V. Munyongani
    • H. von Blottnitz
    • J. L. Broadhurst

    Special Feature: Original Article 19 August 2017 Pages: 769 - 784

    

12. Local responses to global sustainability agendas: learning from experimenting with the urban sustainable development goal in Cape Town

    • Zarina Patel
    • Saskia Greyling
    • Carol Wright

    Special Feature: Original Article Open access 04 October 2017 Pages: 785 - 797

    

13. Co-operatives as a development mechanism to support job creation and sustainable waste management in South Africa

    • Linda Godfrey
    • A. Muswema
    • M. Mapako

    Special Feature: Case Report 01 June 2017 Pages: 799 - 812

    

14. Decolonising transdisciplinary research approaches: an African perspective for enhancing knowledge integration in sustainability science

    • Bagele Chilisa

    Special Feature: Overview Article 29 August 2017 Pages: 813 - 827

    

15. Spatial variability in sustainable development trajectories in South Africa: provincial level safe and just operating spaces

    • Megan J. Cole
    • Richard M. Bailey
    • Mark G. New

    Special Feature: Original Article Open access 07 February 2017 Pages: 829 - 848