@article{jouzi_leung_nelson_2023, title={Characterizing the association between child malnutrition and protected areas in sub-Saharan Africa using unsupervised clustering}, volume={14}, ISSN={2190-6483 2190-6491}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13412-023-00880-3}, DOI={10.1007/s13412-023-00880-3}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Jouzi, Zeynab and Leung, Yu-Fai and Nelson, Stacy}, year={2023}, month={Dec}, pages={300–312} } @article{jouzi_nelson_leung_2023, title={Spatial heterogeneity of child malnutrition, proximity to protected areas and environmental variabilities in Zimbabwe}, volume={88}, ISSN={1572-9893}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10708-023-10842-5}, DOI={10.1007/s10708-023-10842-5}, number={4}, journal={GeoJournal}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Jouzi, Zeynab and Nelson, Stacy A. C. and Leung, Yu-Fai}, year={2023}, month={Feb}, pages={3773–3789} } @article{jouzi_leung_nelson_2022, title={Addressing the food security and conservation challenges: Can be aligned instead of apposed?}, volume={3}, ISSN={2673-611X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2022.921895}, DOI={10.3389/fcosc.2022.921895}, abstractNote={This perspective article provides an overview of the interaction between food security and conservation as two of the most important challenges of our time. To provide a better understanding of the topic, a conceptual framework for the possible pathways of positive and negative impacts of protected areas (PAs) on four dimensions of food security is proposed. Considering the importance of hunting and shifting agriculture in food security and the challenges caused by them in conservation, the cases of hunting and shifting agriculture were explored. Finally, the rights-based approaches in conservation and food security, as a new approach with the potential to protect people and the planet as a synergistic approach is discussed.}, journal={Frontiers in Conservation Science}, publisher={Frontiers Media SA}, author={Jouzi, Zeynab and Leung, Yu-Fai and Nelson, Stacy}, year={2022}, month={Jul} } @article{best_jouzi_2022, title={Climate Gentrification: Methods, Gaps, and Framework for Future Research}, volume={4}, DOI={10.3389/fclim.2022.828067}, abstractNote={The topic of climate gentrification has been receiving increasing attention in both peer-reviewed literature and in popular discourse. Climate gentrification refers to the ways that climate impacts and adaptations may contribute to changes in community characteristics and potential displacement of vulnerable residents through changes in property values. Here, we conduct a review of the current literature on climate gentrification in order to understand methods and key themes, identify research gaps, and guide future research. Our search yielded a total of 12 relevant articles, beginning in 2018. After reviewing these articles, we identified several key methodological gaps including the lack of participatory methods, limited availability of longitudinal data, difficulty defining and measuring displacement, and challenges surrounding causality. We suggest that future work on climate gentrification should draw from Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) theory to further understand the complex feedbacks that exist in climate gentrification dynamics. To guide future research, we propose a framework as a CHAN that highlights the multi-spatial, multi-temporal, and multi-faceted dimensions of climate gentrification.}, journal={Frontiers in Climate}, publisher={Frontiers Media SA}, author={Best, Kelsea and Jouzi, Zeynab}, year={2022}, month={Mar} } @article{jouzi_leung_nelson_2020, title={Terrestrial Protected Areas and Food Security: A Systematic Review of Research Approaches}, volume={7}, url={https://doi.org/10.3390/environments7100083}, DOI={10.3390/environments7100083}, abstractNote={Achieving food security is one of the most important sustainable development goals and is a major global concern, specifically in remote and rural areas of the developing world where high biodiversity can be found and many protected areas are located. The goals of food security and biodiversity conservation are two of the most critical challenges of our time. This study aims to better understand the state of research on protected areas and food security through a methodological lens. The literature search was conducted in the Web of Science core collection and the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CAB) abstracts database. The search results indicate that this is an understudied topic with only nineteen articles published in various research domains. The findings reveal that studies were explanatory research rather than confirmatory and most studies had a snapshot design with no control or baseline. National parks were the main category of protected areas reported in studies. Data collection commonly employed a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods at a household level. We also found that spatial data and methods are important yet underutilized.}, number={10}, journal={Environments}, publisher={MDPI AG}, author={Jouzi, Zeynab and Leung, Yu-Fai and Nelson, Stacy}, year={2020}, month={Oct}, pages={83} } @article{jouzi_azadi_taheri_zarafshani_gebrehiwot_van passel_lebailly_2017, title={Organic Farming and Small-Scale Farmers: Main Opportunities and Challenges}, volume={132}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994057020&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.10.016}, abstractNote={Producing enough food to meet the needs of a growing population has always been the greatest concern of food policy-makers around the world. Given the increasing attention to organic farming (OF), we conducted this study to investigate the main opportunities and challenges of the food production system of small-scale farmers in developing countries with an emphasis on their livelihoods. The study showed that the most significant advantages of OF are environmental protection and a higher resilience to environmental changes, increasing farmers' income and reducing external input cost, enhancing social capacity and increasing employment opportunities. A s well as enhancing food security primarily by increasing the food purchasing power of local people. However, the main challenges of this food production system include lower yields in comparison to conventional systems, difficulties with soil nutrient management, certification and market barriers, and the educational and research needs of small-holders. The paper concludes that even though OF might present some significant challenges to small-scale farmers, it could/should still be considered as a part of the solution and means of improving their livelihoods.}, journal={Ecological Economics}, author={Jouzi, Z. and Azadi, H. and Taheri, F. and Zarafshani, K. and Gebrehiwot, K. and Van Passel, S. and Lebailly, P.}, year={2017}, pages={144–154} } @article{azadi_samiee_mahmoudi_jouzi_rafiaani khachak_de maeyer_witlox_2016, title={Genetically modified crops and small-scale farmers: Main opportunities and challenges}, volume={36}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84962604477&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.3109/07388551.2014.990413}, abstractNote={Abstract Although some important features of genetically modified (GM) crops such as insect resistance, herbicide tolerance, and drought tolerance might seem to be beneficial for small-scale farmers, the adoption of GM technology by smallholders is still slight. Identifying pros and cons of using this technology is important to understand the impacts of GM crops on these farmers. This article reviews the main opportunities and challenges of GM crops for small-scale farmers in developing countries. The most significant advantages of GM crops include being independent to farm size, environment protection, improvement of occupational health issues, and the potential of bio-fortified crops to reduce malnutrition. Challenges faced by small-scale farmers for adoption of GM crops comprise availability and accessibility of GM crop seeds, seed dissemination and price, and the lack of adequate information. In addition, R&D and production costs in using GM crops make it difficult for these farmers to adopt the use of these crops. Moreover, intellectual property right regulations may deprive resource poor farmers from the advantages of GM technology. Finally, concerns on socio-economic and environment safety issues are also addressed in this paper.}, number={3}, journal={Critical Reviews in Biotechnology}, author={Azadi, H. and Samiee, A. and Mahmoudi, H. and Jouzi, Z. and Rafiaani Khachak, P. and De Maeyer, P. and Witlox, F.}, year={2016}, pages={434–446} }