Gert Van Hecken

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 893 citations indexed

About

Gert Van Hecken is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Gert Van Hecken has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 893 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 7 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in Gert Van Hecken's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (19 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (8 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (7 papers). Gert Van Hecken is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (19 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (8 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (7 papers). Gert Van Hecken collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Nicaragua and Canada. Gert Van Hecken's co-authors include Johan Bastiaensen, Vijay Kolinjivadi, Esteve Corbera, Elizabeth Shapiro‐Garza, Pamela McElwee, William F. Vásquez, Nicolás Kosoy, Tomaso Ferrando, Brototi Roy and Jérôme Dupras and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecological Economics and Global Environmental Change.

In The Last Decade

Gert Van Hecken

28 papers receiving 834 citations

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The “Greening” of Empire: The European Green Deal as the EU first agenda

2023 101 citations Vijay Kolinjivadi, Tomaso Ferrando et al. Political Geography profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Payments for ecosystem services in Mexico: Two decades of progress and challenges between research and practice 2025 ·Ecosystem Services ·(unknown), (unknown), Elizabeth Shapiro‐Garza, Esteve Corbera, (unknown), Véronique Sophie Ávila-Foucat, Julia Carabias, Jérôme Dupras, Vijay Kolinjivadi, (unknown), María Perevochtchikova, Katharine R. E. Sims, Gert Van Hecken	0
2	Fifteen years of research on payments for ecosystem services (PES): Piercing the bubble of success as defined by a Northern-driven agenda 2023 ·Global Environmental Change ·Vijay Kolinjivadi, Gert Van Hecken, (unknown)	15
3	The “Greening” of Empire: The European Green Deal as the EU first agenda breakdown → 2023 ·Political Geography ·(unknown), Vijay Kolinjivadi, Tomaso Ferrando, Brototi Roy, (unknown), (unknown), Gert Van Hecken	101
4	The green economy as plantation ecology: When dehumanization and ecological simplification go 'green 2023 ·Journal of Political Ecology ·Vijay Kolinjivadi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gert Van Hecken	3
5	A Largely Northern-Driven Agenda: A Systematic Review of 15 Years of Knowledge Generation on Payments for Ecosystem Services (Pes) 2023 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Vijay Kolinjivadi, Gert Van Hecken, (unknown)	1
6	Fostering bottom-up actor coalitions for transforming complex rural territorial pathways 2021 ·Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability ·Johan Bastiaensen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gert Van Hecken	7
7	From present to future development pathways in fragile mountain landscapes 2020 ·Environmental Science & Policy ·Timothy Karpouzoglou, Art Dewulf, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Aiganysh Isaeva, J. Marc Foggin, Johan Bastiaensen, Gert Van Hecken, Zed Zulkafli, Feng Mao, Julian Clark, David M. Hannah, Prem Sagar Chapagain, Wouter Buytaert, Katarzyna Cieslik	15
8	Exploring the potential contribution of green microfinance in transformations to sustainability 2019 ·Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability ·(unknown), Johan Bastiaensen, Gert Van Hecken	20
9	Contested mappings in a dynamic space: emerging socio-spatial relationships in the context of REDD+. A case from the Democratic Republic of Congo 2019 ·Landscape Research ·(unknown), Gert Van Hecken	8
10	Beyond Market Logics: Payments for Ecosystem Services as Alternative Development Practices in the Global South 2019 ·Development and Change ·Elizabeth Shapiro‐Garza, Pamela McElwee, Gert Van Hecken, Esteve Corbera	67
11	Playing before paying? A PES simulation game for assessing power inequalities and motivations in the governance of Ecosystem Services 2018 ·Ecosystem Services ·(unknown), Gert Van Hecken, (unknown)	17
12	Silencing Agency in Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) by Essentializing a Neoliberal ‘Monster’ Into Being: A Response to Fletcher & Büscher's ‘PES Conceit’ 2017 ·Ecological Economics ·Gert Van Hecken, Vijay Kolinjivadi, (unknown), Pamela McElwee, Elizabeth Shapiro‐Garza, (unknown), Johan Bastiaensen	41
13	La microfinance pour les services environnementaux 2016 ·Tiers-Monde ·(unknown), Johan Bastiaensen, Davide Forcella, Gert Van Hecken	1
14	Towards a power-sensitive and socially-informed analysis of payments for ecosystem services (PES): Addressing the gaps in the current debate 2015 ·Ecological Economics ·Gert Van Hecken, Johan Bastiaensen, (unknown)	97
15	Microfinance plus for ecosystem services: a territorial perspective on Proyecto CAMBio in Nicaragua 2015 ·Enterprise Development and Microfinance ·Johan Bastiaensen, (unknown), Davide Forcella, Gert Van Hecken	4
16	What’s in a name? Epistemic perspectives and Payments for Ecosystem Services policies in Nicaragua 2015 ·Geoforum ·Gert Van Hecken, Johan Bastiaensen, (unknown)	35
17	The viability of local payments for watershed services: Empirical evidence from Matiguás, Nicaragua 2012 ·Ecological Economics ·Gert Van Hecken, Johan Bastiaensen, William F. Vásquez	54
18	Household preferences for municipal water services in Nicaragua 2011 ·Environment and Development Economics ·William F. Vásquez, (unknown), Gert Van Hecken	11
19	Payments for ecosystem services: justified or not? A political view 2010 ·Environmental Science & Policy ·Gert Van Hecken, Johan Bastiaensen	126
20	Assessing the potential for experimental evaluation of intervention effects: the case of the regional integrated silvopastoral approaches to ecosystem management project (RISEMP) 2009 ·Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) ·Jos Vaessen, Gert Van Hecken	4

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