Schneider, FlurinaFlurinaSchneider0000-0001-5368-8169Feurer, MélanieMélanieFeurerLundsgaard-Hansen, Lara MariaLara MariaLundsgaard-HansenMyint, WinWinMyintNuam, Cing DonCing DonNuamNydegger, Katharina BarbaraKatharina BarbaraNydeggerOberlack, ChristophChristophOberlack0000-0003-2813-7327Tun, Nwe NweNwe NweTunZähringer, Julie GwendolinJulie GwendolinZähringer0000-0002-3253-5128Tun, Aung MyinAung MyinTunMesserli, PeterPeterMesserli0000-0002-0286-63482024-10-052024-10-052020https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/54994Competition over land is at the core of many sustainable development challenges in Myanmar: villagers, companies, governments, ethnic minority groups, civil soci-ety organisations and non-governmental organisations from local to the international level claim access to and decision-making power over the use of land. Therefore, this article investigates the actor interactions influencing land-use changes and their impacts on the supply of ecosystem services and human well-being. We utilise a transdisciplinary mixed-methods approach and the analytical lens of the social-eco-logical systems framework. Results reveal that the links between land-use changes, ecosystem services and human well-being are multifaceted; For example ecosys-tem services can decline, while human well-being increases. We explain this find-ing through three different pathways to impact (changes in the resource systems, the governance systems or the broader social, economic and political context). We con-clude with implications of these results for future sustainable land governance.enClaims on landSustainabilityEcosystem servicesHuman well-beingMyanmar900 - History::910 - Geography & travelarticle10.7892/boris.14410110.1057/s41287-020-00268-x