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Nature's stewards: how local buy-in can help tackle wildlife crime in Uganda.

Published online: 25 May 2016

Authors: Travers, H. & Roe, D. & Plumptre, A. & Baker, J. & Rwetsiba, A. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Bulletin

High levels of illegal resource use in two of Uganda's national parks show the need to rethink current approaches to combatting wildlife crime. Our re...

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Linking social protection and water security to empower women and girls.

Published online: 04 Apr 2020

Authors: Lowe, C. & Ludi, E. & Seve, M. D. le & Tsui, J.

Content type: Bulletin

Water insecurity is a significant, heavily gendered, and growing driver of poverty, vulnerability and risk. This paper explores the linkages between t...

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Modelling environmental and socio-economic trade-offs associated with land-sparing and land-sharing approaches to oil palm expansion.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Lee SerHuay [Lee, S. H. J. ] & Garcia-Ulloa, J. & Ghazoul, J. & Obidzinski, K. & Koh LianPin

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effectiveness of land-sharing and land-sparing approaches has been widely debated. Yet, few studies quantify the environmental and socio-economic ...

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Ecosystem restoration job creation potential in Brazil.

Published online: 04 Jan 2023

Authors: Brancalion, P. H. S. & Siqueira, L. P. de & Amazonas, N. T. & Rizek, M. B. & Mendes, A. F. & Santiami, E. L. & Rodrigues, R. R. & Calmon, M. & Benini, R. & Tymus, J. R. C. & Holl, K. D. & Chaves, R. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The central motivation to restore ecosystems at a planetary scale has been to reverse degradation and provide multiple environmental benefits, but key...

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Ignoring the role forests play in local livelihood strategies can undermine restoration success.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Whittaker, A.

Content type: Blog

Under the Bonn Challenge, the government of Malawi committed to reforest over 30% of the country by 2030, but at least in the south, few trees planted...

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NatureScot Research Report 1295 - Youth Survey on NatureScot's Corporate Plan 2022-2026.

Published online: 06 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Gardner, A. & Webster, C.

Content type: Reports

This report presents the findings of a survey which examined young people's views on nature in Scotland. The survey was undertaken to ensure that Natu...

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Land-use trends and environmental governance policies in Brazil: paths forward for sustainability.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Miccolis, A. & Andrade, R. M. T. de & Pacheco, P.

Content type: Bulletin

Historically, the policy framework in Brazil has played a decisive role in shaping land use and changes in the rural landscape. Over the last three de...

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How resilient are farming households, communities, men and women to a changing climate in Africa?

Published online: 23 Dec 2014

Authors: Pérez, C. & Jones, E. & Kristjanson, P. & Cramer, L. & Thornton, P. & Förch, W. & Barahona, C.

Content type: Bulletin

Social, economic and institutional factors and driving forces enhance or hinder the adaptation capacity of agricultural and pastoral households and co...

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Actively restoring resilience in selectively logged tropical forests.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Cerullo, G. R. & Edwards, D. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Huge tracts of tropical forest are selectively logged. Meanwhile, emerging global agendas are providing unprecedented incentives for large-scale resto...

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Livestock and their management are key to the future of Africa's wildlife.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Western, D. & Tyrrell, P. & Brehony, P. & Russell, S. & Western, G. & Kamanga, J.

Content type: Blog

Protected areas fall far short of securing the space needed to sustain biodiversity and ecosystem function at a global scale and in the face of climat...

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