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Trends in forest conditions and implications for resilience to climate change under differing forest governance regimes: the case of Mount Elgon, East Africa.

Published online: 19 Jul 2017

Authors: Russell, A. J. M. & Waiswa, D. & Owuor, B. & Ongugo, P. O. & Bomuhangi, A. & Banana, A. Y. & Kimondo, J.

Content type: Bulletin

Mount Elgon is a transboundary East African montane ecosystem that harbors unique biological diversity and provides critical goods and services to the...

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Using a multi-lens framework for landscape decisions.

Published online: 22 Sep 2023

Authors: Cole, B. & Bradley, A. V. & Willcock, S. & Gardner, E. & Allinson, E. & Hagen-Zanker, A. & Calo, A. J. & Touza, J. & Petrovskii, S. & Yu JingYan & Whelan, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Landscape decisions are multi-faceted. Framing landscape decision-making as a governance process that requires a collective approach can encourage key...

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Escaping social-ecological traps through ecological restoration and socioeconomic development in China's Loess Plateau.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Wang ZhuangZhuang & Fu BoJie & Wu XuTong & Li YingJie & Wang Shuai & Lu Nan

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The social-ecological trap is an emerging concept that describes situations in which self-reinforcing social and ecological feedbacks maintain or push...

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A comprehensive large-scale assessment of fisheries bycatch risk to threatened seabird populations.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Clay, T. A. & Small, C. & Tuck, G. N. & Pardo, D. & Carneiro, A. P. B. & Wood, A. G. & Croxall, J. P. & Crossin, G. T. & Phillips, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Incidental mortality (bycatch) in fisheries remains the greatest threat to many large marine vertebrates and is a major barrier to fisheries sustainab...

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Co-designing a toolkit for evidence-based decision making in conservation: processes and lessons.

Published online: 22 Oct 2023

Authors: Smith, R. K. & Morgan, W. H. & Al-Fulaij, N. & Amano, T. & Bowkett, A. E. & Christie, A. & Downey, H. & Frick, W. F. & O'Brien, D. & Ockendon, N. & Oppel, S. & Petrovan, S. O. & Righton, D. & Tinsley-Marshall, P. & Worthington, T. A. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Improving the effectiveness of conservation practice requires better use of evidence. Since 2004, researchers from the Conservation Evidence group (Un...

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Detecting early warnings of pressure on an African lion (Panthera leo) population in the Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area, Uganda.

Published online: 15 Sep 2020

Authors: Braczkowski, A. & Gopalaswamy, A. M. & Nsubuga, M. & Allan, J. & Biggs, D. & Maron, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

African lions are declining across much of their range, yet robust measures of population densities remain rare. The Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area...

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Insights from five decades of monitoring habitat and breeding populations of American woodcock.

Published online: 15 Sep 2020

Authors: Gutowsky, S. E. & Gutowsky, L. F. G. & Milton, G. R. & Mallory, M. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Habitat loss and degradation are contributing to severe declines in many North American bird species. For American woodcock Scolopax minor ('woodcock'...

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The importance of understanding the multiple dimensions of power in stakeholder participation for effective biodiversity conservation.

Published online: 06 Nov 2024

Authors: Lécuyer, L. & Balian, E. & Butler, J. R. A. & Barnaud, C. & Calla, S. & Locatelli, B. & Newig, J. & Pettit, J. & Pound, D. & Quétier, F. & Salvatori, V. & Korff, Y. von & Young, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Biodiversity conservation are increasingly focused on involving stakeholder engagement, making power a key concept in understanding its success and fa...

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Quantifying human activity intensity in the Qinling-Daba Mountains.

Published online: 07 Nov 2024

Authors: Xie WenQi & Yao YongHui

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Human activities profoundly impact the Earth system such as climate change, biodiversity, disease transmission. Accurately acquiring and assessing the...

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Stakeholders' views on the global guidelines for the sustainable use of non-native trees.

Published online: 11 Nov 2024

Authors: Novoa, A. & Vimercati, G. & Brundu, G. & Richardson, D. M. & Schaffner, U. & Brunori, A. & Campagnaro, T. & Canavan, S. & Celesti-Grapow, L. & Dechoum, M. & Dehnen-Schmutz, K. & Dufour-Dror, J. M. & Essl, F. & Flory, S. L. & Jäger, H. & Joshi, J. & Karmann, M. & Langdon, B. & Lapin, K. & Roux, J. le & Lozano, V. & Masiero, M. & Meyerson, L. A. & Nuñez, M. A. & Pauchard, A. & Pergl, J. & Porté, A. J. & Pyšek, P. & Pyšková, J. & Rodriguez, J. & Shackleton, R. T. & Silva, J. S. & Sitzia, T. & Verbrugge, L. & Vítková, M. & Weldesemaet, Y. T. & Westergren, M. & Wilson, J. R. U.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

A large number of non-native trees (NNTs) have been introduced globally and widely planted, contributing significantly to the world's economy. Althoug...

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