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Can environmental cash transfers reduce deforestation and improve social outcomes?: a regression discontinuity analysis of Mexico's national program (2011-2014).

Published online: 17 Apr 2019

Published by: World Bank Group

Authors: Alix-Garcia, J. M. & Sims, K. R. E. & Orozco-Olvera, V. H. & Costica, L. & Fernandez Medina, J. D. & Romo-Monroy, S. & Pagiola, S.

Content type: Bulletin

Environmental conditional cash transfers, or "payments for ecosystem services" are a centerpiece of global efforts to protect biodiversity, safeguard ...

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Landscape heterogeneity can partially offset negative effects of habitat loss on mammalian biodiversity in agroecosystems.

Published online: 27 Apr 2024

Authors: Pônzio, M. do C. & Pasqualotto, N. & Zanin, M. & Chiarello, A. G. & Pardini, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intensive, large-scale agriculture promotes the conversion of natural habitats and diversified crops into monocultures, decreasing both native vegetat...

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Managing ecosystems in the context of climate change mitigation: a review of current knowledge and recommendations to support ecosystem-based mitigation actions that look beyond terrestrial forests.

Published online: 25 Jan 2017

Authors: Epple, C. & García Rangel, S. & Jenkins, M. & Guth, M.

Content type: Bulletin

Ecosystem management can play an important role in climate change mitigation and adaptation if current practices are evaluated and improved to move to...

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The costs of delivering environmental outcomes with land sharing and land sparing.

Published online: 09 Mar 2023

Authors: Collas, L. & Sourd, R. C. D. & Finch, T. & Green, R. & Hanley, N. & Balmford, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The biodiversity and climate crises demand ambitious policies lowering the environmental impacts of farming. Most current interventions incentivise so...

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Drivers and consequences of archetypical shifting cultivation transitions.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Martin, D. A. & Llopis, J. C. & Raveloaritiana, E. & Coomes, O. T. & Andriamihaja, O. R. & Bruun, T. B. & Heinimann, A. & Mertz, O. & Rakotonarivo, O. S. & Zaehringer, J. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Shifting cultivation remains an important land system in many tropical landscapes, but transitions away from shifting cultivation are increasingly com...

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Spatial relationships between intensive land cover and residual plant species diversity in temperate farmed landscapes.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Smart, S. M. & Marrs, R. H. & Duc, M. G. le & Thompson, K. & Bunce, R. G. H. & Firbank, L. G. & Rossall, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In temperate farmed landscapes conservation policies increasingly emphasize large-scale reductions in land-use intensity. Yet despite a managed revers...

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Ecological and socio-economic implications of livestock-keeping systems on extensive grasslands in south-western Germany.

Published online: 06 Apr 1999

Authors: Luick, R.

Content type: Conference paper; Journal article

Germany is generally characterized by intensive agriculture. There is increasing concern about the situation of extensively used meadows and pastures ...

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A call for a national collaborative predator coexistence programme.

Published online: 26 Oct 2021

Authors: Carter, N. H. & Nelson, P. & Easter, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Negative interactions between large terrestrial predators and livestock are a global phenomenon. The resultant conflicts can threaten the livelihoods ...

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Will agri-environment schemes deliver substantial biodiversity gain, and if not why not?

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Whittingham, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

One of the main aims of agri-environment schemes (AES) is to increase biodiversity on farmland. Common conservation practice is to identify areas cont...

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Low-intensity farming systems in the conservation of the countryside.

Published online: 18 Sep 1996

Authors: Bignal, E. M. & McCracken, D. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The role of low-intensity farming in sustainable management of European landscapes and biotypes of high nature conservation value is discussed. More t...

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