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Weather and climate knowledge for water security: institutional roles and relationships in Turkana.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Haines, S. & Imana, C. A. & Opondo, M. & Ouma, G. & Rayner, S.

Content type: Bulletin

Lodwar town in Turkana County faces water security issues relating to its strategic location, (semi-)arid climate, hydroclimatic variability, high pov...

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Unpacking land degradation and the thorny issue of woody plant encroachment in South Africa.

Published online: 13 Oct 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Mani, S. & Osborne, C. P. & Cleaver, F.

Content type: Blog

In this work, the situation of land degradation in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa was analysed by adapting a natural resource governance fram...

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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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Land use: reducing emissions and preparing for climate change.

Published online: 10 Jan 2019

Published by: UK, Committee on Climate Change

Content type: Miscellaneous

This report by the Committee on Climate Change assesses the role of land use change in meeting climate change mitigation and adaptation objectives. Th...

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An introduction to evidence-based conservation (content tailored for research scientists).

Published online: 28 Nov 2020

Published by: Evidence in Conservation Teaching Initiative

Authors: Downey, H. & Amano, T. & Walsh, J.

Content type: Educational material

Scientific knowledge for conservation has rapidly accumulated worldwide, but the research-practical interface needs to be strengthened. Evidence-based...

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Using the conservation evidence website.

Published online: 27 Nov 2020

Published by: Evidence in Conservation Teaching Initiative

Authors: Martina, C. & Downey, H. & Martin, C.

Content type: Educational material

This publication deals with the Environmental Conservation Evidence website, a free resource which summarizes any evidence for interventions related t...

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Using the conservation evidence website.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Published by: Evidence in Conservation Teaching Initiative

Authors: Downey, H.

Content type: Educational material

This publication deals with Conservation Evidence, a free resource summarising the evidence for conservation interventions. It gathers evidence using ...

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A network approach for evaluating and communicating forest change models.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Drescher, M. & Perera, A. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Knowledge of forest change is often formalized in state-and-transition models (STMs). These models generate forecasts of forest condition that are wid...

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The carry-over effects of pollen shortage decrease the survival of honeybee colonies in farmlands.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Requier, F. & Odoux, J. F. & Henry, M. & Bretagnolle, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many studies have reported honeybee colony losses in human-dominated landscapes. While bee floral food resources have been drastically reduced over pa...

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Sustainable Humanosphere.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Content type: Annual report

This publication is a collection of abstracts of recent research studies and theses on the following topics: forests, forest resources, forest product...

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