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NatureScot Research Report 1343 - Source to Sea - enabling coherent, efficient and synergistic outcomes.

Published online: 24 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Kellock, C. & Leakey, C. & Schröder, C. & Melville, N. & Khan, J. & Mathieson, S.

Content type: Reports

This report explores opportunities for more cohesive source-to-sea management in Scotland, focusing on the connections between land, freshwater, and m...

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2nd session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) Advisory Working Group on Aquatic Genetic Resources and Technologies, Rome, Italy, 19-20 October 2017.

Published online: 01 Aug 2018

Content type: Bulletin; Conference proceedings

The establishment of the Advisory Working Group on Aquatic Genetic Resources and Technologies (Working Group) and its terms of reference were approved...

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Coordinated species importation policies are needed to reduce serious invasions globally: the case of alien bumblebees in South America.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Aizen, M. A. & Smith-Ramírez, C. & Morales, C. L. & Vieli, L. & Sáez, A. & Barahona-Segovia, R. M. & Arbetman, M. P. & Montalva, J. & Garibaldi, L. A. & Inouye, D. W. & Harder, L. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The global trade of species promotes diverse human activities but also facilitates the introduction of potentially invasive species into new environme...

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Power, profits and policy: a reality check on the Prunus africana bark trade.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Cunningham, A. B. & Tientcheu, M. L. A. & Anoncho, V. F. & Nkuinkeu, R. & Sunderland, T.

Content type: Bulletin

After 42 years of international trade in wild harvested medicinal bark from Africa and Madagascar, the example of Prunus africana holds several lesson...

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Rural payments agency inquiry: a response from the British Ecological Society to the house of commons environment food and rural affairs committee.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Published by: British Ecological Society

Content type: White paper

This paper presents the response of the British Ecological Society to the House of Commons Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee focusing on is...

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The role of ecosystems and their management in regulating climate, and soil, water and air quality.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Smith, P. & Ashmore, M. R. & Black, H. I. J. & Burgess, P. J. & Evans, C. D. & Quine, T. A. & Thomson, A. M. & Hicks, K. & Orr, H. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystems have a critical role in regulating climate, and soil, water and air quality, but management to change an ecosystem process in support of on...

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Targeted policy proposals for managing spontaneous forest expansion in the Mediterranean.

Published online: 05 Jan 2021

Authors: Varela, E. & Pulido, F. & Moreno, G. & Zavala, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent forest expansion in Euro-Mediterranean countries predominantly results from secondary succession in abandoned farmland, rather than from artifi...

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Land parcellation reduced spatial redundancy resulting in grassland degradation.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Jiao JianXin & Li ShanShan & Wang WenYin & Qi LingYan & Degen, A. A. & Bai YanFu & Jiao Ting & Shang ZhanHuan

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Degradation is the most immediate threat to biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods of global pastoral grasslands. However, we are still uncertain wh...

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Manual of Landscape Analysis: Volume 1: Procedures for the execution of land use and land cover mapping.

Published online: 01 Aug 2018

Authors: Luz, N. B. da & Maran, J. C. & Garrastazu, M. C. & Rosot, M. A. D. & Franciscon, L. & Holler, W. A. & Gaiad, N. P. & Oliveira, Y. M. M. de & Freitas, J. V. de

Content type: Bulletin

The National Forest Inventory (IFN-BR) aims to inform the formulation and implementation of public policies for the development, use and conservation ...

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National climate-smart agriculture and food security action plan of Ghana (2016-2020).

Published online: 23 Dec 2015

Authors: Essegbey, G. O. & Nutsukpo, D. & Karbo, N. & Zougmoré, R.

Content type: Bulletin

The policy document - National Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Security Action Plan of Ghana (2016-2020) - provides the implementation framework fo...

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