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An assessment of integrated watershed management in Ethiopia.

Published online: 01 Feb 2017

Authors: Gebrehaweria Gebregziabher & Dereje Assefa Abera & Girmay Gebresamuel & Giordano, M. & Langan, S.

Content type: Bulletin

In Ethiopia, watershed management programs commenced in a formal way in the 1970s. From that time up to the late 1990s, implementation was typically a...

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Limits to green revolution in rice in Africa the case of Ghana.

Published online: 19 Oct 2016

Authors: Ragasa, C. & Chapoto, A.

Content type: Bulletin

The Ghana National Rice Development Strategy in 2009 was developed to double rice production by 2018 with a 10 percent annual increase and to reduce o...

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Remnant forest in Costa Rican working landscapes fosters bird communities that are indistinguishable from protected areas.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Karp, D. S. & Echeverri, A. & Zook, J. & Juárez, P. & Ke, A. & Krishnan, J. & Chan, K. M. A. & Frishkoff, L. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The outcome of the ongoing biodiversity crisis depends on the capacity of the Earth's wildlife to persist in working landscapes. Yet, the species that...

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Canada's commercial seal hunt: past, present, and future.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Published by: International Fund for Animal Welfare

Content type: Miscellaneous

This booklet discusses Canada's commercial seal hunt in spring on the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador and Gulf of St. Lawrence, in order to obtain ...

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How does learning about the future of the ocean impact children's emotional wellbeing? Insights from ocean literacy educators in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Published online: 12 Oct 2023

Authors: Murray, L. & Breheny, M. & Cumming, R. & Erueti, B. & Mooney, M. & Nash, K. L. & Severinsen, C. & Shanly, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Four decades of research on the health effects of 'connection to nature' identifies many wellbeing advantages for young people. Yet this literature ha...

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Not just having fun: experiential-learning-based school field trips improved local children's mental models of the mangrove nature reserve in Shenzhen, China.

Published online: 12 Oct 2023

Authors: Wu Meng & Zhang WeiZhe & Zeng Zhuo & Liu ChiChang & Liu KueiPin

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Nature-based school field trips gained policy support from China governments. However, in a highly exam-oriented education system, schools might be un...

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An assessment of impacts from shrimp aquaculture in Bangladesh and prospects for improvement.

Published online: 14 Feb 2019

Authors: Hossain, M. A. R. & Hasan, M. R.

Content type: Bulletin

Aquaculture has become one of the fastest-growing economic subsectors of the Bangladesh economy, providing protein-rich food, source of employment and...

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Rethinking the interface between ecology and society. The case of the cockle controversy in the Dutch Wadden Sea.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Swart, J. A. A. & Andel, J. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Applied ecology, like conservation research, may deal with societal issues if its scientifically based interventions have societal consequences. Human...

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Latin American experiences in natural forest management concessions.

Published online: 02 May 2020

Authors: Gretzinger, S.

Content type: Bulletin

FAO is leading an initiative to improve policies and practices related to concessions on natural production forests in order to sustain forests, build...

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Helping ecosystems in Europe to adapt to climate change.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Bonn, A. & Macgregor, N. & Stadler, J. & Korn, H. & Stiffel, S. & Wolf, K. & Dijk, N. van

Content type: Bulletin

This report summarizes much of the work done by, and for, the Climate Change Group of the European Network of Heads of Nature Conservation Agencies (E...

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