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Climate change mitigation and food loss and waste reduction: exploring the business case.

Published online: 07 Feb 2019

Authors: Gromko, D. & Abdurasulova, G.

Content type: Bulletin

The carbon footprint of food loss and waste (FLW) is estimated to be up to 3.49 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent (gtCO2e), representing up to 6-1...

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The effects of forest fragmentation on bee communities in tropical countryside.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Brosi, B. J. & Daily, G. C. & Shih, T. M. & Oviedo, F. & Durán, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite ongoing concerns and controversy over a putative 'global pollination crisis' there is little information on the response of bees, the most imp...

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Rate of spread of fires in Calluna vulgaris-dominated moorlands.

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Davies, G. M. & Legg, C. J. & Smith, A. A. & MacDonald, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Calluna-dominated heaths occur throughout Europe but are in decline across their range. There is growing interest in using prescribed burning for thei...

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Bright spots of carbon storage in temperate forests.

Published online: 14 Dec 2021

Authors: Crockett, E. T. H. & Vennin, S. & Botzas-Coluni, J. & Larocque, G. & Bennett, E. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mitigating climate change is an urgent challenge for society. Increasing carbon storage in forests, which cover more than 30% of the global land surfa...

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Drought risk reduction in agriculture: a review of adaptive strategies in East Africa and the Indo-Gangetic Plain of South Asia.

Published online: 23 Dec 2014

Authors: Cenacchi, N.

Content type: Bulletin

This report is a component of the Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) - funded project "Impacts of Climate Extr...

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The context of REDD+ and adaptation to climate change in Burkina Faso: drivers, agents and institutions.

Published online: 26 Apr 2017

Authors: Kambiré, H. W. & Djenontin, I. N. S. & Kaboré, A. & Djoudi, H. & Balinga, M. P. B. & Zida, M. & Assembe-Mvondo, S. & Brockhaus, M.

Content type: Bulletin

This document is part of CIFOR's series of REDD+ country profiles. It analyzes the case of Burkina Faso: the drivers of deforestation, the institution...

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Urban wildflower meadow planting for biodiversity, climate and society: an evaluation at King's College, Cambridge.

Published online: 30 Sep 2023

Authors: Marshall, C. A. M. & Wilkinson, M. T. & Hadfield, P. M. & Rogers, S. M. & Shanklin, J. D. & Eversham, B. C. & Healey, R. & Kranse, O. P. & Preston, C. D. & Coghill, S. J. & McGonigle, K. L. & Moggridge, G. D. & Pilbeam, P. G. & Marza, A. C. & Szigecsan, D. & Mitchell, J. & Hicks, M. A. & Wallis, S. M. & Xu ZhiFan & Toccaceli, F. & McLennan, C. M. & Akker, S. E. van den

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The biodiversity and climate crises are critical challenges of this century. Wildflower meadows in urban areas could provide important nature-based so...

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Modelling the coupled dynamics of moorland management and upland vegetation.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Chapman, D. S. & Termansen, M. & Quinn, C. H. & Jin NanLin & Bonn, A. & Cornell, S. J. & Fraser, E. D. G. & Hubacek, K. & Kunin, W. E. & Reed, M. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

It is widely appreciated that management shapes the dynamics of many ecological systems, but ecologists rarely consider the reverse interaction, that ...

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Weaving indigenous and western knowledge systems to discern drivers of mooz (moose) population decline.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Priadka, P. & Moses, B. & Kozmik, C. & Kell, S. & Popp, J. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Understanding and addressing biodiversity declines across the globe will require interdisciplinary practices that embrace multiple worldviews and weav...

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Unpacking the interface of modernization, development and sustainability in indigenous Guna communities of Panama.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Lam, R. D. & Gasparatos, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

This study elicits the main development challenges for the indigenous social-ecological system (SES) of the Guna people in Panama, which is characteri...

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