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What role for income stabilisation insurance in EU agriculture? The case of the Regione Emilia Romagna in Italy.

Published online: 11 Mar 2015

Authors: P'erez-Blanco, C. D. & Mysiak, J. & Gutíerrez-Martín, C. & Salvo, M. de

Content type: Bulletin

The steep upward-rising damage trend incurred by natural hazard risk as a result of climate change is already inflating economic losses in agriculture...

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Applying a biocomplexity approach to modelling farmer decision-making and land use impacts on wildlife.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Malawska, A. & Topping, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The biocomplexity approach refers to a fully integrated social-ecological systems (SES) simulation that represents bidirectional feedbacks between soc...

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Participatory mapping reveals biocultural and nature values in the shared landscape of a Nordic UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Cusens, J. & Barraclough, A. M. D. & Måren, I. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Making the right decisions for sustainable development requires sound knowledge of the values and spatial distribution of the services co-produced by ...

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The context of REDD+ in Peru: drivers, agents and institutions.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Piu Che [Piu, C. H. ] & Menton, M.

Content type: Bulletin

This country profile contains an analysis of the causes of deforestation and forest degradation in Peru, and the economic, institutional and political...

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A cross-taxonomic index for quantifying the health of farmland biodiversity.

Published online: 06 Jan 2010

Authors: Butler, S. J. & Brooks, D. & Feber, R. E. & Storkey, J. & Vickery, J. A. & Norris, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The development of sustainable, multi-functional agricultural systems involves reconciling the needs of agricultural production with the objectives fo...

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An uncertainty approach to modelling climate change risk in South Africa.

Published online: 17 Jun 2015

Authors: Cullis, J. & Alton, T. & Arndt, C. & Cartwright, A. & Chang, A. & Gabriel, S. & Gebretsadik, Y. & Hartley, F. & Jager, G. de & Makrelov, K. & Robertson, G. & Schlosser, C. A. & Strzepek, K. & Thurlow, J.

Content type: Bulletin

This study represents the first attempt at an integrated approach to assessing the potential impacts of climate change on the national economy of Sout...

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Gender differences in climate change perceptions and adaptation strategies: an intra-household analysis from rural Kenya.

Published online: 13 Apr 2016

Authors: Ngigi, M. W. & Mueller, U. & Birner, R.

Content type: Bulletin

It has been widely acknowledged that the effects of climate change are not gender neutral. However, existing studies on adaptation to climate change m...

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Has Danish agriculture maintained farmland bird populations?

Published online: 14 Jul 2004

Authors: Fox, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rapid agricultural change in western Europe has occurred in the last three decades, at cost to farmland biodiversity, particularly birds. This study r...

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What are the forthcoming legislative issues of interest to ecologists and conservationists in 2018?

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Sutherland, W. J. & Burke, E. & Morrison-Bell, C. & Clements, A. & Martin, J. & Mitchell, C. & Monk, K. A. & Bieberstein, K. R. von & Thompson, D. B. A.

Content type: Bulletin article

This paper covers the eighth assessment of the forthcoming legislation that are considered to have likely consequences for the environment or for ecol...

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Economic determinants of biodiversity change over a 400-year period in the Scottish uplands.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Hanley, N. & Davies, A. & Angelopoulos, K. & Hamilton, A. & Ross, A. & Tinch, D. & Watson, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Economic forces are recognized as an important driving factor behind current biodiversity losses. This study investigates whether such factors have be...

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