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The impact of safety nets on technology adoption: a difference-in-differences analysis.

Published online: 29 Jun 2016

Authors: Alem, Y. & Broussard, N. H.

Content type: Bulletin

This paper contributes to a growing body of empirical literature relating credit constraints and incomplete insurance to investment decisions. We use ...

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LIFE certification - experience of a hydroelectric power plant in restoring ecosystems in the south of Brazil.

Published online: 25 Jan 2017

Authors: Kaminski, N. L. & Henn, C. & Suemitsu, E. S. & Teixeira, C. & Carvalho, M. C. S. & Borsato, R. & Alexandre, M. A.

Content type: Bulletin article

The article presents a case-study of how the efforts of a hydroelectrical power company are contributing to restore life in Paraná, in southern Brazil...

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Field boundary vegetation and the effects of agrochemical drift: botanical change caused by low levels of herbicide and fertilizer.

Published online: 17 Apr 1998

Authors: Kleijn, D. & Snoeijing, G. I. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field studies were conducted in the Netherlands during 1993-96 to assess the effects of herbicide drift and fertilizer misplacement on the botanical d...

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The role of agroforestry in restoring Brazil's Atlantic Forest: opportunities and challenges for smallholder farmers.

Published online: 01 Sep 2022

Authors: Shennan-Farpón, Y. & Mills, M. & Souza, A. & Homewood, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Restoring the degraded Atlantic Forest is one of the biggest conservation challenges in Brazil. In a biome with high human presence, understanding the...

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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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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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Direct and indirect effects of management and landscape on biological pest control and crop pest infestation in apple orchards.

Published online: 22 Jun 2023

Authors: Daelemans, R. & Hulsmans, E. & Laenen, E. & Remy, S. & Beliën, T. & Honnay, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological pest control, relying on naturally occurring predator-prey dynamics, is considered a key element to achieve more sustainable farming system...

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Collective management of cultivated biodiversity initiatives supporting an agro-ecological transition toward organic 3.0.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Rey, F. & Hazard, L.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Seed control is a food sovereignty issue. Following the almost complete transfer of seed management to the private sector in France, in the last fifty...

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Detecting flowers on imagery with computer vision to improve continental scale grassland biodiversity surveying.

Published online: 02 Jul 2024

Authors: Elvekjaer, N. & Martinez-Sanchez, L. & Bonnet, P. & Joly, A. & Paracchini, M. L. & Velde, M. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Large-scale biodiversity monitoring is essential for assessing biodiversity trends, yet traditional surveying methods are limited in the spatial/tempo...

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Benefits and challenges of reviewing across knowledge systems: 'gourmet omnivore' pigs foraging in the wild.

Published online: 15 Dec 2024

Authors: Molnár, Z. & Demeter, L. & Szabados, K. & Kiš, A. & Ajvazović, M. & Runjanin, B. & Mandušić, V. & Biró, M. & Öllerer, K. & Marinkov, J. & Ulicsni, V. & Babai, D. & Katona, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Evidence-based conservation can benefit substantially from multiple knowledge sources and different knowledge systems. While traditional ecological kn...

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