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Deciphering land-use influences on boreal lakes to guide landscape planning.

Published online: 02 Oct 2023

Authors: Heino, J. & Toivanen, M. & Alahuhta, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Changes in natural land cover have been pronounced in the last 12,000 years, and land use has intensified in the last century owing to anthropogenic p...

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NatureScot Research Report 1284 - Facilitating Local Natural Capital Investment - Scottish Borders Area Characterisation.

Published online: 09 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Dickie, I. & Royle, D.

Content type: Reports

The objective of this characterisation report is to develop an overall understanding of state of natural capital in the Scottish Borders and identify ...

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Unpacking land degradation and the thorny issue of woody plant encroachment in South Africa.

Published online: 13 Oct 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Mani, S. & Osborne, C. P. & Cleaver, F.

Content type: Blog

In this work, the situation of land degradation in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa was analysed by adapting a natural resource governance fram...

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Land classification for management planning in the Luangwa Valley of Zambia.

Published online: 22 May 1970

Authors: Astle, W. L. & Webster, R. & Lawrance, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A classification system for the land-use survey to be conducted as a basis for management planning in the Luangwa Valley is described. The classificat...

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Land use intensification coupled with free-roaming dogs as potential defaunation drivers of mesocarnivores in agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 22 Dec 2021

Authors: Gálvez, N. & Infante, J. & Fernandez, A. & Díaz, J. & Petracca, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land use intensification, by which habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and increased land ownership subdivision occurs, represents one of the largest ...

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Urban development, land sharing and land sparing: the importance of considering restoration.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Collas, L. & Green, R. E. & Ross, A. & Wastell, J. H. & Balmford, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

At present, there is limited knowledge of how best to reconcile urban development with biodiversity conservation, and in particular whether population...

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Land-use trends and environmental governance policies in Brazil: paths forward for sustainability.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Miccolis, A. & Andrade, R. M. T. de & Pacheco, P.

Content type: Bulletin

Historically, the policy framework in Brazil has played a decisive role in shaping land use and changes in the rural landscape. Over the last three de...

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Analyzing multilevel governance in Vietnam: lessons for REDD+ from the study of land-use change and benefit sharing in Nghe An and Dien Bien provinces.

Published online: 17 May 2017

Authors: Yang, A. & Nguyen Dinh Tien & Vu Tan Phuong & Le Quang Trung & Pham Thu Thuy & Larson, A. M. & Ashwin Ravikumar

Content type: Bulletin

Who makes land-use decisions, how are those decisions made, and who influences whom, how and why? This working paper is part of a series based on rese...

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An ecological survey of land use and soil erosion in the West Pakistan and Azad Kashmir catchment of the River Jhelum.

Published online: 22 May 1970

Authors: Mcvean, D. N. & Robertson, V. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With the aid of aerial photographs, a survey of the geology, soils, vegetation and land use and an assessment of land capability were made. Erosion is...

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A century of environmental legislation.

Published online: 01 Jul 2015

Authors: Cain, L. P. & Kaiser, B. A.

Content type: Bulletin

We find three intertwined ambitions that drove federal legislation over wildlife and biodiversity at the beginning of the 20th Century: establishment ...

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