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Ecosystem functions and services in urban stormwater ponds: co-producing knowledge for better management.

Published online: 26 Jul 2024

Authors: Marques, P. & Illyes, E. & McCauley, S. & Jackson, D. A. & Michalakos, D. & Ferzoco, I. M. C. & Timms, L. & Murray, R. L. & MacFarlane, Z. S. & Duval, T. P. & Dolson, R. & Din, S. & Pebesma, D. & Kirkwood, A. E. & Turner, N. A. & Clayton, J. & Horton, K. & Boston, C. M. & Sapozhnikova, E. & Cadotte, M. W. & Mandrak, N. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Urban stormwater management ponds (SWMPs) are widely employed for stormwater control, but knowledge about their contributions to urban ecosystem funct...

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Can environmental cash transfers reduce deforestation and improve social outcomes?: a regression discontinuity analysis of Mexico's national program (2011-2014).

Published online: 17 Apr 2019

Published by: World Bank Group

Authors: Alix-Garcia, J. M. & Sims, K. R. E. & Orozco-Olvera, V. H. & Costica, L. & Fernandez Medina, J. D. & Romo-Monroy, S. & Pagiola, S.

Content type: Bulletin

Environmental conditional cash transfers, or "payments for ecosystem services" are a centerpiece of global efforts to protect biodiversity, safeguard ...

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Local ecological knowledge and education drive farmers' contrasting perceptions of scavengers and their function in Nepal.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Aishwarya Bhattacharjee & Sadadev, B. M. & Karmacharya, D. K. & Rishi Baral & Pérez-García, J. M. & Giménez Casalduero, A. & Sánchez-Zapata, J. A. & Anadón, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

There is a long-standing relationship between humans and vertebrate scavengers, as scavengers' contributions take on regulating (e.g. nutrient recycli...

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Mapping an urban ecosystem service: quantifying above-ground carbon storage at a city-wide scale.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Davies, Z. G. & Edmondson, J. L. & Heinemeyer, A. & Leake, J. R. & Gaston, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite urbanization being a major driver of land-use change globally, there have been few attempts to quantify and map ecosystem service provision at...

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A narrative review of reviews of nature exposure and human health and well-being in the UK.

Published online: 18 Apr 2024

Published by: Natural England

Content type: Reports

This narrative review discusses the interconnectedness of nature and human health and well-being, highlighting nature's crucial role in providing esse...

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Insurance for aquaculture and fishery adaptation to climate change: experiences from China and Viet Nam.

Published online: 07 Aug 2019

Authors: Pongthanapanich, T. & Kim Anh Nguyen & Yuan XinHua

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

The broad concept of insurance as a risk management tool and a climate change adaptation strategy in aquaculture and fishery has been widely accepted ...

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Leveraging nature-based solutions to reconnect people and nature.

Published online: 25 Aug 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Welden, E. A. & Chausson, A. & Melanidis, M. S.

Content type: Blog

This article critically reflects on the prevailing framing of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to inform the NbS discourses in research, policy and practi...

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The importance of local knowledge in the identification of factors influencing wildfire occurrence in protected areas of the Colombian Amazon.

Published online: 25 Aug 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Tebbutt, C. & Devisscher, T. & Obando-Cabrera, L. & Gutiérrez García, G. A. & Meza Elizalde, M. C. & Armenteras, D. & Oliveras, I.

Content type: Blog

A shared mind map of the political, economic and social interactions that affect forest fires in Colombia's protected areas was made through the works...

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Rural payments agency inquiry: a response from the British Ecological Society to the house of commons environment food and rural affairs committee.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Published by: British Ecological Society

Content type: White paper

This paper presents the response of the British Ecological Society to the House of Commons Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee focusing on is...

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Delivering climate risk information to farmers at scale: the Intelligent agricultural Systems Advisory Tool (ISAT).

Published online: 28 Mar 2019

Authors: Rao, K. P. C. & Murthy, K. D. & Dhulipala, R. & Bhagyashree, S. D. & Gupta, M. D. & Soudamini Sreepada & Whitbread, A. M.

Content type: Bulletin

One of the strategies for helping smallholder farmers cope with climate variability and change is the provision of climate services that better decisi...

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