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Reconciling diverse viewpoints within systematic conservation planning.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Cunningham, C. A. & Crick, H. Q. P. & Morecroft, M. D. & Thomas, C. D. & Beale, C. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Conservation encompasses numerous alternative viewpoints on what to value (features such as biodiversity, ecosystem services or socio-economic benefit...

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The political economy of private forestry in Tanzania: a review.

Published online: 08 Aug 2018

Authors: Pedersen, R. H.

Content type: Bulletin

Tanzania faces an acute shortage of timber that can only be met by private tree growers, at least in the short to medium term. The Tanzanian governmen...

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Community-based forest management in Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Published online: 18 Mar 2015

Authors: Huelsz, J. A. S. & Negreros-Castillo, P.

Content type: Bulletin article

The Mexican model of community forestry is often touted as an example whereby greater community control enhances both conservation and local livelihoo...

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Guidelines for privately protected areas.

Published online: 30 Oct 2019

Authors: Mitchell, B. & Stolton, S. & Bezaury-Creel, J. & Bingham, H. C. & Cumming, T. L. & Dudley, N. & Fitzsimons, J. A. & Malleret-King, D. & Redford, K. H. & Solano, P. & Groves, C.

Content type: Bulletin

These guidelines address planning and management of privately protected areas (or PPAs) and the guidance is aimed principally at practitioners and pol...

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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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The importance of trees for woody pasture bird diversity and effects of the European Union's tree density policy.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Jakobsson, S. & Lindborg, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent reforms in the Common Agricultural Policy aim for a greening of the subsidy system with potential improvements for biodiversity conservation. A...

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Emerging viral disease risk to pollinating insects: ecological, evolutionary and anthropogenic factors.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Manley, R. & Boots, M. & Wilfert, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The potential for infectious pathogens to spillover and emerge from managed populations to wildlife communities is poorly understood, but ecological, ...

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REDD + and adaptation to climate change in Burkina Faso: Causes, agents and institutions.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

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

Content type: Bulletin

This paper discusses the status and institutions involved in REDD+ and adaptation to climate change in Burkina Faso. The paper also incorporates advic...

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On the tail of two species: the changing place of the peregrine falcon in society.

Published online: 12 Nov 2024

Authors: Mak, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Wildlife conservation can become contentious when human interests are impinged. For peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) in the United Kingdom, their ...

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Nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation.

Published online: 21 Nov 2019

Authors: Reid, H. & Hicks, C. & Hou XiaoTing [Hou, X. T. J. ] & Kapos, V. & Rizvi, A. R. & Wicander, S.

Content type: Bulletin

Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) - a subset of nature-based approaches to help people adapt to climate change - is an increasingly popular strategy. E...

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