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Sustainable land bonds: how governments can finance climate commitments and strengthen rural economies.

Published online: 19 Dec 2018

Authors: Wheeler, P. & Clenaghan, S.

Content type: Miscellaneous

When it comes to fighting climate change, cutting back on fossil fuels is not enough. It has become clear that without urgent changes to land manageme...

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Land use: reducing emissions and preparing for climate change.

Published online: 10 Jan 2019

Published by: UK, Committee on Climate Change

Content type: Miscellaneous

This report by the Committee on Climate Change assesses the role of land use change in meeting climate change mitigation and adaptation objectives. Th...

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An introduction to policy in the UK.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Published by: British Ecological Society

Content type: Educational material

The British Ecological Society (BES) is committed to making the best ecological evidence accessible to decision-makers. Policymaking processes are rar...

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Disturbance ecology in human societies.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Pausas, J. G. & Leverkus, A. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

We define societal disturbances as discrete events that abruptly disrupt the functioning of human societies. There is a variety of such events, includ...

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General rules for environmental management to prioritise social ecological systems research based on a value of information approach.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Davis, K. J. & Chadès, I. & Rhodes, J. R. & Bode, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Globally, billions of dollars are invested each year to help understand the dynamics of social ecological systems (SES) in bettering both social and e...

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Distribution and production of submerged macrophytes in Tipper Grund (Ringkoebing Fjord, Denmark), and the impact of waterfowl grazing.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Kioerboe, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The aquatic plants in this study were Ruppia spp. which occur at shallow depths, Chara spp. at intermediate depths and Potamogeton pectinatus, Myrioph...

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Social protection for building the resilience of forest-dependent people: evidence, linkages, practices and potential applications.

Published online: 14 Aug 2019

Authors: Tirivayi, N.

Content type: Bulletin

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The carry-over effects of pollen shortage decrease the survival of honeybee colonies in farmlands.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Requier, F. & Odoux, J. F. & Henry, M. & Bretagnolle, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many studies have reported honeybee colony losses in human-dominated landscapes. While bee floral food resources have been drastically reduced over pa...

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The phenology of mesotrophic grassland in the Pennine dales, northern England: historic hay cutting dates, vegetation variation and plant species phenologies.

Published online: 31 Aug 1991

Authors: Smith, R. S. & Jones, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relevance to conservation of a restriction on the start of haymaking in species-rich meadows is included in the management prescription for the Pe...

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A review of existing and potential blue carbon contributions to climate change mitigation in the anthropocene.

Published online: 20 Sep 2022

Authors: Gao Guang & Beardall, J. & Jin Peng & Gao Lin & Xie ShuYu & Gao KunShan

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The atmospheric concentration of CO2 is steadily increasing and causing climate change. To achieve the Paris 1.5 or 2°C target, negative emission tech...

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