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Decolonizing, conviviality and convivial conservation: towards a convivial SDG 15, life on land? [PDF]

open access: diamondJournal of Political Ecology, 2021
In their article 'Towards convivial conservation' (2019), Büscher and Fletcher propose a vision for conservation which partly builds on Ivan Illich's 1973 book Tools for conviviality. Given a growing chorus of voices calling for decolonizing conservation
Judith E. Krauss
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Supporting SDG 15, Life on Land: Identifying the Main Drivers of Land Degradation in Honghe Prefecture, China, between 2005 and 2015 [PDF]

open access: goldISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020
The essence of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations is described in 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG 15 focuses on Life on Land, in other words, terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystems, as well as their ...
Tuo Wang   +6 more
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Harnessing big data to track progress towards SDG 15: Life on Land

open access: goldInternational Journal of Digital Earth, 2023
Xiaosong Li   +3 more
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A scoping review on the association between early childhood caries and life on land: The Sustainable Development Goal 15.

open access: goldPLoS ONE
BackgroundThe Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG15) deals with protecting, restoring, and promoting the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably managing forests, halting and reversing land degradation, combating desertification and ...
Morẹ Nikẹ Oluwátóyìn Foláyana   +8 more
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Life-Cycle Land-Use Requirement for PV in Vietnam

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
Over the last 15 years, photovoltaics (PV) in Vietnam has experienced development. The increased installed capacity of PV requires more land for installation sites as well as for manufacturing the plants’ component and waste treatment during the plants ...
Eleonora Riva Sanseverino   +5 more
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Standardized metrics to quantify solar energy-land relationships: A global systematic review

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainability, 2023
Ground-mounted solar energy installations, including photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP), can have significant environmental, ecological, and sociocultural effects via land-use and land-cover change (LULCC).
Alexander E. Cagle   +8 more
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15-min pedestrian distance life circle and sustainable community governance in Chinese metropolitan cities: A diagnosis

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
Urban planning has shifted from “land-oriented” to “human-oriented” and metropolitan cities start to focus on 15-min life circle community planning during recent years.
Wenjun Ma   +3 more
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Land Administration System structured Land rent residuals and China’s urban sprawl – A Case Study of Dashi, Guangzhou [PDF]

open access: yesUrbani Izziv, 2012
Urban sprawl has been at the centre of current debate on urban structure. Compared to the rich literature on urban sprawl in Western cities, relatively little is known about the physical consequence and the causes of urban sprawl in China.
Liu Xuan, Li Xun
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Possible Integration of Soil Information into Land Degradation Analysis for the United Nations (UN) Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Concept: A Case Study of the Contiguous United States of America (USA)

open access: yesSoil Systems
Soil makes important contributions to the United Nations (UN) Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) concept and targets; however, currently, soil is not integrated into measurable information (e.g., indicators, metrics) to monitor land degradation (LD ...
Elena A. Mikhailova   +6 more
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