Technical wildness: Modernity, romanticism, and the technocratic turn in Scottish rewilding
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Technical wildness is a new and increasingly influential culture of nature. This paper marks its emergence in Scotland in the early 2020s. Focusing on Scotland's rapidly evolving land management sector, the paper traces how private rewilding companies position science‐led land management and natural capital markets as the most effective ...
Theo Stanley
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Policy design and the optimal location of forests in Flanders [PDF]
This paper analyses the current Flemish afforestation policy and shows that this policy is likely to be non-optimal and can be improved. An important step in improving the afforestation policy in Flanders is the selection of the optimal location of a ...
Sandra Rousseau, Ellen Moons
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Catchment afforestation, surface water acidification, and salmonid populations in Galloway, South West Scotland. [PDF]
, 1997 SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:DXN014108 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited ...
Puhr, C.B., Puhr, Christoph Bernhard
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Bridging Human and Plant Adaptations for Climate Resilience
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Climate change is transforming agriculture through both gradual shifts and increasingly unpredictable extremes, challenging farmers' ability to protect crops and livelihoods. This study brings together farmer experiences and plant adaptation strategies to explore how people and plants respond to similar climate pressures.
Nicola Favretto +3 more
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Administrative system of afforestation in the Czech Republic: A long journey to a new forest
This review uses a case study based on an executed afforestation project to comprehensively describe the administrative procedure regarding afforestation of agricultural land in the Czech Republic, Central Europe. We consider the official proceedings for
Josef Gallo +7 more
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Beyond forests: Harnessing conservation gardening for open biomes in Brazil
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Urban gardening offers an innovative conservation strategy by integrating native ornamental species into urban landscapes. We evaluated the ornamental potential of the Brazilian flora by comparing the representation of species from forests versus open biomes (focusing on campo rupestre grasslands) and introduced and validated the Index of Ornamental ...
Flávia Santos Faria +2 more
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Afforestation and Timber Management Compliance Strategies in Climate Policy. A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis [PDF]
This paper analyzes the role of afforestation-reforestation and timber management activities, and their major and secondary economic effects in stabilizing climate during the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. In particular, with a Computable
Melania Michetti, Renato Nunes Rosa
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Factors influencing Irish farmers’ afforestation intentions [PDF]
, 2018 The natural conditions in Ireland have a positive influence on tree growth as the mean annual increment is twice as high as that in mainland Europe. However, due to centuries of resource exploitation and the expansion of agricultural land the isl¬¬and’s ...
Upton, Vincent +2 more
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River Research and Applications, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Anthropogenic impacts on the thermal regime of rivers include climate change and deforestation. For the latter, developing modelling tools that can account for the impact of varying vegetation cover on river temperatures is essential. This study describes a new addition to the CEQUEAU hydrological and water temperature model: a shading ...
Zouhir Dichane +4 more
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Effects of secondary succession and afforestation practices on soil properties after cropland abandonment in humid Mediterranean mountain areas [PDF]
, 2016 Cropland abandonment and subsequent revegetation processes (due to secondary succession and afforestation practices) are global issues with important implications in Mediterranean mountain areas.
Nadal-Romero, E. +3 more
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