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International Journal of Forestry Research, 2022 Industrial activities have various effects on biodiversity, posing significant threats to forest ecosystems. The current study describes the species composition, taxonomic diversity, and stand structure at Bhawal Sal forest, Gazipur, Bangladesh, as they ...
Nasima Akther Roshni +4 more
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The Conditions for Functional Mechanisms of Compensation and Reward for Environmental Services
Ecology and Society, 2010 Mechanisms of compensation and reward for environmental services (CRES) are becoming increasingly contemplated as means for managing human-environment interactions.
Brent M. Swallow +3 more
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Flood risk reduction and flow buffering as ecosystem services – Part 2: Land use and rainfall intensity effects in Southeast Asia [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2017 Watersheds buffer the temporal pattern of river flow relative to the temporal pattern of rainfall. This ecosystem service is inherent to geology and climate, but buffering also responds to human use and misuse of the landscape.
M. van Noordwijk, L. Tanika, B. Lusiana
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Environmental Research Letters, 2013 Globally, agriculture is directly responsible for 14% of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and induces an additional 17% through land use change, mostly in developing countries (Vermeulen et al 2012).
T S Rosenstock +3 more
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Poverty and Environmental Services: Case Study in Way Besai Watershed, Lampung Province, Indonesia
Ecology and Society, 2007 Local communities in developing countries are often forbidden to earn their livelihood from state-owned forests, but nonetheless local people commonly manage these lands and depend on them to survive.
S. Suyanto +2 more
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Assessing soil and land health across two landscapes in eastern Rwanda to inform restoration activities [PDF]
SOIL, 2021 Land degradation negatively impacts water, food, and nutrition security and is leading to increased competition for resources. While landscape restoration has the potential to restore ecosystem function, understanding the drivers of degradation is ...
L. A. Winowiecki +7 more
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Can rewards for environmental services benefit the poor? Lessons from Asia
International Journal of the Commons, 2009 Pro-poor rewards for environmental services (RES) link global priorities on poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. Emerging approaches to payment for environmental services vary in mechanism and form of payment.
Beria Leimona +2 more
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MAPPING TREES ON FARMLANDS USING OBIA METHOD AND HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE DATA: A CASE STUDY OF KORAPUT DISTRICT, ODISHA [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2019 Agroforestry is an integrated self-sustainable land use management system that is not only capable of producing food from marginal agricultural land but also capable of maintaining and improving the quality of environment. Accurate assessment of trees on
R. H. Rizvi +3 more
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Measuring the holistic performance of food and agricultural systems: a systematic review
Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsMeasuring the performance of food and agricultural systems is critical for their transformation towards a sustainable, healthy, and resilient future.
Mary Crossland +12 more
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Microbial Biotechnology, 2021 Summary Myriocin, which is produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens LZN01, can inhibit the growth of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (Fon). In the present study, the antifungal mechanism of myriocin against Fon was investigated with a focus on the effects
Hengxu Wang +4 more
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