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Governing in the Anthropocene: are there cyber-systemic antidotes to the malaise of modern governance? [PDF]
, 2018 The Anthropocene imposes new challenges for governments, demanding capabilities for dealing with complexity and uncertainty. In this paper we examine how effective governing of social-biophysical dynamics is constrained by current processes and systems ...
Alexandra, Jason +2 more
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Who is local and what do they know? Braiding knowledges within carnivore management in Europe
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Growing recognition of Indigenous Peoples and traditional local communities as stewards of biodiversity has brought to the fore the issues of knowledge and value pluralism in conservation policy and practice. Given their basis in practical and multi‐generational experience, Indigenous and local knowledges are highly relevant to managing human ...
Hanna Pettersson +6 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The recovery of large carnivores in Europe raises issues related to sharing landscape with humans. Beyond technical solutions, it is widely recognized that social factors also contribute to shaping coexistence. In this context, scholars increasingly stress the need to adopt place‐based approaches by analysing how humans and wildlife interact ...
Alice Ouvrier +7 more
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Modeling boreal forest soil dynamics with the microbially explicit soil model MIMICS+ (v1.0) [PDF]
Geoscientific Model DevelopmentUnderstanding carbon exchange processes between land reservoirs and the atmosphere is essential for predicting carbon–climate feedbacks. Still, considerable uncertainty remains in the representation of the terrestrial carbon cycle in Earth system models.
E. R. Aas +5 more
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Glocalism, 2018 This article discusses recent works on the notions of postpolitics and sustainability in conjunction with illustrative examples from empirical data collected during long-term fieldwork in and around the tourist town of Broome in the West Kimberley region in Australia.
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Biological invasions threaten biodiversity and human well‐being, making invasive species management a global necessity. Despite substantial investments in engineering‐based management approaches, preventing invasions is becoming harder with rising species introductions.
Ninad Avinash Mungi +3 more
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Environmental impact assessment based on particulate matter, and chlorophyll content of urban trees
Scientific ReportsThe amount of dust deposited on tree leaves is a cost-effective indicator of air quality. Our aim was to explore the leaf surface deposition, and chlorophyll content of leaves along a road section that started at an intersection, and ended in a less ...
Vanda Éva Abriha-Molnár +6 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Social‐ecological systems (SES) are coupled systems formed by the intricate interactions between humans and nature. Our movement towards sustainable lifestyles requires a robust understanding of these interactions. Achieving a sustainable win‐win situation for both social and ecological systems, therefore, necessitates a sound scientific ...
Na Sa +6 more
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The sense of an ending? Nature in the Anthropocene [PDF]
, 2014 Among the normative questions posed by the supposed advent of the Anthropocene is the following: Does the Anthropocene spell the end of nature? The philosophical answer to that question may determine the political answer to the phenomenon that is ...
Arias-Maldonado, Manuel Jesus
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Extinction in the Anthropocene [PDF]
Current Biology, 2019 Samuel Turvey and Jennifer Crees introduce the effects of humans on biodiversity.
Jennifer J. Crees, Samuel T. Turvey
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