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Abstract Pastoral practices remain a widespread economic activity across European mountain regions. However, the viability of this activity may be threatened by the recovery of large wild vertebrates associated with passive rewilding, leading to the so‐called human–wildlife conflicts.
P. Acebes +4 more
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The potential effects of the oil industry on the Sonda de Campeche (SC) marine ecosystem are of high relevance for our society due to the wealth of living and fossil fuel resources found in this sector of the Gulf of Mexico. An ecological or environmental risk analysis can be understood like an assessment procedure that allows determining the ...
LUIS A. SOTO +6 more
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Abstract Farming systems of high natural and cultural value represent approximately 30% of farmlands in the European Union and are associated with a high species and habitat diversity and/or the presence of species of European conservation concern. This study aims to synthesize the existing knowledge on the assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem ...
Elsa Varela +4 more
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Rapidly declining seagrass meadows in Brazil: Findings from satellite imagery and local knowledge
Abstract Due to the limitations of individual monitoring approaches, integrating social perceptions with multiple advanced technologies provides a new opportunity to gain a comprehensive understanding of ecosystem degradation. We combined historical aerial mapping, satellite imagery, semi‐structured interviews with local stakeholders, and a bilingual ...
Karine Matos Magalhães +6 more
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Abstract Private land conservation (PLC) can contribute to sustainability by improving biodiversity and human well‐being but can also result in negative outcomes for people and nature if poorly designed. Informing PLC design to achieve objectives for joint biodiversity and well‐being is challenging because most evaluations assess ecological and social ...
Erica Cseko Nolasco +6 more
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Desafios à gestão sustentável da biodiversidade no Brasil [PDF]
Resumo O estabelecimento da Convenção sobre Diversidade Biológica, em 1992, impôs ao país a necessidade de discutir e implementar uma série de arranjos político-institucionais adequados a gestão sustentável da biodiversidade.
Rodrigo Medeiros
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Abstract Fisheries constitute one of the major benefits that oceans provide for people. Yet anthropogenic pressures and global changes are disrupting coastal systems, eroding marine biodiversity and threatening the food security of traditional populations.
Fabricio C. Albuquerque +4 more
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La biodiversidad es un suceso ecológico realmente sorprendente en tanto existe una extraordinaria homogeneidad química y bioquímica de base, en todos los seres vivos. Se considera que se dan por lo menos tres fenómenos que la explican: la evolución darwiniana, es decir, la evolución ramificada; el «acoplamiento estructural» según lo define H. Maturana;
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