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Towards an agri-environment index for biodiversity conservation payment schemes [PDF]

open access: yes
The aim of the paper is to give suggestions about how an agri-environment index can be designed by taking into account specific ecological and economical factors that reflect benefits and costs of biodiversity conservation.
Franziska Dittmer, Markus Groth
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Indonesian inquiry: A narrative of biocultural teaching on Sulawesi Utara

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Using phenomenology, narrative inquiry and autoethnographic approaches, this study analyses a program of faculty development conducted alongside the delivery of an international field school. Through this study, we explore the value and benefits of inter‐cultural field programming and how these might serve to complement or to redress ...
David Zandvliet, Wiske Rotinsulu
wiley   +1 more source

Transplantation of Tissue from Native and Cryopreserved Pekin Duck Ovaries to Mulard Ducks with Study of Hormonal Changes After Grafting

open access: yesAnimals
Orthotopic transplantation of ovarian tissue at one day of age is a promising solution for preserving female genetic material in avian species; using sterile recipients can ensure that all offspring are donor-derived.
Kitti Buda   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Justice‐centred climate change education and territory

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In a globalised world, education faces challenges that go far beyond professional training, where social responsibility and the inclusion of heterogeneous communities and territories in all levels of education have become a greater focus of the university and of scientific research, setting the stage for more inclusive public policies. Greater
Lennin Florez‐Leiva   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Habitat partitioning shapes divergent bacterial community assembly and carbon–nitrogen functional responses under cascade-dam fragmentation and seasonality

open access: yesWater Research X
Cascade-dam systems impose repeated hydrological discontinuities that convert a river continuum into alternating reservoir–river segments, enhancing environmental heterogeneity and longitudinal gradients beyond the influence of a single dam.
Rongchao He   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scientifically based biodiversity management in timber concessions: contribution to conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
During the past 25 years, forest laws in Central African countries have undergone major changes. Management plans were made mandatory: nearly 19 million hectares of timber concessions (38% of total granted concessions) were subject to a management plan ...
Bayol, Nicolas   +4 more
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The Case of the Missing Green Iguana Predators: Reviews of Ecological Literature Should Go Beyond Google Scholar

open access: yesThe Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Abstract Knowing about species interactions is essential for ecological research, conservation efforts, resource management, and maintaining healthy ecosystems, but many of these, such as reports of predation, may not always be published in easily located resources—if they are published at all.
Matthijs P. van den Burg, Hinrich Kaiser
wiley   +1 more source

Can payments for watershed services help save biodiversity? A spatial analysis of highland Guatemala [PDF]

open access: yes
Payments for environmental services (PES) are a promising mechanism for conservation. PES could either provide additional funding for protected areas, pay land users to conserve biodiversity outside protected areas, or both.
Colom, Ale, Pagiola, Stefano, Zhang, Wei
core   +1 more source

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