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The Bogs of Loyalsock Forest

open access: yes, 2018
Along the Wisconsin Glacier\u27s terminal moraine are thousands of bogs. About 125 of these are in Loyalsock State Forest and adjacent private lands between Ralston, on Route 14 and Hillsgrove, on Route 87 in Pennsylvania.
Katz, Harvey M.
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Gender dynamics of tropical wildmeat systems: A systematic map of women's roles and influence

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wildmeat is a vital natural resource globally, which must be managed sustainably to avoid livelihood insecurity, species decline and biodiversity loss. Women have a pivotal role in harvesting, processing and distributing wildmeat, yet their contributions are often overlooked.
Jasmin Willis Key   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lowland Bogs, Fens and Reedswamps

open access: yes, 2015
This chapter reviews the current and historical studies of the bird communities of lowland bogs, fens and reedswamps in Ireland. The habitat types and bird communities described include raised bogs, cutover and cutaway peatlands and reedswamps ...
Bracken, Fintan, Smiddy, Patrick
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Detecting social‐ecological fit in Natura 2000 governance and management: Evidence from LIFE projects focused on forest protected habitat types

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Protected areas represent complex social‐ecological systems that require governance and management approaches that valorise and enhance positive relationships between people and nature. This study analyses the alignment between social and ecological systems to detect the social‐ecological fit of projects focused on biodiversity conservation ...
Elena Andriollo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Bogs of Loyalsock State Forest

open access: yes, 2016
Along the Wisconsin Glacier\u27s terminal moraine lies tens of thousands of bogs. About 100 of these are in the Loyalsock State Forest (LSF) between Ralston, on Route 14 and Hillsgrove, on Route 87 in Pennsylvania.
Katz, Harvey M.
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Green pathways to mental health: Relationships between treescapes and well‐being and distress

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract We aimed to evaluate the mental health benefits and possible mechanisms of objective and subjective treescape exposures whilst also accounting for relationships with residential area greenspace in general. Independent variables were objective measures of residential neighbourhood tree cover density and woody linear features, and a subjective ...
Ian Alcock   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The dynamics of wild and alternative meat consumption across Gabon, Central Africa

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Long‐term overharvesting of wild animals for their meat threatens wildlife and the people dependent on wild animal meat for their diets and incomes. Interventions to reduce wild meat consumption must be built upon a complete understanding of the roles of wild meat and its alternatives within food systems.
Joshua Bauld   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

METHOD OF EXAMINATION OF BOGS IN ZONES OF INSUFFICIENT AND UNSTABLE HUMIDIFYING

open access: yes, 2014
In this paper the technique of study of bogs in zones of insufficient and unstable humidifying on the example of bogs in Tatarstan Republic is presented.
Apkin, Renat
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BOGGED DOWN IN THE PAST

open access: yesPEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences, 2019
Grounded in nearly eight months of insider observation, the research suggests that many immigrants—primarily due to limited communication with natives and the absence of adequate government support—struggle to break away from their past and instead join or form existing networks.
openaire   +1 more source

Technical wildness: Modernity, romanticism, and the technocratic turn in Scottish rewilding

open access: yesPeople 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
wiley   +1 more source

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