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‘Should’ and ‘can’ active restoration be used in biodiversity offsets? Stakeholder perspectives from New South Wales, Australia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite their controversial nature, biodiversity offsets are often used as a regulatory tool to counterbalance the impacts of land clearing on biodiversity. Offsets usually aim to achieve no net loss (NNL) of biodiversity through protection and/or restoration of habitat.
Laure‐Elise Ruoso, Roel Plant, Stephanie Hernandez, Josh Dorrough   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shorebirds-driven trophic cascade helps restore coastal wetland multifunctionality. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2023
Li C, Chen J, Liao X, Ramus AP, Angelini C, Liu L, Silliman BR, Bertness MD, He Q.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Legacy effects of European colonialism on hotspots of biocultural diversity threat

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Patterns of biological diversity have been shaped by cultural practices in the past, while in turn, cultures and languages have evolved in close interaction with local species and ecosystems. However, in the Anthropocene, human activities are putting increasingly diverse pressures on ecosystems and cultures, resulting in accelerating threat ...
Bernd Lenzner, Andreas Baumann, Sietze Norder, Franz Essl, Hannes A. Fellner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of different pond culture conditions on the growth performance, survival rate, and biochemical composition of Acanthopagrus schlegeli and Apostichopus japonicus

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society
In the pond culture production process, culture patterns and conditions have important impacts on the feeding, growth, metabolism, behavior, physiology, biochemistry, and immune responses of aquatic animals. These interact with the ecological environment
Yuting Lei, Chang Liu, Xinyao Zhuo, Zhiyi Meng, Ruiting Ma, Senhao Jiang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Decadal changes in species composition of rare oak Quercus chungii forests with logging history

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Quercus chungii is a tree species endemic to subtropical areas of China, rare and endangered in Fujian Province. Minqing Huangchulin National Nature Reserve was specifically established to preserve Q. chungii forests with severe logging history.
Wenbin Li, Xueer Zhong, Zhenji Li, Yonghui Huang, Xinfeng Chen, Lihan Huang, Ya Wang, Yuxin Chen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

An asymmetry in wave scaling drives outsized quantities of coastal wetland erosion. [PDF]

Sci Adv, 2023
Feagin RA, Chang KA, Huff TP, Rodriguez-Iturbe I, Kim JY, Kaihatu J, Leonardi N, Fagherazzi S.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

ECONOMIC LINKAGES BETWEEN COASTAL WETLANDS AND HABITAT/SPECIES PROTECTION: A REVIEW OF VALUE ESTIMATES REPORTED IN THE PUBLISHED LITERATURE [PDF]

This manuscript summarizes a total of 8 peer-reviewed studies, published from 1975 to 2001, reporting 24 separate estimates for the disaggregate2 value of habitat and species protection services provided by coastal and non-coastal wetlands.
Kazmierczak, Richard F., Jr.
core   +1 more source

The Economic Benefits of Cleaning Up the Chesapeake [PDF]

, 2014
Information on the economic benefits of environmental improvement is an important consideration for anyone (firms, organizations, government agencies, and individuals) concerned about the cost-effectiveness of changes in management designed to achieve ...
Beth McGee, Spencer Phillips
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What's there beyond the sun and the sea? Detecting tourists' interest towards nature in a mass tourism destination using social media data

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Nature‐based tourism is a rapidly growing subsector of the international tourism industry. However, capturing broad‐scale patterns of nature visits during touristic trips or visitors' appreciation of nature may be difficult using traditional data sources and methods. In this study, we harness geotagged social media data to understand the scale
Matti Hästbacka, Tatu Leppämäki, Anna Hausmann, Matías Manuel González Hernández, Tuuli Toivonen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of the coexistence pattern of mangrove macrobenthos between natural and artificial reforestation

Ecology and Evolution
The abandoned pond‐to‐mangrove restoration project provides greater advantages than tidal flats afforestation in restoring mangrove ecosystem services and will be the primary method for mangrove restoration in the future.
Pingping Guo, Yufeng Lin, Yifei Sheng, Xuan Gu, Yijuan Deng, Yamian Zhang, Wenqing Wang, Mao Wang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source