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Layering for governance: Ecosystem service supply–demand trade-offs and social-ecological system network topologies from a cluster perspective

open access: yesEcological Indicators
A key challenge in ensuring the coordinated development of ecological conservation and economic growth is to gain a solid understanding of the interactions between supply–demand of ecosystem services (ES). However, empirical research on spatial imbalance
Linsheng Wen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ecohydrological Modeling in Agroecosystems: Examples and Challenges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Human societies are increasingly altering the water and biogeochemical cycles to both improve ecosystem productivity and reduce risks associated with the unpredictable variability of climatic drivers.
Feng, X.   +5 more
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Grounding the Experience of a Visual Field through Sensorimotor Contingencies

open access: yes, 2017
Artificial perception is traditionally handled by hand-designing task specific algorithms. However, a truly autonomous robot should develop perceptive abilities on its own, by interacting with its environment, and adapting to new situations.
Laflaquière, Alban
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Northern Eurasia Future Initiative (NEFI): facing the challenges and pathways of global change in the twenty-first century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
During the past several decades, the Earth system has changed significantly, especially across Northern Eurasia. Changes in the socio-economic conditions of the larger countries in the region have also resulted in a variety of regional environmental ...
Albrechtova, Jana   +23 more
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Coupling natural-social models can better quantify the interactions in achieving carbon neutrality in China

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters
Human activities have greatly altered Earth’s radiative balance, necessitating assessments that couple natural and social systems to address the resulting impacts and interactions. However, traditional Earth System Models (ESMs) and integrated assessment
Tianpeng Wang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Launching the Grand Challenges for Ocean Conservation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The ten most pressing Grand Challenges in Oceans Conservation were identified at the Oceans Big Think and described in a detailed working document:A Blue Revolution for Oceans: Reengineering Aquaculture for SustainabilityEnding and Recovering from Marine

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