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Botanic and heritage gardens as living laboratories in the age of the polycrisis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement Cities face intertwined crises of climate, biodiversity loss and social disconnection. We show how botanic and heritage gardens can help address these challenges as living laboratories to generate place‐based evidence and public engagement.
Kevin Frediani
wiley   +1 more source

Micro/Nanocontainer-Based Self-Healing Coatings for Cultural Heritage Conservation. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Chen W, Liu Y, Xu S, Zhang J, Liu X.
europepmc   +1 more source

From traditional practice to unsustainable exploitation: Fruit overharvesting on the endangered relict palm Jubaea chilensis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Overharvesting of wild edible plants poses a growing threat to plant populations worldwide, particularly for slow‐growing species with limited regeneration. We quantified fruit extraction from the third‐largest known population of Jubaea chilensis—an endangered palm endemic to Chile—modeled the critical harvest threshold, and assessed consumer ...
Sebastián Cordero, Francisca Gálvez, Marisol Arriagada‐Honores, Andrés Jesús Garrido, Daniela Paredes‐Muñoz, Bastián Fuentes‐Valdés, Fernanda Torres‐Cifuentes, Francisco E. Fontúrbel   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydrostatic sea-level rise inundation impacts on ahu and harbors of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). [PDF]

Sci Rep
Paoa N, Fletcher CH, Barbee M, Anderson TR, Habel S, Wilkins Riroroko G, Pakarati Trengove S.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Governance and infrastructure as pillars of performance: A socio‐ecological analysis of Ethiopian botanical gardens

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
While botanical gardens are often perceived merely as recreational spaces for a weekend walk, in the Global South, they are true lifelines for nature and for the people who depend on it. Our research in Ethiopia explored what actually keeps these gardens running long‐term.
Getahun Hassen, Haile Ketema, Getahun Haile, Mitiku Muanenda   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecotourism in Traditional Cultural Landscapes: A Regenerative Lens on Stakeholder Perspectives in Vama Buzăului, Romania. [PDF]

Environ Manage
Joshi S, Bucur A, Atomulese A, Zerbe S, Sauerwein M, Panzer-Krause S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Thinking with trees: Responding to sympoietic plant relations through visual art

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Amid escalating climate crises, this paper explores how we might rethink our relationship with the natural world, particularly with plants and trees, through the perspectives of visual art. This paper reveals how art invites us to see trees and other plant life not as passive background scenery, but as living beings with their own forms of experience ...
Xiaoyu Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Dwell-photo nodes in classical garden tourism: a multimodal spatial analysis of Yipu. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Zhang F, Wu Z, Zhou X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Bt agave: why it is time to explore a new biotechnological frontier

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Drylands cover 41% of Earth, requiring sustainable crops. Agave, drought‐ and heat‐adapted, offers high‐value products with low water needs. Pests limit yield, yet Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry proteins, successful in other plants, remain unexploited in Agave.
Aline Vitória Corim Marim, Marcelo Falsarella Carazzolle, Gonçalo Amarante Guimarães Pereira, Carolina Rossi De Oliveira   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bio-Archive of Cultural Heritage Microbiomes for Sustainable Conservation in the Multi-Omics Era. [PDF]

Adv Genet (Hoboken)
Fu X, Wu F, Liu X.
europepmc   +1 more source