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A review of high nature value farming systems in Europe: Biodiversity, ecosystem services, drivers, innovations and future prospects

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Farming systems of high natural and cultural value represent approximately 30% of farmlands in the European Union and are associated with a high species and habitat diversity and/or the presence of species of European conservation concern. This study aims to synthesize the existing knowledge on the assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem ...
Elsa Varela, Marion Jay, Lukas Flinzberger, Chaima Mobarak, Tobias Plieninger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal dynamics and serosurveillance landscape of brucellosis at the human-animal interface in the Chinese Southwest: A retrospective study. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Yang Q, Zhang N, Shi Y, Yuan M, Zheng C, Li Z, Liu Z.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The impact of COVID‐19 on public perceptions of wild meat in Central Africa

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat is a significant source of food and income generation in Central Africa. However, there is little knowledge of how the assumed link between COVID‐19 and wild meat consumption has been discussed by the media and received by the public. In this study, we conducted media content analysis of 264 articles published in 2019–2020 related to
Yuhan Li, Lude Kinzonzi, Paul Loundou, Divin Malekani, Krossy Mavakala, Christian Mikolo Yobo, Katharine Abernethy, Matilda Eve Dunn, Donald Midoko Iponga, Robert Mwinyihali, Joss Wright, Eleanor Jane Milner‐Gulland, Lauren Coad, Juliet H. Wright, Daniel W. S. Challender   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

More than proteins for empty stomachs: Wild meat in the BaTonga food system

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Our paper highlights the limitations of the framework used by many conservation‐focused programmes that incorporate food security objectives. This framework encourages the substitution of wild proteins with domestic proteins by promoting animal farming in communities located near conservation areas.
Muriel Figuié, Luzibo Ottilia Munsaka, Vupenyu Dzingirai, Olivier Lepiller, Maxwell Phiri, Patrice Grimaud   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isolation and molecular characterization of foot-and-mouth disease viruses from small ruminants in Nigeria. [PDF]

Vet Res
Ehizibolo DO, Oyekan O, Oguche MO, Ardo A, Ludi AB, Wood BA, Gubbins S, Hicks HM, Wadsworth J, Chevanne E, Rosso F, Knowles NJ, Mioulet V, King DP, Limon G.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Some love them, others hate them: Understanding farmers' tree planting decisions in Scotland

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Agroforestry is increasingly recognized as a sustainable agricultural land use system with potential to sequester carbon, create and repair habitats, enhance biodiversity and offer environmental and socio‐economic benefits, including improved agricultural productivity.
Albert Mvula, Katrin Prager, Josie Geris
wiley   +1 more source

Winter Grazing in Vineyards Suppresses Pathogens and Promotes Grapevine Health. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Cui S, Zhou L, Li D, Song Y, Wu H, Huang X, Jin D, Xiao H, Liu Y.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The welfare and production implications of fostering methods in sheep

Fostering is a method used by shepherds that allows the successful rearing of abandoned lambs onto other ewes, or the ability to provide surplus lambs a new mother in the case of triplets.
Ward, Samantha
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The magnitude and economic replacement value of wild meat obtained from ‘recreational’ big game hunting in the United States

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Meat production has notable benefits for food security, nutrition and various production economies, but has elicited substantial negative environmental impacts. Recreational hunting provides an alternative to agricultural meat production for over 24 million hunters worldwide.
Shane P. Mahoney, Richard D. Honor
wiley   +1 more source

From farm to lab: gene-edited sheep transforming bone research. [PDF]

JBMR Plus
Lunde-Young R, Huggins S, Pryor JH, Westhusin ME, Muneoka K, Murphy WJ, Suva LJ, Long CR, Gaddy D.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source