The challenge of ecological justice in a globalising world [PDF]
Ecological justice is a challenging concept in relation to the current development of agriculture, including organic agriculture, because it positions social and ecological interests against market liberalism and economic growth.
Alrøe, Hugo F.
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Opening a next-generation black box: Ecological trends for hundreds of species-like taxa uncovered within a single bacterial >99% 16S rRNA operational taxonomic unit. [PDF]
Hahn MW, Huemer A, Pitt A, Hoetzinger M.
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This study was carried out with groups of extractivists of mangrove oysters in the estuary of Cananéia, São Paulo State, Brazil, between the years 1999 and 2007 with the objective to evaluate and compare trends in the sustainability of this activity, in ...
IC Machado, L Fagundes, MB Henriques
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Sustainable development and conservation of biological heritage in Australia and New Zealand [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to encourage greater attention by planners to conservation of native or indigenous biodiversity. It explains what is meant by indigenous, or native, biodiversity and why indigenous biodiversity conservation must become an on ...
Jay, Grace Mairi M.
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Does using the ecosystem services concept provoke the risk of assigning virtual prices instead of real values to nature? Some reflections on the benefit of ecosystem services for planning and policy consulting. [PDF]
This forum article intends to discuss the question if using the ecosystem services concept in planning, management and decision-making can impair nature conservation objectives by hiding the intrinsic values of nature through overemphasizing ...
Fürst, Christine
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Long time-series and high-frequency ecological evaluation of Henan section of the Yellow River
Clarifying ecological status and dynamic changes is crucial to ecological conservation and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin. However, due to the limitations of the existing model's solution mechanism, current ecological environment ...
Jianzhong Guo +4 more
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An ecological restoration assessment aims to evaluate whether ecological restoration projects (ERPs) have achieved predefined ecological objectives, such as improving fractional vegetation cover (FVC) and enhancing ecosystem services (ESs), as well as to
Xiaoyuan Yang +8 more
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Numerous ecological indicators are used in environmental assessment, but these indicators often fail to yield the information managers require. There is a need for analyses of how well ecological indicators capture information required for effective ...
Rick J. Stoffels, Richard S.A. White
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Bringing nature back into cities: urban land environments, indigenous cover and urban restoration [PDF]
1. The restoration of urban ecosystems is an increasingly important strategy to maintain and enhance indigenous biodiversity as well as reconnecting people to the environment.
Brabyn, Lars +2 more
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Understanding the timing and nature of human influence on coastal and island ecosystems is becoming a central concern in archaeological research, particularly when investigated within a historical ecology framework.
Boivin, N. +5 more
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