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Country Representatives’ Perceptions of the Biodiversity Science-Policy Interface
Conservation, 2021 Biodiversity knowledge is communicated by scientists to policymakers at the biodiversity “science-policy interface” (SPI). Although the biodiversity SPI is the subject of a growing body of literature, gaps in our understanding include the efficacy of ...
André Derek Mader +3 more
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Cover crops affect soybean yield components, but not grain quality
Agronomy Journal, Volume 114, Issue 6, Page 3193-3205, November/December 2022., 2022 Abstract Cover cropping is mainly used to prevent soil erosion, but the effects of individual cover crops on the subsequent soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] are hardly known. Therefore, two annual field trials with 15 cover crop species and bare fallow as control were conducted in semi‐arid East Austria in 2016 and 2017.
Pia Euteneuer +6 more
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Global Overview of Ecosystem Services Provided by Riparian Vegetation
BioScience, 2020 Fluvial riparian vegetation (RV) links fluvial and terrestrial ecosystems. It is under significant pressure from anthropogenic activities, and, therefore, the management and restoration of RV are increasingly important worldwide.
T. Riis +14 more
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Privacy Issues in Voice Assistant Ecosystems [PDF]
2020 IEEE World Congress on Services (SERVICES), pp. 205-212, 2021 Voice assistants have become quite popular lately while in parallel they are an important part of smarthome systems. Through their voice assistants, users can perform various tasks, control other devices and enjoy third party services. The assistants are part of a wider ecosystem.
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Environmental Research Letters, 2022 Palm oil is both the world’s most-used vegetable oil and the most criticized for its environmental impact due to the observed reduction in tropical forest areas for its cultivation over the past decades.
Maria Vincenza Chiriacò +3 more
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Assessing ecosystem services for evidence-based nature-based solutions [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 The term nature-based solutions has often been used to refer to adequate green infrastructure, which is cost-effective and simultaneously provides environmental, social and economic benefits, through the delivery of ecosystem services, and contributes to build resilience.
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Agroforestry-Based Ecosystem Services
Land, 2021 Agroforestry, land use at the agriculture-forestry interface that implies the presence of trees on farms and/or farmers in forests, has a history that may be as old as agriculture, but as an overarching label and topic of formal scientific analysis, it ...
Meine van Noordwijk
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Using dialogue to contextualize culture, ecosystem services, and cultural ecosystem services
Ecology and Society, 2021 We propose an alternative methodology for engaging with multifaceted cultural ecosystem services (CES) in the Global South. We explore the use of dialogue as a tool for understanding CES in situ, while developing shared action steps toward CES ...
Karen E. Allen +2 more
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Managing Grazing to Restore Soil Health, Ecosystem Function, and Ecosystem Services
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020 Ruminants including domestic livestock, have been accused of causing damaging impacts on the global environment and human well-being. However, with appropriate management, ruminant livestock can play a significant role in efforts to reverse environmental
R. Teague, U. Kreuter
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Ecosystem services in Norway [PDF]
One Ecosystem, 2017 The present study is reviewing public reports and research articles in order to estimate and validate ecosystem services in Norway, and investigate conflicts between stakeholders representing different ecosystem services, by means of direct and indirect methods, for different main ecosystem categories,e.g.
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