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
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Multi-scale effects of soil and water conservation on runoff and sediment transport in a Chinese loess plateau basin. [PDF]
Sci RepDing X, Yu Y, Feng X, Zhang J, Liu X.
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Social cohesion in restoration landscapes: The case of Rwanda
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Ecosystem restoration is recognized as a strategy for addressing landscape degradation. In contexts where ecological degradation overlaps with the deterioration of social cohesion, restoration must also contribute to rebuilding social ties alongside restoring ecosystems.
Valery Ndagijimana +3 more
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Potential Release of Micro- and Nanoplastics from Stormwater Infrastructure. [PDF]
ACS ES T WaterDoti B, Gray A, Strom K, Foroutan H.
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Determining the values of soil‐mediated contributions to people: A comparative European perspective
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Soil health is a fundamental element underpinning terrestrial ecosystems, yet it is persistently threatened by the ongoing process of land degradation, leading to detrimental impacts on human well‐being. However, there is a paucity of research on the extent to which humans are dependent on soils and the societal values attributed to their ...
Katja Schmidt +4 more
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Agroecology and gender effects on rural households' food insecurity and coping mechanisms in Borena District, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. [PDF]
BMC NutrWorku M, Mitiku B.
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Care through cultivation: Indigenous Swidden agriculture as forest care
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract This paper argues that the agricultural practices of Bunong swidden cultivators in northeastern Cambodia constitute relational care for forests that is fundamentally misunderstood, misrecognized, and marginalized by dominant state policies, conservation, and development paradigms. Bringing together care theory, long‐term ethnographic research,
Esther Leemann
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Integrated analytical hierarchy process and neural network approaches for assessment of soil erosion risk in Manjira River sub-basin, India. [PDF]
Sci RepKumar S, Choudhary MK, Thomas T.
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Nature‐based solutions (NbS) have become central to environmental governance. Yet, their societal legitimacy depends on how they are framed in public discourse. This study investigates how Norwegian media actors construct narratives around NbS, whose voices are amplified, and the extent to which plural and Indigenous epistemologies are ...
Maximilian Nawrath +3 more
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Nature‐based solutions for protected area governance: A systematic review
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Nature‐based solutions (NBSs) have been introduced as an effective approach for climate change resilience and a set of actions to conserve, restore and sustainably manage natural or modified ecosystems, while simultaneously providing benefits to human well‐being and biodiversity.
Ghader Arabi +2 more
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