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Characterization of the Wild Trees and Shrubs in the Fergana Valley: Diversity and Distribution, Threats

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.
The content of this paper is significant because it presents the first comprehensive assessment of the dendroflora of the Fergana Valley, contributes to understanding species richness across biogeographic regions, and places the results in the context of Central Asian flora and global biodiversity studies.
Nazokat Daminova, Xian‐Han Huang, Hushbaht R. Hoshimov, Dilmurod Makhmudjanov, Farkhod I. Karimov, Hee‐Young Gil, Komiljon Sh. Tojibaev, Hyeok Jae Choi   +7 more
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Off‐Farm Employment and Rural Energy Transitions: A Systematic Review of Pathways and Gaps

Food and Energy Security, Volume 15, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Transitioning to clean and affordable energy is a persistent development challenge for rural populations in low‐ and middle‐income countries, where dependence on traditional biomass‐based fuels continues to dominate. Although off‐farm employment has gained increasing attention as a driver of rural livelihood transformation, its specific ...
Salman Ibn Yasin, Gershom Endelani Mwalupaso, Liu Zhenzhen, Asma Akter, Mst. Ishrat Nahar, Geng Xianhui   +5 more
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Living with tigers: Perceptions of risk, equity, and cultural change amidst tiger attacks in a reserve's buffer zone

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1437-1451, May 2026.
Abstract Large carnivores are widely promoted as flagship species in biodiversity conservation, yet, in high‐density landscapes they generate risks to human lives and livelihoods that are unevenly distributed. Understanding how coexistence is sustained under such conditions raises questions of governance, equity, and whose costs are normalized.
Ashraf Shaikh, Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi   +1 more
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Supporting interventions to lessen human–wildlife conflict

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1100-1116, May 2026.
Abstract Human–wildlife conflict (HWC) around protected areas endangers lives and damages livelihoods. It also erodes support for conservation. Yet most mitigation efforts fail to gain the sustained community support needed for long‐term success. We drew on 758 one‐to‐one semi‐structured interviews, supplemented by focus groups, practitioner interviews
Douglas Sheil, Emmanuel Akampurira
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Electricity price hikes raise firewood consumption and women’s collection time in Malawi

Environmental Research: Energy
Carbon pricing has been proposed as an efficient instrument to reduce carbon emissions and curb climate change. However, in low-income countries, resulting high energy prices might induce trade-offs with other sustainable development goals, such as ...
Raavi Aggarwal, Jan Christoph Steckel
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MULTINOMIAL LOGIT ANALYSIS OF HOUSEHOLD COOKING FUEL CHOICE IN RURAL KENYA: A CASE OF KISUMU DISTRICT [PDF]

The study uses multinomial logit model to investigate the factors that determine household cooking fuel choice between firewood, charcoal, and kerosene in Kisumu, Kenya.
Fraser, Gavin C.G., Pundo, Moses O.
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Laying Waste: Pre‐Emption, Dispossession, and Deputization in Colonial British Columbia

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Pre‐emption, a legal instrument allowing settlers to acquire Indigenous land via occupation and improvement, is a vital means of colonial dispossession in North America, yet has received relatively little critical attention. Our analysis outlines its significance, shedding new light on the way in which private property power and state ...
Brenna Bhandar, Nicholas Blomley
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Decolonizing Conservation and the Importance of Nature‐Based Approaches, Not Solutions: Learning From Indigenous and Local Conservation Systems in India to Achieve the Global Biodiversity Agenda

Conservation Letters, Volume 19, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) manage large areas of the world's remaining biodiversity and are essential to achieving global conservation goals. Yet their recognition and representation in global environmental governance remain uneven.
Garima Gupta, Isabel L. Jones, Achili Mihu, Charles T. Gray, Maya Pasgaard   +4 more
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BIOMASS PRODUCTION AS AN ENERGY SOURCE IN COPPICES OF THE PROVINCE OF FLORENCE, ITALY: CONSIDERING THE ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT ASPECTS [PDF]

Coppice management of forests in Tuscany, and particularly in the province of Florence, has had a chequered history, which has set the stage for the present problems of forestry policy. In Italy, the period between 1955 and 1975 saw a marked reduction in
Bernetti, Iacopo, Fagarazzi, Claudio, Romano, Severino   +2 more
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Predicting people's priorities for reconciling food security and biodiversity conservation in Kasungu, Malawi

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2026.
Predicted probabilities of perceived food security outcomes under different conservation and livelihood scenarios, disaggregated by household location. Abstract Balancing agricultural productivity with biodiversity conservation is a critical challenge in rural Africa, where food insecurity and poverty intersect with growing ecological pressures ...
Lessah Mandoloma, Henry Travers, Michael Clark, Lauren Coad, Karl Hughes, E. J. Milner‐Gulland   +5 more
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