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Ecolabels as Instruments for Biodiversity Governance in Agri‐Food Systems: A Comparative Assessment of EU Certification Schemes

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity underpins ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services, yet it continues to decline due to intensive agriculture, pollution, habitat loss and climate change. Although ecolabels are increasingly used to communicate sustainability attributes and influence consumer choices, their role in addressing biodiversity ...
Marzieh Aminravan, Parthena Chatzinikolaou, Sina Ahmadikaliji, Luca Camanzi, Luca Mulazzani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Hemiparasites in Grassland Restorations Are Not Universal

Diversity
Root hemiparasites infiltrate the vascular tissue of host roots to acquire water and nutrients, which often reduces host growth. Hemiparasites are postulated to be keystone species in grassland communities if they suppress dominant species and increase ...
Anna Scheidel, Victoria Borowicz
doaj   +1 more source

Taxon‐dependent multisite species turnover in fragmented habitats: comparing zeta diversity across birds, butterflies, and cursorial hunting spiders

Ecography, EarlyView.
Habitat fragmentation alters species diversity and reshapes community composition. However, conventional pairwise approaches to compositional variation (i.e. beta diversity metrics) do not explicitly characterize how species sharing or turnover change with the number of habitat patches.
Shirui Yu, Yufeng Zhou, Qiyu Jiang, Jie Xie, Yan Wang, Qiwen Du, Shang Sheng, Yaqian Cui, Kai Zhang, Zhixin Wen, Hao Yu, Yu Xu   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The use of indirect methods for the prediction of lucerne quality in the first cut under the conditions of Central Europe

Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2010
The goal of this study was to compare the growing degree-days (GDD) and predictive equations for alfalfa quality (PEAQ) for the prediction of lucerne quality and to test their accuracy and suitability in the first cut period in Central Bohemia.
J. Hakl, J. Šantrůček, P. Fuksa, L. Krajíc   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nested Carbon Governance in Southeast Asia: Towards Just Nature‐Based Solutions?

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nature‐based solutions (NbS) have gained prominence as an integrated approach to addressing climate change and biodiversity loss while supporting sustainable development. Yet, their implementation across Southeast Asia remains fragmented and often contested.
Helena Varkkey, Michelle Ann Miller, David Taylor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Response of Soil Carbon Mineralization to Grassland Management Practices on the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau

Earth's Future
Grassland management practices strongly influence soil carbon dynamics, yet their effects on carbon mineralization processes in high‐altitude regions remain poorly understood.
Jianjun Cao, Yizhe Peng, Asim Biswas, Xiaofang Zhang, Jan F. Adamowski, Qi Feng   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seed emergence of lucerne varieties under different soil conditions

Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2012
The aim of this study was to examine in greenhouse experiments seed emergence of 14 lucerne varieties (mostly of the Czech origin) under different soil conditions (Luvisol, Chernozem and Cambisol).
Josef HAKL, Kamila MÁŠKOVÁ, Jaromír ŠANTRŮČEK, Miroslav FÉR   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Governing Agriculture or Farmers? Problem Representations of Biodiversity and Farm Loss in Swedens Strategy for the Common Agricultural Policy

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European Union (EU) strategies for food supply address challenges of increasing, or at least maintaining, today's level of agricultural food production. At the same time, European farmland biodiversity continues to deteriorate despite considerable investments in measures to promote environmentally friendly farming practices.
Johanna Tangnäs, Tuija Hilding‐Rydevik   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Translating Across Boundaries: The Process of Integrating Forestry Into the German National Water Strategy

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Participatory processes are increasingly recognized as essential components of modern environmental governance. While much scholarly attention has been devoted to the design and implementation of such processes, less is known about the critical phase between participatory processes and final policy outputs.
Sabeth Häublein
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating land sharing and sparing paradigms in grassland ecology: A perspective on balancing livestock production and biodiversity

Grassland Research
The increasing global demand for livestock products (meat, milk, and wool) drives overgrazing, leading to biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation in grasslands worldwide.
Wenhuai Li, Takehiro Sasaki
doaj   +1 more source