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Planting food forests can increase soil biodiversity in agricultural landscapes of Northwest Europe. [PDF]

NPJ Biodivers
van der Zanden I, Moereels L, Schelfhout S, De Smedt P, Lock K, Dekoninck W, Korthals G, van der Putten WH, Verheyen K, Veen GF.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A review of high nature value farming systems in Europe: Biodiversity, ecosystem services, drivers, innovations and future prospects

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Farming systems of high natural and cultural value represent approximately 30% of farmlands in the European Union and are associated with a high species and habitat diversity and/or the presence of species of European conservation concern. This study aims to synthesize the existing knowledge on the assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem ...
Elsa Varela, Marion Jay, Lukas Flinzberger, Chaima Mobarak, Tobias Plieninger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Future Tibetan grasslands will decrease: A novel insight from constructive grass species. [PDF]

iScience
Tang G, Li Q, Wang S, Gu J, Li Q, Xiang S, Li W.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Should’ and ‘can’ active restoration be used in biodiversity offsets? Stakeholder perspectives from New South Wales, Australia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite their controversial nature, biodiversity offsets are often used as a regulatory tool to counterbalance the impacts of land clearing on biodiversity. Offsets usually aim to achieve no net loss (NNL) of biodiversity through protection and/or restoration of habitat.
Laure‐Elise Ruoso, Roel Plant, Stephanie Hernandez, Josh Dorrough   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From nitrogen addition to productivity: above-belowground mechanisms and nonlinear thresholds in Grasslands. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Zheng Y, Zhang X, Du X, Fan Y, Gao J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Justice in coexistence: Pastoralism and large carnivores on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The conflict between livestock husbandry and large carnivore conservation presents significant challenges in grassland ecosystems worldwide. Achieving sustainable coexistence among herders, livestock and large carnivores requires reconciling diverse perspectives and interests through equitable, inclusive and fair processes that address both ...
Yufang Gao, Yue Yu
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Fertilization on Floristic Composition and Biodiversity of Montane Grasslands (HNV) in the Eastern Carpathians. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Canișag E, Samuil C, Sîrbu C, Nazare AI, Grigoraş BI, Vîntu V.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Detecting social‐ecological fit in Natura 2000 governance and management: Evidence from LIFE projects focused on forest protected habitat types

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Protected areas represent complex social‐ecological systems that require governance and management approaches that valorise and enhance positive relationships between people and nature. This study analyses the alignment between social and ecological systems to detect the social‐ecological fit of projects focused on biodiversity conservation ...
Elena Andriollo, Elena Pisani, Mauro Masiero, Tommaso Sitzia, Thomas Campagnaro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Responses of the plant community characteristics and diversity of abandoned grasslands in the Loess Hilly Region in China to slope aspect and year of abandonment. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Li L, He H, Pei J, Zhang X, Fang M, Ye Q, Feng Y, Xi S, Li J.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Green pathways to mental health: Relationships between treescapes and well‐being and distress

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract We aimed to evaluate the mental health benefits and possible mechanisms of objective and subjective treescape exposures whilst also accounting for relationships with residential area greenspace in general. Independent variables were objective measures of residential neighbourhood tree cover density and woody linear features, and a subjective ...
Ian Alcock, David Sheffield, Piran C. L. White, Peter A. Coventry, Merryn L. Hunt, Miles Richardson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source