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Identifying Habitat Type Conservation Priorities under the Habitats Directive: Application to Two Italian Biogeographical Regions

, 2018
The ongoing biodiversity crisis necessitates greater efforts to ensure the adequate conservation of critical habitat types. Even though the identification of protected areas is still required in Europe, conservation efforts are now focusing on management
T. Campagnaro, G. Trentanovi, T. Sitzia
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Gait Analysis of Pak Biawak: A Necrobot Lizard Built using the Skeleton of an Asian Water Monitor (Varanus Salvator)

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Pak Biawak, a necrobot, embodies an unusual fusion of biology and robotics. Designed to repurpose natural structures after death, it challenges conventional boundaries between nature and engineering. Its movements are precise yet unsettling, raising questions about sustainability, ethics, and the untapped potential of biointegrated machines.
Leo Foulds, Donan Satria Yudha, Parvez Alam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of three modelling approaches of potential natural forest habitats in Bavaria, Germany [PDF]

, 2005
In the context of the EU Habitats Directive, which contains the obligation of environmental monitoring, nature conservation authorities face a growing demand for effective and competitive methods to survey protected habitats.
Förster, Michael, Kleinschmit, Birgit, Walentowski, Helge   +2 more
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Assessment of Natural Resources Use for Sustainable Development - DPSIR Framework for Case Studies in Portsmouth and Thames Gateway, U.K. [PDF]

, 2014
This chapter reports on the uses of the DPSIR framework to assess the sustainability of the intertidal environments within the two UK case study areas, Portsmouth and Thames Gateway.
Beccari, M., Cattini, A., Cedola, L., Colozza, D., D'Orazio, M., Del Zotto, L., Franco, R., Naso, V., Radice, T., Rispoli, F., Rolle, E.   +10 more
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Microbial Contribution to Soiling and Its Impact on Photovoltaic Module Soiling in Arid Zones of the Atacama Desert

Advanced Sustainable Systems, EarlyView.
Microorganisms colonizing photovoltaic surfaces in the Atacama desert form biofilms that enhance particle adhesion and reduce energy yield. This study identifies UV‐resistant bacteria and carotenoid‐producing strains that interfere with PV performance.
Douglas Olivares, Ricardo Ortíz, Luis Rojas‐Araya, María Teresa Mata, Felipe Galleguillos, Jaime Llanos, Carlos Portillo, Valentina Escobar, Aitor Marzo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental issues and the geological storage of CO2 : a discussion document [PDF]

, 2005
Increasing CO2 emissions will lead to climate change and ocean acidification with severe consequences for ecosystems and for human society. Strategies are being sought to reduce emissions including the geological storage of CO2.
Cawley, Chadwick, Chiodini, Haasum, Hepple, Holloway, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Jones, Keeling, Maina, Mann, McGee, Onstott, Pearce, Purdy, Raschi, Rogie, Senter for Miljo-og Ressursstudier (SMR), Shackley, Shipton, Shirayama, Shirayama, Stenhouse, Strutt, Sustr, Tian, Torp, Turley, Wilson, Information on Mammoth Mountain, Yamada   +30 more
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Ecosystem‐Centered Robot Design: Toward Ecoresorbable Sustainability Robots (ESRs)

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Robots exploring natural ecosystems can support monitoring and conservation, but must adopt ecosystem‐centered design to avoid pollution, waste, and damage. This review proposes guidelines for co‐designing ecoresorbable sustainability robots (ESRs), uniting materials, robotics, and ecological contexts in a single framework.
Tülin Yılmaz Nayır, Yuan Fang, Consuelo Contreras, Andrew K. Schulz, Florian Hartmann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mutual Dependence between Sustainable Energy- and Sustainable Agriculture Policies-from the Global and European Perspective [PDF]

, 2012
Agriculture is one of the economic sectors to which the EU commitment to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases applies. Like any other economic sector, agriculture produces greenhouse gases and is a major source of the non- CO2 greenhouse gases methane ...
Wysokińska Zofia
core   +2 more sources

Unveiling Global Diversity of Patescibacteriota and Functional Interactions with Host Microbes

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Patescibacteriota represents a diverse group of ultra‐small epibiotic bacteria, which is largely overlooked. By integrating ribosomal protein S3‐based community profiling with MAG‐based metabolic potential analyses, this study provides new insights into their distribution, diversity, and potential interactions with other bacteria across diverse ...
Yanhan Ji, Xu Liu, Shuai Zhao, Sihan Zhou, Yufan Yang, Ping Zhang, Yu Shi, Wei Qin, Guibing Zhu, Yongguan Zhu, Yanzheng Gao, Jiandong Jiang, Baozhan Wang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source