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Human impacts on the world’s raptors
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Raptors are emblematic of the global biodiversity crisis because one out of five species are threatened with extinction and over half have declining populations due to human threats. Yet our understanding of where these “threats” impact raptor species is
Christopher J. O’Bryan +19 more
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Investigating the Impact of Natural Resources and Human Capital on Iran's Ecological Footprint [PDF]
حکمرانی و توسعه, 2023 In recent years, dealing with environmental degradation has been raised as a concern for developed and developing countries around the world. Human capital, economic growth and natural resources are all effective factors in sustainable development and ...
Fateme Abdollahi, Simin Ghaderi
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Essential amino acids: master regulators of nutrition and environmental footprint? [PDF]
, 2016 The environmental footprint of animal food production is considered several-fold greater than that of crops cultivation. Therefore, the choice between animal and vegetarian diets may have a relevant environmental impact.
Lante, Anna +2 more
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Human footprints in Pleistocene volcanic ash [PDF]
Nature, 2003 n ...
MIETTO, PAOLO, AVANZINI M., ROLANDI G.
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Environmental Research Letters, 2021 The human footprint index (HFI) is an extensively used tool for interpreting the accelerating pressure of humanity on Earth. Up to now, the process of creating the HFI has required significant data and modeling, and updated versions of the index often ...
Patrick W Keys +2 more
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Distribution update, conservation status and color in life of the rare Amazonian snake, Eutrachelophis papilio Zaher and Prudente 2019 (Serpentes: Xenodontini) [PDF]
Acta AmazonicaThe rare Amazonian snake Eutrachelophis papilio is known from only five individuals, from four localities, belonging to its type-series, the more recent collected over 10 years ago.
Nathalie CITELI +2 more
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Mapping and Evaluating Human Pressure Changes in the Qilian Mountains
Remote Sensing, 2021 Human activities have dramatically changed ecosystems. As an irreplaceable ecological barrier in western China, the Qilian Mountains (QLM) provide various ecosystem services for humans.
Quntao Duan +4 more
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The March of the Human Footprint
, 2022 Human influence is driving planetary change, often in undesirable and unsustainable ways. Recent advances enabled us to measure changes in humanity’s footprint on Earth annually from 2000 – 2019 with a nine-fold improvement in spatial resolution over previous efforts.
Royte, Lucinda +5 more
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Mapping the Continuum of Humanity's Footprint on Land [PDF]
One Earth, 2019 The past three decades have seen a proliferation in the breadth of data documenting the natural world around us. In concert with this, the new field of cumulative human-pressure mapping has emerged to integrate these data forms and allow practitioners in different disciplines to utilize and apply concepts from others.
Watson, James Edward Maxwell +1 more
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Consumption-Based Conservation Targeting: Linking Biodiversity Loss to Upstream Demand through a Global Wildlife Footprint. [PDF]
, 2017 Although most conservation efforts address the direct, local causes of biodiversity loss, effective long-term conservation will require complementary efforts to reduce the upstream economic pressures, such as demands for food and forest products, which ...
Berlow, Eric +9 more
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