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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The first edition of the Ordnance Survey's 1:2500 County Series is marked with treed areas, such as woodlands and orchards, and, remarkably, freestanding trees. Consequently, it is an unparalleled source of information on the distribution of trees across Britain in the mid‐late nineteenth century, when the maps were first surveyed. In order to
Toby Pillatt, William A. P. Smith
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Labor Exploitation and Resistance in Indonesia’s Palm Oil Industry: FPBI Asahan Case Study
Al Ma'ariefBackground: Research on labor exploitation in Indonesia’s palm oil industry is extensive, yet little is known about how everyday workplace grievances develop into organized labor movements. Existing studies often separate labor control from labor agency,
Ahmad Sayyidulhaq Arrobbani Lubis +4 more
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Forestry in the Next Millennium: Challenges and Opportunities for the USDA Forest Service [PDF]
Throughout the globe, forestry faces predictable trends associated with the transition from reliance on natural forests to ones created through human stewardship.
Binkley, Clark
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Forests play a pivotal role in sustainability transitions. This article explores how people's relationships with forests, particularly how they care for or take care of them, shape and reflect broader tendencies and tensions in forest utilization and governance.
Jana Rebecca Holz
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The town of Gamba in southwest Gabon represents an exceptional example of how the development of an extractive industry (in this case oil production) may impact wild meat consumption in an area of global importance for biodiversity. Studies in the 1990s identified an active wild meat trade; however, no studies have been undertaken since, and ...
James McNamara +4 more
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Systemic bio‐inequity links poverty to biodiversity and induces a conservation paradox
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Biodiversity is declining globally while inequity is growing, and poverty rates are not improving. Global sustainable development and conservation initiatives aim to address biodiversity loss and poverty simultaneously. Through text analysis of global biodiversity policies, we identified a consistent narrative that countries with high ...
Conor Waldock +4 more
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Frontiers in Environmental ScienceTea plantation ecosystems have an important function as carbon pools. It is of great significance to clarify the spatial and temporal patterns of carbon sinks in tea plantations, and to analyse the driving factors of carbon sinks in tea plantations, in ...
Yaxiang Pan +13 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.For generations, Mediterranean communities have used Lamiaceae or Labiatae plants like rosemary, thyme or mint to care for their health and to enrich their food. By bringing together dispersed knowledge from across the Mediterranean region, our review revealed the continuing relevance of Lamiaceae while also compiling past uses that may hold future ...
Fuencisla Cáceres +3 more
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ENVIRONMENTAL IM PACTS OF INDUSTRIAL FOREST PLANTATION IN MUSI WATERSHED
, 1996 The purpose of this study is to assess the establishment of Industrial Forest Plantation (IFP) support the production of fiber wood in the Province of South Sumatra (3° 15\u27 - 4° 15\u27 S and 103° 30\u27 -104° 15\u27 E).
Darmakusuma Darmanto
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, 2003 This paper compares the trajectories over the last two decades of two export-oriented ‘boom crops’ in Southeast Asia: indsturial shrimp aquaculture and industrial plantation forestry. It focuses on differences in the establishment, operation and politics
Hall, Derek
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