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The Effects of Vegetation Structure and Timber Harvesting on Ground Beetle (Col.: Carabidae) and Arachnid Communities (Arach.: Araneae, Opiliones) in Short-Rotation Coppices

Land
Landscape complexity is a crucial factor for insect diversity in agricultural landscapes. Short-rotation coppices (SRCs) are characterised by high habitat heterogeneity. The impact of vegetation structure on the composition and diversity of ground beetle
Jessika Konrad, Ralph Platen, Michael Glemnitz   +2 more
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War-Induced Displacement: Hard Choices in Land Governance

Land, 2019
Civil war and violence often force large numbers of people to leave their lands. Multiple waves of displacement and (partial) return generate complex overlapping claims that are not easily solved.
G. V. Haar, M. V. Leeuwen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An investigation of inversion method to measure the radial velocity of Kuroshio from Sentinel-1 SAR data

GIScience & Remote Sensing
Studies on the retrieval of ocean surface current by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mainly concentrate on coastal regions with land coverage, allowing for continuous land to estimate non-geophysical Doppler shifts.
Benhua Tan, Lihua Wang, Dechen Ge, Zhen Fang, Weiwei Sun, Tian Feng   +5 more
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Unpacking the Chemistry of Urban Land Governance in Africa: In search of land governance

International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
The purpose of the study was to interrogate the chemistry (best mix practices) and challenges (dilemmas) of urban land governance in Africa. We note that there is an increase in demand for good urban governance by city residents all over Africa. This paper briefly traces the current issues in the region in response to the growing quest for “good ...
Chonanga Carrington Nyendwa -, Nsumikili Toitoi -   +1 more
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Between Promising Advances and Deepening Concerns: A Bottom-Up Review of Trends in Land Governance 2015–2018

Land, 2019
An evolving land governance context compounds the case for practitioners to closely track developments as they unfold. While much research sheds light on key trends, questions remain about approaches for collective bottom-up analysis led by land ...
L. Cotula, W. Anseeuw, G. Baldinelli
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sentinel-1 Noise Suppression Algorithm for High-Wind-Speed Retrieval in Tropical Cyclones

Remote Sensing
Sentinel-1 cross-polarization (cross-pol) SAR data, known for their unsaturated backscattering characteristics, hold strong potential for high-wind-speed retrieval in tropical cyclones (TCs).
Dechen Ge, Lihua Wang, Weiwei Sun, Hongmei Wang, Wenjing Jiang, Tian Feng   +5 more
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Adoption of processing technologies and innovative food preservation techniques: findings from smallholders in the Lindi Region in Tanzania

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Adopting processing technologies and innovative food preservation is crucial for improving the food security and nutritional status of rural populations in Tanzania and other countries in the Global South.
Malika Sarr, Zahra Majili, Niloofar Khalili, Custodio E. Matavel, Hadijah A. Mbwana, Jacob Kaingo, Katharina Löhr, Katharina Löhr, Constance Rybak, Constance Rybak   +9 more
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The PPCC Dongtou Model for Social Capital Participation in Blue Bay Restoration

Haiyang Kaifa yu guanli, 2022
In order to effectively ensure the construction of marine ecological restoration projects and achieve efficient area governance, this paper took the Dongtou Blue Bay Restoration Project as an example to analyze in detail the operation mode of the ...
Changda LI, Shiling GU, Jingwu MA, Guanmin QIAO, Jialin LI, Heng ZHENG   +5 more
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LAND CORRUPTION, GENDER AND RURAL LAND GOVERNANCE IN ZIMBABWE

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2021
Existing land governance system in Zimbabwe subjects vulnerable groups such as women to ‘land corruption’, which entrenches the already existing gendered land inequalities. This study used secondary data and found that Zimbabwe has witnessed various forms of corruption in general and land corruption, in particular, despite the country having the ...
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Peri-Urban Land Governance in Developing Countries: Understanding the Role, Interaction and Power Relation Among Actors in Tanzania

Urban Forum, 2018
Peri-urban land governance in Tanzania and other developing countries is shaped by divergent or complimentary roles of actors emanating from their authority, power and interest which create a complex relationship affecting land governance process.
S. Nuhu
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