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Community Self-Organisation from a Social-Ecological Perspective: ‘Burlang Yatra’ and Revival of Millets in Odisha (India) [PDF]

, 2020
In this paper, I focus on the revival of an Indigenous community seed festival known locally as Burlang Yatra (‘Indigenous Biodiversity Festival’) in the district of Kandhamal in Odisha (India).
Saxena, Lopamudra Patnaik
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Multifunctional Bio‐Based Packaging for Perishable Foods: Structural Design, Scalable Fabrication, and Versatile Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
An overview of design principles and scalable fabrication strategies for multifunctional bio‐based packaging. Radiative cooling films, modified‐atmosphere films/membranes, active antimicrobial/antioxidant platforms, intelligent optical/electrochemical labels, and superhydrophobic surfaces are co‐engineered from material chemistry to mesoscale structure
Lei Zhang, Jiaqi Zhang, Mei Cui, Wei Qi, Renliang Huang, Rongxin Su, Kai Zhang   +6 more
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Comprehensive Eco-Environmental Effects Caused by Land Use Transition from the Perspective of Production–Living–Ecological Spaces in a Typical Region: A Case Study of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

Land, 2022
With the promotion of rapid economic and social development, land use has undergone profound processes of transition worldwide, leaving the production–living–ecological spaces (PLES) and landscape pattern reconfigured, thus further affecting regional eco-
Zipeng Chen, Yongqiang Liu, Shuangshuang Tu   +2 more
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A Reusable Polymeric Sensor Based on Green‐Synthesized CQDs@ZIF‐8 for the Rapid Detection of Nitro‐Explosive Picric Acid

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
This study presents the rational design and synthesis of a highly luminescent polymeric nanocomposite. Initially, highly fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are synthesized via a facile hydrothermal method using citric acid and β‐alanine as precursors, followed by rigorous purification through centrifugation and filtration.
Yunus Emre Toprak, Soner Çubuk, Memet Vezir Kahraman   +2 more
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Synthetic Mudscapes: Human Interventions in Deltaic Land Building [PDF]

, 2015
In order to defend infrastructure, economy, and settlement in Southeast Louisiana, we must construct new land to mitigate increasing risk. Links between urban environments and economic drivers have constrained the dynamic delta landscape for ...
Basyal, G., Cantrell, B., Carney, J., Cox, S., Durbak, K., Guida, V., Hartman, B., Michaels, P., Miller, I., Powell, E., Seibert, M., Tucker, C., Williams, E.A.   +12 more
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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
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Land Use Simulation and Landscape Ecological Risk Assessment on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Land, 2023
The land use and land cover pattern of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) is an important basis for the structure and function of the QTP ecological barrier.
Nansha Sun, Qiong Chen, Fenggui Liu, Qiang Zhou, Wenxin He, Yuanyuan Guo   +5 more
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Modeling resilience and sustainability in ancient agricultural systems [PDF]

, 2015
The reasons why people adopt unsustainable agricultural practices, and the ultimate environmental implications of those practices, remain incompletely understood in the present world.
Allcock S. L., Anderies J. M., Atalay I., Bar-Yosef O., Casana J., Childe V. G., Clutton-Brock J., Cumming G. S., Diamond J., DiBattista A., Fisher C. T., Flannery K. V., Ford R. I., Gallant T. W., Goldman A. L., Gunderson L. H., Gunderson L. H., Helbaek H., Hillman G. C., Holling C. S., Holling C. S., Holling C. S., Hunn E., Hunt T. L., John M. Marston, Liu J., Marston J. M., Marston J. M., McAnany P. A., McAnany P. A., Miller F., Miller N. F., Mitchell S., Peeples M. A., Piperno D. R., Redman C. L., Redman C. L., Redman C. L., Renfrew J. M., Rose C. B., Rosen A. M., Scheffer M., Smith M. L., Tainter J. A., Tainter J. A., Ucko P. J., van der Veen M., van Zeist, van Zeist W, Voigt M. M., Voigt M. M., Walker B., Walker B., Walker B., Walker B., Westley F., Zeder M. A., Zeder M. A., Zohary M.   +58 more
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An Increasing Misalignment Between Crop Distribution and Environmental Resources Under Climate Change in China

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Climate change reshapes the spatial alignment between crop production and environmental resources. Using multi‐source data and a crop model, integrated climatic, water, and soil endowments for maize and wheat are quantified and compared with harvest distributions.
Zheng'e Su, Zhentao Zhang, Jin Zhao, Xia Liang, Chuang Zhao, Zhijuan Liu, Minghao Zhuang, Jing Sun, Bo Lu, Ke Liu, Johannes W. M. Pullens, Matthew T. Harrison, Deli Chen, Xiaoguang Yang   +13 more
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Assessment of Impact on Landscape Development to Ecological Service Values and Goods Using Integrated Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques [PDF]

, 2005
Amongst the impacts of converting forest to agricultural activities is the degradation of ecology service values and goods (ESVG). Impacts on ESVG can be devastating in environmental, biological, and socio-economics manners.
Hashim, Mazlan, Ibrahim, Ab. Latif, P.Ramlee, Helmi, Said, Norsahida, Yusop, Zulkifli   +4 more
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