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Farmer perceptions toward the adoption of agroforestry practices: a case study of northwestern Ethiopia

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionDespite several reports emphasizing the role of agroforestry in enhancing rural livelihoods, promoting sustainable development, protecting the environment, and supporting climate change mitigation and adaptation, little is known about rural ...
Mulunesh Yayehrad Gashu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diversity and use of trees and shrubs in smallholder farming systems in the Colombian Andes

open access: yesCaldasia, 2020
This article describes the diversity and use of trees and shrubs in smallholder farming systems in three municipalities of the department of Boyacá in the Colombian Andes, and tests the relations between spe-cies richness, use, and a set of socio ...
Néstor García   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A study of composition and diversity variation of avifauna along with different types of agroforestry system in Kibet town, Southern Ethiopia

open access: yesRevista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2022
Background Agroforestry is an integrated land-use system that plays a great role in the conservation of landscape biodiversity. The study aimed to assess the composition and diversity of avian species along with different habitat types of agroforestry in
Hussen Yasin, Wondimagegnehu Tekalign
doaj   +1 more source

Songs of Mobility and Belonging: Gender, Spatiality and the Local in Southern Africa’s Transfrontier Conservation Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Western Maputaland is located in the borderlands of South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland. The combination of poverty, rural remoteness and exceptional ecological diversity has long made the region a target of conservationists and development planners ...
Impey, Angela
core   +1 more source

Nature‐Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation: Review of Barriers to Adoption and Guidelines for Policymakers

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nature‐based solutions (NBS) for climate adaptation encompass a range of approaches that work with nature to increase resilience to climate change while providing ecological, economic and social co‐benefits. These solutions have frequently been put forward for application in urban contexts, such as the creation of urban forests, but can ...
Anita Vollmer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling woody species diversity and carbon storage potential of agroforestry systems in Southeast Ethiopia

open access: yesEcological Processes
Background Agroforestry systems support a range of ecosystem-based management for balancing sustainable land use and biodiversity conservation. However, drivers of woody species diversity and carbon (C) storage potential in agroforestry systems and their
Mengistu Teshome Wondimu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Silvopastoral systems and remnant forests enhance carbon storage in livestock-dominated landscapes in Mexico

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
A large area of the terrestrial land surface is used for livestock grazing. Trees on grazing lands provide and can enhance multiple ecosystem services such as provisioning, cultural and regulating, that include carbon sequestration.
Deb Raj Aryal   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spartan Daily, January 25, 2002 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Volume 118, Issue 2https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/9776/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
core   +1 more source

The Relevance of Apology to Reparations for Historical Injustice

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explains the centrality of apology to an adequate account of reparations. I look in depth at what goes on in apology. As I have previously argued, apology is an expressive action through which we seek to mark adequately the significance of our own wrongdoing. I claim that apology so understood is not merely ornamental.
Christopher Bennett
wiley   +1 more source

Growth and yield models for Centrolobium ochroxylum Rose ex Rudd in silvopastoral systems of Ecuadorian western lowlands

open access: yesFrontiers in Forests and Global Change
Centrolobium ochroxylum Rose ex Rudd, known as Amarillo Guayaquil (AG), is a tropical tree species found in secondary vegetation or the wild in the western lowland region of Ecuador (WLRE). AG has heavy (0.78 g/cm3) and durable wood, with whitish sapwood
Álvaro Cañadas-López   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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