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A review of high nature value farming systems in Europe: Biodiversity, ecosystem services, drivers, innovations and future prospects

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Farming systems of high natural and cultural value represent approximately 30% of farmlands in the European Union and are associated with a high species and habitat diversity and/or the presence of species of European conservation concern. This study aims to synthesize the existing knowledge on the assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem ...
Elsa Varela, Marion Jay, Lukas Flinzberger, Chaima Mobarak, Tobias Plieninger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grupo focal: acceso y políticas de información [PDF]

, 2012
Access to information can be seen from different perspectives. MaCreadie and Rice argue that it could be defined based on the conceptualization of information.
Sánchez Vanderkast , Egbert John
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The importance of integrating herbarium records into conservation plans: a case study on Honduran ferns and lycophytes

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Herbarium collections are powerful, yet underutilized, tools for global biodiversity conservation and protected area management. By integrating digitized herbarium records with existing biodiversity data, previously unknown plant species were uncovered, exposing critical gaps in conservation knowledge.
Sven P. Batke, Thom Dallimore, Johan Reyes‐Chávez, David G. Hill, Wendy Atkinson, Eric van den Berghe, Geraldine Reid   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Presentación de experiencia : plataforma de información para políticas públicas [PDF]

, 2013
Fil: Aguiló, Juan Carlos. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Área de Políticas Públicas.Fil: Díaz Araujo, Javier. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Área de Políticas Públicas.Fil: Ramírez, Alejandro. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo.
Aguiló, Juan Carlos, Díaz Araujo, Javier, Ramírez, Alejandro   +2 more
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Threats to and management of Natura 2000 protected areas relative to agricultural practices

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Natura 2000 (N2K) network combines biodiversity protection and socioeconomic targets. Human activities, such as agricultural practices, can affect biodiversity in N2K sites in diverse ways. Limiting activities with negative impacts while enforcing land management that supports biodiversity is crucial for effective conservation.
Giorgio Zavattoni, Elie Gaget, Tyler Hallman, Ineta Kačergytė, Tomas Pärt, Diego Pavón‐Jordán, Thomas Sattler, Jon E. Brommer   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the empirical basis for threat attribution in the IUCN Red List

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Understanding the impacts of different threats on species is key to successful conservation interventions and policies. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assesses threats to species, and the organization's Red List of Threatened Species is a key conservation tool.
Ena Humphries, Isaac M. Smith, Mark Ziebell, Charlotte M. Probst, Neil Carter, Brian C. Weeks   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incidencia de las políticas económicas y agrarias en la evolución de los cultivos anuales de la VII región del Maule : periodo 1970-1994 [PDF]

, 1997
Resumen (Spanish, English)210 p.Se realizó un análisis de la incidencia de las políticas económicas y agrarias en la evolución de catorce cultivos anuales, enfocándose principalmente en la VII Región del Maule en un período de veinte y cuatro años.
Azua Pérez, Ana Patricia, Díaz Osorio, José (Prof. Guía), Troncoso Correa, Javier (Prof. Informante)   +2 more
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Calibration of the species threat abatement and restoration metric's threat abatement component in a Costa Rican landscape

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Achieving global conservation policy goals requires the ability to set and measure progress toward science‐based targets for biodiversity. The species threat abatement and restoration (STAR) metric was developed to enable actors to set science‐based targets for species.
Louise Mair, Thomas M. Brooks, Randall R. Jimenez, Nicholas B. W. Macfarlance, Tony Nello, Antonin Vergez, Leon Bennun, Florence Curet, Annie Dakmejian, Edward Ellis, Melibea Gallo, Philip J. K. McGowan, Francesca A. Ridley, Alex Ross, Claudine Sierra, Thomas Starnes, Joseph A. Turner, Frank Hawkins   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural lobbying power? An exploration of patterns in preference attainment at varying levels of lobbying activity

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Studies of lobbying typically look at the extent to which interest groups realize political goals on issues they actively lobby for. Little is known, however, about the extent to which interest groups attain their political goals without making an active lobbying effort.
Marcel Hanegraaff, Wiebke Marie Junk, Michele Crepaz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aplicación de un Modelo de Calidad de Vida Urbana (MCVU) con datos oficiales extraídos del censo nacional. [PDF]

, 2009
El trabajo aporta mejoras en la estructura lógica de un Modelo de Calidad de Vida Urbana conformado por una estructura conceptual sistémica que integra el complejo de variables urbanas relacionadas con los aspectos de infraestructura, servicios básicos
Dicroce, Luciano, Discoli, Carlos Alberto, Esparza, Jesica Belen, Martini, Irene, Rosenfeld, Elias, San Juan, Gustavo Alberto   +5 more
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