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Hunting motivations, behaviour and forest access: Characterising wildlife hunting practices in a multi‐ethnic, forested landscape of Brunei Darussalam, Southeast Asia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Unsustainable hunting practices can alter population dynamics, driving biodiversity declines, which leads to ‘empty forests’. Understanding hunting behaviour, including motivations for hunting and relationships with market drivers, and access to hunting grounds are important to develop affirmative policies to stem biodiversity loss.
Natasha L. M. Mannion, Rachel Gaulton, Maria Erica Jamil, Marion Pfeifer, Johan Willem Ferry Slik, Stephen G. Willis, F. Merlin Franco   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seeing 'REDD'?: Forests, Climate Change Mitigation and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [PDF]

, 2008
Examines proposals for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) and their failure to protect indigenous peoples' rights or to address forest governance problems.
Tom Griffiths
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Rainforest

Electronic Green Journal, 2004
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Preliminary study on premature infant death of Hainan gibbons (Nomascus hainanus): implications for conservation

Frontiers in Conservation Science
Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus) is China’s only endemic gibbon species and among the world’s rarest primate species. Documenting infant mortality and investigating their underlying causes are essential for informing evidence-based conservation ...
Ping Li, Ping Li, Zhaoli Zhou, Wenyong Li, Yuan Chen, Xuming Qi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Should’ and ‘can’ active restoration be used in biodiversity offsets? Stakeholder perspectives from New South Wales, Australia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite their controversial nature, biodiversity offsets are often used as a regulatory tool to counterbalance the impacts of land clearing on biodiversity. Offsets usually aim to achieve no net loss (NNL) of biodiversity through protection and/or restoration of habitat.
Laure‐Elise Ruoso, Roel Plant, Stephanie Hernandez, Josh Dorrough   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defining indigenous plants: some problematic species from Norfolk Island [PDF]

, 2010
Defining indigenous species may at first appear straight forward; most botanical texts provide similar definitions. The consistent requirement of such definitions is the lack of human intervention in the occurrence of the species within the area under ...
Mills, Kevin
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Rainforest

, 1998
Este título introduce la variedad de vida que hay en el ambiente tropical, incluido el colibrí,la tarántula, el murciélago de fruta, a rana de árbol, insecto palo, mariposas y orugas, entre otros animales. El texto, ilustrado con fotografías, trabaja en tres niveles, con una introducción al tema, repleto de lectura sobre las características específicas
openaire   +1 more source

Patterns of wild meat and other protein consumption in the periphery of Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In Central Africa, human activities are severely impacting terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, threatening the food security of millions of people. Accordingly, sustainable use of wildlife is crucial for the nutrition and livelihoods of many rural communities in the region.
Zolo Admettons, Mattia Bessone, Josué Ausse Baraka, Josué Engombe Botomia, Espérance Miezi, Bénédicte Nsilu, Jonathan Nkamisha Mukole, Michel Opelele Omeno, Jean Semeki Ngabinzeke, Barbara Fruth   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utilizing traditional literature to triangulate the ecological history of a tropical savanna

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The ecological history of tropical savannas remains a subject of intense debate and of high conservation relevance. Despite emerging evidence suggesting the antiquity of tropical savannas, the misconception that all tropical savannas are products of anthropogenic deforestation still dominates public and policy spheres.
Ashish N. Nerlekar, Digvijay Patil
wiley   +1 more source

Mars, Inc. Announces Sustainability Commitments for Cocoa [PDF]

, 2009
This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide.
International Labor Rights Forum
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