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Comprehensive framework for assessing and optimizing existing research networks

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Conservation, monitoring, and research networks, or collections of ecological research sites unified under a common mission of data collection or a research mission, are essential infrastructure for understanding large landscapes. However, most networks developed opportunistically over decades rather than through systematic design, creating ...
Alyson East, Jitendra Kumar, William Hargrove   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rangeland Degradation, Vegetation Dynamics, and Household Income in a Mongolian Pastoral System: Panel Evidence from Öndörshireet Soum

Land
Degraded rangelands in semi-arid pastoral systems are widely associated with declining vegetation, soil carbon loss, and worsening household livelihoods.
Enkhbayar Davaatseren, Tsolmon Sodnomdavaa, Erkhetbayar Enkhbayar, Sainbuyan Bayarsaikhan, Urtnasan Mandakh   +4 more
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Strategic priorities for rehabilitation of desertified areas [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Desertification is a global socio-ecologial - economic problem. Desertification has affected the South of Russia, including the territory of Kalmykia. The problem of desertification poses a threat to all sectors of the Republic’s economy, especially the ...
Bakinova Tatyana, Naminova Kermen, Sanan Orosov, Vladimir Batyrov, Galina Konieva   +4 more
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Pest‐preservation paradox among insects

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
The pest‐preservation paradox is a non‐binary perspective that insects range from those that are harmful and requiring management on the one side, to those requiring conservation intervention on the opposite end of the spectrum. Importantly, the vast majority of insects occur somewhere in the center of the two extremes, and their position along the ...
Michael J. Samways, Charl Deacon, René Gaigher, James S. Pryke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing screening outcomes for private sector nature‐related assessments based on national and global biodiversity datasets

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract In response to demand for better biodiversity stewardship from the private sector, frameworks such as the Taskforce on Nature‐related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) have been developed to help companies assess, manage, and disclose their nature‐related impacts, dependencies, risks, and opportunities.
Takuya Nomura, Luke Kelly, Andrew Skowno, Emily Nicholson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk reduction, rangeland use, and the future of human–carnivore coexistence

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Efforts to reduce livestock losses to large carnivores are widely regarded as essential for promoting human–carnivore coexistence. Predator‐proof enclosures, compensation programs, improved livestock guarding, and real‐time predator alert systems can reduce depredation and retaliatory killing while enhancing pastoralist livelihoods.
Craig Packer
wiley   +1 more source

INFLUENCE OF RESETTLEMENT ON PASTORAL LAND USE AND LOCAL LIVELIHOODS IN SOUTHWEST ETHIOPIA

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2013
This study was conducted in southwest Ethiopia with the aim of understanding the influence of resettlement on pastoral land use. Data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire and focus group discussion.
B. Yonas, F. Beyene, L. Negatu, Ayana Abdeta   +3 more
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Estimating woody vegetation cover in arid and semi-arid rangelands

Ecological Indicators
Measuring woody vegetation cover (WVC) is an essential part of ecological monitoring in rangelands. While continental-scale products that map vegetation cover from satellite remote sensing are available, it is uncertain whether these products are well ...
Jaume Ruscalleda-Alvarez, Gerald F.M. Page, Katherine Zdunic, Suzanne M. Prober   +3 more
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Integrating Indigenous knowledge and modern statistical approaches to model wildlife density based on animal track counts

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract In multiuse areas outside formal protection, sustaining both wildlife and people is critical to wildlife conservation and coexistence efforts. Botswana's Kalahari hosts one of sub‐Saharan Africa’s largest unprotected areas supporting free‐ranging wildlife.
Marie‐Charlotte Gielen, Xiko Johannes, Njoxlau Kashe, Glam Khumo, Horekwe (Karoha) Langwane, Zoro Zoronxhogo, Viktoriia Radchuk, Nicolas Schtickzelle   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Areas of high risk for mammalian biodiversity and nature's contributions to people under global warming

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Climate change has reached unprecedented levels, causing frequent extreme events like droughts and fires. These changes are driving a sharp rise in extinction risk for mammals and threatening key Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) such as clean water, air quality, and climate regulation.
Marta Cimatti, Andrea Sacchi, Moreno Di Marco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source