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Geospatial modelling of Agro-climatic suitability for Coffea arabica under CMIP6 scenarios in the Western Highlands of Ethiopia

Trees, Forests and People
Coffea arabica holds utmost economic and cultural significance for Ethiopians, being one of the major sources of national income and rural livelihoods. However, slight warming or changes in rainfall have catastrophic effects on the land suitability for ...
Fedhasa Benti Chalchissa, Yohanis Asfaw Wakene, Bayissa Leta Danno, Birhanu Kebede Kuris, Zenebe Reta Roba, Mitiku Badasa Moisa   +5 more
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Conclusions [PDF]

, 2006
There is good potential for sustainable localisation and recycling in rural food systems around the Baltic Sea. Localisation and recycling enhance sustainability in its ecological, economic and social dimensions.
Kahiluoto, Helena, Vesala, Kari
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Sustaining Europe's seas as coupled social-ecological systems [PDF]

Ecology and Society, 2015
There is ample evidence for human alteration of Europe’s regional seas, particularly the enclosed or partly enclosed Baltic, Black, Mediterranean, and North Seas. Accounts of habitat and biodiversity loss, pollution, and the decline of fish stocks in these economically, socially, and ecologically important seas demonstrate unsustainable use of the ...
Mee, L., Cooper, P., Kannen, A., Gilbert, A.J., O`Higgins, T.   +4 more
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Transformation towards the sustainable management of peatlands: A characterisation of farmers in the Teufelsmoor, Germany

People and Nature
Peatland restoration through rewetting is a pivotal solution to counteract the climate crisis. Since many peatlands with the potential for rewetting are farmland, rewetting can only be achieved in collaboration with peatland farmers. However, the discord
Amelie Hünnebeck‐Wells, Jacqueline Loos, Susanne Abel, Anke Nordt   +3 more
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Thinking in Terms of System Hierarchies and Velocites. What makes Development Sustainable? [PDF]

In order to understand the context for sustainable development policies it is necessary to understand how different rates of evolution and velocities of change within social and ecological systems affect interactions between and the co-evolution of those
Jörg Köhn
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Innovative monitoring methods in the context of adaptive management of hunting in the amazon, Colombia [PDF]

, 2015
Managing complex hunting socio-ecological systems within a context of uncertainty requires setting up efficient ways to monitor changes in the system and inform decision making in an adaptive management process.
Andrade, German, Baptiste, Brigitte, Cruz, Daniel F., Diaz, Angelica, Garcia, Claude, Le Bel, Sébastien, Nasi, Robert, Quinceno Mesa, Maria-Paula, Sandrin, François, Trujillo, Fernando, Van Vliet, Nathalie, Vanegas, Liliana   +11 more
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Institutional rearrangements in the north Luangwa ecosystem: Implications of a shift to community based natural resource management for equity in protected area governance

Heliyon
Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) is presented as an equitable approach, particularly relative to strict types of Area-based conservation.
Rhoda Nthena Kachali, Neil M. Dawson, Jacqueline Loos   +2 more
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Roles of small ruminants in the rural livelihood improvement: comparative analysis in Egypt [PDF]

, 2011
The study focuses on the assessment of the contribution of sheep and goats to reduce poverty and vulnerability in rural farming systems of three agro-ecological zones in Egypt: the pastoral area of North West Coastal zone (Matruh), the irrigated areas in
Abdelkrim, Nidal, Aboul-Naga, Adel, Alary, Véronique, El Sheifa, M., Hamdon, Hatem, Metawi, Helmi A.   +5 more
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Social-ecological resilience in organic and non-organic cocoa farming systems in the Yungas of Bolivia [PDF]

, 2013
Cocoa based small scale agriculture is the basic livelihood of most farming families in the region of Alto Beni in the Bolivian Andes. Cocoa cultivation is affected by climate change impacts, soil degradation, pests and plant diseases, and insecure cocoa
Jacobi, Johanna, Pillco, Maria Isabel, Rist, Stephan, Schneider, Monika   +3 more
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Flower resource availability and Tetragonisca fiebrigi flower visits in two farming communities of Bolivian Chiquitanía

Global Ecology and Conservation
This article describes the flower availability and resource use of the generalist stingless bee Tetragonisca fiebrigi at two farming communities (agroindustrial vs. traditional) of Bolivian Chiquitanía.
Camila Benavides-Frias, Alexandria Saravia-Nava, Paula Rodriguez, Ping Sun, Felipe Benra, Daniela Morón Aguilar, Jan Hanspach   +6 more
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