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Soil and biodiversity – Demands on politics

open access: yesSoil Organisms, 2020
During the conference ‘Rediscovering the soil with Alexander von Humboldt. Soil and Biodiversity - Everything is connected with everything’ in Berlin on December 5, 2019, a political statement was prepared as a major result of the discussion. Many important German organisations for nature conservation and soil protection (Tab.
Willi E. R. Xylander   +10 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Corporate Legitimacy and Green Innovation

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Age-related environmental gradients influence invertebrate distribution in the Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2016
The potential impact of environmental change on terrestrial Antarctic ecosystems can be explored by inspecting biodiversity patterns across large-scale gradients.
Paul Czechowski   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Soil biodiversity and biogeochemical function in managed ecosystems

open access: yes, 2020
A complex combination of environmental, biological, chemical, and physical properties and processes determine soil biodiversity and its relationship to biogeochemical functions and ecosystem services.
X. Chen   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Managing soil biodiversity: The New Zealand experience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Species diversity is a very important component of a healthy soil ecosystem, and a necessary condition for long-term sustainable development. However, it is widely recognised that soil degradation and species extinction are on the increase in New Zealand,
Armitage, R.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Fungal Biodiversity and Their Role in Soil Health [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Soil health, and the closely related terms of soil quality and fertility, is considered as one of the most important characteristics of soil ecosystems. The integrated approach to soil health assumes that soil is a living system and soil health results from the interaction between different processes and properties, with a strong effect on the activity
Silja E. Hannula   +3 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Humusica: Soil biodiversity and global change [PDF]

open access: yesBulletin of Geography. Physical Geography Series, 2018
Abstract Born in Trento (Italy, 2003) for the purpose of standardising vocabulary and units of humus form classification, after publishing a first synthetic classification e-book (Zanella et al. 2011) they do not cover all site conditions in the European area.
Zanella, Augusto   +8 more
openaire   +4 more sources

A methodological framework to embrace soil biodiversity

open access: yesSoil Biology and Biochemistry, 2019
Soils host the vast majority of life on Earth including microorganisms and animals, and supporting all terrestrial vegetation. While soil organisms are pivotal for ecosystem functioning, the assemblages of different biota from a taxonomic and functional perspective, as well as how these different organisms interact, remains poorly known.
S. Geisen   +10 more
semanticscholar   +6 more sources

Do Sustainable Agricultural Practices Boost Production and Technical Efficiency? A Case Study of Coffee Smallholders in Peru

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder agriculture remains a cornerstone for economic development and poverty reduction in Latin America. Their transition to sustainable agricultural production is critical in the face of the environmental challenges posed by conventional farming practices and is a key pathway to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development ...
Gabriela Carbajo‐Alvarez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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